Fuel, Polymer, Renewable and Water

Twelve and Alaska Airlines to collaborate with Microsoft to advance sustainable aviation fuel derived from recaptured CO2 and renewable energy

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JULY 15, 2022

Through the first-of-its-kind agreement, Twelve, Alaska, and Microsoft will work to advance production and use of Twelve’s E-Jet, a low-carbon jet fuel produced by a power-to-liquids process leveraging the company’s carbon transformation technology. Earlier post.). SAF is a core part of Alaska’s five-part pathway to net zero by 2040.

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Alaska Renewable Fuel CO2

Advent Technologies secures $1.1M contract to supply HT-PEM MEAs for fuel cell-powered trucks in Asia

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MAY 12, 2023

Advent Technologies Holdings announced a new contract with a prominent fuel cell manufacturer specializing in truck applications in the East Asian market. For example, they enable the utilization of impure hydrogen, which can be generated onboard through the reforming of methanol, eMethanol, natural gas, and various other renewable eFuels.

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Asia Supplies Fuel Polymer

New partnership to advance high-temperature PEM fuel cells; focus on heavy-duty applications

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APRIL 13, 2021

Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will work over the next few years to bring to market high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells. Artist’s concept of a heavy-duty vehicle equipped with high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells.

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Fuel Hydrogen Water Polymer

Twelve and Emerging Fuels Technology sign master license agreement to scale SAF production

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MAY 4, 2023

With aviation representing one of the most difficult-to-address sectors for emissions, Twelve is scaling E-Jet fuel manufacturing capacity to meet rapidly growing demand from customers looking to reach net zero climate goals. Twelve and EFT upgrade the syngas to aviation fuel. Earlier post.)

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Fuel Production Alaska Carbon

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Carbon transformation company Twelve (formerly Opus 12, earlier post ) has produced the first fossil-free jet fuel—called E-Jet—from CO 2 electrolysis, demonstrating a scalable, energy-efficient path to the de-fossilization of global aviation. Since you can’t electrify the plane, we’ve electrified the fuel.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion

Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

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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. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis is used for hydrogen production.

Renewable

Renewable Fuel CO2 Hydrogen

Shell Gamechanger Accelerator Powered by NREL selects two green hydrogen startups for fourth cohort

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APRIL 11, 2021

The selected startups are using electrochemistry to sustainably restructure the development of society’s most widely-used chemicals, materials and fuels. Applications include green hydrogen production, hydrogen fuel cells and carbon capture and utilization (CCU).

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Green Polymer Power

DOE announces winner of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Postdoctoral Recognition Award

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced the recipients of EERE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office’s (HFTO’s) inaugural Postdoctoral Recognition Award. Presenters received feedback on their project, communications, and presentation skills.

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Hydrogen Fuel Polymer United States

Advent Technologies, Laskaridis Shipping sign MoU on methanol fuel cells for maritime

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JUNE 6, 2022

Under the terms of the MoU, Laskaridis and Advent will jointly conduct a pilot program, under which Advent will supply Laskaridis Shipping with its Serene High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (HT-PEM) methanol-powered fuel cells. Its portfolio includes advanced HT-PEM fuel cell systems, covering the range from 25W to 90kW.

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Fuel Greece Hydrogen Polymer

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

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JUNE 26, 2020

In an EU-funded research project, an international consortium is aiming to develop new production methods for sustainable marine fuels to replace heavy fuel oils in shipping. OWI Science for Fuels gGmbH and TEC4FUELS GmbH are involved in the project as research partners.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner

Gevo enters joint development agreement with LG Chem to develop bio-propylene

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APRIL 13, 2023

Gevo has entered into a joint development agreement with LG Chem to develop bio-propylene for renewable chemicals using Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins (ETO) technology. Separation: The resulting olefin products are then separated and purified.

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Renewable Carbon Polymer Commercial

DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $33 million in funding to support innovative hydrogen and fuel cell research & development (R&D), infrastructure supply chain development and validation, and cost analysis activities. ( FOA topics include R&D in: Fuel cells for heavy-duty trucks in coordination with the M2FCT consortium.

