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DECEMBER 7, 2013

Renmatix and Virent announced a strategic collaboration to convert affordable cellulosic sugars to renewable chemicals and bio-based packaging materials. Virent’s bio-based paraxylene product, trademarked BioFormPX, won this year’s ICIS award for Best Innovation for Sustainability. Earlier post.).

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MAY 29, 2011

Researchers at Utah State University report on an engineered bacterial enzyme—a molybdenum (Mo) nitrogenase—capable of converting carbon monoxide into usable hydrocarbons in a reaction similar to Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The rates and ratios of hydrocarbon production. favor the production of longer chain hydrocarbons.

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MARCH 31, 2010

Ford has begun production of the new PowerShift dual-clutch six-speed automatic transmission ( earlier post ) for the 2011 Ford Fiesta. The new six-speed automatic in the 2011 Mustang Coupe betters the highway fuel economy of the standard six-speed manual by 2 mpg.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The agreement combines Topsoe’s technologies in renewable fuels and hydrogen production as well as decades of experience in engineering with Steeper’s proprietary Hydrofaction technology and industry know-how. The end-products include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marine biofuel, and renewable diesel from waste biomass.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

To address these issues, a significant amount of research has been focused on the production of a diverse portfolio of full-performance bio-based jet fuels with reduced aromatic content. … For example, our group demonstrated the conversion of the acyclic terpenoid linalool to dimethyltetrahydrodicyclopentadiene (RJ-4) in 2011.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Researchers at the Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, report on a catalytic process to convert biomass-derived furfural ( earlier post ) into octane in high yields at relatively low pressures and temperatures. Click to enlarge. ChemSusChem.

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JUNE 28, 2012

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company, finalized a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s methanol-to-gasoline ( MTG ) technology to be incorporated into a “green gasoline” production facility. water is then converted to light olefins (C 2 -C 4 ). Sundrop Fuels, Inc., Earlier post.).

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JULY 20, 2012

CO 2 per capita emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production from the top 5 emitting regions. 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. in 2011 (corrected for biofuels).

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Calysta is using its proprietary BioGTL biological gas-to-liquids platform to convert natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons. Calysta will use proprietary genetic optimization algorithms to enable the efficient development of bacteria which can convert methane to a variety of alkane fuels. Click to enlarge. Carbon feedstock.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment have created a scalable photocatalyst that can convert ammonia into hydrogen fuel. This result demonstrates the potential for highly efficient, electrically driven production of hydrogen from an ammonia carrier with earth-abundant transition metals.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

SITA UK, one of the country’s leading recycling and resource management companies and a subsidiary of Suez Environment, has signed an exclusive agreement with Cynar Plc to build Britain’s first fully operational plants to convert end of life plastic into diesel fuel. Pyrolysis then commences and the plastic becomes a vapor.

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JUNE 22, 2011

Genencor has introduced a new enzyme product—Accellerase TRIO—that it says will enable biofuel producers to more cost-effectively manufacture cellulosic ethanol from a wide range of renewable nonfood feedstocks such as switchgrass, wheat straw and corn stover as well as from municipal solid waste.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The platform Cidade de Mangaratiba is an FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) type unit and it was contracted in September 2011 from the Schahin-Modec consortium. Well 4-RJS-647, the first to be connected to the FPSO, has a production potential of more than 30 thousand barrels per day. million barrels of oil.

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MAY 30, 2020

The researchers and engineers at ETH Zurich have developed innovative processes that make it possible to extract CO 2 from the atmosphere and, together with water and with the help of concentrated sunlight, convert it into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce jet fuel.

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JULY 27, 2012

Ethylene is a highly flexible chemical intermediate that can be converted to lower-cost fuels, chemicals, and materials.The company had closed a $20-million Series B in September 2011. OCM converts methane into ethane and ethylene (C 2 hydrocarbons). Earlier post.). New investors Bright Capital and Vulcan Capital led the round.

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MARCH 12, 2011

has selected Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, to perform the engineering design for a project that will use Envergent’s RTP Rapid Thermal Processing technology ( earlier post ) to convert palm biomass to renewable heat and electricity. The RTP liquid fuels will be used to generate renewable electricity and heat.

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H2 Logic, a subsidiary of NEL ASA, has entered into a contract for the purchase of a facility in Herning, Denmark for the development of a new large-scale production plant for hydrogen refueling stations. Since 2011, H2 Logic has gained experience with volume manufacturing of hydrogen refueling stations, however, at a smaller scale.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

The production of so-called valeric biofuels—derived from the acid hydrolysis of lignocellulose to levulinic acid, followed by hydrogenation to γ-valerolactone (GVL), and hydrogenation to valeric acid and subsequent esterification—is of increasing interest. Earlier post.). Source: Du et al. Click to enlarge. Yong Cao, Prof.

