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The report, Opportunities for hydrogen in commercial aviation , which had technical input and funding from The Boeing Company, finds that growing hydrogen industry momentum could provide an opportunity to introduce hydrogen for niche airport applications (such as ground support equipment) as early as 2025.

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MAY 21, 2010

Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue. The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply”. Conventional oil uses 0.1

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The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a non-profit entity established by Masdar Institute that is part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, announced the world’s first commercial flight using locally produced sustainable fuel on an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 powered by GE’s GEnx-1B engines. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Vattenfall and Aalborg University are partnering with Danish startup SCF Technologies in a two-year project to design a demonstration plant based on SCF’s CatLiq process—an application of the firm’s supercritical fluid technology in the catalytic production of bio-oil from organic waste. SCF Technologies 2008 Annual Report.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

BP announced a giant oil discovery at its Tiber Prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Appraisal will be required to determine the size and commercial potential of the discovery, however, the find reportedly may contain more than 3 billion barrels. The well found oil in multiple Lower Tertiary reservoirs.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

With the Canadian energy industry seeking diversification from the US and potential greenhouse gsa regulations, the Globe and Mail reports that commercial backing is growing for Enbridge Inc.’s In 2005, when Enbridge Inc. Condensate is used to thin petroleum products for pipeline transport. The Northern Gateway Project.

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AUGUST 23, 2009

Consumptive freshwater use for ethanol and petroleum gasoline production. The production of both bio and petroleum feedstocks and fuels requires substantial water input. In many cases, the Argonne team noted, crude oil production is increasingly water dependent. Data: Wu, ANL/ESD/09-1. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 9, 2009

Estimates of how much crude oil humans have extracted from the planet vary wildly (as do estimates on how much remains). UK researchers have published a new estimate of total crude oil extracted in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology that suggests we may have used more than we think. tonnes per cubic metre.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

for an algae-oil derived renewable F-76 shipboard fuel for the US Navy. DESC also awarded Sustainable Oils, LLC a $2.7-million Commercial Jet. Marine Gas Oil. Under the contract, Solazyme will produce 20,055 gallons of the algae-derived product that will meet the specifications of F-76. JP-8 (shore). AVGAS (UAV).

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

The ERS Biorefinery is projected to be a profitable asset at $45/barrel crude oil and delivers improved profitability of $300-900 per metric ton compared to traditional biodiesel plants. According to an AP report, about one-fourth of first-year production would use poultry fat for feedstock. (ERS) received a $2.5 Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013) Reference case (the Early Release ), which highlights a growth in total US energy production that exceeds growth in total US energy consumption through 2040. Domestic oil production will rise to 7.5 quadrillion Btu in 2011 to 14.0

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MARCH 25, 2009

and Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, will collaborate on testing an anaerobic fermentation process for producing biohydrogen from sugar cane dregs and other biomass. If the project gets on track, Petrobras plans to commercialize the business and Sapporo Breweries will sell production equipment based on the technology.

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The Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects Loan Guarantee solicitation is intended to support technologies that will have a catalytic effect on commercial deployment of future projects, are replicable, and are market ready. Waste-to-Energy. Efficiency Improvements.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

On a stand-alone basis, all light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles have the potential to reduce per-mile GHG emissions by at least 40% in 2050, relative to 2005 average fleet levels. However, projected 2050 transportation demand, relative to 2005, counteracts per-mile GHG reductions. Earlier post.).

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JULY 3, 2013

The Advanced Fossil Energy Projects solicitation, authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 through Section 1703 of the Loan Guarantee Program, will be open for comments from industry, stakeholders, and the public until early September. The program is part of President Obama’s climate action plan. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 18, 2013

In response to a Congressional mandate in 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) convened the Committee on Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels to assess the potential for vehicle and fuel technology options to achieve substantial reductions in petroleum use and GHG emissions by 2050 relative to 2005. Major Findings.

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The translucent tubes contain red-colored oil circulated to cool the motor. El-Refaie originated the GE program in dual-phase materials in 2005. kW/kg because the prediction had been based on attributes of lab-scale or simulated parts rather than production ones.) It fell short of the predicted value of 1.87

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kW renewable energy system being studied for potential commercialization by a combined team from Ad Astra Rocket Company, Cummins Inc. Other components of this system include an Ad Astra-designed solar and wind-based hydrogen production and storage system. and EARTH University in Costa Rica.

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Bamboo, the composition of which is highly similar to energy grasses used for biofuel production such as switchgrass, is an interesting potential feedstock for advanced bioethanol production in China due to its natural abundance, rapid growth, perennial nature and low management requirements. million tons in 2008.

