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JULY 5, 2016

According to a new forecast report from Navigant Research, global commercial alternative powertrain medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (MHDV) sales will grow from about 347,000 vehicles in 2016 to more than 820,000 in 2026, representing a CAGR of about 9%. —“ Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicle Technologies ”.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

GE Aviation has begun jet engine combustor component testing with 100% Gevo renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ). With the successful scale-up of this technology, it is believed that Gevo’s HEDFs could be produced at a lower cost than the petroleum-based equivalent, even at current oil prices.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

VCs in 2016 have taken a step back in the value chain to focus on upstream technology platforms like DNA synthesis-as-a-service and automated genomic engineering and lab equipment. Low oil hits drop-ins, substitutes. Fermentation and catalysis had funding shares of 20% and 16%, respectively. —Victor Oh, Lux Research Analyst.

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JUNE 19, 2012

GE has concluded a commercial alliance agreement with Norway-based Sargas AS to provide a gas turbine for one of the world’s first gas-fired plants with integrated carbon capture for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Sargas has created an alliance with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Overview of the Sargas system.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

IVECO has achieved a technological advantage in natural gas engines by having developed a complete range of both CNG and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) vehicles, from the light commercial vehicle, Daily, to the urban bus, Urbanway, and the new Stralis LNG for long-haul transport, launched last June. billion (US$1.7

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APRIL 30, 2016

Optimized internal combustion engines are the major contributor to the reduction of passenger car GHG emissions with significant improvements until 2020 and the subsequent penetration of more effective alternative technologies into the fleet. PHEVs fueled with advanced biofuels and low carbon, renewable electricity (for PC).

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JANUARY 8, 2012

PETRONAS has awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Hyundai notes that the development of the FLNG makes Hyundai Heavy the only company that can conduct engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning for both the topside and hull part. Earlier post.) The Hyundai FLNG has an annual production capacity of 2.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

A co-production scenario—yet to be commercial—would take unconverted syngas from the FT reactor and combust it in a combined cycle power plant to generate electricity that is sold to the grid. Even with CCS, the liquid product costs are comparable to recent crude oil prices.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The UW team is the first to try converting the entire young tree—leaves, bark and stems—into bio oil and ethanol using two separate processes. —Chang Dou, a doctoral student in the UW’s Bioresource Science and Engineering program and lead author on both papers. That’s the problem. Chang Dou, Wilian F.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In a report comparing advances in combustion engines, biofuels, electrification and other technologies, Accenture warns that the commercial viability of those disruptive technologies will be delayed unless regulators more proactively support the transformation of science into applied technologies. Next-generation agriculture.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Australia’s Syngas Limited has engaged Rentech to provide Fischer-Tropsch fuels production preliminary engineering services for Syngas’ proposed commercial scale coal and biomass to liquids (CBTL) fuels facility in Southern Australia, known as the Clinton Project. Overview of CBTL process. Source: Syngas. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 12, 2011

Assumes there are only Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) available, with no Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) or pure Electric Vehicles (EVs). travelled (high, medium and low), and vehicle type (passenger, light commercial, or taxi). However, as EV and PHEV prices gradually reach.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Genencor intends to commercialize the technology within the next five years. Genencor developed a fermentation route to BioIsoprene using an engineered organism in an integrated bioprocess whereby the volatile product is continuously recovered from the gas-phase. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. —Joseph McAuliffe.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Electrification will also reduce oil dependence, providing foreign policy benefits and the potential to reduce real oil prices and oil price volatility. Deutch and Moniz note that manufacturing is key to achieving a commercially successful EV battery pack—i.e., Vehicle technologies.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

While renewable energy, particularly solar and wind, may have some potential to mitigate carbon emissions, this is not seen as a viable large-scale alternative for commercial shipping. LNG engines currently being produced cover a broad range of power outputs. Engine concepts include gas-only engines; dual fuel 4-stroke; and 2-stoke.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

based Army Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and its National Automotive Center. Lithium ion batteries also have dual-use applications in the commercial automotive industry for hybrid electric vehicles. 10 million for vehicle systems engineering and integration activities at TARDEC.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We would expect that new reserves of conventional and unconventional oil may become available for exploration due to geological exploration and advances in oil extraction techniques or that extraction from less feasible oil fields becomes more economically attractive. All of these factors would change our predicted outcome.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Second, because the Department neither manufactures nor sells commercial-scale energy technologies, our work must be relevant to the private sector, which is the agent of deployment. In the transportation sector, DOE will focus on technologies that significantly reduce oil consumption and diversify fuel sources for on-road transportation.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

When oil prices rose to new highs in the 1970s, Brazil invested in ethanol created from the its sugar cane crops. Commercially available baker’s yeast was used to break down the sugar cane into ethanol, but genetic tests showed that this yeast quickly disappeared in the harsh environment of industrial fermentation vats.

