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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

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MAY 1, 2023

Stanford researchers, with a colleague from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, have developed a simple and environmentally sound way to make ammonia with tiny droplets of water and nitrogen from the air. The conversion rate reaches 32.9 ± 1.38 Water microdroplets are the hydrogen source for N 2 in contact with Fe 3 O 4.

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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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AUGUST 5, 2022

The process for synthesizing the melamine material, published in an open-access paper in the journal Science Advances , could potentially be scaled down to capture emissions from vehicle exhaust or other movable sources of carbon dioxide. The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely.

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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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MAY 10, 2023

In collaboration with NE, DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will provide funding and project oversight for the two hydrogen production–related projects that were selected: General Electric Global Research, Scaled Solid Oxide Co-Electrolysis for Low-Cost Syngas Synthesis from Nuclear Energy.

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Hydrogen Molten Salt Clean Cleaning

DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. The system will significantly increase methane conversion efficiency and comply with future stringent nitrous oxide regulations. Natural Gas Engines.

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GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

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JULY 19, 2017

The process is constrained by the (low) cost of electricity. Initial scaling is efficiently applied to available concentrated, hot sources of CO 2 , such as eliminating the CO 2 emission from industrial smoke stacks and simultaneously forming valuable CNT wool. —Johnson et al. Johnson et al. Click to enlarge.

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Low Cost Carbon CO2 Solar

NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a highly effective new perovskite-promoted iron oxide redox catalyst for a hybrid solar-redox scheme they had proposed earlier for partial oxidation and water-splitting of methane. To further enhance this effect, they proposed a layered reverse-flow reactor concept.

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Mangrove raises $3M from BDC Capital to accelerate deployment of battery-grade lithium processing systems

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The platform technology is also being commercialized for conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. Mangrove also says that its technology can reduce lithium hydroxide production costs from lithium brines by as much as 45%. —Mangrove’s CEO Saad Dara.

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Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

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APRIL 28, 2021

into locally produced, renewable hydrogen for Hyzon’s fleet of zero-emission commercial vehicles. This permits the control of the rotary reformer when there is water content or chemical makeup variation in the feedstock, such as in MSW. In Steam CO 2 Reforming, there is no oxygen or air (i.e. —Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven SR.

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GWU team suggests C2CNT carbon nanotube composites could amplify reduction of GHG emissions

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AUGUST 30, 2019

The latter (B) includes a cascade effect due to virgin Al’s large carbon footprint, triggering larger CNT-composite induced CO 2 emission elimination. Furthermore, the removed CO 2 is permanently stored, unlike, other methods like the production of fuels or seltzer water that re-release CO2 when the product is used. Licht et al.

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New $30M ARPA-E program to produce renewable liquid fuels from renewable energy, air and water

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APRIL 26, 2016

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $30 million in funding for a new program for technologies that use renewable energy to convert air and water into cost-competitive liquid fuels. ( Comparative costs of current different energy delivery options for transportation.

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Renewable Water Energy Fuel

Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

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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. Advanced water-splitting. High-efficiency thin-film solar cells.

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bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

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MARCH 19, 2021

per year, equivalent to capturing the emissions from the heating of one million UK households. Industries in Teesside account for more than 5% of the UK’s industrial emissions and the region is home to five of the country’s top 25 emitters. Green hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water, powered by renewable energy.

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Hydrogen Carbon Clean Cleaning

DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. per GGE, with lifecycle emissions reductions exceeding 80% over petroleum.

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EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

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JUNE 26, 2020

The use of heavy fuel oils (HFOs) contributes to global warming due to the fossil origin of these fuels and, moreover, generating non-negligible emissions of pollutants such as sulfur oxides. Although cleaner fuels are available, many companies opt for HFOs due to their low cost.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. Conversion of 2,3-Butanediol to Biojet Fuel: Scale-up and Technoeconomic Analysis of Energy-Efficient Separations and Fermentative Diol Production. Project title. Federal share.

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Vertimass licenses ORNL ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology; overcoming the blend wall with drop-in fuels

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MARCH 7, 2014

Successful engine experiments performed on a variable valve actuation gasoline engine showed comparable performance and emission data to certification gasoline. The technology could also supply a source of renewable jet fuel required by recent European Union aviation emission regulations. Catalytic conversion of to hydrocarbons (2012).

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LADWP joins HyDeal LA, targets green hydrogen at $1.50/kg by 2030

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MAY 18, 2021

The Green Hydrogen Coalition, in conjunction with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and other key partners, launched HyDeal LA , an initiative to achieve at-scale green hydrogen procurement at $1.50/kilogram kilogram in the Los Angeles Basin by 2030. —Martin Adams, General Manager and Chief Engineer at LADWP.

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Occidental Petroleum and Chevron invest in direct air carbon capture and synthetic fuels company Carbon Engineering

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JANUARY 9, 2019

The investments mark the first significant collaboration between a DAC developer and the energy industry, with two global energy leaders investing in DAC as a mechanism to reduce emissions from transportation and enable permanent capture of existing atmospheric CO 2 that can be utilized both in oil production and in direct synthesis of fuels.

