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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). In this case of C.

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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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JUNE 3, 2014

SUEZ Environnement and Déinove ( earlier post ) are collaborating on an R&D program to explore the development of a process to convert organic urban waste into ethanol using Deinococcus bacteria. This organic waste is currently mainly recovered via composting and methanization. The two companies have signed a two-year agreement.

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DECEMBER 24, 2014

An EU-funded project, Biogas2PEM-FC , has developed a system to convert the toxic waste from olive oil production into electricity. The waste from olive oil production—which contains pesticides and toxic organic compounds, is acidic and with a high salinity—is environmentally harmful and costly to discard.

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JUNE 3, 2013

Japan-based Chiyoda Corporation announced that a demonstration plant located in its Koyasu Office and Research Park has successfully achieved expected performance using a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology. Organic Chemical Hydrides (OCH) can store and transport hydrogen under ambient temperature and pressure.

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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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FEBRUARY 11, 2017

SoCalGas is part of a consortium conducting the pilot, which will be required to share the cost at a minimum of 50% in order to receive federal funds. The project will use Genifuel hydrothermal processing technology (HTP) to convert wastewater solids into renewable natural gas as well as liquid fuels. billion in solids disposal costs.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. The round was fully funded by Anglo American.

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MARCH 13, 2022

Able to convert waste heat directly into electrical power, the E-PowerPack uses Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology to reduce ship fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. Regardless which fuels they operate with today, fleets can use the E-PowerPack to reduce their fuel consumption, emissions and costs.

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APRIL 28, 2021

At the hubs, which can be built at or near landfills, Raven SR will convert mixed and multiple organic wastes, including municipal solid waste, greenwaste, food waste, medical, paper, etc. One hundred hydrogen hubs could convert over 5,000 tons of waste per day and power over 10,000 trucks.

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MARCH 10, 2023

The green hydrogen and eFuels produced by the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility will be able to convert approximately half a million cars to carbon neutral as early as 2027.

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JUNE 16, 2021

To store the green electricity in a highly scalable way, it must be converted into chemical energy. Further, hydrogen is the starting point for the formation of other fuels such as methanol, ammonia, or liquid organic hydrogen carriers. All these aspects lead to increased capital and operating costs. Diess et al.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

NIP 2 is coordinated by NOW (National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology) GmbH and is being implemented by project lead Jülich. Due to its reduced maintenance and repair costs, the train has low lifecycle costs. The DB maintenance depot in Ulm will be converted to handle the servicing of the hydrogen trains.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Biogenic carbon dioxide is carbon dioxide that is released during the decomposition of organic matter such as food waste. All Anaergia plants use organic waste material to produce biogas, which is composed of methane and carbon dioxide. Waste-to-biogas company Anaergia Inc.

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JULY 17, 2015

The City of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus (BBB) has become one of the country’s first municipal transit authorities to convert its fleet to renewable natural gas (RNG), rated 90% cleaner than diesel. Renewable Methane Gas is processed through a filtration and refining process and transported via pipeline to end users.

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JUNE 21, 2021

As part of the joint work, the parties plan to evaluate the technical and commercial aspects of a potential project for the production of environmentally friendly hydrogen for Metalloinvest factories located in Belgorod and Kursk regions.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research. Source: Lux Research.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The Propane Council of Texas (ProCOT)—a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of cleaner-burning, domestically produced propane—is offering incentives to private Texas vehicle fleets that are new to propane autogas. The program cap is $15,000 per fleet. Two-thirds of the US’ propane supply is produced in Texas.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The Raven SR technology is a non-combustion thermal process for converting organic waste and landfill gas to hydrogen and Fischer-Tropsch synfuels. This combination will allow Raven SR to produce high-quality synthetic fuels at higher than currently feasible volumes within small, modular systems.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have disclosed a new method to convert lignin, an important component of biomass waste, into simple chemicals. Lignin, which accounts for nearly 30% of the organic carbon in the biosphere, is a complex material containing chains of six-carbon rings.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Typically, these light hydrocarbon gases are transported from well sites to large-scale refineries where they are turned into polypropylene and polyethylene (plastics), accruing costs and an environmental footprint along the way. Research will also occur at all of the universities involved.

