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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

First application is on the 2010 Ford Flex’s third-row interior storage bins. The wheat straw-reinforced resin is the BioCar Initiative’s first production-ready application. Seeing this go into production on the Ford Flex is a major accomplishment for the University of Waterloo and the BioCar Initiative. More than 1.5

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

The products in red would be produced by synthetic biocatalysts, while those in black—ethanol, acetic acid, and 2,3 BDO—can be produced by the LanzaTech native microorganisms. Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock. LanzaTech’s proposed gas-to-liquids platform. Source: LanzaTech. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

LanzaTech uses non-food renewable resources to produce ethanol and also 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), a key building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels. Its crude steel production for 2010 was 33.7 billion in 2010. million tons. of consolidated revenue: US$476 million of US$28.1 —Dr Holmgren.

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JUNE 20, 2011

The company aims to transform the chemical industry through the cost-advantaged, smaller-footprint production of bio-based chemicals as direct replacements for major industrial chemicals that are currently petroleum-based in a trillion-dollar global market. Genomatica expects to begin commercial production of Bio-BDO in 2012.

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JUNE 24, 2010

The bio-based polyurethane foam will be one of the new features in the new Ford Explorer—which will also deliver fuel economy at least 25% better than the current model—which goes in to production later this year. By year’s end, nearly 100% of Ford’s North American vehicle lineup will feature the more eco-friendly material.

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APRIL 18, 2011

The theme of Auto Shanghai 2011, “Innovation for Tomorrow”, reflects that low-carbon, green economy and sustainable development will become trends of the Chinese automotive industry. million units in 2010. The product has already been applied in Aspire Low Rolling Resistance tire. China’s overall auto sales rose 32.4%

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The information received from the RFI will be used to update the analyses in DOE’s Critical Material Strategy Reports that were released in 2010 and 2011. Topics of interest include material intensity; market projections; technology transitions; primary production; supply chains; and recycling. Grid storage. Solar photvoltaics.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2011

The hydrogen micro-bead technology is compatible with standard combustion engines and can either be used as an additive to conventional fuels where it would reduce carbon emissions, or on its own to make hydrogen gas for zero-carbon driving. Cella is a spin-off from STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

BASF Future Business GmbH and PURAC, subsidiaries of BASF SE and CSM nv, respectively, are cooperating for the joint production development of bio-based succinic acid. Furthermore, low cost succinic acid has high potential as a platform chemical and its downstream products.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Renewable fuels contain carbon derived from carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is derived directly by a photosynthetic fuel-producing organism(s) or via intermediary biomass polymers that were previously derived from carbon dioxide. With the former, feedstock and end-product toxicity loom as major problems.

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MAY 20, 2013

In a forecast of the Lithium market through 2017, Roskill Information Services estimates that rechargeable batteries will, in the base-case growth scenario, contribute 75% of the growth in forecast lithium demand to 2017, when total demand for lithium is expected to reach slightly more than 238,000t lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

has selected to locate its research, manufacturing and product development facility for military, cell phone and electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries in Lexington. Founded in October 2010, NOHMs Technologies has developed a battery that is based on lithium-sulfur chemistry. Technology.

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JULY 21, 2011

A new European collaborative research project is focusing on advancing carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) materials technology to bring it closer to mass-production for automotive applications. Thermosets are polymer materials that irreversibly cure to a hard solid state through heating, a chemical reaction, or irradiation.).

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MAY 9, 2011

Royal DSM, a global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, and the French starch and starch derivatives company Roquette Frères today will build a commercial-scale plant for the production of bio-based succinic acid. The new commercial production facility in Italy will be producing fermentation-based bio-succinic acid.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

2010 global automotive materials market by revenue (top) and volume (bottom). Governments across the world have been passing laws mandating reductions in fuel consumption and/or carbon emissions. High-performance Polymers (PA11, PA12, PA46, PPA, PPS, PEEK). The company values the 2010 automotive plastics market at $17,305.7

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MAY 7, 2009

FY 2010 Budget requests are in green, the FY 2009 additional appropriation (Recovery Act funding) is in red. President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2010 $26.4 However, the FY 2010 budget complements the $38.7 billion); carbon capture and sequestration ($3.4 billion); carbon capture and sequestration ($3.4

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JUNE 17, 2010

The BIIP assessment includes the bitumen production, reserves and economic contingent resources previously reported as well as an estimate of Cenovus’s share of all other bitumen on the company’s lands. That’s a five-fold production increase from current bitumen production levels. per barrel. per barrel.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