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Chevron Carbon Fuel Companies

DOE to award ~$96M for bioenergy research and development

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Waste to Energy Strategies for a Bioeconomy (up to $18M): Addressing ways to use materials that are currently “waste” to make energy and new products, including strategies for municipal solid waste; wet wastes, like food and manures; and municipal waste water treatment.

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Waste Water Low Cost 2020

ARPA-E adds five new funding topics to FOA to advance critical energy innovation

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MAY 30, 2020

The removal of CO 2 from oceanwater (or other natural waters), or direct ocean capture (DOC), is one method of capturing dispersed CO 2. In some cases, DOC can be advantageous relative to other emissions mitigation and negative emissions strategies.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In addition, Pinnacle will employ high rates of exhaust gas recirculation and a low temperature combustion strategy, which will improve knock tolerance and reduce heat loss, pumping work, and NO x emissions. Homopolar Machines Enabled with Brushless Field Electron Emission Current Transfer – $541,184. Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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CSIRO joins US sCO2-based power generation project STEP demo

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The STEP project seeks to demonstrate power generation plants enabled by supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2 ) technology that can offer dramatically improved efficiencies, economics, and environmental performance, and can play an important role as low-carbon energy evolves.

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HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Now we are accelerating Direct Air Capture technology that enables efficient and low-cost CO 2 capture—the future of CO 2 recycling. —Nikolai Ardey, Director of Volkswagen Group Innovation To slow global warming, it is essential to reduce emissions and remove CO 2 from the atmosphere. Why not combine the two?

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DOE awarding about $16M to four projects for advanced gasification systems; focus on coal

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The funded research projects will focus on developing technologies that can significantly reduce the cost of producing hydrogen-rich syngas derived from fossil fuels, enabling coal resources to both improve US economic competitiveness and provide global environmental benefits, DOE said. Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc., Alstom Power Inc.,

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UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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JULY 10, 2022

The UK government is awarding £54 million to 15 projects to develop technologies that remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Seawater - The oceans naturally absorb carbon dioxide but because of a large increase in carbon dioxide emissions from our activities the oceans absorb more than previously. Project Funding: £2,999,822.60.

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GWU research team C2CNT advances to the final round of the Carbon XPRIZE; CO2 to carbon nanotubes

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APRIL 9, 2018

The C2CNT team uses low-energy, low-cost technology developed in the Licht lab located at GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus to transform carbon dioxide into widely useful and highly valued products—carbon nanotubes. Illustration credit: Stuart Licht. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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China Lake team devises new class of bio-based high-cetane renewable diesel fuels: dioxolanes

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

With the preparation of methyl ketones from sustainable carbon sources firmly established, it is of significant interest to develop new methods for the conversion of methyl ketones into fuels that can be used directly in conventional diesel engines. g L -1 in E. —Harrison and Harvey.

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Diesel Renewable Fuel China

Advanced furoate esters biofuel company xF Technologies appoints Tom Stephens to board

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JANUARY 7, 2015

developer of a family of low cost, renewable furoate esters (xF) for use as oxygenating blend components (5%-20%) in both gasoline and diesel fuels, as well as heating oil and other specialty applications, has appointed former GM Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Tom Stephens as an independent director of the Company, effective immediately.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Through DOE’s Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage R&D Program, the Office of Fossil Energy has a comprehensive portfolio of technological solutions that help keep CO 2 emissions out of the atmosphere. Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases. ION Clean Energy Inc.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas

Volkswagen introduces new Coasting 2.0 micro hybrid system and new natural gas engine at Vienna Motor Symposium

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APRIL 27, 2017

The new 'Coasting - Engine off' micro hybrid system represents a low-cost level of electric-powered motoring on a 12-volt basis. In gas-powered mode it works in a particularly low-emission manner—and that applies both to CO 2 and NO x particulate emissions. Coasting - Engine off. The compact 1.0

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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AUGUST 12, 2015

water management and treatment for power plant and CO 2 storage operations. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). Success will lead to increased operational reliability of the chemical looping technology with impacts for CO2 capture from solid and gaseous fuel conversion. Lead organization.

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Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Accenture has identified 12 technologies that it concludes have the potential to disrupt the current views of transport fuels supply, demand and GHG emissions over the next 10 years. This is coupled with the innovation seen in first-generation players to drive down costs, energy and water use, and GHG emissions.

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UC Riverside researchers receive two grants to advance steam hydrogasification reaction for waste-to-fuels

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The CEC grant will allow for the completion of a process demonstration unit at CERT that will provide data needed before a proposed pilot plant is built at the city of Riverside’s waste water treatment facility. process, making a slow carbon conversion reaction ten times faster. diesel, gasoline, jet) at low cost.

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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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JUNE 10, 2011

” The MIT report said that natural gas should be seen as a “ bridge ” to a low-carbon regime, rather than as the ultimate long-term solution itself. Change in cumulative energy-related CO 2 emissions by sector and fuel in the IEA GAS Scenario relative to the New Policies Scenario, 2009-2035. Source: IEA.

