Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of $181 million via its Biorefinery Assistance Program to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or retrofit existing facilities with appropriate technology to develop advanced biofuels. million loan guarantee to build a refined alga oil commercial facility.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, has partnered with the Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy, a joint venture between Indian Oil Corporation, Ltd. LanzaTech has developed gas fermentation technology that can directly convert waste CO 2 gases into acetates. CO 2 to acetic acid fermentation.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Demand for SAF continues to grow, yet the aviation industry is challenged by limited supplies of traditional SAF feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal fats and waste oils. Ethanol offers producers a widely available, economically viable feedstock.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Viridos, Inc., “Pre-pilot

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2015

China’s shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research. China is seeking to reduce its imports of oil from the current 50% of domestic demand.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2021

In the first phase of SAF deployment through 2025, waste oils are the likeliest source of low-carbon fuel due to their low carbon intensity and ease of conversion. Electrofuels offer substantial long-term potential for supplying SAF, as there are fewer constraints to their production volumes.

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JUNE 3, 2011

GD = HVO; RSO = Rapeseed Oil; SBO = Soybean oil; Biodiesel = Transesterified lipids. If HVO is produced from waste feedstocks with low upstream impacts, the high conversion efficiency of the HVO production process will make HVO the preferred fuel to BTL from any woody feedstock, even woody waste. Sunde et al.

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Oil Renewable Fuel Waste 239

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Waste Management and Genomatica, an industrial biotech company targeting sustainable chemicals ( earlier post ), have formed a strategic joint development agreement to research and advance Genomatica’s technology and manufacturing processes to enable production of intermediate and basic chemicals from syngas made from municipal solid waste.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

UBQ is a patented material converted from 100% unsorted household waste, containing food leftovers, mixed plastics, paper, cardboard, packaging materials and diapers. UBQ GHG Neutralizers, conversely, offset on average 15 times their weight of CO 2 -e. Polymers typically emit 1.9

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APRIL 14, 2017

With a $2-million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC), Berkeley Lab is partnering with Alphabet Energy to create a cost-effective thermoelectric waste heat recovery system to reduce both energy use in the industrial sector and electricity-related carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The new FAA contract with UOP supports US government efforts to identify and accelerate the commercial availability of next-generation, non-fossil jet fuel. The development of new second-generation biofeedstock conversion technology is critical to support growing energy needs and speed commercial availability.

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Conversion Renewable Waste Oil 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Motor Motors Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Considering that levulinic acid is available with more than 80% conversion from raw biomass, a field-to-tank yield of drop-in, cellulosic gasoline of more than 60% is possible, the researchers claimed. barrels of oil (117.6 gallons US). per gallon. Its long term target is 92 gallons/BDT.

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MAY 16, 2014

The processes are feedstock flexible and can convert methane (natural gas, landfill gas, anaerobic digester gas), as well as biomass, municipal solid waste (MSW) and industrial waste, into transportable intermediates. The methanol-to-olefins (MTO) process is well-understood, and uses catalysts which are commercially-available.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

reported a major step forward in its development of renewable fuels, achieving direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy. Joule Biotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.) Bill Sims, President and CEO, Joule Biotechnologies. million barrels per day by 2030.

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JULY 2, 2012

This includes feedstock production and logistics, conversion facilities (Integrated Biorefineries), and fuel blending, transportation, and logistics. Our reliance on foreign oil is a significant military vulnerability and it would be irresponsible not to address it.

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Commercial Available Conversion Transportation 210

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

A team from the University of Calgary and Rice University has used flash joule heating (FJH) ( earlier post ) to convert low-value asphaltenes—a by-product of crude oil refining—into a high-value carbon allotrope, asphaltene-derived flash graphene (AFG). Flash graphene from asphaltenes. (A)

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A new study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the conversion and degradation of peatland in palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia has determined that past studies have generally significantly underestimated emissions associated with palm oil grown on peatland. Southeast Asia.

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Oil Carbon Emissions Europe 239

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Traditional conversion technologies of algal biomass to biofuels have mainly included lipid extraction or pyrolysis for biodiesel, hydrotreated renewable diesel, or bio-oil production. A wet whole cell conversion pathway, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), has gained popularity in the past few years. —Roberts et al.

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Conversion Water Carbon Oil 285

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). are expected to be widely available only as supercritical CO 2 in pipelines destined for geologic storage.

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Transportation Convert Waste CO2 231

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The enzyme enables more cost-efficient conversion of biomass to ethanol and performs 1.5 With our new product, Cellic CTec3, and the first plants starting commercial production, this is a huge step forward in the transition from an oil-based economy to a bio-based economy. Both plants will convert municipal solid waste into biofuel.

