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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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JANUARY 3, 2022

estimated that with conversion by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and upgrading, the wet waste resource availability in the United States could be converted to jet fuel that is equivalent to about 24% of the U.S. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. 1c06561.

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Montauk Renewables signs LOI with European Energy to provide CO2 for e-methanol production in Texas

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AUGUST 8, 2023

Montauk Renewables captures methane, preventing it from being released into the atmosphere, and converts it into either RNG or electrical power for the electrical grid. The company has current operations at 15 operating projects located in California, Idaho, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Texas.

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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. Different methods for converting CO 2 into methane have long been known. A paper on the work is published in ChemSusChem.

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Blue Biofuels achieves full conversion (99%+) of cellulosic material to sugars on repeatable basis

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JANUARY 14, 2022

reports that it has achieved full conversion ( 99% + ) of king grass cellulosic material to water soluble sugars on a repeatable basis. This conversion occurs with a reaction time of less than one minute. Full conversion is the most efficient use of the feedstock possible and exceeds earlier projections. Blue Biofuels, Inc.

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HF Sinclair selects Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce renewable diesel at three facilities in US

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JULY 5, 2023

HF Sinclair selected Topsoe as a technology provider for the production of renewable fuels at three facilities: Sinclair, Wyoming; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Artesia, New Mexico. All three facilities have now successfully been put into operation and deliver renewable diesel into the United States transportation market.

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Phillips 66 makes final investment decision for $850M conversion of refinery to renewable fuels facility; commercial operation in 1Q 2024

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MAY 12, 2022

Phillips 66 made a final investment decision Wednesday to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities. million cars off California roads each year.

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Svitzer and Caterpillar partner on methanol as a fuel in newbuilds and conversions of existing tugs

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APRIL 24, 2023

The implementation of dual-fuel methanol engines focuses on new tugs as well as conversions of existing Cat-powered tugs, which comprise the majority of Svitzer’s fleet. The support Caterpillar provides in finding ways of converting our equipment to methanol usage plays a key role in this.

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Successful demonstration of FlexMethanol conversion of wind power to methanol

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JUNE 11, 2020

In Germany, BSE Engineering and the Institute for Renewable Energy Systems at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences (IRES) have demonstrated the conversion of wind power into renewable methanol. Operation of this technology under dynamic conditions will be confirmed during a year-long test. FlexMethanol.

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Preem begins production of renewable diesel at Lysekil

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NOVEMBER 15, 2020

For the first time, renewable raw materials are being converted to Swedish Environmental Class 1 diesel (maximum sulfur content of 10 ppm) at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil. The aim is to annually produce up to 950,000 cubic meters (251 million gallons US) of renewable fuel by 2024. About two-thirds of the products are exported.

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EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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JUNE 28, 2021

The decarbonization of the transportation sector will require large volumes of renewable fuels. So far, renewable diesel and jet fuels are mainly derived from plant oils, but the EU Renewable Energy Directive limits the use of biofuel from food and feed crops since they do not meet sustainability requirements when produced at large scale.

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Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

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MARCH 4, 2022

This work will see Twelve converting CO 2 to CO, which will in turn be converted by LanzaTech’s proprietary microbe to isopropyl alcohol (IPA). This approach is highly scalable and could ultimately produce ethanol at an industrial scale, while simultaneously eliminating CO 2 emissions.

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EIA: US renewable diesel capacity expected to increase significantly through 2024

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JULY 22, 2021

US production capacity for renewable diesel could increase significantly through 2024, based on announced projects and those that are under construction, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). As of the end of 2020, we estimate US production capacity for renewable diesel totaled nearly 0.6

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Strategic Biofuels successfully tests carbon capture and storage for renewable diesel plant

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AUGUST 15, 2021

LGF is the first renewable diesel fuel project to achieve this milestone. Carbon capture and permanent geologic sequestration is no longer a hypothetical scenario for Louisiana Green Fuels—successful completion of the test well is a major milestone that’s not been achieved by any other renewable diesel project.

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New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 using renewable energy could establish a climate-neutral, artificial carbon cycle. Conversion into liquid fuels would be advantageous because they have high energy density and are safe to store and transport. These could then be burned as needed.