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JULY 9, 2012

the developer of a cost-effective catalytic decarboxylation (CDC) process for making jet fuel, diesel and high-octane gasoline from renewable plant oils or animal fats ( earlier post ), has joined the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) and is beginning its commercial scale-up program. AliphaJet, Inc.,

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JULY 6, 2017

Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University have devised a way to reduce the amount of enzymes needed to convert biomass into biofuels by designing and genetically engineering enzyme surfaces so they bind less to the lignin in biomass. This potentially could reduce enzyme costs in biofuels production.

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MAY 3, 2023

Thus, when this carbon-negative RNG is then converted to hydrogen and electricity in FuelCell Energy’s Tri-gen system, both outputs are considered zero-emissions and carbon negative. Converting this renewable natural gas to renewable electricity is expected to avoid more than 9,000 tons of grid electricity greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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MARCH 3, 2016

STEP is an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, designed to convert greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into a useful carbon commodity. This presents a sustainable route to convert carbon dioxide into materials relevant to both grid-scale and portable storage systems.

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APRIL 11, 2022

Based on its world-leading chlor-alkali electrolysis and decades of experience in industrial large-scale electrolysis applications, thyssenkrupp nucera has developed a modularized and cost-efficient solution for large scale hydrogen production. Earlier post.) thyssenkrupp nucera electrolyzer assembly.

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APRIL 2, 2012

An integrated electromicrobial process to convert CO 2 to higher alcohols. Electricity powered the electrochemical CO 2 reduction on the cathode to produce formate, which is converted to isobutanol and 3MB by the engineered R. However, the high solubility of formate increases the cost of separation. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

The higher the performance, the lower the production costs, and thus the broader the range of applications that can be exploited profitably. Since more than 70% of the costs at commercial scale will be represented by the feedstock (the industrial grade sugar that is converted into isobutene), the most important parameter is yield.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The NEMA 3R rating is one of the most commonly used NEMA ratings for outdoor enclosures due to its excellent balance of cost and performance. Several industry associations and organizations set manufacturing and usage standards for electrical components to educate and protect consumers. But what exactly is NEMA 3R?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

The foundational research at the BfRC concentrated specifically on organic residues or by-products which have little or no value, but have sufficient quantity of unused sugars, which can be fermented to produce biofuel.

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JUNE 26, 2020

The IDEALFUEL project aims to create sustainable alternatives by developing new efficient and low-cost methods to produce low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from wood-based non-food biomass. Although cleaner fuels are available, many companies opt for HFOs due to their low cost.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Fulcrum produce biofuel on a commercial scale by chemically converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels. Fulcrum’s process combines gasification technology with a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) fuel process for the efficient, low-cost production of renewable transportation fuels. Founded in Pleasanton, Calif.,

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Production of Renewable Diesel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Gasoline, and Marine Fuel from Lignocellulosic Biomass at Dramatically Improved Yield, Efficiency, and Cost”, $2,000,000. The pilot will consist of a low cost, easy to operate, air blown gasifier coupled with LanzaTech’s second generation bioreactor (2GBR). Comstock Inc.,

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AUGUST 26, 2016

million in federal funding for cost-shared projects that will develop technologies that utilize CO 2 from coal-fired power plants to produce useful products. Research has shown that CO 2 can be converted to a variety of commodities, but because of the low energy state of CO 2 , the production costs would be prohibitive in many cases.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

DE-FOA-0002423 ) Topic Areas ins the FOA support DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Lift targets ethanol plants with long fermentation times—delivering greater tolerance to common stressors such as high temperature and organic acids. However, the fermentation process is also tricky; even small spikes in temperature or organic acid levels can cause disruptions.

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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. It addresses the need to convert biocrude, a mixture of carbon-based polymers, into biofuels. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process.

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