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Waste Iowa Gasoline Virginia 210

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APRIL 6, 2015

Researchers at Lund University (Sweden) have developed an optimized two-phase enzymatic (lipase) system for the conversion of plant oils to biodiesel. Applied to the solvent-free ethanolysis of rapeseed oil, the system delivered a yield of 96% under mild conditions. Most lipases have a lid covering the lipophilic active site.

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Production Cheap Oil Sodium 150

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

UK startup Libertine LPE has developed a free piston linear power generator technology that it says overcomes the key challenges faced by earlier free piston engine schemes of motion control, emissions and power conversion efficiency.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 31, 2023

If you are looking to improve your trucking fuel economy, begin by adhering to a routine maintenance schedule that includes timely oil changes, air filter replacements and tire rotations. Conversely, overinflated tires can compromise traction and cause uneven wear. Sustain energy by gently accelerating and decelerating.

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APRIL 16, 2013

In October 2010, USDA and the FAA jointly announced a three-year agreement to develop aviation fuel from forest and crop residues and other “green” feedstocks in order to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

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Washington 2010 Renewable Tennessee 231

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will research, develop, and demonstrate polyalkylene glycol (PAG)- based engine oil technology which can reduce engine friction relative to conventional petroleum-based and synthetic oils. Increased availability of magnesium can enable vehicle weight reduction and improvement in fuel efficiency. . $1,497,531.

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Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Although many feedstocks, technologies, and conversion pathways are currently sharing the same tent, the current decade is shaping up to be one of shakeouts, as early bets on cellulosic technologies reach commercial production and significant investments from oil majors and multinationals. continue to pour into the industry.

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Global Market 2012 Financing 253

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Catalytic hydrogenation—used to refine crude oil, synthesize ammonia, and now in multiple processes to produce bio-hydrocarbon fuels from renewable fats and oils—conventionally relies on transition-metal catalysts. Tags: Bio-hydrocarbons Catalysts Fuels Oil. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja9061097.

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Hydrogen Oil Pollution Carbon 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

3 when all the available land area is not used to grow dedicated fuel crop but the solar energy falling on a portion of the land area is harnessed as hydrogen which is then used in novel augmented biomass conversion processes to increase biomass carbon yield as liquid fuel. We have focused here on thermochemical routes.

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Fuel Conversion Solar Carbon 186

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Our gasifier operated very well on the lignite, achieving a high 96% conversion efficiency and without producing undesirable tars and oils. Overall plant availability for the last quarter to date is over 95% and has met the Hai Hua syngas demand and quality requirements over 98% of the time.

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Coal Mongolia Energy Waste 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2011

The projects are funded through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative and will help increase the availability of alternative renewable fuels and biobased products to diversify the nation’s energy resources. Domtar Paper Company, LLC , Fort Mill, SC, $7,000,000. Exelus, Inc. Livingston, NJ, $5,185,004. Metabolix, Inc.

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Grant Production Conversion Hawaii 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Total and selective conversion of highly-abundant tars, hydrocarbons, and other carbonaceous molecules into a supplementary amount of very clean synthesis gas using GlidArc-assisted partial oxidation. The resulting wax should be easily hydrocracked and resulting fuels will be an order of magnitude less toxic than conventional Diesel oil.

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Gas San Francisco Clean Cleaning 220

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

million through the Biorefinery Assistance Program for its project to demonstrate an integrated algal biorefinery process that will cultivate algae in ponds, and will use dewatering and oil extraction technology to produce an intermediate that will then be processed into drop-in green fuels such as jet fuel and diesel. 23,000,000. 13,433,926.

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Diesel Conversion Convert Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

USDA’s report identifies numerous biomass feedstocks to be utilized in developing biofuels and calls for the funding of further investments in research and development of: Feedstock; Sustainable production and management systems; Efficient conversion technologies and high-value bioproducts; and. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential.

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Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island 210

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

The simulations assume technological progress in the conversion technologies, which results in average biomass conversion yields of over 95 gallons of ethanol per dry ton of biomass by 2030. Conversion technologies are linked to feedstocks. In the study, conversion technologies are linked with specific feedstocks.

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GM Production Conversion Oil Prices 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

This would represent an increase in biofuel use from 55 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) today (2% of transport fuel) to 750 Mtoe in 2050. However, there are caveats: it is important to reduce the use of fossil energy during cultivation, transport and conversion of biomass to biofuel.

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Transportation Fuel Conversion CO2 225

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate. obligations, availability of new feedstocks, and the scaling up of advanced technologies. Multiple aims include the reduction of dependence on imported oil, mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and driving economic development. industry.

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