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JANUARY 8, 2013

Each combination of enzymes will be tested on pretreated agricultural waste that can first be converted into sugars and then into bio-based products and advanced biofuels. Novozymes has already reduced the cost of enzyme production for biofuels by 90%. million (2008-2012). million (2001-2005). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 9, 2009

Nestlé Waters North America has installed 32 Plug Power GenDrive hydrogen fuel cells, purchased in 2008, in its materials-handling fleet at their Dallas, Texas bottling facility. Nestlé Waters also signed a long-term agreement with Air Products to supply hydrogen and hydrogen fueling station technology for the Dallas facility.

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JUNE 12, 2010

Researchers at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have converted the marine macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera , one of the main algae genera for “green tide”—massive algal blooms caused by eutrophication of marine water bodies—to bio-oil by hydrothermal liquefaction in a batch reactor at temperatures of 220-320 °C. and Enteromorpha sp.,

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The International Maritime Organization has adopted ambitious emissions-reduction targets, including a goal to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of global fleets 40% by 2030 and pursue efforts towards 70% by 2050, compared to 2008 levels. To achieve these goals, commercially viable zero-emissions vessels must begin entering global fleets.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Mascoma will then convert the feedstock to cellulosic ethanol through its proprietary process, which produces lignin as a by-product. Chevron has filed applications for two patents on processes to convert lignin to a hydrocarbon feedstock via hydroprocessing; both applications were published on 3 September 2009. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

Global Bioenergies has started the scale-up phase of a process converting renewable resources into acetone and isopropanol. In a further process, these two compounds can be converted to propylene, a key petrochemical building block with a market valued in excess of US$100 billion. We could reach ton scale production as early as 2018.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

KLD Energy Technologies has successfully completed a major debt offering; the company has raised nearly $26 million in capital since its incorporation in August 2008, about half of that in the past year. KLD has a contract-manufacturing agreement with China’s Zhejiang Qianjiang Motorcycle Co.

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AUGUST 14, 2010

The partners aim to build a test plant around 2013 and begin full-on production around 2020. The process for making biobutanol starts with rice straw, corn stalks and other inedible vegetable matter, which is converted into sugar and placed in a fermenting vat with bacteria genetically engineered by RITE. Earlier post.). Resources.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

HTL converts wet algae slurries into an upgradeable biocrude. Catalytic hydrothermal gasification is applied for HTL byproduct water cleanup and fuel gas production from water soluble organics, allowing the water to be considered for recycle of nutrients to the algae growth ponds. Clean water, which can be re-used to grow more algae.

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JULY 3, 2012

Canada’s federal government is awarding $908,280 through FedDev Ontario’s Investing in Business Innovation initiative to help algal biofuel startup Pond Biofuels accelerate the commercialization of its technology used to capture carbon dioxide from raw stack emissions and produce algae that can subsequently be converted into biofuels.

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The maritime industry faces a huge challenge to reduce average CO 2 emissions by 40% by 2030 and working towards 70% by 2050, compared with 2008 levels. The team will share risk and expertise, starting with product tankers before moving to dry bulk vessels.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens have formed a strategic alliance to develop and to commercialize a new technology for the low cost production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene using Anellotech’s process of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) of non-food biomass. Anellotech Inc., Earlier post.).

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JUNE 22, 2018

The ISOPROD project ( earlier post ) aims to validate (i) the production of bio-based isobutene on an industrial scale from beet substrates and (ii) the implementation of bio-based isobutene in industrial processes currently using fossil isobutene. In the GBE process, the product evaporates spontaneously.

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MARCH 23, 2010

and Shell have successfully started production at the first demonstration plant converting plant sugars into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol. Moving from lab-scale to a demonstration production plant is an important milestone for biogasoline. Virent Energy Systems, Inc. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Edeniq’s Cellunator technology mills corn and other plant materials into particles of feedstock that can be more efficiently converted into the plant sugars needed to produce biofuels. The Stockton, California plant was built in 2008 and has the capacity to produce 60 million gallons per year. In June, Edeniq received a $3.9

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JUNE 19, 2013

Off-gases from the production of iron and steel contain significant amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). LanzaTech’s innovative technology instead re-uses the off-gases from converter, coking plant or blast furnace processes as nutrients and a source of energy. Earlier post.). to the worldwide CO 2 emissions.

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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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NOVEMBER 7, 2008

“I was waiting for the American car companies to convert. Tags: Events Production News 'Revenge' - Media Coverage. One of his latest conversions - a silver VW Bug - was at Kick Gas, along with its very happy owner, Vickie Randle. “I’ve been wanting to do this since 1992,&# Vickie told us. We’ll be there.