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The facility will convert grease, primarily animal fats and used cooking oil supplied by Darling, and potentially other feedstocks that become economically and commercially viable, into renewable diesel. The company also recovers and converts used cooking oil and commercial bakery waste into feed and fuel ingredients.

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Additionally, other energy-intensive industries will see demand for their products flatten. In the years since 2005, we have established and significantly enhanced the LBNL China End-Use Energy Model based on the level of diffusion of end use technologies and other drivers of energy demand.

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billion barrels of foreign oil and reduced US transportation-related carbon emissions by 589.33 Bush signed the RFS into law by on August 8, 2005 as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The first version of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) called for annual increases in production and use of biofuels through 2012.

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This effort will focus on the downstream processing of isobutanol to paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel) for jet engine testing, airline suitability flights and advancing commercial deployment. However, Gevo projects that its isobutanol production process will provide a cost-effective source of biomass-derived isobutanol. Gevo, Inc.,

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JULY 6, 2011

has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. UOP and Total announced their partnership on this in 2005. Located in Nanjing, China, the facility will be one of the world’s first methanol-to-olefin production facilities.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

which is commercializing olefin metathesis technology for renewable fuels and chemicals ( earlier post ), has completed a licensing agreement with XiMo AG, a company founded by renowned chemists Amir H. Schrock, to use XiMo’s proprietary molybdenum and tungsten metathesis catalysts in the field of natural oils. Hoveyda and Richard R.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

LanzaTech has shown 2,3-BD production from waste gas resources in an industrial setting. 2,3-BD can be readily converted to intermediaries like butenes, butadiene and methyl ethyl ketone that are used in the production of hydrocarbon fuels and a variety of chemicals including polymers, synthetic rubbers, plastics and textiles.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., On 9 December, EPA released a draft analysis of data from its Pavillion, Wyoming ground water investigation, indicating that ground water in the aquifer contains compounds likely associated with gas production practices, including hydraulic fracturing. of Encana’s daily production. Earlier post.)

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Gevo was founded in 2005 by Drs. Gevo’s technology enables the cost-effective, practical production of renewable hydrocarbons such as isooctene and isooctane for the gasoline market, renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel blendstocks. In April, oil and gas major Total invested an undisclosed amount in Gevo’s series D round.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

A core group of 15 commercial airlines has signed non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for negotiating purchases from two different producers of synthetic jet fuel: AltAir Fuels LLC and RenTech Inc. J0.01) formally voted upon and passed a new fuel specification that will enable use of synthetic fuels in commercial aviation.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The partners expect that the proposed facility would principally convert waste grease—primarily animal fats and used cooking oil supplied by Darling—and potentially other feedstocks that become economically and commercially viable into renewable diesel. Darling International Inc. Valero Renewables.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Oil and gas major Total has invested an undisclosed amount in the series D round of advanced biofuels company Gevo. Gevo was founded in 2005 by Drs. In addition, Gevo’s technology enables the production of a wide variety of chemicals such as isobutylene and paraxylene from renewable resources. Joseph, Missouri at ICM’s St.

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The global energy supply became 6% cleaner from 1971 to 1990,in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. The pace of improvement in some regions shows the strong potential to bring fuel-saving technologies—most of which are already commercially available—into the market through policy action. tCO 2 /TJ (2.39 tCO 2 /toe).

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HydroWing, in partnership with Tocardo, introduced the THyPSO (Tidal Hydrogen production, Storage and Offtake), a concept that creates green hydrogen from the sea, contributing to the wider global decarbonization of energy systems. THyPSO has capacity to hold up to two weeks’ worth of hydrogen production in pressurized storage tanks.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Gevo’s technology also enables using the biobutanol for the production of renewable hydrocarbons such as isooctene and isooctane for the gasoline market, renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel blendstocks. Joseph has been designed and constructed as a reduced scale replica of a dry-milled ethanol production process. Earlier post.).

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Craig Venter characterized as a “ halfway house ”—a facility in which SGI and ExxonMobil researchers can test whether developments from the lab bench can function in a larger contained environment that still begins to approximate real-world conditions for algae production.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

At a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors from around the country, President Barack Obama yesterday laid out three measures intended to work in concert to boost biofuels production and reduce US dependence on petroleum. And we want to get up 10 commercial demonstration projects, get those up and running by 2016. per gallon.

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JUNE 12, 2009

SK Energy is Asia’s fourth largest energy provider, and was Korea’s first oil refining company, now with a domestic market share of 38%. The integrated energy and petrochemical company earlier invested 159 billion won (US$127 million) to expand its lithium-ion battery production. Earlier post.).

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