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JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. This same analysis (Pearson et al.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e. That number is in my opinion conservative, and consistent with a slight reduction in the rate of peat conversion. —Miettinen et al.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei, China) demonstrated the efficient production of hydrogen from bio-oil via an electrochemical catalytic reforming method over a CoZnAl catalyst. A paper on their work appears in the Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics. Shao-bin Lin et al.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences have demonstrated the conversion of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) by heterogeneous catalysts without using external hydrogen. Qing-Xiang Guo (2010) Conversion of Levulinic Acid and Formic Acid into ?-Valerolactone

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A team at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis ( JCAP ) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley is proposing an artificial photosynthesis scheme for direct synthesis and separation to almost pure ethanol with minimum product crossover using saturated salt electrolytes. Earlier post.). Singh and Alexis T.

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JANUARY 1, 2011

A team from Shiraz University in Iran is proposing a novel reactor configuration for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) that utilizes a fixed-bed water perm-selective membrane reactor followed by a fluidized-bed hydrogen perm-selective membrane reactor. The concept (FMFMDR) produces gasoline from synthesis gas. —Rahimpour et al.

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APRIL 16, 2013

The new agreement, which includes partners from the commercial aviation sector, follows the initial success of the 2010-2012 “Farm to Fly” initiative. The federal government and its partners hope to support the annual production of 1 billion gallons of drop in aviation biofuel by 2018. In July 2010, USDA, Airlines for America, Inc.

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MARCH 13, 2012

Researchers at the University of Alberta (Canada) have quantified the transformation of the boreal landscape by open-pit oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada to evaluate its effect on carbon storage and sequestration. t of CO 2 lost, as much as 7-y worth of mining and upgrading emissions at 2010 production levels.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

Researchers at the University of Oxford are developing a method for the homogeneous conversion of CO 2 to methanol (i.e., methanol is the only resulting C 1 product) for use as a fuel using a “frustrated Lewis Pair” (FLP)-based nonmetal-mediated procedure at pressures of 1–2 atm and 160 °C. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

DuPont began developing an integrated solution for the commercial scale production of second generation ethanol from biomass in 2008. Producing stover-based ethanol used in many vehicles at the University of Tennessee. This optimized conversion process is being deployed in the facility in Nevada, Iowa.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Ford Motor Company is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain its traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the next generation of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles. The vehicles include: Transit Connect battery electric commercial van in 2010.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

The University of Washington is taking the lead and focusing on genetically modifying the microbes. The University of Washington is taking the lead and focusing on genetically modifying the microbes. The end product would be a fuel intermediate that then could be piped to a refinery for final processing into diesel or jet fuel.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Depending on the reaction temperature, the prevailing reactions are hydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, or decarbonylation, and depending on the relative solubilities, the products remain in the aqueous phase or migrate to the oil phase. The resulting Janus catalysts (as described by Dr. David Cole-Hamilton of University of St.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research. Source: Lux Research.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A new study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the conversion and degradation of peatland in palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia has determined that past studies have generally significantly underestimated emissions associated with palm oil grown on peatland.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Richard Gross, professor of chemical and biological science at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), has developed a method for producing a strong, highly ductile bioplastic using yeast and fatty acids of plant oils. Gross (2010) Biosynthesis of Monomers for Plastics from Renewable Oils. —Richard Gross.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Scientists from IBM and Stanford University are developing organic molecules for use as catalysts (organocatalysis) that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics. Waymouth (2010) Organocatalysis: Opportunities and Challenges for Polymer Synthesis. Kiesewetter, Eun Ji Shin, James L.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Scatter plot of production cost of cellulosic ethanol and percentage GHG savings relative to energy equivalent gasoline over simulation period. Production cost of ethanol is annualized over the simulation period. Average parameter values are used for determining production costs. Credit: ACS, Dwivedi et al. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Cradle-to-Gate (farmer-to-product) pathways for soybeans. An updated life cycle assessment (LCA) of soybean production and products commissioned by the United Soybean Board found multiple energy and environmental benefits of current US soybean farming and processing. Source: USB. Click to enlarge. kg (for the 3.36 kg (for the 3.36

