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has come to an agreement with Lufthansa under which the carrier will evaluate Gevo’s renewable jet fuel with the goal of approving the alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for commercial aviation use. Through initiatives like this, the commercial airlines are seeking to prove out ATJ and move it towards commercialization. Earlier post.).

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At the end of December 2012, the company successfully completed delivery of Phase I, which commenced production of up-to-standard methanol products in May 2013. The plant has successfully produced qualified ethylene and propylene products which meet the requirements set for polymer products, with a passing rate of 99.98% and 99.8%

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JUNE 17, 2014

Lactic acid is the building block for NatureWorks Ingeo lactide intermediates and polymers used in consumer and industrial products worldwide. The joint development program, started in June 2013 between Calysta and NatureWorks, is focused on creation of a commercially viable methane-to-lactic-acid process. Earlier post.).

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MAY 16, 2016

Ford began working with several companies, suppliers and universities in 2013 to find applications for captured CO 2. Novomer is commercializing a proprietary catalyst system that transforms waste CO 2 into high performance, low-cost polymers for a variety of applications, including foam and plastic that are easily recyclable.

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JANUARY 31, 2015

SolidEnergy , an MIT spin-out commercializing solid electrolyte technology enabling the use of lithium metal anodes for high energy density rechargeable batteries ( earlier post ), says that in 2016, it and its battery manufacturing partners will release a 2 Ah commercial battery for the smartphone and wearable market.

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JUNE 8, 2016

Currently, carbon fiber (CF) reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are used to make COPVs. Waterfall plot of the 2013 700 bar compressed hydrogen storage system cost baseline and 2015 cost status update. The cost reductions identified from the 2013 baseline to the 2015 update are shown. Another cost driver is the polymer resin.

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They have patented and scaled-up the process in lab demonstrations and are working with ORNL’s licensee Momentum Technologies to scale the process further to produce commercial batches of rare earth oxides. No commercialized process currently recycles pure rare earth elements from electronic-waste magnets. —Ramesh Bhave.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

BETO’s mission is to engage in R&D and demonstration at increasing scale activities to transform renewable biomass resources into commercially viable, high-performance biofuels, and bioproducts and biopower that enable biofuel production. The most recent BETO MYPP was issued in May 2013.

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To overcome this mechanism, they introduced amphiphilic polymers to modify the carbon surface. Commercial applications of lithium sulfur batteries have not been very successful despite several decades of research. The amphiphilic polymers provide anchoring points that allow lithium sulfides to bind strongly with the carbon surface.

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JULY 16, 2013

TIPS is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences and has expertise in the fields of petrochemical engineering, oil refining, polymers, membrane and materials. 2013) Conversion of dimethyl ether to hydrocarbons over structurally organized zeolite catalysts modified with titanium and sulfur. Jean-Marie Bassett. Kolesnikova, E.;

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The partners aim to commercialize synthetic rubber for tires using bio-based isoprene and are proceeding with the research. Bridgestone is the world’s largest supplier of tires, the main application for rubber and possesses formidable capabilities in polymer synthesis due to its polymerization catalyst technology. Ajinomoto Co.,

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Researchers from the UK, China and Japan have combined gelatin with iron and magnesium to create an electrocatalyst that performs almost as well as a commercial platinum catalyst, but is significantly less expensive. The activity is comparable to commercial platinum catalysts and shows improved stability with reduced crossover effects.

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JULY 24, 2012

BDO, THF and GBL are large-volume industrial chemicals used in a wide range of applications including polymers, paints, adhesives and solvents. BioAmber operates the world’s only dedicated production plant for bio-succinic acid in Pomacle, France with a 350,000-liter commercial scale fermenter. The company, together with Mitsui & Co.,

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MAY 8, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Forge Nano to commercialize NREL’s patented battery materials and systems capable of operating safely in high-stress environments.

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JUNE 5, 2014

In 2013, the US Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a total of $8.75 In a 2013 paper in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society , Jacques and his colleagues reported that at moderate lithiation rates, 100 mA g ?1 In this €3.4-million million (US$4.7-million) Earlier post.). Earlier post.). 2013.11.056.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Myriant Corporation closed a $25 million private bond placement for the construction of its flagship commercial bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. The project is the first bio-succinic acid plant in the United States. The global market for succinic acid is currently estimated at approximately $7.5 billion annually.

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JUNE 4, 2013

Schematic illustration of 3D porous SiNP/conductive polymer hydrogel composite electrodes. Each SiNP is encapsulated in a conductive polymer surface. A team at Stanford University has developed stable silicon Li-ion battery anodes by incorporating a conducting polymer hydrogel into the Si-based material. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

Dr. Goodenough invented lithium cobalt oxide cathode materials while at Oxford University; his technology was used in the first commercial Li-ion battery, launched by Sony in 1991. Opportunities exist for the chemist to bring together oxide and polymer or graphene chemistry in imaginative morphologies. ”.a Earlier post.).