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Hydrogen Fuel Low Cost Idaho

Siemens Energy to supply 1.8GW of electrolyzers to HIF Global for Texas eFuels facility

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MARCH 10, 2023

GW of Silyzer 300 polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers that will use renewable energy to separate hydrogen from water, resulting in approximately 300,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year. HIF and Siemens Energy are engaged in front end engineering and design for 1.8

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Texas Global Supplies Energy

Ecolectro secures $1.7M ARPA-E award for development of alkaline exchange membranes and ionomers for fuel cells and electrolyzers

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

a developer of low-cost, high-performance polymers for electrochemical applications, announced its selection by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for an award that will support the continued development of its alkaline exchange ionomers and membranes. 2) Oxidation of direct alcohol fuels (e.g.,

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Polymer Fuel New York Hydrogen

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. The companies say they a vision for a larger role for methanol as a clean and sustainable fuel worldwide. I’m excited to be working with them. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group.

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

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MARCH 4, 2022

Ethanol is typically produced using biological processes or as a petrochemical, through ethylene hydration, using fossil fuels. Polypropylene is a major polymer used in key applications, including medical devices like syringes and IV bags, automotive, furniture, textiles, and other durable products.

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Convert CO2 Carbon Polymer

Advent Technologies signs CRADA with DOE labs for development of next-generation HT-PEM fuel cell technology

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MARCH 2, 2021

Advent Technologies Holdings signed a joint development agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The aim of HT-PEM fuel cells is to fulfill the promise of “Any Fuel.

Fuel

Fuel Hydrogen Climate Change Water

SLAC, Stanford team develops new catalyst for water-splitting for renewable fuels production; 100x more efficient than other acid-stable catalysts

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Because it requires less of the rare and costly metal iridium, the new catalyst could bring down the cost of artifical photosynthetic processes that use sunlight to split water molecules—a key step in a renewable, sustainable pathway to produce hydrogen or carbon-based fuels that can power a broad range of energy technologies.

Water

Water Renewable Charlotte Fuel

Pertamina and Eni to collaborate on low-carbon products and renewable energies; Indonesian bio-refinery

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The parties are willing to discuss collaboration opportunities in low-carbon products and renewable energies development. Finally, Eni and Pertamina will discuss cooperation and business opportunities both in Indonesia and internationally in renewable projects.

Renewable

Renewable Indonesia Carbon Production

Researchers split water by altering photosynthetic machinery in plants; semi-artificial photosynthesis

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They used natural sunlight to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen using a mixture of biological components and manmade technologies. A new paper, published in Nature Energy , outlines how the researchers at the Reisner Laboratory in Cambridge developed their platform to achieve unassisted solar-driven water-splitting.

Water

Water Solar Store Hydrogen

DOE’s $10M Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium accelerating development of green hydrogen production

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced $10 million, subject to appropriations, to support the launch of the HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium ( HydroGEN ). Currently, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) funds research and development of low-carbon hydrogen production pathways.

Water

Water Hydrogen Production Green

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. Currently, SAF is typically blended with fossil fuels.

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner

DOE FCTO soliciting CRADAs on roll-to-roll manufacturing for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies

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JUNE 1, 2017

The broader solicitation is focused on advanced materials and component development, synthesis and processing methods, and quality control and metrology in the specific areas of: Polymer electrolyte fuel cells and polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers. Water separation and purification membranes. Advanced batteries.

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Manufacturer Hydrogen Fuel Polymer

DOE awards Cummins $5M for automation of electrolyzer cell and stack assembly

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Cummins has been awarded $5 million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for the automation of solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) and stack assembly. This makes SOECs a potentially important tool in efforts to decarbonize industrial sectors, such as steel production and e-fuels such as ammonia.

