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APRIL 5, 2013

Europe’s tire waste production is 3 million tonnes per year; currently 65% to 70% of used tires end up in landfills. Tires have a better heating value than biomass or coal, and they contain a high content of volatile gasses. It will process about 30 kg of tire waste per hour.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). It will also help develop carbon reduction technologies for use in the steel sector.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

The solution combines Haldor Topsoe’s proven hydrogen process and Aker Carbon Capture’s post-combustion carbon capture technology to achieve low-emission and cost-effective production of ‘blue’ hydrogen. Aker Carbon Capture’s proprietary carbon capture process uses a mixture of water and organic amine solvents to absorb the CO 2.

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JULY 19, 2012

Pertamina will collaborate exclusively with Celanese jointly to develop synthetic fuel ethanol projects in the Republic of Indonesia utilizing Celanese’s proprietary TCX ethanol process technology. However, the company last year created a different business unit to help orchestrate and organize a potential fuel ethanol new line of business.

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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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JULY 22, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. WVU is partnering with Rockwell Automation to facilitate market readiness through use of their sensor and control technologies in the new WVU facility. —Paul Ziemkiewicz.

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

Water purification technology company Aquatech has been awarded a contract for a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plant for a coal-to-chemicals facility in Hailer in Inner Mongolia. The coal-to-chemicals plant is owned by Hulunbeier New Gold Chemical Co.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

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. Earlier post.). diesel, gasoline, jet) at low cost.

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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). 3-BPD to 1-BPD, and increases the technology readiness level (TRL) from 4 to 5. Carbonaceous materials—e.g.,

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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. Awards made from the FOA will validate the concept, estimate the technology cost, and demonstrate that the carbon lifecycle of the products can offer a true carbon reduction.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The Oxford Catalysts Group has raised £21 million (US$34 million) before expenses from the conditional placing of 26,250,000 new shares, which will be used to accelerate its ongoing transition from a research and development organization to a commercial product company.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $100,000 Rural Business Enterprise grant to the not-for-profit Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), based in East Hartford, Conn. The grant will be used to help determine the feasibility of alternative fuel plants in north-central Connecticut.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The Houston Advanced Research Center ( HARC ) and the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University are establishing a collaborative research program to promote advanced technology for low-impact oil and gas drilling. Created in 1982, HARC is a not-for-profit organization based in The Woodlands, Texas.

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OCTOBER 3, 2015

GREET (The Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation Model) is a full life-cycle model used to evaluate and compare the environmental impacts of new transportation fuels and advanced vehicle technologies. Aluminum for vehicle production: updated the life-cycle inventory for aluminum.

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APRIL 5, 2010

million to 34 small businesses to develop innovative, sustainable technologies to protect human health and the environment. EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established to ensure that new technologies are developed to solve priority environmental problems. Essentially any biomass material or solid waste (e.g.,

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The Maverick Oasis factory-built Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) methanol plants are modular, and can be rapidly deployed onsite to produce thousands of gallons per day of methanol from natural gas or methane-rich waste gas. The plants are designed to be low-cost, highly efficient facilities optimized to generate an attractive project rate of return.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. Biobutanol from corn starch complies with the 20% GHG threshold.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. A small but growing group of analysts, though, are pushing for a zero-emissions technology that already plows the oceans: nuclear propulsion. The industry now faces serious pressure to pick up the pace. Nuclear-powered ships can go years without refueling. “At

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JANUARY 7, 2020

The efforts also build on the airline’s existing programs such as investments in fuel-saving technologies and aircraft, as well as advocating for a more fuel-efficient air traffic control system that would reduce emissions from flying. Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel is produced 100% from waste and residue raw materials.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The second round was focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels (electrofuels); much higher capacity and less expensive batteries for electric vehicles; and carbon capture. Lead organization. Reducing equivalent: Electrons; Organism: E. Earlier post.) per gallon.

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APRIL 1, 2019

However, aligning sustainable development policies to the implementation of advanced emission control technologies could provide NAAQS-compliant air quality to about 85% of the Indian population. Less than 1% enjoyed air quality that met the World Health Organization (WHO) benchmark limit of 10 ?g/m³.

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JULY 21, 2014

When completed later this year, the unit will test a system conceived by the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UKCAER) at slipstream-scale to capture carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the flue gas of an operating coal-fired power plant.

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JANUARY 19, 2013

These range from medical equipment such as thermometers and energy-saving light bulbs to the mining, cement and coal-fired power sectors. Emissions and releases from such operations and from coal-fired power stations represent the biggest source of mercury pollution world-wide.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

Along with our partners like Clean Cities, our team works extremely hard to encourage the use of clean-vehicle technologies, such as alternative fuels, replacing older engines, and use of electric and hybrid vehicles. These projects have helped significantly reduce the consumption of diesel fuel through new technologies.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

The second round is focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels, carbon capture, and batteries for electric vehicles. Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT). Earlier post.)

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JUNE 25, 2013

The plan as outlined also calls for further work on advanced biofuels, advanced batteries and fuel cell technologies in every transportation mode. In 2011, the Obama Administration finalized the first fuel economy standards for Model Year 2014-2018 for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and vans. Earlier post.).

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MAY 16, 2018

Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Some of the measures, such as improved cookstove technologies and cutting down diesel emissions of black carbon also have the fantastic co-benefit of reducing one million or more fatalities every year among women and children. ventilation air from coal mines. Waste management. Ban of open field burning of agricultural waste.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will discuss its $140 million demonstration project, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) “to recover rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal ash and other mine waste, reducing the need for new mining.” facing declining demand.

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MAY 7, 2009

cut in the DOE hydrogen and fuel cell technology program, as well as other cuts related to hydrogen. The two organizations said that such cuts “ threaten to disrupt commercialization of a family of technologies that are showing exceptional promise and beginning to gain market traction.” Earlier post.).

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MAY 2, 2018

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. million deaths in 2016, while household air pollution from cooking with polluting fuels and technologies caused an estimated 3.8 Ambient air pollution alone caused some 4.2 million deaths in the same period.

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. Chu said that it was highly unlikely that the US, Russia, China and India, which account for two-thirds of the coal reserves, “ will turn their back on coal anytime soon.”.for At geological storage densities of CO 2 (0.6

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JULY 10, 2010

The purpose of this Phase III program is for the grantee to pursue commercial applications of work that derives from, extends, or logically concludes effort(s) performed under prior (Phase I/II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding agreements. saline water). saline water).

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We have been using them continuously since the technologies were developed to extract the fuel economically. There are proven and matured technologies to extract energy from fossil fuels and IC engines have been used in vehicles for a long. Technologies to extract petroleum and its combustion are well established.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

The work will be managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. Fusion Petroleum Technologies , The Woodlands, Texas. Fusion Petroleum Technologies intends to develop seismic data software to complement existing software.

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JUNE 7, 2023

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New research led by scientists at Penn State and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) demonstrates how a protein isolated from bacteria can provide a more environmentally friendly way to extract rare earth elements from unconventional sources such as mine tailings and e-waste and to separate them from other metals and from each other.

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