The center conducts research on the production
of liquid transportation fuels via artificial photosynthesis, which utilizes solar energy, water and carbon dioxide, DOE said Tuesday.
«I think it's reasonable to be shooting for providing 50 percent
of our liquid transportation fuel with sustainable fuel.»
Not exact matches
If we were trying to make
liquid transportation fuels to replace all
transportation fuels in the U.S. and you try and do that from corn it would take a facility three times the size
of the continental U.S..
Ultimately, this facility may be able to convert as much as 1,000 metric tons
of biomass per day into
liquid fuel; the goal is to build a commercial - scale facility that would churn out 50 million gallons (189.2 million liters)
of transportation fuels per year.
In that case, we do nothing and suffer the consequences
of dealing with a burgeoning demand for
liquid transportation fuels globally without offering any alternatives to petroleum.
Coal - to -
liquid fuels with carbon capture and storage could replace about 15 — 20 %
of current
fuel consumption in the
transportation sector (2 — 3 million barrels per day; the lower estimate holds if coal is also used to produce coal - and - biomass - to -
liquid fuels) and would have lifecycle CO2 emissions similar to petroleum - based
fuels.
Created in 2007, the Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs) work together to address the most significant challenges standing in the way
of affordable, sustainable and scalable advanced
liquid transportation fuels.
Dr. Aaron Appel, who is leading the efforts to rationally design catalysts for carbon dioxide conversion PNNL's Institute for Integrated Catalysis, shared his team's work on two groups
of catalysts that are involved in the first step
of turning carbon dioxide into
liquid transportation fuels.
As to
transportation or industry the truth is there is no other portable energy source that offers quite the concentration
of energy or the abundance found
of the original bounty found in
liquid fossil
fuels.
David Adam
of The Guardian reported over the weekend on the first international conference on «coal to
liquids,» in Paris, at which a host
of officials from around the world excitedly described a host
of new coal - to -
liquids initiatives aimed at securing flows
of transportation fuel in a world facing high oil prices for a long time to come.
Question asked: «What ideas are out there for shaping
transportation choices as China, India, Mexico, and other countries race toward prosperity so they avoid the traps
of sprawl,
of ever - growing demand for
liquid fuels,
of the insulation from community that comes when you're camped alone on a congested freeway?»
What ideas are out there for shaping
transportation choices as China, India, Mexico, and other countries race toward prosperity so they avoid the traps
of sprawl,
of ever - growing demand for
liquid fuels,
of the insulation from community that comes when you're camped alone on a congested freeway?
If this trend is robust, use
of natural gas in
transportation, either through direct use or following conversion to a
liquid fuel, could in time increase appreciably.
One
of the most important take - home points, to me, was the authors» endorsement
of a rising role for natural gas as a feedstock for producing
liquid transportation fuels.
The study also found that both BTL - RC - CCS (biomass - to -
liquids, with recycling
of unconverted syngas to maximize FTL output and CCS) and cellulosic ethanol with CCS (EtOH - CCS) have negative GHGI emission values that can be exploited to offset GHG missions from difficult to decarbonize energy sources such as
transportation fuels derived from crude oil.
The growth in
transportation energy demand is likely to account for approximately 60 percent
of the growth in
liquid fuels demand worldwide over this period.
Nearly all the world's
transportation fleets will continue to run on
liquid fuels, which are abundant, widely available, easy to transport, and provide a large quantity
of energy in small volumes.
In a new working paper, WRI calculates that providing just 10 percent
of the world's
liquid transportation fuel in the year 2050 would require nearly 30 percent
of all the energy in a year's worth
of crops the world produces today.
H2O and CO2 can supply the feedstock for all the
liquid fuels currently used for
transportation, which are just various molecular recombinations
of hydrogen and carbon.
We are conducting our own research efforts into alternative energy, such as through sponsorship
of the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University and research into
liquid products from algae and biomass that can be further converted to
transportation fuels.
Bullfrog Power's green
fuel is an earth - friendly, renewable alternative to
liquid fossil
fuel, allowing climate - conscious Canadians to reduce the environmental impact
of their
transportation.
«In terms
of energy policy and the potential to shift
transportation away from
liquid fuels to the electric grid, PHEVs may prove to be nothing short
of revolutionary.»