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Hydrogen Davis Sodium Green

HyperSolar reaches 1.25 V for water-splitting with its self-contained low-cost photoelectrochemical nanosystem

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

volts (V) of water-splitting voltage with its novel low-cost electrolysis technology. The theoretical minimum voltage needed to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen is 1.23 Nanosystem for water electrolysis. HyperSolar, Inc. announced that it had reached 1.25 V (at 25 °C at pH 0). Click to enlarge.

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Low Cost Water Hydrogen Solar

PEM fuel cell X-ray CT study details effects of temperature and moisture on performance

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells require precise temperature and moisture controls to be at their best. If the internal conditions are too dry or too wet, the fuel cell won’t function well. This type of flow, which is due to the evaporation and condensation of water, is known as phase-change-induced (PCI) flow.

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Carbon Fiber Fuel Water Polymer

Sandia fuel cell membrane outperforms market; temperature range and durability

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, have developed a new membrane for fuel cells based on quaternary ammonium-biphosphate ion pairs that can operate under conditions unattainable with existing fuel cell technologies. But if PEM fuel cells didn’t need water to run, it would make things a lot simpler. Earlier post.)

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Fuel Range Market Water

Researchers use multifunctional co-solvent pair to uncover molecular principles of biomass breakdown for conversion to transportation fuels

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AUGUST 3, 2019

Plant cell walls resist chemical or biological degradation, making the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable chemical precursors for conversion into chemicals and transportation fuels challenging and costly. Co-solvents THF and water cause lignin to dissociate from itself and cellulose, expanding into a random coil.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel Water

DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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JUNE 9, 2017

million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. More than 2,000 fuel cell vehicles have been sold or leased in the US since 2015. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. Giner, Inc. 250,500.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Fuel Low Cost

Renewable Chemicals and Advanced Biofuels Company Gevo Files for IPO; Non-binding Letter of Intent with United Airlines for Renewable Jet Fuel

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Gevo has a low capital cost retrofit strategy for ethanol plants to produce isobutanol for direct use; for use in the production of plastics, materials, rubber and other polymers; and for use in the production of hydrocarbon fuels. Isobutanol also has direct applications as a specialty fuel blendstock. Click to enlarge.

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Renewable Fuel Companies Polymer

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. The concept consists of a large-scale floating wind turbine (nominally 10 MW) with an integrated water treatment unit and electrolyzers for localized hydrogen production. Contract value: £7.44 million (US$9.7

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Hydrogen Carbon Production Wind

DOE to award up to $4.6M for innovations in fuel cell and hydrogen fuel technologies

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JUNE 6, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) issued a funding opportunity announcement for up to $4.6 million for 12–24 month projects with industry and academia ( DE-FOA-0000966 ) in support of innovations in fuel cell and hydrogen fuel technologies. Earlier post.). The incubator approach.

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Hydrogen Fuel Polymer Renewable

German team doubles activity of water electrolysis catalysts for H2 production with monolayer of copper on platinum

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MARCH 10, 2016

A team from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Technische Universität München and Universiteit Leiden has doubled the catalytic activity of electrodes for water electrolysis by applying a monolayer of copper the platinum electrodes. Modern polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers thus require larger platinum loadings (~0.5–1.0

Water

Water Production Hydrogen Polymer

Avantium raises 30M to advance YXY technology for green chemicals and fuels; new bio-based polymer PEF

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JUNE 9, 2011

million) to advance its YXY technology, which converts carbohydrates into furanic building blocks for making renewable materials and fuels. PEF is a new polymer that can be made out of plant material instead of oil; Avantium is targeting the replacement of petroleum-based polyesters as PET with PEF.

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Polymer Green Fuel 2000

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

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MAY 3, 2012

Liquid fuel and chemical production from sweet sorghum. into renewable diesel in a US Department of Energy (DOE) funded biorefinery project. Amyris is presenting a summary of the results at the 34 th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans, Louisiana. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge. Amyris, Inc.