A new nylon family—DuPont Zytel PLUS—and new materials to enable laser welding techniques were the focus of two DuPont Automotive Performance Polymers talks presented recently at the SPE Automotive Engineering Plastics Conference (AutoEPCON) at the Michigan State University (MSU) Management Education Center in Troy, Mich. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

signed agreements to expand their current R&D partnership ( earlier post ) and to form a joint venture to develop, produce and commercialize a range of renewable fuels and products. International oil and gas major Total and renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. The venture aims to begin operations in the first quarter of 2012.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

kWh lithium polymer battery pack provides an all-electric range (AER) of 27 miles (43 km). We see significant potential with the Sonata PHEV as being a ‘best of both worlds’ zero carbon solution and this award provides a recognized platform to highlight the technological and environmental leadership of the entire Sonata family.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

The zeolite catalyst then converts these hydrogenated products into light olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons in a yield as much as three times higher than that produced with the pure pyrolysis oil. The products can be tuned to change with different market conditions. The gasoline-range alcohols can be high-octane gasoline additives.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Gevo has a low capital cost retrofit strategy for ethanol plants to produce isobutanol for direct use; for use in the production of plastics, materials, rubber and other polymers; and for use in the production of hydrocarbon fuels. Isobutanol for the production of plastics, fibers, rubber and other polymers.

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MARCH 25, 2010

An important precursor for some types of synthetic rubber is isoprene, a highly volatile hydrocarbon which is typically obtained as a by-product from refining crude oil. As reported at the ACE meeting, the work has enabled the production of the equivalent of more than 60 g/L of BioIsoprene monomer in the fermentation volume.

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DECEMBER 16, 2012

Sustainability/carbon foot print. Definitive measures of carbon foot print and broader assessments of sustainability will require utilization of formal lifecycle assessment tools. The above challenges contribute to the complex nature of the automotive industry and its products. Examples of biobased parts in production.

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MARCH 9, 2009

The prototype shown at Geneva is a forerunner of the vehicle which will go into production in Italy at Pininfarina starting from 2010 with the first units. Production on an industrial scale will take place between 2011 and 2017, with forecast output by 2015 being about 60,000, according to the partners. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Strong reducing agents or other co-reactants may be added to tailor product distributions. Algae can be processed without dewatering and all the carbon is converted to fuels, not just the fatty oils. The product includes the high octane aromatics toluene, xylene and benzene, and no heavy compounds (see below). Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 12, 2011

The production SUV will go on sale before the end of 2011. In the run-up to the race, the “LeMans vers le futur” demonstration drives took place for the second time since 2010. The V6 is currently making its production debut in the A6 Avant. In front of the rear axle sits a twin-turbocharged 3.0

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MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. percent of Germany’s overall electricity consumption in 2010 (603 TWh).

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

The cell comprises a Li metal anode, a highly Li-ion conductive solid electrolyte membrane laminate fabricated from glass–ceramic (GC) and polymer–ceramic materials, and a solid-state composite air cathode prepared from high surface area carbon and ionically conducting GC powder. Binod Kumar, Jitendra Kumar, Robert Leese, Joseph P.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Applications for light alloys within the transport sector are projected to double in the next decade as manufacturers strive to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Polymer composites are too expensive for body structures in large volume vehicle production and difficult to recycle. George Thompson.

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MARCH 9, 2012

The drivetrain of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-CELL sports car has been in development since 2010 as a result of the cooperation between Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth. A small series-production run of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-CELL is expected to be launched onto the market in 2013.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

million) to the Petroleum Technology Research Centre ( PTRC ) in Regina, Saskatchewan and StatoilHydro Canada for a project to reduce water use and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions for in situ oil sands recovery by steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). The production well extracts the bitumen to surface heavy oil production facilities.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

In 2010, the Energy Department launched the SuperTruck initiative to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%. Demonstrate the joining of steel to aluminum and aluminum to carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites using the existing spot welding infrastructure. Federal funding. PPG Industries, Inc. Description.

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JULY 10, 2009

IER’s proprietary supercritical water technology (SCW) transforms low-ranked coals, including lignite, directly into higher-valued oils and cleaner coal products. IER’s Hydrothermal Reactor (HTR) technology depolymerizes lignite and biomass by using SCW to cut it directly into oils and upgraded cleaner coal products—i.e., Source: IER.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The race is on to bring fuel cells to commercialisation after the UK Carbon Trust launched the Polymer Fuel Cells Challenge that could see the mainstream cost-effective production of fuel cell powered cars and buses, as well as providing electricity and heat for both homes and businesses.

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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. The presence of carbon monoxide in the syngas can assist with the conversion of lignin, and the observed effect is similar to that seen for coal hydroprocessing with syngas compared to hydrogen alone.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

awards are subject to FY 2010 to FY 2013 appropriations. Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy. $16. Use novel, self-assembled polymer materials in systems for the conversion of sunlight into electricity. EFR Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production. University of Massachusetts. University of Arizona.

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