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JUNE 15, 2010

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, report on the development of a catalytic hydroboration system for the “highly efficient” reduction of CO 2 with a borane and subsequent hydrolysis of the resulting methoxyboryl species to produce methanol (CH 3 OH) in good yield. Sumit Chakraborty, Jie Zhang, Jeanette A.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada) have demonstrated a single-step solid acid-catalyzed process with the potential for industrial-scale production of biodiesel from high free fatty acid (FFA) feedstocks. A paper on their work was published online 19 February in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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MAY 23, 2011

Further research will allow us to select poplar varieties that are even better suited for bio-ethanol production Wout Boerjan from VIB and Ghent University. They require, despite their rapid growth, little energy or fertilizer and can grow on poor soils that are not suited for food production.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In bio-based industries, the use of wood is taking on a new importance, as it constitutes the most promising source for advanced biofuels and plant-derived products. —Professor Paul Walton from the Department of Chemistry at the University of York, co-author.

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MARCH 26, 2010

Researchers at the State Key Lab of Matrix Composites at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China have described a new design strategy to produce an “Artificial Inorganic Leaf” (AIL), which could lead to working prototypes that capture solar energy and use it efficiently to change water into hydrogen fuel. Tongxiang Fan. (A

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

A study by a team at the University Putra Malaysia concluded that the gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, could, if scaled up, produce hydrogen at a supply cost of $2.11/kg A paper on the study is in press in the journal Energy Conversion and Management. The feedstock particle size of 0.3–0.5

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. Strong reducing agents or other co-reactants may be added to tailor product distributions. Pentane and toluene are also produced in this alcohol production process.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Last year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected Dr. Liao as the recipient of the 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Academic Award for his work in genetically engineering microorganisms to make higher alcohols (those with more than two carbons in the molecule) from glucose or directly from carbon dioxide.

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JULY 2, 2017

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a new high-yield process—a hybrid of fermentation followed by thermochemical catalysis—to produce renewable isoprene from biomass.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

In a process of adjustments to the original yeast, Yong-Su Jin at the University of Illinois and his colleagues converted it to one that will consume both types of sugar faster and more efficiently than any strain currently in use in the biofuel industry. —Ha et al.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

High-quality renewable gasoline and diesel products are produced. Fast Pyrolysis Oil IH 2 product. Compatibility with crude oil or refinery products. Participants in the project include Cargill, Johnston Timber, Aquaflow, Blue Marble Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Michigan Technological University.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

As a result of progress made during an on-going Hightech.NRW research project involving engineers from the Ford European Research Centre, production time for an individual carbon fiber hood is fast enough to be employed on a production line—a significant step towards increased usage of lightweight materials in Ford vehicles.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Accelergy Corporation has begun production of a synthetic fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry benchmark for 100% synthetic jet fuel. Production from this facility will commence in the 3 rd quarter of this year. Groenewold, Director of the EERC. Camelina oil.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Two chemists at Brown University have streamlined the conversion of waste vegetable oil (WVO) into biodiesel, eliminating the need for corrosive chemicals to perform the reactions. Current techniques for the conversion of waste vegetable oil to biodiesel take time, are costly and are inefficient. WVO to Biodiesel.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Reaction pathways for conversion of GVL to butenes and CO 2 , and the integrated conversion of GVL to both a liquid stream of alkenes for use in transportation fuels and a gaseous stream rich in CO 2 that is appropriate for further processing options. Credit: Bond et al., Click to enlarge. Bond et al.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

The study led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor Adam Liska, funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America. Liska et al.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Avjet Biotech will sell stock and use the funds raised to reimburse the university for its investment in patent applications, as well as allocate development capital to create a continuous production model for the biofuel refining system. NCSU had earlier licensed the technology to Diversified Energy ( earlier post ). Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Integrated conceptual lignocellulosic biorefinery for the production of renewable chemicals and liquid fuels. The process is an extension of early work by Huber and James Dumesic that first presented a catalytic process for the conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to liquid alkanes (C 7 –C 15 ). Source: Xing et al. gal to $4.39/gal

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