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JUNE 22, 2009

The hydrocarbon biofuels from Virent’s process are interchangeable with petroleum products, matching them in composition, functionality, and performance; they work in today's engines, fuel pumps, and pipelines. The BioForming platform is near commercialization. Also in 2008, Shell and Virent announced their collaboration.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Syncrude’s earlier commercial-scale pilot of wet crushing demonstrated positive results and the technology has been vetted through ExxonMobil’s TQM (Total Quality Management) process. Decisions regarding further upgrading capacity will be considered in the future in the context of evolving heavy/light crude oil price spreads.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Other findings include: The current cost of ownership for pure electric large vans is more than 50% higher than their diesel-engine equivalents. This is sensitive to assumptions on fuel price inflation and servicing costs.). beyond small-scale trials).

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

The Research Council is the principal operating agency of the US National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. In the PHEV-40, the electric motor provides all the propulsion; the gasoline engine drives a generator that powers the motor and keeps the batteries charged above some minimum level.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

President Obama’s dream is appealing and it may be achievable, but there are big barriers to overcome before the mass commercialization of electric vehicles will occur. Recent public policies in the United States and other countries have improved the prospects for initial commercialization of PEVs. —John D.

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JUNE 20, 2011

Genomatica is developing and commercializing sustainable basic and intermediate chemicals made from renewable feedstocks including readily available sugars, biomass, and syngas. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 billion in 2011 to $98.5

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JANUARY 18, 2010

AECOM developed an economic model to assess viability and a vehicle choice model to forecast take-up of different engine configurations. Many studies of this type do not estimate take-up of different engine configurations and instead make assumptions based on experience elsewhere.

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JULY 4, 2009

Cautioning that the development and commercialization of the electric car is “ not a sprint, but a marathon ”, Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Currently, no commercially viable biorefineries exist for converting cellulosic biomass to fuel. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies.

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APRIL 30, 2009

For every kJ of chemical energy in the fuel for a spark ignition internal combustion engine, 73 % is sacrificed to chemical and thermal losses. A $1 change in gas prices can lead to a 4-6% shift in take rates (i.e. the 4 cylinder engine may go from a 20% take rate to a 25% take rate). Braking losses add another 6%.

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MARCH 8, 2009

Professor Lynd, from Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering, and a co-founder of Mascoma Corp., a company commercializing a cellulosic ethanol production process, is co-author of five of the eight papers in the special issue. Achieve production costs consistent with gasoline when oil prices are at about $30 a barrel.

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JUNE 23, 2011

While production costs and refining costs for heavy oil exceed that for light oil, applying information technology solutions for decision-making has provided a significant increase in the margins and profits of operations, according to Chevron engineers in a paper presented on their system earlier this year.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

In an open-access paper published in Nature Communications , the researchers report on their engineering of the bacterium Clostridium ljungdahlii to produce acetone with a mass yield 138% of the previous theoretical maximum using a high cell density continuous fermentation process. Jones, Alan G. Fast, Ellinor D. Carlson, Carrissa A.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco is gearing-up production of its right-hand drive natural gas powered Daily following the success of a six month trial which saw the vehicle used for recycling and street cleansing operations on behalf of Camden Council. litres/100km. “The

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JUNE 30, 2015

Fulcrum expects its first alternative fuels plant to begin commercial operation in 2017. Investing in alternative fuels is not only good for the environment, it’s a smart move for our company as biofuels have the potential to hedge against future oil price volatility and carbon regulations.

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APRIL 30, 2009

We are thinking about plug-in hybrids, but we aren’tthinking about commercializing one right away,” Fukui said. Honda, the world’s largest engine maker, set a goal ofleading the industry in hydrogen fuel cell autos. Oil prices are going to go up. in Japan’s Kyoto prefecture to make packsfor gasoline-electric hybrid cars.

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MAY 25, 2011

path” to help overcome key commercial and sustainability challenges and speed fuel production. Using catalysts and heat, hydroprocessing removes oxygen, adds hydrogen and rearranges carbon molecules to create a drop-in petroleum substitute that requires no engine modifications in a 50% blend. —SAFN report. Hydroprocessing.

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MARCH 7, 2011

A commercially viable OCM process—which has been sought for some 30 years— would decouple the production of mainstream chemicals and fuels from crude oil and its current price instabilities, along with reducing energy consumed for processing. ” —Alex Tkachenko.

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