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MARCH 13, 2013

million to seven research teams—six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University—to advance research on technologies for renewable energy conversion to electricity or fuels and for capturing CO 2 emissions and converting CO 2 to fuels. Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) is awarding $6.6

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AUGUST 31, 2011

(SES), a global energy and gasification technology company that provides products and solutions to the energy and chemicals industries, has entered into a Technical Study Agreement with Ambre Energy of Australia to supply a proprietary gasification design to support Ambre’s development of a planned Coal to Liquids Project (ambreCTL).

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AUGUST 26, 2016

million in federal funding for cost-shared projects that will develop technologies that utilize CO 2 from coal-fired power plants to produce useful products. Another option is to use the CO 2 as a reagent to create useful products, such as cement, plastics, or liquid fuels. —DE-FOA-0001622.

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JULY 10, 2022

The carbon dioxide can then be permanently stored or used in various products or applications. CO 2 CirculAir’s a smart-buffer system assures a continuous 24h/d CO 2 absorption and enables the use of low-cost electricity for regeneration at moments of surplus or by direct use of electricity from solar cells or wind turbines.

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

Underground coal gasification uses paired wells in a coal seam: one an oxidant injection well, the other the syngas producer well. CIRI), an Alaska Native corporation, is proposing an underground coal gasification (UCG) project that would use the resulting syngas to fuel a new 100 MW combined cycle power plant. Source: CIRI.

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JULY 7, 2010

million to six research projects to help find ways of converting CO 2 captured from emissions of power plants and industrial facilities into useful products. Total value of the projects, including cost sharing, is approximately US$5.9 Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Emissions. million over two to three years.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens have formed a strategic alliance to develop and to commercialize a new technology for the low cost production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene using Anellotech’s process of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) of non-food biomass. Anellotech Inc., Earlier post.).

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APRIL 5, 2016

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). It also reduces cost by avoiding the need for hot-gas cleanup and F-T catalysts. Carbonaceous materials—e.g.,

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JANUARY 16, 2013

based company to assess the feasibility and optimal uses of SES’ gasification technology for the production of valuable green chemicals. We believe that our technology offers the ability to cleanly use these waste and landfill materials in an environmentally responsible way to produce a variety of high value products.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

In support of the biomass fractionator, the company is also developing a range of one-step catalytic conversion processes which mate with the fractionator’s output gas streams to produce products such as eBTX (high octane gasoline), synthetic diesel and proprietary ultra-high crop yield “super” fuels.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The new PNNL carbon capture and conversion system brings the cost to capture CO 2 down to about $39 per metric ton. As described in an open-access paper in the journal Advanced Energy Materials , the new system is designed to fit into coal-, gas-, or biomass-fired power plants, as well as cement kilns and steel plants.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases. LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project. ION Clean Energy Inc.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

The objective of this topic is to develop an entirely new paradigm for the production of liquid fuels that could overcome the challenges associated with current technologies. Although photosynthetic routes show promise, overall efficiencies remain low. Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. Perkins suggests that the partnership with Freightliner may expand to move into step chassis and some of the other products that it sells, such as in the trolley market or RV chassis. to produce LPG as a byproduct of gasoline production.

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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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APRIL 11, 2012

Conventional thermal decomposition production of lime (left) versus STEP direct solar conversion of calcium carbonate to calcium oxide (right). The majority (about 60%) of those CO 2 emissions result from the production of lime. The majority (about 60%) of those CO 2 emissions result from the production of lime.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The steam hydrogasification reaction is one component of a three-step process for the production of fuels. process, making a slow carbon conversion reaction ten times faster. The process has high carbon conversion rates at lower temperatures, and can be used to make numerous liquid transportation fuels (i.e., Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 30, 2010

coli as an electrofuels chassis for isooctane production. coli; Product: Isooctane. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Reducing equivalent: Hydrogen; Organism: Cupriavidus necator; Product: Biodiesel. Reducing equivalent: Electrons; Organism: N/A; Product: Octanol.