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JULY 24, 2013

Plasan Carbon Composites (PCC), a supplier of carbon fiber solutions to the automotive industry and a subsidiary of composites solutions pioneer Plasan Sasa, Inc, has partnered with Toray Industries to bring additional material and technology capabilities and solutions to its automotive and commercial customers.

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JULY 21, 2011

HIVOCOMP (Advanced materials enabling High-Volume road transport applications of lightweight structural COMPosite parts) runs until September 2014 and intends to significantly speed up the composites production process, a key factor for the establishment of plastics in the commercial vehicles market.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Axens, Total and IFPEN have introduced Atol, a technology for profitable production of polymer-grade bio-ethylene via the dehydration of ethanol (C 2 H 6 O). Total and IFPEN are the co-owners of the technology and Axens is now in charge of commercializing Atol by providing all process licensing related services and catalyst manufacturing.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Independent analysis commissioned by the Carbon Trust predicts current polymer fuel cell technology will cost $49/kW in automotive applications when manufactured at mass scale (i.e. Our new analysis shows that the future is bright but innovation is essential to unlock the market potential by driving down the costs of new polymer fuel cells.

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With growing demand for bio-based plastics, it is probably just a matter of time until turn-key plants with large capacities will be commercially available for more bio-based plastics, thereby allowing substantially accelerated growth. Mt in 2013 and to 3.45 Tags: Bio-polymers Biomass Materials. —PRO-BIP 2009. Mt in 2020.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

US Commercial-scale production of cellulosic biofuels reached about 20,000 gallons in late 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). EISA set a target level of 500 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels for 2012 and 1 billion gallons for 2013, growing to 16 billion gallons by 2022. Source: EIA.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, and Petronas, the national oil company of Malaysia, will work together to accelerate the development and commercialization of technologies to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals using CO 2 as the carbon source. LanzaTech conceptual gas-to-liquids platform.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

In April 2013, the company was awarded a $500,000 Phase II SBIR Award from the NSF to scale a novel low-cost manufacturing process for long-life sulfur cathode composite materials. Founded in October 2010, NOHMs Technologies has developed a battery that is based on lithium-sulfur chemistry.

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MARCH 24, 2013

Led by small business part producer, RP+M, in partnership with equipment manufacturers and large industry system integrators and the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), this project will provide the community with a deeper understanding of the properties and opportunities of the high-temperature polymer, ULTEM 9085. The Robert C.

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Following a two-year period to develop the material and an additional year for the initial OEM registration with PSA, the first commercial success was achieved in 2013 in door panels for the Peugeot 308. FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automotive, including Alfa Romeo brand): “Alfa Romeo GIULIA”.

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JUNE 7, 2013

DOE plans to issue the FOA in late June or early July 2013. The goal is to enable the widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and specifically to provide adequate hydrogen storage for onboard vehicle, material handling, and portable power applications that meet the DOE hydrogen storage targets.

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MARCH 13, 2014

In December 2013, researchers at Berkeley Lab and its Advanced Light Source reported the development of a new soft X-ray spectroscopy technique that can measure the migration of ions and electrons in an integrated, operating battery electrode. (In Earlier post.). Schlotter, Johannes Messinger, Andrew Borovik, Simone Techert, Frank M.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. The integrated design, development, and production of highly complex systems, leveraging software, can speed ideas from the lab into commercial production, reduce costs, and shorten production lifecycles. Background.

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However, many challenges remain in developing a practical lithium–sulphur battery for commercialization. The sulfur cathode stored up to five times more energy per sulfur weight than today’s commercial materials. Even without optimizing the design, this cathode cycle life is already on par with commercial performance.

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In the case of components for commercial devices such as photovoltaic cells and polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), widely accepted testing protocols and figures of merit exist. —McCrory et al. Charles C. McCrory, Suho Jung, Jonas C. Peters, and Thomas F. Catalysts Fuels Hydrogen Production Solar'

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MAY 14, 2013

DOE’s Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) Office would like feedback on the “ 2013 Hydrogen Compression, Storage, and Dispensing Cost Reduction Workshop Final Report ”, with specific interest in which of the topics identified in the report are the most relevant to cost reduction at the hydrogen refueling station (forecourt).

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JULY 22, 2013

When tested in the laboratory, the mass specific activity of commercial Pt fuel cell catalysts is around 1 A mg -1 Pt. One of the major hurdles for commercialization of the fuel cell technology is the sluggish cathodic ORR. The researchers, led by associate professor of chemistry Matthias Arenz at the. earlier post , earlier post ).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Carbon fibers are polymers that are typically made from petroleum and natural gas feedstocks (propylene and ammonia, respectively) that react to form acrylonitrile (ACN) which is then polymerized and spun into polyacrylonitrile (PAN). Background. Glycerol is another potential raw material for bio-based acrylonitrile.

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Jet engine testing is expected in 2012, with full certification of Gevo’s biojet fuel expected in 2013. This effort will focus on the downstream processing of isobutanol to paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel) for jet engine testing, airline suitability flights and advancing commercial deployment. Earlier post.).

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