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  • Accelerating the transition to sustainable mobility and low carbon emissions in Panama City

    CTCN
    Date of submission
    Phase
    Completed
    Countries
    Panama
    Objective
    Mitigation
    Sectors
    Transport
    Cross-sectoral enabler
    Economics and financial decision-making
    Governance and planning
    Approach
    Community based

    Context



    Panama is working on the transformation from a traditional scheme of public transportation to a more integrated system, which will offer citizens access to quality and accessible transport services. The recent arrival of natural gas in Panama brings the opportunity to use this fuel in transportation, whilst the advances within the electric mobility field offer a very attractive and more environmentally friendly alternative.

  • Liquefied Natural Gas in trucks and cars

    Liquefied Natural Gas in trucks and cars
    Sectors
    Transport
    Objective
    Adaptation

    The use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in transport is a suitable option to power large long-distance trucks in areas where gas is transported as liquefied natural gas because there are indigenous gas supplies and no gas network. The use of LNG in passenger cars is far less viable because on average passenger cars stand idle more often, which would give rise to high evaporative losses.

  • Global Environment Centre Foundation

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    Knowledge partner
    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Japan
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Knowledge Partner
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Transport
    Waste management

    The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.

  • Gas Natural Fenosa Engineering, S.L. 

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    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Spain
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Industry
    Carbon fixation and abatement

    Gas Natural Fenosa (GNFe) is an energy consulting firm, fully-owned by GNF Group, a leading multinational in the energy sector.

  • Next-Generation Metal-Organic Frameworks With High Deliverable Capacities For Gas Storage Applications

    Background: Here are many applications that require the storage of a high density of gas molecules. The driving range of vehicles powered by natural gas or hydrogen for instance is determined by the maximum density of gas that can be stored inside a fuel tank and delivered to the engine or fuel cell. In certain situations it is desirable to lower the pressure or raise the temperature needed to store a given amount of gas through the use of an adsorbent.

  • One-Step Steam Reforming Plus Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis to Produce Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas

    Background: The University of South Florida (USF) has developed a novel method to produce liquid fuels from natural gas. Technology Description: USF inventors have successfully developed a novel method that combines the reforming process and Fisher-Tropsch Synthesis into a single operation within a single reactor. The reactor contains a hybrid catalyst system capable of combining endothermic steam reforming with exothermic Fischer-Tropsch reactions into a single intensified process thus avoiding the costly energy penalties and mass recycles. This radically alters the economics.

  • Biological Conversion Of Ethylene To n-Butanol And Other Chemicals Using E. Coli

    Technology
    Reservoirs

    Background: In the midst of declining fossil fuel reserves and a great expansion of natural gas production increased efforts has been expended in seeking to commercialize the conversion of natural gas into chemical feedstocks and fuels as an alternative to petroleum. Many methods to convert methane to ethylene have been developed. Researchers at the University of California Davis have developed novel methods using Escherichia coli as a biocatalyst to convert ethylene to acetyl-CoA and ultimately n-butanol which is a potential fuel substitute and an important C4 chemical feedstock.

  • Engineered Non-Methylotrophic Organisms to Use and Grow on Methanol and Fix Carbon Dioxide

    Natural gas constitutes an enormous energy and chemical resource for the US where the recoverable amount is estimated to be 2000 trillion ft3. However natural gas is a poor transportation fuel because of its inherently low energy density and therefore it needs to be converted into liquid fuels at competitive prices. There are various existing chemical routes but are not competitive for producing liquid fuels as they suffer from both high capital costs and low conversion efficiency. Bioconversion is a promising alternative because of the high specificity and high process energy efficiency.