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JANUARY 27, 2023

The goal of the project is to continue to develop a circular carbon economy that replaces the petroleum-based chemicals in consumer products with algae-derived and biodegradable polymers. Captis Aire LLC, “Renewable Blending Components to Enable 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)”, $2,000,000. Comstock Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The University of Queensland, Australia (UQ) and US-based Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., a synthetic biology company focused on developing renewable hydrocarbon biofuels ( earlier post ), are partnering to explore potential business opportunities for the conversion of sugarcane into renewable jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Phase 1: Renewable energy. The pilot plant is coupled to LUT’s solar power plant in Lappeenranta.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Twelve’s jet fuel, produced using its carbon transformation technology in partnership with Fischer-Tropsch conversion experts Emerging Fuels Technology ( earlier post ), is a fossil-free fuel that offers a drop-in replacement for petrochemical-based alternatives without any changes to existing plane design or commercial regulations.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Battery 500 Phase 2, with BNL, INL, SLAC, General Motors and 8 universities as partners. Ion Conductive High Li+ Transference Number Polymer Composites for Solid-State Batteries. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Polymer Electrolytes for Stable Low Impedance Solid State Battery Interfaces.

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JULY 2, 2017

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a new high-yield process—a hybrid of fermentation followed by thermochemical catalysis—to produce renewable isoprene from biomass.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Due to environmental concerns and national as well as international regulations associated with fossil based HFOs, there is a considerable need for cleaner, renewable and economic alternatives for the maritime industry. IDEALFUEL is coordinated by Eindhoven University of Technology and involves participants from four countries.

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MAY 28, 2019

Raising the penetration of renewable —an intermittent—sources of energy into the grid will require large scale electrical energy storage and retrieval. Electroactive microbes also allow for the use of other types of renewable electricity to power these conversions.

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MARCH 11, 2015

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an innovative hydrogen-producing photoelectrochemical cell (PEC), using solar-driven biomass conversion as the anode reaction. Most of the earlier work exploring the conversion of HMF into FDCA utilized aerobic oxidation using heterogeneous catalysts.

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MARCH 26, 2021

A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours continuously without losing effectiveness. —John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

Researchers at West Virginia University will lead a team that will investigate ways to convert stranded gas resources into value-added liquid products that could reduce the United States’ demand for crude oil by up to 20%. He noted that microwave upgrading of fossil fuels has been an active research area at NETL.

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MAY 7, 2019

Anellotech’s core technology, Thermal Catalytic Biomass Conversion (Bio-TCat) was developed to produce chemicals and fuels from renewable, non-food biomass. 30,000 tonnes of carbon monoxide (CO) and other by-product gases will also be produced, for use in generating renewable electricity or used for chemical feedstock.

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JULY 2, 2017

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received a $1 million U.S. The center is home to the largest carbon fiber spinline at any university in North America. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to continue their research in developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Scientists from IBM and Stanford University are developing organic molecules for use as catalysts (organocatalysis) that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics. Waymouth (2010) Organocatalysis: Opportunities and Challenges for Polymer Synthesis. Kiesewetter, Eun Ji Shin, James L.

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JULY 31, 2019

Circa’s solvent Cyrene—dihydrolevoglucosenone—is specifically being used to recover polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)—a high performance polymer widely used as a binder in Li-ion battery cathodes. By using Cyrene, R2LIB is helping recover a valuable polymer in a sustainable way. straw, bagasse, sawdust).

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MARCH 23, 2012

Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode. 1 (inner to outer).

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Renewable chemicals company Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light. The acquisition of Liquid Light is an important step in our strategy to create and commercialize breakthrough technologies in renewable chemistry. It will extend our capabilities beyond catalytic conversion of biomass.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Richard Gross, professor of chemical and biological science at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), has developed a method for producing a strong, highly ductile bioplastic using yeast and fatty acids of plant oils. Gross (2010) Biosynthesis of Monomers for Plastics from Renewable Oils. Wenhua Lu, Jon E.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

Aqueous phase processing (APP) is an exciting new technology for coupling solubilization of biomass with catalytic conversion of the resulting dissolved carbohydrate compounds into hydrocarbons and a variety of fuels and chemicals. A team lead by George Huber from U. wt% oxalic acid at 433 K for 0.5 ” Resources. Ning Li, Geoffrey A.