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JUNE 10, 2011

High-level findings of the MIT study include: There are abundant supplies of natural gas in the world, and many of these supplies can be developed and produced at relatively low cost. It is clean and flexible. Natural gas use in the transportation sector is likely to increase, with the primary benefit being reduced oil dependence.

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JULY 10, 2010

Harvesting/Dewatering Technology for Algal Biofuels Production. The Office of Biomass Program (OBP) is seeking Phase III applications to further commercial development of harvesting/dewatering processes—contingent upon successful completion of SBIR Phase I or Phase II development—to support the production of algal biofuels.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

and battery production, driving location, and upstream supply chain emissions, we use a medium global valuation for GHG emissions, and we assume the battery will last the life of the vehicle. Although gasoline production and combustion produce significant emissions, battery and electricity production emissions. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

A team from Saudi Aramco Research and Development Center has developed a novel low-cost, high-octane gasoline blend component it calls SuperButol. In addition, the process helps to optimize refinery operations by valorizing low-value products. Overall single pass conversion is 14 vol%. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 13, 2015

Simplified flowsheet of the proposed solar hybridized coal- to-liquids (SCTL) process with the proposed solar hybridized dual fluidized bed (SDFB) gasifier. Hence, it is desirable to seek alternative concepts with potential to address these challenges for the solar hybridized coal-to-liquids (SCTL) process. Credit: ACS, Guo et al.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The performance, low cost, and fuel flexibility of ICEs makes it likely that they will continue to dominate the vehicle fleet for at least the next several decades, according to the report. While some next-generation batteries have shown promise in the laboratory, they require significant R&D before they can become commercial products.

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MARCH 27, 2017

. … This research article focuses on a highly favored route to the synthesis of controlled nanostructures at high rate, high yield, and low cost by molten carbonate electrolysis. Controlling the electrolysis conditions results in a range of product. —Ren et al. Addition of BaCO 3 increases electrolyte density.

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MARCH 18, 2013

For example, several production processes were considered for hydrogen and biofuels, and both conventional generation and low-GHG-emission scenarios were considered for electricity. It is unclear which options may emerge as the more promising and cost-effective. The committee also considered crosscutting technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

In August, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ovadan-Depe near the capital of Ashgabad in Turkmenistan to launch the construction of a major plant focused on the conversion of natural gas into synthetic gasoline. DCK-10 ensures high oxygenate conversion rates. without isolation of methanol as an intermediate.

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Low-cost, low-mass, and space-hardy versions of these technologies would be required, but engineers trying to draw up detailed plans for such satellites today find no parts that meet the tough requirements. It would take two or three of these giant satellites to replace one large retiring coal or nuclear power station.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

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. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 22, 2011

In this topic, ARPA-E seeks to develop a new generation of ultra-high energy density, low-cost battery technologies for long electric range plug in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). ARPA-E currently has six main funded programs underway ( topic ): Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST).

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JULY 22, 2009

Biofuel projects are going to have trouble getting financing from Wall Street this year because all of them have questions about the long term pricing of petroleum; most of them have concerns about the pricing stability of their feedstocks; and many of the cellulosic projects have concerns about the conversion technologies. Earlier post.).

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MAY 14, 2023

Solar charging stations and Conventional charging stations (electricity from coal) comparison.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Impacts of Vehicle to Grid on power quality (DC – AC conversion and power injection happens) You may start as follows. Environmental impact of EV on its whole life (from the production to the disposal of batteries etc.) Solar charging stations and Conventional charging stations (electricity from coal) comparison.

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JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. We must act quickly as the planet is warming due to CO 2 production from burning fossil fuels. This means 900 fewer gallons of gasoline used!

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APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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APRIL 16, 2009

BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass. Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name. executive who has studied BYD.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. But that cost in a built as an EV is much less than an ICE’s costs by about 1/2. — jerryd 7.

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