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Shell brings H2 fueling stations to NYC

Does Shell know something about the DOE's hydrogen funding plans that others don't? Or did it forget that the Shell CEO said recently that biofuels are the future? Whatever's going in internally, the energy giant is moving forward with plans to open a series of hydrogen refueling stations in New York. Today, the company opened a second NYC station – at JFK international airport – and will break the seal on another, this one in the Bronx, later this month. An H2 station in White Plains has been open since April 2008. Shell calls ... Read more →

Shell station starts selling E10 in Ottawa using wheat straw ethanol Xavier Navarro

A Shell station near Ottawa, Canada is leading the way in offering cellulosic ethanol at the pump. While many companies, including some in Canada, are working on making the biofuel, not many have ...

European Shell Eco Marathon Europe 2009: more than 8000 mpg! Xavier Navarro

2009 Shell Eco Marathon winners - Click above for an image gallery The 25th edition of the Shell Eco Marathon took place last week at the German circuit of Lausitz, and quite a number of records ...

Shell CEO: electric cars are old news, biofuels are the future Sebastian Blanco

Shell has stated its preference for hydrogen and biofuels in the past. What they haven't gone out of their way to do, though, was to aggravate electric vehicle fans by dismissing their powertrain of ...

Shell and Codexis expanding cellulosic ethanol development Sam Abuelsamid

Codexis and Shell are expanding their collaboration on developing non-food based biofuels. Codexis develops what the company calls biocatalysts, the enzymes used to break down cellulose into simple ...

VIDEO: Shell's Sylvia Williams discusses GTL diesel fuel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the VIPs that Audi invited to be present at the launch of the Mileage Marathon in New York on Monday was Sylvia Williams. Williams is the general manager of business development for future fuels at Shell. The main topic of interest in New York was GTL fuel. GTL is a synthetic liquid ...

Iogen ships first 26,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol to Shell 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Canadian cellulosic ethanol producer Iogen has shipped the first 26,000 gallons of an order for Royal Dutch Shell. Iogen recently announced a deal with Shell that would see them cooperate on commercializing cellulosic ethanol production. Iogen has a demonstration plant near the Canadian capitol and ...

Meet the Ecocustom, a project for Shell's EcoMarathon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Meet_the_Ecocustom_a_project_for_Shell_s_EcoMarathon'; Every year, Shell organizes an EcoMarathon, where the aim is to run a vehicle as far as possible on a single liter of gasoline. While the first target in 1977 was 680 km (something like 1634 mpg), recent ...

Choren industries opens BTL plant in Freiberg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has inaugurated the "first refinery of second generation" biofuels in Freiberg. The plant, owned by Choren, which partners with car companies VW and Daimler and the Shell oil company, produces BTL (biomass-to-liquid) fuel from any kind of biomass, such as wood ...

2008 Shell Eco-marathon coming in April; will anyone best 1902 mpg? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last year, Cal Poly (ok, ok, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo) won the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas with an astounding 1,902.7 mpg score. For 2008, 34 teams will compete at the California Speedway event in April. Last week, Shell-Pennzoil driver Kevin Harvick was at the ...

Shell Oil sets European, U.K. annual corporate profit record: $27.6 billion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Royal Dutch Shell made $27.6 billion in 2007, a European and U.K. annual corporate profit record. Sound familiar? It should. Exxon Mobil was breaking records a year ago when they reported $39.5 billion profit. Everything is not great at Shell because profits for the last few months were actually a ...

Shell Oil to grow biofuels from marine algae 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Shell Oil formed a joint venture with HR Biopetroleum called Cellana and they plan to produce biofuels from marine algae. Shell, which owns a majority stake in the venture, will start production of a demonstration facility on the Kona coast of Hawai'i Island immediately. The production volume for ...

Pump prices down, but so is consumer confidence 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

An article in from Automotive News tells us... what we already know. Even though gas prices have declined since their almost record-breaking highs on Memorial Day, consumer confidence is at a low. What is interesting about the article is that it points out that not only is our confidence in oil ...

Defense Department Awards Synfuel Contract 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Jets are awesome. But face it - they're not environment-friendly (unless they're blowing up gas-guzzling tanks, Hummers or Ford Expeditions). Another baby step was taken today to falsify that statement. The Defense Energy Support Center just "awarded" a contract (boy, they're pretty high and ...

Biomass-to-liquids synthetic SunDiesel to launch in Europe this year 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A new synthetic diesel fuel produced using a Fischer-Tropsch process based biomass-to-liquids (BTL) technology, and developed by Shell and Choren Industries, will be launched in Europe later this year. Utilising waste plant material like wood chips and straw instead of food crops like soybean and ...

Shell Oil president calls for action against global warming 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The AP reported today that Shell Oil Company president John Hofmeister publicly denounced U.S. leaders for not piecing together a strategy to combat global warming. He believes the debate over the science of climate change is over and says, "It's a waste of time to debate it. Policymakers have a ...

European Shell Eco-Marathon contestant hits 6785 mpg 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The vehicles in this year's European Shell Eco-Marathon are not exactly the cars you'd want to go on a road trip in, but they can go amazing distances on very little fuel. Engineering students from the Lucee La Joliverie School in France entered this year's top mileage-getter. Their ethanol-powered ...

Diesel blends emission test report issued by Shell and Germany's UFOP 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Shell and Germany's UFOP (Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants) just released a study comparing the exhaust gas and particle emissions of fossil diesels with B5 and B20 biodiesel fuels. The five fuel blends tested were -Diesel Fuel (DF) -Shell Middle Distillate with lubrication ...


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