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Rice, C-Crete team optimizes conversion of tire waste into graphene for stronger concrete

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Recycled tire waste is already used as a component of Portland cement, but graphene has been proven to strengthen cementitious materials, concrete among them, at the molecular level. Tire-derived carbon black or a blend of shredded rubber tires and commercial carbon black can be flashed into graphene. —James Tour.

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Velocys sells its second commercial license for FT renewable diesel and jet technology to Red Rock Biofuels

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The contract represents Velocys’s second commercial license, the first being to ENVIA for a gas-to-liquids plant. Enough jet fuel will be produced by the plant to fuel 1,800 round trips per year from Portland, Oregon to San Francisco. Velocys’ role will be as a licensor for its technology to the project. Earlier post.).

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Delta enters into conditional major offtake agreement for SAF with NWABF

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The feasibility study, announced in October 2019 and currently underway, is expected to determine the potential for a facility in Washington state that could supply sustainable aviation fuel for Delta operations in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles by mid-2020.

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DOE to award up to $156M for applied R&D projects to drive industrial decarbonization

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In 2020, the industrial sector accounted for 33% of the US’ primary energy use and 30% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. Some technologies needed to fully decarbonize the industrial sector are in early stages of development, while others are much closer to commercialization. Topic 8: Decarbonizing Forest Products.

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Daimler electric trucks & buses log more than 7M customer kilometers

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As one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, we have the ambition to be the innovation and technology leader also with alternative drive systems. Mercedes-Benz Trucks was the world’s first manufacturer to present a heavy-duty electric truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in 2016.

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Pacific Northwest Transportation and Aviation Consortium Launches Initiative to Assess Regional Biomass Sources for Renewable Jet Fuel

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Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport and Washington State University have launched a strategic initiative to promote aviation biofuel development in the Pacific Northwest. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Here at Charged , we’ve been covering the commercial EV market for a decade. After many discussions with players in the commercial EV field, we realized that the problem was proving the performance of EVs. Rustam Kocher has been a pioneer in the commercial EV field. Everything on a commercial vehicle has to be more rugged.

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