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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water. Earlier post.). Depending on the temperature (300 ?C

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Concord Energy and cellulosic biogasoline company Cool Plant to establish JV in Asia-Pacific region

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The JV will develop commercial production facilities for the conversion of non-food biomass into biofuels and soil enhancing biochar. The process also generates value through biochar production, which can be returned to the soil, enabling fertilizer and water retention for increased crop productivity, and more robust plant health.

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Renewable fuels and biochar company Cool Planet closes on $100M Series D financing

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Used as a soil amendment, its CoolTerra biochar product also increases crop productivity and plant health while reducing water and fertilizer requirements. Catalytic Conversion: Cool Planet has developed a number of proprietary catalytic conversion processes to convert these useful hydrocarbon components into different types of fuels.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. Petaluma, Calif.

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Google Claims Android Auto Will Become Safer and Smarter After Update

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Google has announced plans to update Android Auto to reduce the time drivers are required to look at screens. While Google hasn’t gotten overly specific, it has said it wants to place an emphasis on improving safety. Let’s say someone drops& a pin in a group conversation. Google probably understands this.

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Bloom Energy Debuts SOFC Fuel Cell System for Distributed Generation

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featured California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, General Colin Powell, and early customers including Bank of America; The Coca-Cola Company; Cox Enterprises; eBay; FedEx Express; Google; Staples; and Walmart. Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA). The event was hosted at eBay Inc., Diagram of a solid oxide fuel cell.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

The example I used at the time was, I think it was a Google program labeling an image of people playing Frisbee in the park. So it’s a lot better than just a 10-word Google search. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. Or 60,000 tokens. More context.

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