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MARCH 14, 2017

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has reported the light-driven photoreforming of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin to H 2 using semiconducting cadmium sulfide quantum dots in alkaline aqueous solution. A paper on their work is published in the journal Nature Energy. Photoreforming of lignocellulose to H2 on CdS/CdOx.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A new study, led by academics at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, has used semi-artificial photosynthesis to explore new ways to produce and store solar energy. Effective electronic communication at the enzyme–material interface was engineered using an osmium-complex-modified redox polymer on a hierarchically structured TiO 2.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Waymouth of Stanford University and Dr. James L. Coates of Cornell University in the Academic Category for developing a new family of catalysts that can effectively and economically turn carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into valuable polymers. Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., Professor Geoffrey W. Codexis, Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. High-Performance, Hybrid Polymer Membrane for Carbon Dioxide Separation from Ambient Air.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

These projects were selected under an Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office funding opportunity, focused on advanced materials, advanced processes, and modeling and analysis tools for materials and manufacturing. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Colorado State University.

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MAY 19, 2014

This can happen either after removal of most of the carbohydrates by hydrolysis and fermentation operations (top sequence) or by pretreatment before downstream carbohydrate conversion (bottom sequence). Ragauskas et al. courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.] Click to enlarge. —Arthur Ragauskas. —Ragauskas et al.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. The gasoline-range alcohols can be high-octane gasoline additives.

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JULY 11, 2016

Catalytic pyrolysis company Anellotech, which focuses on producing cost-competitive BTX (benzene, toluene and xylene) from non-food biomass, revealed Toyota Tsusho Corporation as a multinational strategic equity investor and corporate partner in the renewable aromatic chemicals supply chain.

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MARCH 3, 2014

Scientists from Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Technical University of Denmark have identified a new nickel-gallium catalyst that converts hydrogen and carbon dioxide into methanol at ambient pressure and with fewer side-products than the conventional catalyst. —Studt et al.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. The process has a small footprint, produces renewable energy and is water friendly. Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e.,

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Among 2016 INCITE award recipients: Martin Berzins of the University of Utah received 351 million core hours to study ultra super critical coal boilers, leading to improved efficiency and new designs for safer next-generation coal boilers. Applications for time through the INCITE program once again greatly exceeded the numbers of awards.

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MAY 15, 2021

As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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MARCH 30, 2012

The report defines bio-based materials as industrial products made from renewable agricultural and forestry feedstocks, which can include wood, grasses, and crops, as well as wastes and residues. These materials may replace fabrics, adhesives, reinforcement fibers, polymers, and other, more conventional, materials.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a new photo-biological process for the sustained production of ethylene from CO 2. Conversely, the process recycles carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, since the organism utilizes the gas as part of its metabolic cycle. Energy Environ.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) ( earlier post ) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. Pennsylvania State University. Purdue University.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Conversely, there are several factors that either limit or have been perceived to limit AMFCs. Northeastern University. University of California, Irvine. Develop a novel photocatalyst particle-based slurry reactor with the potential for low-cost renewable hydrogen production via solar water splitting. Giner, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified a small molecule surrogate for cellulose—?-cyclodextrin—in The resulting vapor products are condensed to form bio-oil which can be upgraded catalytically to renewable liquid fuels or chemicals. Credit: Paul Dauenhauer. Mettler, Samir H.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Replacement of up to 90% (270 Mt) of the total global consumption of plastics in 2007 with bio-based plastics is ultimately technically possible, according to new study by authors at Utrecht University, commissioned by the associations European Bioplastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE). —PRO-BIP 2009.

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