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JUNE 28, 2011

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a new method for the direct conversion of heat to electricity using a multiferroic alloy, Ni 45 Co 5 Mn 40 Sn 10 , which they had discovered earlier (Srivastava 2010). —Srivastava 2011. 2011), The Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity Using Multiferroic Alloys.

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JULY 20, 2012

At 3%, the 2011 increase in global CO 2 emissions is above the past decade’s average annual increase of 2.7%. combined, where emissions increased by 9% and 6% respectively in 2011. According to the report, the top emitters contributing to the global 34 billion tonnes of CO 2 in 2011 are: China (29%). the United States (16%).

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With increased availability and reduced cost of bio-ethanol, conversion of this particular bio-based feedstock to highly valuable fuels and chemicals has been an especially important research goal. At the same time, the zinc oxide’s influence prevented the ethanol-to-ethylene conversion by zirconium oxide. —Sun et al.

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OCTOBER 22, 2016

A new analysis from Argonne National Laboratory, funded by the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), shows the potential of an algae fractionation process to produce renewable diesel fuel with 63%–68% lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than conventional diesel. The study is published in the journal Algal Research.

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MAY 21, 2011

In a paper in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining , Professor John Regalbuto, Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, describes what he calls “ a real sea change ” in the direction of US federal funding for biomass conversion into biofuels. —Regalbuto 2011.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

For the purpose of this RFI—Carbon, Hydrogen and Separation Efficiencies in Bio-Oil Conversion Pathways (CHASE Bio-Oil Pathways)—thermochemical direct liquefaction pathways include: Fast pyrolysis; In situ catalytic fast pyrolysis (i.e. Currently, many systems use steam reforming of non-renewable natural gas to generate hydrogen.

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MAY 3, 2011

CLE’s purchase of products is contingent on, among other things, satisfaction of product specification criteria and RIN certification of the products as cellulosic biofuels under the US Renewable Fuel Standard. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) KiOR expects to begin production at its Columbus facility in the second half of 2012.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

A team from the University of Illinois and startup Dioxide Materials has developed an electrocatalytic system for the reduction of CO 2 to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis and thus an enabler for the conversion of CO 2 to synthetic fuels—at overpotentials below 0.2 intermediate. In this context the term “CO 2 ? ”

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel. The renewable energy facility will be co-located with Hughes Hardwood’s wood component products manufacturing facility in Collinwood, Tennessee. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Non-edible carbohydrates are converted to renewable diesel-range liquids via two consecutive catalytic steps. A team at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) has designed a new simple, energy-efficient process (that also does not require any organic solvents) for the production of renewable diesel from biomass waste.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Gevo, a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, recently announced that it had presented positive test results from fit-for-purpose testing of its renewable kerosene produced from isobutanol to ASTM’s alcohol to jet (ATJ) task force (D02J006 Alcohol to Jet TF). Gevo’s renewable jet. Earlier post.).

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million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) via the US Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center to develop and demonstrate technology that will produce renewable jet fuel from isobutanol supplied by Gevo, Inc. —Jim Rekoske, vice president and general manager for Renewable Energy & Chemicals at Honeywell’s UOP.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

reported a major step forward in its development of renewable fuels, achieving direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy. Production was achieved at lab scale, with pilot development slated for early 2011. Joule Biotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

In 2011, LanzaTech announced that it had demonstrated the continuous fermentation of CO 2 in the presence of hydrogen to acetic acid, using their modified microorganisms. Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. CO 2 to acetic acid fermentation.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

In July 2011, Aemetis—then called AE Biofuels—completed the acquisition of Zymetis, Inc., a Maryland-based industrial biotechnology company developing products for the renewable chemicals and advanced fuels industries. Aemetis, Inc., —Leon DeBruyn, CLG CO-Managing Director. Earlier post.)

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JULY 26, 2011

a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, to build a renewable hydrocarbon processing demonstration plant at ARSD’s South Hampton Resources, Inc. The demonstration plant is slated for completion before the end of 2011. (ARSD) has signed a contract with Gevo, Inc., Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

UK-based TMO Renewables Ltd, the developer of a novel thermophilic bacterium and process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol ( earlier post ), has entered into an exclusive contract with Fiberight LLC to design and build waste to bioethanol plants in the US.

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JULY 27, 2009

Joule Biotechnologies uses proprietary, highly-engineered product-specific organisms to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Joule has also demonstrated proof of concept for producing hydrocarbon fuel and expects process demonstration by 2011. Such yields would far eclipse productivity levels of current bio- or renewable fuels.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Biomass differs from the other renewable resources, they note, since the energy it contains is stored as chemical bonds. The chemical characteristics of biomass and many bulk chemicals are also very similar, so the processes should be more economical than those for the conversion into fuels. —Esben Taarning. Resources.

