Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

Canada-based Aurora Hydrogen, a company developing emission-free hydrogen production technology, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Energy Innovation Capital. As the world looks to quickly decarbonize transportation and industry, hydrogen demand is expected to increase rapidly, from $130 billion today to $2.5

Hydrogen 418

Hydrogen Carbon Gas Production 418

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Through its venture capital fund BMW i Ventures, the BMW Group has taken a stake in Colorado-based Jetti Resources. Founded in 2014, Jetti Resources has developed a pioneering process for copper extraction that utilizes previously unused ore from existing copper mines. This rich product layer is a p-type semiconductor.

BMW 259

BMW Colorado Waste Fully Electric 259

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

A research group led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University’s Molecular Photoscience Research Center has developed a strategy that greatly increases the amount of hydrogen produced from sunlight and water using hematite (??Fe Mesocrystal photoanode formation and photochemical water splitting characteristics.

Water 334

Water Hydrogen Production Solar 334

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Schlumberger has entered into a partnership with Gradiant , a global water solutions provider, to introduce a key sustainable technology into the production process for battery-grade lithium compounds. Proper natural resource management is essential in mineral production, and nowhere more so than in lithium.

Water 150

Water Convert Global Production 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory recently released an updated version of an online computer model meant to help bioenergy developers preserve critical resources. The model , called Water Analysis Tool for Energy Resources or WATER, has users from more than 35 US states.

Water 207

Water Renewable Available United States 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As of 2026, Audi will only launch all-electric models onto the global market, gradually phasing out production of its combustion models by 2033. Based on this clear decision made as part of its Vorsprung 2030 corporate strategy, Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities for the production of all-electric cars.

Audi 307

Audi All-Electric Manufacturer Electric Vehicles 307

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this regard, photocatalytic water splitting has attracted significant interest as a cost-effective means to convert sustainable solar energy into valuable chemicals. Kazuhiro Sayama from the National Institution of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Prof. Credit: DICP. —Wang et al.

Solar 418

Solar Standards Fuel Production 418

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

Hydrogen has emerged as an important carrier to store energy generated by renewable resources, as a substitute for fossil fuels used for transportation, in the production of ammonia, and for other industrial applications. Electrolysis needs electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. 2022.03.108.

Solar 370

Solar Hydrogen Production Renewable 370

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 production. Start of production is scheduled for 2019, with an annual production capacity of up to 150,000 units. Responsible use of water resources is a particular sustainability goal in San Luis Potosí.

BMW 253

BMW Mexico Industrial Industry 253

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2022

a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China, will build a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) production plant to establish sufficient production system and capability in preparation for the expansion of its EV lineup in the coming years. Honda Motor (China) Investment Co.,

Honda 326

Honda Building Production China 326

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has published state-by-state energy and water Sankey diagrams in one location so that analysts and policymakers can find all the information they need in one place. General location of energy and water categories. Energy and water generally “flows” from left to right.

Water 231

Water Energy Coal Gas-Electric 231

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalization may be decreasing, rather than increasing, the security of global supply chains. Countries meet their needs for goods and services through domestic production and international trade.

Water 170

Water Economy Global Energy 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As part of a larger £90 million (US$117 million) package of awards to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, the UK is awarding £28 million (US$36.5 million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. Led by Environmental Resources Management Limited (ERM). Contract value: £3.12 million (US$4.1

Hydrogen 386

Hydrogen Carbon Production Wind 386

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

AB 1328 gives California water agencies access to information on potentially hazardous chemicals used in oil and gas operations. For decades, legislators in California have been working to obtain information on the chemicals present in wastewater from oil and gas production.

Water 186

Water Oil California Gas 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The use of vast amounts of high-purity water for hydrogen production may aggravate the shortage of freshwater resources. This is achieved by introducing a Lewis acid layer (for example, Cr 2 O 3 ) on transition metal oxide catalysts to dynamically split water molecules and capture hydroxyl anions. Resources Guo, J.,

Hydrogen 345

Hydrogen Green Water Cheap 345

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced $10 million, subject to appropriations, to support the launch of the HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium ( HydroGEN ). Currently, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) funds research and development of low-carbon hydrogen production pathways.

Water 150

Water Hydrogen Production Green 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A team from the University of Cordoba in Spain and the University of Tehran in Iran has been searching for ways to increase hydrogen production by using microorganisms, specifically microalgae and bacteria. This study is a proof of concept for the synergetic biohydrogen production in alga-bacteria co-cultures. —Fakhimi et al.

Hydrogen 370

Hydrogen Production Iran Waste 370

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Researchers at Australia’s have developed less expensive and more efficient catalysts for producing hydrogen from water-splitting. Ni(OH) 2 composite active in overall water splitting. 2 for overall water splitting could be readily achieved at an applied voltage of 1.90 V in a commercially relevant electrolyte of 6 m NaOH.

Water 236

Water Hydrogen 2018 Commercial 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

The hydrogen production rate achieved in this work represents a really encouraging step towards the commercial realization of this technology. Now, the team has published the results of their scaled-up, efficient, and multi-product process under real-world conditions in an open-access paper in the same journal.

Solar 459

Solar Hydrogen Water Commercial 459

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2020

In a review paper published in the journal ChemSusChem , researchers from Australia’s CSIRO conclude that the combination of synthetic biology and materials chemistry will provide many viable options to allow the use of nitrogenase for energy applications, such as the production of green ammonia for use as a preferred liquid carrier for hydrogen.