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In addition to AnelloMate BTX, Bio-TCat technology produces a heavier aromatics product, AnelloMate Distillate, which can be upgraded into a high-quality biofuels blendstock for jet or diesel transportation fuel using conventional refinery processing. —David Sudolsky, President and CEO of Anellotech.

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APRIL 17, 2015

The central focus of Total’s plan for our French refining business is to realign our operations and products to changing markets. European demand for petroleum products has declined 15% since 2008, shrinking outlets for the continent’s refining industry. —Patrick Pouyanné, Chief Executive Officer of Total.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will award some $25 million to four projects to research and development of next-generation renewable energy and high-value biobased products—such as biofuels—from a variety of biomass sources. The Department of Energy will make additional awards through this program. Ceramatec, Inc.,

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JUNE 8, 2009

Lignol Energy Corporation has completed the first end-to-end production of cellulosic ethanol from its fully integrated industrial-scale biorefinery pilot plant in Burnaby, British Columbia. This represents the first end-to-end production of ethanol utilizing all of the unit operations of Lignol’s technology. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

SBM Offshore , the leader in the supply of leased Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, has signed a Commercial Development Agreement with CompactGTL Ltd , a developer of modular gas-to-liquids (GTL) solutions ( earlier post ), to work exclusively together on offshore projects.

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JUNE 25, 2009

Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility. opened the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas, Brazil. The facility, located in the midst of the sugarcane processing industry, secures the final development step before full commercial production of Amyris’s renewable fuels and chemicals.

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APRIL 27, 2012

The majority (62%) of the plantations were located on the island of Sumatra, and more than two-thirds (69%) of all industrial plantations were developed for oil palm cultivation, with the remainder mostly being Acacia plantations for paper pulp production. There is a variance based on production method, etc.). GCB Bioenergy.

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MARCH 26, 2010

Antonov, the UK-based automatic transmission specialist, reports significant progress being made to bring its TX-6 gearbox into production in China. Antonov TX-6 transmission in its final production form. All key suppliers for the final development build and production components have been selected. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

The process takes agricultural feedstocks such as animal fat, crop seed oil and restaurant grease, and converts them into drop-in liquid hydrocarbon fuels. The process also converts the same agricultural feedstocks into solvents and diluents. He ran that company for 12 years. Maher, Kathlyn M. Kirkwood, Murray R. Gray, and David C.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Corn is the key raw material in biofuel production in the US and by far the biggest cost component for an ethanol plant. Enzymes convert the starch in the mash to sugar, which can then be fermented to ethanol. After the corn is harvested, the kernels are ground into corn meal and water added to make a mash.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

liter concept Theta turbocharged gasoline direct injection (GDI) four-cylinder engine capable of developing as much as 286 hp (213 kW) while and delivering more than 30 highway mpg at the Los Angeles Auto show in 2008. in the new production 2.4 Hyundai had shown a 2.0-liter Earlier post.).

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Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. Click on this photo to see Stefano Paris' video production of the event. The man is brilliant and his company makes advanced technology products you can drive today. I’ve heard him speak at the Plug-In conference.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

Novozymes and Cargill have collaborated on renewable acrylic acid technology since 2008. Both companies have worked to develop microorganisms that can efficiently convert renewable feedstock into 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), which is one possible chemical precursor to acrylic acid.

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MAY 13, 2012

The increased thermal transfer allows a larger amount of the input energy to be efficiently converted. Based on 2008 statistics, more than 322,000 stripper gas wells in the United States account for 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas annually, enough to supply 16?million million homes.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

HEET, a company with experience developing alternative energy technologies, will focus on ways to convert discarded cooking oil into a component of sustainable aviation biofuel at the Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center. COMAC was held on May 11th, 2008.

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The shift to battery vehicles could massively reduce demand for palladium, although some miners are working on the development of products that could boost consumption. In 2023, palladium prices fell by 39%, the metal’s deepest yearly fall since 2008.

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JUNE 4, 2009

a leading manufacturer of engine components that converts vehicles to operate on cleaner gaseous fuels, such as propane. 2008 and 2009 3.5L CleanFUEL North America, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with IMPCO Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., Chevrolet Impala. liter Chevrolet G Van and GMC Savana.

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JUNE 22, 2012

A unique two-part architecture and wing system directly converts wave motion into thrust, and solar panels provide electricity for sensor payloads. Initial customer deliveries of the Wave Glider unmanned maritime vehicle (UMV) took place in 2008. To date, Wave Gliders have logged more than 100,000 miles of operations.

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JUNE 13, 2010

a Canadian forest products company, have formed a partnership to build the world’s largest commercial fast pyrolysis plant in High Level, Alberta. The facility will also be capable of producing a renewable resin ingredient that can be used in the manufacture of wood panel products. Ensyn Technologies Inc., Earlier post.).

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