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Ballard participating in H2PORTS project to demo hydrogen as alternative fuel in European ports; FCmove-HD

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Ballard Power Systems is participating in the H2PORTS project, which is aimed at facilitating a rapid transition at European ports from fossil fuels to low-carbon, zero-emission alternatives based on hydrogen and fuel cells. Earlier post.).

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Siemens joining Clean Energy Partnership demo for hydrogen mobility

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The company will provide hydrogen fueling stations with an electrolysis system based on PEM (proton exchange membrane) technology. hydrogen as the “fuel of the future”. Germany’s National Innovation Program for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP) has sponsored the CEP since 2008.

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DOE to Award Honeywells UOP $25M for Pyrolysis Oil to Renewable Fuels Demo Unit

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Converting biomass to renewable fuels via a pyrolysis pathway. The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. In 2008, UOP received a $1.5 Source: UOP.

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California Energy Commission awards $5M to sugar beet ethanol biorefinery demo

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Sugar beets have been grown in the area for more than 100 years, and were processed at a local Spreckels Sugar plant until it closed in 2008. The award is made through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118.

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Virgin America launches LEAP engine with order to power 30 A320neo aircraft; 15% lower fuel burn

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CFM launched the new LEAP-X engine as a totally new centerline engine in 2008. The LEAP engine combines advanced aerodynamic design techniques, lighter, more durable materials, and leading-edge environmental technologies to deliver 15% better engine fuel efficiency. At current fuel prices, this translates to as much as $1.6

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Embraer, GE, Azul and Amyris in Renewable Jet Fuel Evaluation Project

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Amyris engineers microbes to convert sugar to hydrocarbon fuels. The initiative can culminate in a demo flight, by early 2012, of an Embraer E-Jet using GE engines and belonging to Azul Linhas Aéreas. Amyris’ renewable jet fuel is a promising alternative to the conventional petroleum-derived jet fuel. Source: Amyris.

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Global Bioenergies starts scale-up of its second process: renewable acetone and isopropanol

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Founded in 2008, Global Bioenergies develops processes to convert renewable resources into fuels and materials. Its most technically mature process is for the production of isobutene, a 4-carbon compound, from which fuels and materials are derived.

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