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UC Riverside researchers receive two grants to advance steam hydrogasification reaction for waste-to-fuels

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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have received two grants to further explore a steam hydrogasification process they developed to convert waste into fuels. process, making a slow carbon conversion reaction ten times faster.

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Altex & Unitel partner to demonstrate a new technology for making synthetic gasoline from biomass

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Altex Technologies has selected Unitel to provide engineering services to design and build a pilot system that will produce 1 BPD of synthetic gasoline from biomass (Biomass Conversion to Synthetic Gasoline System, BCSGS). lower cost) and gasification/F-T processes (e.g., Carbonaceous materials—e.g., —US 9199889.

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DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

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Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance.

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CleanFUEL USA partners with Freightliner on new 8.0L propane LPI medium-duty engine

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Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. million grant to support the project’s development. propane derived from non-petroleum fossil fuels : natural gas, coal or petroleum coke) based on technical and economic analyses of various promising technologies.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The grants will go to projects in 17 states. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 per gallon.

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CMU study finds that HEVs and PHEVs with small battery packs offer more emissions and oil displacement benefits per dollar spent than large pack PHEVs and BEVs; policy implications

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This fact is due in large part to SO 2 and GHG emissions from coal-fired power plants.Although the costs of damages from vehicle-associated emissions are significant, the damage reductions that can be gained through electrification are small compared to the total cost of owning and operating a vehicle. Source: CMU Policy Brief.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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