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PBF considering $550M investment to convert idled refinery unit to renewable diesel production

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JUNE 25, 2021

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and PBF Chalmette Refinery Manager Steven Krynski announced that the company is studying the possible conversion of an idled refinery unit into a renewable diesel production complex. Bernard Parish—to retain 516 existing jobs at the refinery. Bernard Parish consider the project.

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SoCalGas to convert 200 new F-250 trucks with Landi Renzo systems to run on renewable natural gas

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APRIL 23, 2021

SoCalGas) will convert 200 new Ford F-250 service pickup trucks to run on renewable natural gas (RNG). The fleet conversion is expected to be complete by the end of the year. Southern California Gas Co. Landi Renzo USA is partnering with two local companies on this project: Phenix Truck Body and CTEC Truck Body.

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Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

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APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. Alongside hydrogen generation from water, the multi-disciplinary research team is investigating photochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into synthetic fuel.

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Bombardier (now Alstom) to convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power

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FEBRUARY 7, 2021

To help France meet its sustainability targets, Bombardier will now convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power. The idea is to convert dual-mode (catenary and diesel-powered) high capacity self-propelled trains to dual-mode battery-powered AGCs.

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Stable boron-copper catalyst for CO2 conversion; stabilization with zinc

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MARCH 28, 2021

A new boron-copper catalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into chemicals or fuels has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen. CO 2 can be converted into larger carbon compounds that can be used as base chemicals for industry or as fuels.

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SARI researchers propose novel method to enhance electrocatalytic conversion of CO2

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The electrochemical conversion of CO 2 into carbon-based fuels and valuable feedstocks by renewable electricity is an attractive strategy for carbon neutrality. CO is the key component of syngas, a mixture of CO and hydrogen that can be directly converted into various value-added chemicals via well-developed industrial processes.

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ULEMCo delivers water tanker converted to use hydrogen dual fuel

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JUNE 10, 2020

tonne bowser has been converted from a standard truck to use hydrogen dual fuel, an approach that allows fleet managers to transition more quickly to low carbon operation. The benefit is further enhanced by the vehicle refueling from an ITM hydrogen fuelling station in Sheffield that is powered directly from renewable wind.

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Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

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AUGUST 17, 2019

The technologies work as a system that converts organic waste into renewable hydrogen gas for use as a biofuel. There are usually thousands of microbes that are required to convert a complex organic mixture from biomass into electrons.

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Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers from Newcastle University in the UK have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to capture carbon dioxide using hydrogen gas to convert it into formic acid. The research, accepted for publication in Applied and Environmental Microbiology raises the possibility of converting atmospheric CO 2 to commodity chemicals.

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IG Metall warns that Krupp Mannesmann steel plant may fail due to lack of financing for conversion to climate-neutral steel production

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

The union called on the shareholders of HKM to commit themselves clearly to the future of the traditional steel mill and to invest now in its conversion. There are currently 3,100 steel workers employed there. The French pipe manufacturer Vallourec SA wants to give up its 20% stake in HKM and withdraw from Germany.

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LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A team of scientists from LanzaTech, Northwestern University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have engineered a microbe to convert molecules of industrial waste gases, such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, into acetone and isopropanol (IPA).

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EIA projects US renewable diesel supply to surpass biodiesel in the near term but remain small part of larger diesel market

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MARCH 25, 2022

In its Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) Reference case, which reflects current laws and regulations, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that renewable diesel supply (domestic production and net imports) will exceed biodiesel supply in the near term. Source: U.S.

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Topsoe enters agreement with Steeper Energy to introduce complete waste-to-biofuel solution

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Topsoe and Steeper Energy , a developer of biomass conversion technologies, signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. The end-products include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marine biofuel, and renewable diesel from waste biomass. Steeper Energy was founded in 2011 and is backed by TOM Capital.

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Eni and Hera Group partner on conversion of used vegetable oil to renewable diesel for waste collection vehicles

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NOVEMBER 24, 2018

In Italy, Eni and Hera signed a partnership agreement with the aim of converting used vegetable oil into renewable diesel for Hera’s waste collection vehicles. Green Diesel—renewable diesel—is produced by Ecofining technology developed in Eni’s laboratories in collaboration with Honeywell UOP.

