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CSIRO team working to commercialize membrane separating H2 from NH3; opening up an export market for Australia renewable H2

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Researchers at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have years of experience researching the best ways to separate pure hydrogen from mixed gas streams. million from the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF), which will be matched by CSIRO. based on its molecular structure. .%,

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CSIRO’S Circular Economy Roadmap charts path to triple job creation

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This could more than triple job creation from resource recovery in Australia, where the recycling sector currently generates 9.2 Increasing Australia’s recovery rate by just 5% would add an estimated $1 billion to GDP. Litter – $70M: Australia spent $70 million cleaning up dumped waste in 2016–17. billion by 2036.

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Qantas LA-based aircraft to be powered by S. G. Preston renewable biofuel from 2020; 50% blend

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Over the next ten years, the airline will purchase eight million gallons (30 million liters) of renewable jet fuel each year from US-based bio-energy company, SG Preston. The fuel consists of 50% renewable jet fuel produced from non-food plant oils, blended with 50% traditional jet fuel. —Gareth Evans. Earlier post.)

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Southern Oil to build new biofuels lab in Queensland; focus on renewable diesel and jet

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Australia-based Southern Oil and JJ Richards & Sons, joint venture partners in the Northern Oil Refinery at Yarwun, Australia, are building a new $5.3-million The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced this week it would provide $2.37 million in funding to help develop and construct the laboratory.

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Neste Oil strengthens algae oil procurement program for renewable diesel with a new off-take agreement

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Neste Oil and Renewable Algae Energy (RAE), a US-based algae biomass producer, have signed a contingent commercial algae oil off-take agreement. Algae oil is one of the alternatives being researched by Neste Oil for use as a feedstock for producing NEXBTL renewable diesel in the future. With NEXBTL renewable diesel capacity of approx.

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Sandy solution for renewable energy storage; Thermal Energy Storage System

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Sand is emerging as a key ingredient in the race to develop a viable electricity storage system for renewable energies. Australia-based Latent Heat Storage has developed a low cost thermal energy storage system based on the latent heat properties of silicon derived from sand. —Jonathan Whalley. —Jonathan Whalley.

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Gevo joins SFO consortium to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

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We are the only player at the table using low cost, sustainably produced carbohydrates as a feedstock to produce renewable jet fuel. In our production process, not only do we produce renewable jet fuel, we also can produce large quantities of protein for the food chain and even sequester carbon in the soil. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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