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Audi A4 and A5 now available to order as g-tron in Europe; Audi e-gas for 3 years as standard

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AUGUST 18, 2017

kilograms of gas per 100 kilometers, with CO 2 emissions of 102 grams per kilometer (164.2 kilograms per 100 kilometers, and achieves CO 2 emissions of 102 grams per kilometer (164.2 The lower CO 2 emissions also mean owners pay less in motor vehicle tax. Over the standard cycle the A4 Avant g-tron with S tronic uses 3.8

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DOE Selects Two SOFC Projects to Move Into Next SECA Phase

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects for continuation within the Department’s Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Program research portfolio. The selections were based upon an assessment of demonstrated progress in developing high-performance, low-cost SOFC technology.

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Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

In 2011, China contributed 29% of world carbon dioxide emissions and therefore the country has a significant potential to influence the present and future global energy situation. China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ Click to enlarge. —Littlewood et al. Littlewood et al.

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DOE selects 7 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell research projects for further development

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JULY 31, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 7 projects that will help develop low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for central power generation from fossil energy resources for further research. The projects include: ?. Topic Area 1: Electrochemical Performance Enhancement Activity.

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ARPA-E to award up to $30M for intermediate-temperature fuel cell systems for distributed generation; exploring storage and power-to-fuels

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award up to $30 million to fund a new program focused on the development of transformational electrochemical technologies to enable low-cost distributed power generation. DE-FOA-0001026 ). Source: ARPA-E. Click to enlarge. Source: ARPA-E.

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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MAY 3, 2012

The DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), at its Colorado pilot-scale biochemical conversion facility, converted the biomass from Ceres’ hybrids into cellulosic sugars, which Amyris subsequently fermented into renewable farnesene. sorghum indicates Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reductions of greater.

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Alaska Native Corporation Proposes Underground Coal Gasification Project with Carbon Capture for Power Generation

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

In 2007, LLNL and BP signed a technical agreement to work cooperatively on the development of underground coal gasification (UCG) technology for the in-situ conversion of coal deposits into fuels and other products. LLNL has been working with UCG technology development and field deployment for more than 30 years. Earlier post.).

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Stanford faculty awarded $2.2 million for innovative energy research; fuel cells, hybrids, splitting CO2

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

A game in which business students try to maximize profits from power plants will be refined to replicate more fully California’s markets for electricity and carbon dioxide emission permits. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuel Cells Hybrids' Multiple controlled experiments may produce valuable insights for policymakers.

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Energy Fuel Hybrid CO2

DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

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MARCH 11, 2016

For Round 1, the small businesses and laboratories will collaborate on advancing a number of clean energy technologies, including water, wind, bioenergy, solar, buildings, vehicles, fuel cells, geothermal technologies, and advanced manufacturing. Water Power. million under Round 1 of the new Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot.

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Genifuel Licenses High-yield Algae-to-Natural Gas Process from PNNL

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MAY 6, 2009

PNNL has tested the gasifier with terrestrial plants, kelp and water hyacinths. After condensation, the water enriched with dissolved carbon dioxide is recycled to the growth ponds to accelerate growth of the next generation of biomass while reducing emissions to nearly zero.

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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

Mangrove raises $3M from BDC Capital to accelerate deployment of battery-grade lithium processing systems

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

GWU team suggests C2CNT carbon nanotube composites could amplify reduction of GHG emissions

New $30M ARPA-E program to produce renewable liquid fuels from renewable energy, air and water

Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

Vertimass licenses ORNL ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology; overcoming the blend wall with drop-in fuels

LADWP joins HyDeal LA, targets green hydrogen at $1.50/kg by 2030

Occidental Petroleum and Chevron invest in direct air carbon capture and synthetic fuels company Carbon Engineering

DOE to award ~$96M for bioenergy research and development

ARPA-E adds five new funding topics to FOA to advance critical energy innovation

ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

CSIRO joins US sCO2-based power generation project STEP demo

HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

DOE awarding about $16M to four projects for advanced gasification systems; focus on coal

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

GWU research team C2CNT advances to the final round of the Carbon XPRIZE; CO2 to carbon nanotubes

China Lake team devises new class of bio-based high-cetane renewable diesel fuels: dioxolanes

Advanced furoate esters biofuel company xF Technologies appoints Tom Stephens to board

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

Volkswagen introduces new Coasting 2.0 micro hybrid system and new natural gas engine at Vienna Motor Symposium

DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

UC Riverside researchers receive two grants to advance steam hydrogasification reaction for waste-to-fuels

Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

Audi A4 and A5 now available to order as g-tron in Europe; Audi e-gas for 3 years as standard

DOE Selects Two SOFC Projects to Move Into Next SECA Phase

Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

DOE selects 7 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell research projects for further development

ARPA-E to award up to $30M for intermediate-temperature fuel cell systems for distributed generation; exploring storage and power-to-fuels

Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

Alaska Native Corporation Proposes Underground Coal Gasification Project with Carbon Capture for Power Generation

Stanford faculty awarded $2.2 million for innovative energy research; fuel cells, hybrids, splitting CO2

DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

Genifuel Licenses High-yield Algae-to-Natural Gas Process from PNNL

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