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KAUST team seeks improved catalysts for Lebedev ethanol-to-butadiene process for renewable rubber

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APRIL 21, 2023

Butadiene can also be produced from ethanol by one of two primary methods: Lebedev, which converts ethanol over one catalyst in one reactor, and Ostromisslensky, which converts a mixture of ethanol and acetaldehyde in a two-reactor system. A 2017 analysis by a Ukrainian/French team (Kyriienko et al. Kyriienko, Olga V. Larina, Sergiy O.

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Hyzon Motors to collaborate with Transform Materials on renewable hydrogen production

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Hyzon Motors, a leading supplier of heavy-duty hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles, announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Transform Materials, a provider of renewable hydrogen through its proprietary microwave reactor technology ( earlier post ).

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Ørsted proposes to develop one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants: SeaH2Land

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APRIL 2, 2021

Ørsted, the world’s leading offshore wind developer, together with the major industrial companies in the North Sea Port cluster, have launched the SeaH2Land vision for a gigawatt scale project to reduce carbon emissions in the Dutch-Flemish industrial cluster with renewable hydrogen.

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Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles partner to repower and convert buses and trucks into high-performance EVs; order for 30 MDS vehicles

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles are teaming up to develop, convert, and deliver battery-powered and range-extended electric buses, trucks, and specialty vehicles with industry-leading performance, efficiency, and total cost of ownership. The Matthews vehicles will be designed to have gross vehicle weight (GVW) up to 53,000 lbs.,

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LG battery manufacturing sites to run on 100% renewable energy by 2025

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AUGUST 4, 2022

LG Energy Solution (LGES)—the company’s dedicated cell subsidiary—plans to use 100% renewable energy in all its battery manufacturing plants worldwide by 2025. The initiative is called RE100 or “Renewable Electricity 100%”. In 2020, LGES reported a conversion rate of 33% across its business sites. Global Operations of LGES.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The NSF grant will address challenges that remain before the renewable strategy can be applied practically on a commercial scale. We intend to build an electrochemical modular system as a platform for a continuous conversion process of simulated flue gas to pure liquid fuels. —Haotian Wang.

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PCC SE and Landsvirkjun to convert silicon metal plant CO2 emissions to methanol

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APRIL 12, 2022

The production of green methanol requires a renewable carbon source from PCC’s silicon metal plant in Iceland and renewable power from Landsvirkjun´s power stations. PCC SE aims for its silicon metal plant at Húsavík to become carbon-neutral by replacing fossil carbon reductants in production with renewable alternatives.

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Study finds copper catalysts work better at converting CO2 to renewable fuel when they gain and lose oxygen atoms

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JULY 20, 2020

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Caltech have found that copper that was once bound with oxygen is better at converting carbon dioxide into renewable fuels than copper that was never bound to oxygen. Drisdell and his colleagues say their discovery is an important advance towards that goal.

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DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The 22 selected projects fall into five topic areas for the “Bioenergy Technologies Office Scale-Up and Conversion” funding opportunity ( earlier post ): Scale-Up of Biotechnologies. Affordable, Clean Cellulosic Sugars for High Yield Conversion. Separations to Enable Biomass Conversion. Renewable Natural Gas.

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New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

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JUNE 23, 2013

carbon monoxide evolving catalyst (Bi-CMEC) that can be used in conjunction with ionic liquids to convert CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO) using electricity. As such, development of Bi-based cathodes for conversion of CO 2 to CO would represent an important development for the fields of CO 2 electrocatalysis and renewable energy conversion.

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China researchers develop one-pot process for direct conversion of cellulose to ethanol

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JUNE 12, 2019

Researchers in China have developed a one-pot process for the direct conversion of cellulose to ethanol with a yield of 43.2 The increasing concerns over global climate change have motivated great interest in the utilization of renewable biomass for the production of fuels and chemicals. Under a reaction condition of 245 ?C

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Evonik and Siemens Energy commission pilot plant for conversion of CO2 to chemicals

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from renewable sources. Just as plants use solar energy to produce sugar, for example, from carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and water in several steps, artificial photosynthesis uses renewable energies to produce valuable chemicals from CO 2 and water through electrolysis with the help of bacteria.