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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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Specific goals are: 1) through R&D, make cellulosic biofuels competitive with petroleum-based fuels at a modeled cost for mature technology of $3 per gallon of gasoline equivalent (GGE) ($2011) based on EIA projected wholesale prices in 2017; and 2) help create an environment conducive to maximizing the production and use of biofuels by 2022.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

Kang-Nian Fan (2011) Conversion of Biomass-Derived Levulinate and Formate Esters into ?-Valerolactone Source: Du et al. Click to enlarge. Their paper is published in the journal ChemSusChem. Xian-Long Du, Qing-Yuan Bi, Dr. Yong-Mei Liu, Prof. Yong Cao, Prof. Valerolactone over Supported Gold Catalysts. ChemSusChem. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201100483.

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The goal of the study was to compare and rank the renewable fuel technologies available in the short- and medium-term and combine them with the best feedstock options available in the short- and medium-term, based on environmental assessments presented in literature. Sunde et al. Click to enlarge. —Sunde et al. Energies 4, no.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

Aqueous phase processing (APP) is an exciting new technology for coupling solubilization of biomass with catalytic conversion of the resulting dissolved carbohydrate compounds into hydrocarbons and a variety of fuels and chemicals. wt% oxalic acid at 433 K for 0.5 ” Resources. Ning Li, Geoffrey A. Wyman and George W.

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MAY 26, 2010

In addition, the ministers, in their communication, urged European standardization bodies to develop, as a matter of priority by mid-2011, a harmonized solution for the interoperability between electric vehicles and the charging infrastructure and to address safety risks and electromagnetic compatibility.

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MARCH 26, 2012

The project, which commenced in January 2011, successfully demonstrated that Virdia’s deconstruction process generated high-quality sugars from cellulosic biomass, which were converted to fuel via Virent’s BioForming process. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Biomass differs from the other renewable resources, they note, since the energy it contains is stored as chemical bonds. The chemical characteristics of biomass and many bulk chemicals are also very similar, so the processes should be more economical than those for the conversion into fuels. —Esben Taarning. Resources.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. Novozymes and Cargill have collaborated on renewable acrylic acid technology since 2008. BASF has now joined the collaboration to develop the process for conversion of 3-HP into acrylic acid.

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JUNE 14, 2010

That means we’ll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil. Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. When they’re mass-produced, conversions will cost under $10-$15,000. Tags: Conversions Perspective Plug-ins.

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(The comparison to the electric vehicle is based on estimates which factor in the CO 2 emissions resulting from fuel production, with the DME-powered vehicle figure calculated from the use of renewable energy to generate the DME fuel, and the electric vehicle figure calculated from electricity generated from renewable resources.

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MARCH 12, 2013

For pre-treatments with unconverted xylan, CodeXyme 4X maintains the same high C 6 sugar activity while having additional C 5 sugar conversion. With consistently high sugar conversion, customers are able to convert more sugar into high-value biofuels and bio-based chemicals. Click to enlarge. McMillan, J. Jennings, E. W; Mohagheghi, A.;

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In this context, Global Bioenergies signed in 2011 a collaboration agreement with Synthos, a leader in the production of butadiene-derived rubber products, to develop a direct fermentation route allowing a cost-effective transformation of renewable resources into butadiene.

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The patent-pending technology has been developed in collaboration with the Professorship of Renewable Energy Carriers at ETH Zurich. sunfire acquired staxera, a developer and manufacturer of SOFC high-temperature fuel cells sited in Dresden in 2011.) Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuel Cells Fuels Power Generation'

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JANUARY 28, 2011

HRBP), a Hawai’i-based and -founded renewable biofuels company, will acquire Shell’s shareholding in Cellana, a joint venture between Shell and HRBP. On 31 January 2011, HRBP will become the sole owner of Cellana, including its six-acre demonstration facility in Kona, Hawaii. HR BioPetroleum, Inc. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 15, 2011

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has established four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program ( BCAP ) project areas to promote the cultivation of crops that can be processed into renewable energy. USDA estimates that each of the four project areas and conversion facilities would earn about $50 million per year.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Schematic representation of the conversion of hemicellulose to furfural (FuAL) through the biphasic dehydration of xylose to furfural, followed by the production of levulinic acid (LA) by reduction of furfural to furfuryl alcohol (FuOH) and further reaction of furfuryl alcohol with water in a biphasic reactor. Source: Gürbüz et al.

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Genomatica and Novamont have signed a definitive agreement establishing a joint venture (JV) for the first industrial plant in Europe producing butanediol (BDO) directly from renewable feedstocks. This follows the announcement on 18 August 2011 of a letter of intent between the companies. Earlier post.).

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