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JANUARY 13, 2015

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed an enzyme that can enable the conversion of biomass to sugars up to 14 times faster and more cheaply than competing catalysts in enzyme cocktails today. —Berlin (2013). Nobody expected the improvement to be this high.

Conversion 150

Conversion 2013 Convert Polymer 150

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JUNE 4, 2013

Credit: Laura Michie, Portsmouth University, with assistance from Alex Ball from the Natural History Museum. Overall, this study suggests that marine cellulases offer significant potential for utilization in high-solids industrial biomass conversion processes. Image: John McGeehan, University of Portsmouth. Click to enlarge.

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Conversion Mariner Universal USA 207

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MARCH 10, 2018

A) SEM image of the CNT membrane surface, showing CNT tips emerging from the polymer. The difficulty and high cost of making CNT membranes has confined them to university laboratories and has been frequently cited as the limiting factor in their widespread use. He has a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Yale University.

Carbon 199

Carbon Fuel Polymer Austin 199

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APRIL 10, 2013

100 kg) samples of green benzene and toluene to strategic partners for downstream product development purposes before the end of 2013. The company’s pilot plant operations are scheduled to commence in the second half of 2013. Catalytic fast pyrolysis company Anellotech Inc. plans to make available kilogram-scale (e.g.,

2013 225

2013 Massachusetts Conversion Polymer 225

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AUGUST 9, 2013

Researchers from Germany and Switzerland have manufactured and characterized a novel aerogel catalyst that could significantly increase the efficiency and life of low-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells as well as reduce material costs by reducing the platinum loading required. —T.J. Angewandte Chemie doi: 10.1002/ange.201303109.

Fuel 220

Fuel Conversion Hydrogen Water 220

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Reversible fuel/electrolysis cells. We can use it in vehicles, we can use it in aircraft, and so forth.

MIT 150

MIT Li-ion Batteries Battery 150

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APRIL 8, 2013

Researchers with the Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley have provided insight into how multiple cellulase enzymes attack cellulose, potentially yielding a way to improve the collective catalytic activity of enzyme cocktails that can boost the yields of sugars for making fuels. Source: Berkeley Lab.

Light 292

Light Universal Fuel Illinois 292

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JUNE 17, 2013

GVL could also be useful as a “green” solvent or a building block for creating renewable polymers from sustainable materials. This is followed by conversion to GVL; essentially, the team is leveraging GVL to produce GVL. GVL has more energy than ethanol and could be used on its own or as an additive or precursor to other fuels.

MIT 170

MIT Hydrogen Convert Water 170

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Their outer skin is made from aluminum-coated polymer and this in turn brings weight advantages. Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. Because the exhaust system transports only water, it can be made of lightweight polymer. The tanks can store around five kilograms (11.0

Audi 150

Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150