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Converting glycerol from biodiesel production into bio-gasoline

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

McDonald describe their study of converting methanol (MTG) and a mixture of methanol and glycerol (MGTG) into gasoline-range hydrocarbons using a bench-top, fixed-bed microreactor. The technology of converting methanol into gasoline was discovered and commercialized more than 3 decades ago. Tropsch synthesis (FTS).

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Rice team awarded $3.3M ARPA-E OPEN+ grant to convert methane into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen

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JANUARY 29, 2019

million Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) OPEEN+ grant to develop a method to convert natural gas into carbon nanotubes for materials that can replace metals in large-scale applications. With our new concept, we will convert directly natural gas into materials made of carbon nanotubes.

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Chinese team uses light to convert fatty acids into alkanes with up to 95% yield; photocatalytic decarboxylation

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

WANG Feng at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reported that photocatalytic decarboxylation is an efficient alternate pathway for converting biomass-derived fatty acids into alkanes under mild conditions of ambient temperature and pressure. This finding was published in Nature Catalysis.

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Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

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MAY 30, 2020

The researchers and engineers at ETH Zurich have developed innovative processes that make it possible to extract CO 2 from the atmosphere and, together with water and with the help of concentrated sunlight, convert it into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce jet fuel.

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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

Montauk Renewables signs LOI with European Energy to provide CO2 for e-methanol production in Texas

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

Blue Biofuels achieves full conversion (99%+) of cellulosic material to sugars on repeatable basis

HF Sinclair selects Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce renewable diesel at three facilities in US

Phillips 66 makes final investment decision for $850M conversion of refinery to renewable fuels facility; commercial operation in 1Q 2024

Svitzer and Caterpillar partner on methanol as a fuel in newbuilds and conversions of existing tugs

Successful demonstration of FlexMethanol conversion of wind power to methanol

Preem begins production of renewable diesel at Lysekil

EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

EIA: US renewable diesel capacity expected to increase significantly through 2024

Strategic Biofuels successfully tests carbon capture and storage for renewable diesel plant

New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency

PBF considering $550M investment to convert idled refinery unit to renewable diesel production

SoCalGas to convert 200 new F-250 trucks with Landi Renzo systems to run on renewable natural gas

Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

Bombardier (now Alstom) to convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power

Stable boron-copper catalyst for CO2 conversion; stabilization with zinc

SARI researchers propose novel method to enhance electrocatalytic conversion of CO2

ULEMCo delivers water tanker converted to use hydrogen dual fuel

Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

IG Metall warns that Krupp Mannesmann steel plant may fail due to lack of financing for conversion to climate-neutral steel production

LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

EIA projects US renewable diesel supply to surpass biodiesel in the near term but remain small part of larger diesel market

Topsoe enters agreement with Steeper Energy to introduce complete waste-to-biofuel solution

Eni and Hera Group partner on conversion of used vegetable oil to renewable diesel for waste collection vehicles

KAUST team seeks improved catalysts for Lebedev ethanol-to-butadiene process for renewable rubber

Hyzon Motors to collaborate with Transform Materials on renewable hydrogen production

Ørsted proposes to develop one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants: SeaH2Land

Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles partner to repower and convert buses and trucks into high-performance EVs; order for 30 MDS vehicles

LG battery manufacturing sites to run on 100% renewable energy by 2025

NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

PCC SE and Landsvirkjun to convert silicon metal plant CO2 emissions to methanol

Study finds copper catalysts work better at converting CO2 to renewable fuel when they gain and lose oxygen atoms

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

China researchers develop one-pot process for direct conversion of cellulose to ethanol

Evonik and Siemens Energy commission pilot plant for conversion of CO2 to chemicals

Converting glycerol from biodiesel production into bio-gasoline

Rice team awarded $3.3M ARPA-E OPEN+ grant to convert methane into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen

Chinese team uses light to convert fatty acids into alkanes with up to 95% yield; photocatalytic decarboxylation

Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

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