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JANUARY 11, 2012

Renewable fuels company Mascoma Corporation has implemented key components of the commercialization strategy for its Mascoma Grain Technology, or MGT, yeast product—the first commercial application of Mascoma’s proprietary consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology platform.

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JULY 9, 2011

Isobutyric acid is a high-volume commodity chemical used in the production of fibers, resins, plastics, and dyestuffs, and is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food additives. Isobutyric acid also can be further converted to methacrylate (i.e., Kechun Zhang, Adam P. 201100045.

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MARCH 6, 2011

This research is the first attempt to utilize protein as a carbon source for energy production and biorefining. The challenge in protein-based biorefining, the researchers say, lies in the difficulties of effectively converting protein hydrolysates to fuels and chemicals. We’ve solved these problems. —Professor James C.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The Supersports Convertible. Bentley will introduce its new FlexFuel capable Supersports Convertible at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The standardization of FlexFuel technology across the 2011 Continental model range reaffirms Bentley’s ongoing commitment to make all its cars bio-fuel compatible by 2012. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 19, 2011

At Challenge Bibendum 2011, organized by Michelin and held in Berlin from 18–22 May, Fiat Group company Iveco is featuring its concept Iveco Glider truck. Iveco’s Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) recovers sufficient energy to drive most of the vehicle’s auxiliary electrical systems.

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MAY 27, 2010

Enzyme company Novozymes, COFCO, a leading producer and supplier of processed agricultural products, and Sinopec, the world’s third-largest oil refiner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering the next steps towards commercialization of cellulosic biofuel in China. Earlier post.). —Michael Christiansen, President, Novozymes China.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Chrysler Group LLC will invest $114 million in new equipment at its Trenton Engine Complex to support increased production of the Pentastar engine. The Pentastar engine was recently recognized by Ward’s Automotive as one of the “Ten Best” for 2010. Since June 2009, Chrysler Group has invested nearly $3.2 billion in its US facilities.

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JULY 5, 2011

The conventional production of biodiesel relies on a transesterification reaction, catalyzed in either an acidic or preferably a basic medium, between a vegetable oil (90%) and an alcohol (10%). This reaction converts the mixture into a methyl ester (the main constituent of biodiesel) and glycerol. —Brun et al. Resources.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a biohybrid photoconversion system based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers that can convert visible light into hydrogen fuel. HFIR is supported by the DOE Office of Science. Energy Environ.

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AUGUST 28, 2011

As an example, levulinic acid, which has been identified as a top biomass-derived chemical due to its ease of production for both five and six carbon sugars and its useful functional groups, a ketone and a carboxylic acid, can be produced from HMF or furfural. Earlier post.). Alonso, D. Wettstein, S. and Dumesic, J. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201100256.

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MAY 13, 2013

Volvo Car Group is now starting production of the first engine variants in the new, high-efficiency four-cylinder Volvo Engine Architecture (VEA) family. The development and production take place in-house at Volvo Car Group. i-ART (intelligent-Accuracy Refinement Technology) was developed by Denso and introduced at the IAA 2011.

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JUNE 9, 2012

Researchers in China report the production of gasoline and diesel from coal tar via an optimized catalytic hydrogenation using two serial fixed beds, the first with a hydrofining catalyst of MoNi/?-Al of the world’s total, according to a 2011 market research report; 9.94 Effect of pressure on properties of gasoline and diesel products.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Farnesene is an isoprenoid molecule that forms the basis for a wide range of products varying from specialty chemical applications to transportation fuels such as diesel. This is Amyris’s fourth farnesene production agreement. Amyris modifies farnesene to become Amyris renewable diesel. an affiliate of Tate & Lyle PLC.

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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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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Following the commissioning and successful operation of company’s own biorefinery in Oulu, Finland ( earlier post ), Chempolis’ Board of Directors has taken a strategic decision to enter joint venture partnerships in advanced commercial biofuels and pulp production.

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MAY 8, 2012

In 2011, the company announced its first GaN on Silicon products: power transistors, diodes and modules, based on its patented, high-performance EZ GaN technology. In February, the company announced the qualification of its first 600V GaN diodes. 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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MARCH 17, 2013

PetroJunín, joint venture formed by PDVSA (60%) and Eni (40%), has started production from the Junín-5 giant heavy oil field, located in the Faja del Orinoco—the area with the largest untapped hydrocarbon reserves in the world, according to Eni. Junin 5 block in the Orinoco. Source: Eni. Click to enlarge. Deepwater Angola.

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JUNE 30, 2015

Mercedes-Benz has set a new record for the diesels in the Pikes Peak hill-climb race with a near-production C 300 d 4MATIC. The 150 kW (204 hp) C 300 d 4MATIC (in Europe known as 250 d) fitted with a 7G-TRONIC PLUS automatic transmission competed in the hill-climb race in largely series-production configuration.

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