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Elkem inaugurates world’s first carbon capture pilot for smelters at Rana plant for ferrosilicon and microsilica

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The Aker Mobile Test Unit (Just Test) has been operational since 2008 and has continuously been upgraded in accordance with Aker’s latest technology developments. It produces speciality ferrosilicon products and microsilica based on renewable hydropower. With full-scale implementation, 1.5

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

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Global Bioenergies has started the scale-up phase of a process converting renewable resources into acetone and isopropanol. Founded in 2008, Global Bioenergies develops processes to convert renewable resources into fuels and materials. —Marc Delcourt, CEO of Global Bioenergies.

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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. Imperium Renewables, and Mesa Engineering.

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Siemens joining Clean Energy Partnership demo for hydrogen mobility

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This system produces hydrogen using at least 50% renewable sources. Germany’s National Innovation Program for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP) has sponsored the CEP since 2008. Siemens will provide a PEM electrolyzer with a nominal capacity of 0.1 MW power rating and peak capacity of up to 300 kW for one.

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

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Micrograph of fermentation fluids from production of Amyris Renewable Diesel (Nov 2007). 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. Earlier in 2009, Amyris completed its first successful demonstration drive using Amyris renewable diesel.

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Amyris to Partner with Three Sugar and Ethanol Producers in Brazil for Manufacture of Renewable Chemicals and Fuels

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has entered into letter of intent agreements with three sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil—Bunge Limited, Cosan and Açúcar Guarani with the purpose of partnering for the production of high value renewable specialty chemicals and fuels. million tons of sugarcane in the 2008-2009 crop. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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