Green 488

Green Production Hydrogen Renewable 488

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

Aluminum and water react exothermically to form aluminum hydroxide and hydrogen; this basic property has lured numerous researchers interested in generating hydrogen from the aluminum-water reaction for modern transportation systems for at least 35 years. Earlier post.) Their paper is published in the ACS journal Nano Letters.

Water 218

Water Hydrogen Industrial Industry 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Researchers at KAUST have discovered that a form of iron oxide—Fe 2 O 3 —makes an excellent co-catalyst for a promising photocatalytic material called gallium nitride for the production f hydrogen. Nitrides can absorb most of the energy in the solar spectrum, but gallium nitride is a flawed water splitting photocatalyst.

Solar 300

Solar Production Hydrogen Water 300

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. Energy and water are interconnected in the production of renewable fuels. —Zhao et al.

Water 207

Water Conversion Tulsa Hydrogen 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

The first phase of the traction battery production project of Sichuan Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL-SC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CATL, is now in operation. Featuring higher efficiency, the Yibin production base will deliver supporting services to OEM partners not only in China, but also around the world.

Production 221

Production Batteries Battery Automobile Industry 221

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

KEY), the parent company of HOI, as they seek to accelerate the fast-emerging green hydrogen production segment with unique large-scale architecture. The group forecasts that electricity-based green hydrogen will be the dominant form of hydrogen production by the middle of this century, accounting for 72% of output.

Hydrogen 465

Hydrogen Green Canada Water 465

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2020

Ben Wiley, a professor of chemistry at Duke University and his team are investigating how nano- and microstructured porous electrodes can improve the productivity of hydrogen generation in a zero-gap, flow-through alkaline water electrolyzer. 2 over 100 h without degradation, which corresponds to a hydrogen production rate 12.5-

Production 300

Production Hydrogen Water Universal 300

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

General Motors and Australia-based Element 25 Limited announced an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate (MnSO 4 ) annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America. Butcherbird hosts a large manganese resource of more than 260 million tonnes.

GM 195

GM Supplies Louisiana North America 195

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The world has entered the “lithium century” almost without noticing it, but until now this critical industry lacked a central voice. Orocobre Ltd; and Pilbara Minerals, which between them account for well more than half of global lithium production. Traces of this element are present in nearly all minerals, brines, clays and sea water.

International 170

International Industrial Industry Global 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2020

In an open-acess paper published in Nature Communications , Griffith University (Australia) researchers report having enhanced the catalytic activity of CoSe 2 for oxygen evolution in water splitting by incorporating both Fe dopants and Co vacancies into atomically thin CoSe 2 nanobelts. —Dr Yuhai Dou, lead author.

Water 186

Water Hydrogen Australia 2019 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

(SoCalGas) introduced an innovative new solar-powered hydrogen generation system during the California Air Resources Board Technology Expo and Symposium at the University of California, Riverside. The project is a partnership between SoCalGas, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the STARS Corporation. Earlier post.).

Hydrogen 207

Hydrogen Solar California San Diego 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2018

A team from the University of Houston and Hunan Normal University in China has developed an active and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst for water splitting that meets commercial crtieria for current densities at low overpotentials. to deliver 200 mA cm -2 , unsatisfactory for the commercial requirements of 1.8-2.4

Water 170

Water China Hydrogen Houston 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Veolia recently signed a long-term partnership agreement on the refining of crude methanol generated in pulp production at the Äänekoski bioproduct mill into commercial biomethanol. The Kraft pulping process transforms wood chips into pulp, from which a broad range of paper products are made.

Waste 403

Waste South Africa Indonesia Finland 403

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

EIT InnoEnergy, the European innovation engine for sustainable energy, announced a partnership with Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan), a start-up lithium exploration company, to produce the world’s first completely carbon-neutral lithium in Germany. The region contains Europe’s largest lithium resource and one of the largest worldwide.

Germany 491

Germany Carbon Lithium Ion Europe 491

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

Researchers at KAUST have developed and used a novel way of increasing the chemical reactivity of a two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide material to produce a cheap and effective catalyst for water splitting to produce hydrogen. This technique may also have potential benefits for other manufacturing industries. Source: KAUST.

Water 225

Water Hydrogen Taiwan Production 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

A new approach developed by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) could alleviate that situation a bit by using waste heat from other industrial processes. Energy experts say that the waste heat from Norway’s businesses and industries is the equivalent of 20 TWh of energy. 1 ) at 40 ?C, 1 (2.6 ± 1.3

Waste 296

Waste Hydrogen Production Water 296

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

The new electrocatalyst can be produced at large scale and low cost, providing a new paradigm in a wide application of hydrogen production by electrochemical reaction in future. Their high costs and scarcity hinder the development and applications of this hydrogen production method. Source: CityU. —Professor Liu. Kruzic, J.

Low Cost 221

Low Cost Hydrogen Production Water 221

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

Researchers at Linköping University and Umeå University in Sweden have developed a new and efficient way to use electrocatalysis to produce hydrogen gas from water using electrodes with nanotruss structures of iron oxide. The basic process, sputtering, is a commonly used coating method used in industry and research. 8b00718.

Water 199

Water Hydrogen Universal Sweden 199