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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million OCOchem transforms recycled CO 2 , water and zero-carbon electricity to produce formic acid, a globally traded commodity chemical and emerging electro-fuel.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. University of Alabama. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Project title.

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Vitruivan crowd-sourcing funding for novel biofuel from sewage treatment bio-solids

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EEB is produced from organic waste, including (and initially) sewage treatment bio-solids—the leftover, dirt-like organic material that remains after a community’s wastewater is treated. It can be used as a fuel additive to displace and clean up existing fossil fuels, and to lower their carbon footprint. per gallon.

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USDA providing $405M in conditional loan guarantees for three biorefinery projects

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received a letter of intent for a $250-million loan guarantee to construct and operate a cellulosic ethanol biorefinery facility in rural western Alabama. Enerkem uses gasification followed by catalytic synthesis to produce synthetic fuels from biomass and waste. Coskata, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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The company plans to expand production by region through a two-track approach of line conversion in ICE factories and new dedicated EV plant establishment. The proportion of global EV production is set to increase from 8% this year to 34% in 2030. The company will apply the smart manufacturing platform to factories dedicated to EVs.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Montgomery Area Transit System, Alabama: $2,675,000. The project will allow these 3rd rail heaters to be remotely monitored and turned on and off from a central control location depending on weather conditions, thus minimizing electricity use and eliminating wasted energy. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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improved oilseed crop that uses carbon more efficiently than. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. The team will.

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