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Sapphire Energy and Linde Group to commercialize hydrothermal treatment technology used to upgrade algae into crude oil

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and The Linde Group will expand their partnership to commercialize a new industrial-scale conversion technology needed to upgrade algae biomass into crude oil. The agreement spans a minimum of five years through the development of Sapphire Energy''s first commercial scale, algae-to-energy production facility.

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Solar fuels company Joule commissions first plant to demo commercial readiness, launches Joule Fuels subsidiary to advance direct solar-to-fuels platform

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Joule has commissioned its first SunSprings demonstration plant in Hobbs, New Mexico ( earlier post ), where the company will prove its scalable platform for solar fuel production using a fraction of the land and capital investment required for algae-derived or agricultural biofuels. —William J. Sims, President and CEO of Joule.

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Sapphire Energy closes $144M Series C funding

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Algae-based green crude oil producer Sapphire Energy, Inc. This round of funding is being used to directly support Sapphire Energy’s active and on-schedule commercial demonstration in Luna County, New Mexico. secured the final tranche of a $144-million Series C investment funding.

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EBI study concludes potential contribution of microalgae biofuels in US will be modest due to resource constraints and cost

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Micrographs of commercially cultivated algae species. However, the report concludes, over the long-run, algae oil could make a vital, even if modest, contribution to a US biofuels industry. low cost system designs, high. productivity algae cultivation, high oil content, low cost harvesting and processing).”

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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plans to develop a novel membrane system from Osmoses’ proprietary polymer composition that can produce enriched oxygen from air for integration into modular gasification systems for low-cost hydrogen production. megawatt hours to form 50 metric tons of oxygen.

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Linde and Sapphire Energy to co-develop system to deliver CO2 to commercial-scale algae systems

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The Linde Group and algal-based crude oil and algal fuels developer Sapphire Energy, Inc. have entered into a multi-year agreement to co-develop a low-cost system to deliver carbon dioxide to commercial-scale, open-pond, algae-to-fuel cultivation systems.

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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

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Low-Cost Retrofit Kit for Integral Reciprocating Compressors to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Efficiency. The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit.

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