Just to add to one
of your comments, the cost to replace the existing
transportation,
liquid fuel distribution system with electricity throughout the USA would be enormous.
JCAP researchers are focused on achieving the major scientific breakthroughs needed to produce
liquid transportation fuels from a combination
of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, using artificial photosynthesis.
Muller does not believe that the problem is related to
transportation, nor that we are approaching a «Hubbard Peak» on oil (since we have lots
of coal and this can easily be converted to
liquid fuels with existing «clean» technology).
The term output means some or all
of the
liquid or gaseous
transportation fuels produced from the project, as specified in the loan agreement.
Despite rising
fuel prices, use
of liquids for
transportation increases by an average
of 1.1 % per year, or 38 % overall, from 2010 to 2040.
In the
transportation sector, in particular,
liquid fuels continue to provide most
of the energy consumed.
The
transportation sector accounts for 63 %
of the total increase in
liquid fuel use from 2010 to 2040, and the remainder is attributed to the industrial sector, where the chemicals industry continues to consume large quantities
of petroleum throughout the projection.
The term qualified coal - to -
liquid facility means a manufacturing facility that has the capacity to produce at least 10,000 barrels per day
of transportation grade
liquid fuels from a feedstock that is primarily domestic coal (including peat and any property which allows for the capture,
transportation, or sequestration
of by - products resulting from such process, including carbon emissions).
In a new report, «Biofuels for
Transportation Markets», Navigant Research forecasts that global demand for biofuels in the road transportation sector will grow from representing almost 6 % of the liquid fuels market in 2013 to roughl
Transportation Markets», Navigant Research forecasts that global demand for biofuels in the road
transportation sector will grow from representing almost 6 % of the liquid fuels market in 2013 to roughl
transportation sector will grow from representing almost 6 %
of the
liquid fuels market in 2013 to roughly 8 % by 2022.
A Berkeley Lab - led team is working to re-engineer an enzyme for the efficient conversion
of methane to
liquid hydrocarbon
transportation fuels.
Adding insult to injury electricity, even were it free to produce at centralized generation facilities, can not practically replace
liquid hydrocarbon
fuels for lack
of distribution capacity to local consumption and lack
of storage capacity for
transportation.
Transportation, which accounts for about 40 percent
of the world's energy use, relies overwhelmingly on
liquid fuels produced from oil.
As we consider buildings as the largest source
of GHG emissions in developed societies, we must consider the largest
liquid chemical consumer
of fossil
fuels:
transportation.
The number
of miles
of public roads and streets most recently certified by the Department
of Transportation as eligible for distribution
of liquid fuels funds under the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L. 1944, No. 655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocatio
liquid fuels funds under the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L. 1944, No. 655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation
fuels funds under the act
of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L. 1944, No. 655), referred to as the
Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocatio
Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation
Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law.
Here's how this could happen: Without Renewable Alternatives,
Liquid Coal Could Win the Day As world oil reserves begin critically depleting and the necessary investments aren't made to electrify the world's
transportation fleet and a larger switch to renewable energy made, then it is likely that use
of coal - to -
liquids fuels (which have 40 % higher emissions than oil) will rise.
No doubt the same thing is happening along much
of the west coast
of Canada, which is why China's sanctioning
of coal to
liquid technology to produce
transportation fuel is directly significant to North Americans, and why it is so important to help China become more reliant on efficient processes and products.
Southern Research Institute has entered into a $ 1.5 - million cooperative agreement with the US Department
of Energy to test an innovative method for producing
liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass, thereby improving the economics and lifecycle impacts
of coal - to -
liquid (CTL) and coal - biomass - to -
liquid (CBTL) processes.
Solar power, nuclear energy, and coal are primarily useful for generating electric power, but these energies do not provide
liquid fuels needed for
transportation or mechanized agriculture, nor do they provide raw materials for manufacturing
of 300,000 products, including fertilizer.
Pay attention, because this next one has some serious implications for energy and
transportation policy, and infrastructure: According to research just published in the online edition
of Science, rather than converting energy crops to
liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, it is far more efficient to convert them to electricity to power vehicles.
The EDF scenario (Eeh) implies that aircraft account for 39 %
of the
transportation energy usage and require 45 %
of the world's
liquid fuel production.