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Renewable Diesel Hawaii Louisiana

NSF to award $13M for fundamental engineering research on production of electricity and fuels

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JULY 27, 2015

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Advanced Batteries for Transportation and Renewable Energy Storage. Fuel-cell related proposals should be directed to other CBET programs, depending on emphasis.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Fuel Engine Production

Argonne-led team develops new low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for PEM electrolysis

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MAY 31, 2023

A multi-institutional team led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has developed a low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for the production of hydrogen in a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE). A paper on their work is published in Science. Resources Lina Chong et al.

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Low Cost Hydrogen Volt 2000

REMONDIS and Neste partner to develop chemical recycling of plastic waste; targeting >200 kilotons/year

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, and REMONDIS, one of the world’s largest privately owned recycling, service and water companies, have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of chemical recycling of plastic waste.

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Waste Climate Protection Renewable Polymer

PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

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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. campus of Washington State University Tri-Cities.

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Diesel Waste Convert Washington

NSF to award $13M to projects focused on electrochemical and organic photovoltaic systems

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The goal of the Energy for Sustainability program is to support fundamental engineering research that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and fuels, and for energy storage. NSF will also consider advanced fuel cell systems with advanced components for propulsion for transportation.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Energy Storage Lead Acid Lithium Ion

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Researchers at MIT have identified , quantified, and modeled a major reason for the poor performance of electroreduction processes to convert CO 2 to fuel or other useful chemicals. The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems. —Soto et al.

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MIT CO2 Carbon Conversion

Researchers demonstrate integrated process for the production of high-octane renewable gasoline from biomass sugars

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AUGUST 27, 2011

The process was able to convert aqueous carbohydrate streams derived from maple wood (produced using both hot water and acid hydrolysis) into gasoline-range products with carbon yields of up to 57% and an estimated octane number of 96.5. Thus, Li et al. ” Resources. Ning Li, Geoffrey A. ” Resources. Ning Li, Geoffrey A.

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Gasoline Renewable Production Water

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

Renewable generation technologies, such as solar and wind, pose a fundamental challenge to centralized power generation due to variability and intermittency, ARPA-E noted. Potential benefits of fuel cell operation in an intermediate temperature range. Source: ARPA-E. Click to enlarge. Source: ARPA-E. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Power Powered Gas-Electric

NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

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APRIL 7, 2013

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a grants opportunity notice ( PD-14-7644 ) for up to about $13 million in awards to fundamental research and education that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels. Batteries Biomass Financing Fuels Power Generation'

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Transportation Fuel Production

Twelve and Alaska Airlines to collaborate with Microsoft to advance sustainable aviation fuel derived from recaptured CO2 and renewable energy

Advent Technologies secures $1.1M contract to supply HT-PEM MEAs for fuel cell-powered trucks in Asia

New partnership to advance high-temperature PEM fuel cells; focus on heavy-duty applications

Twelve and Emerging Fuels Technology sign master license agreement to scale SAF production

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

Shell Gamechanger Accelerator Powered by NREL selects two green hydrogen startups for fourth cohort

DOE announces winner of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Postdoctoral Recognition Award

Advent Technologies, Laskaridis Shipping sign MoU on methanol fuel cells for maritime

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

Gevo enters joint development agreement with LG Chem to develop bio-propylene

DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

Siemens Energy to supply 1.8GW of electrolyzers to HIF Global for Texas eFuels facility

Ecolectro secures $1.7M ARPA-E award for development of alkaline exchange membranes and ionomers for fuel cells and electrolyzers

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

Advent Technologies signs CRADA with DOE labs for development of next-generation HT-PEM fuel cell technology

SLAC, Stanford team develops new catalyst for water-splitting for renewable fuels production; 100x more efficient than other acid-stable catalysts

Pertamina and Eni to collaborate on low-carbon products and renewable energies; Indonesian bio-refinery

Researchers split water by altering photosynthetic machinery in plants; semi-artificial photosynthesis

DOE’s $10M Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium accelerating development of green hydrogen production

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

DOE FCTO soliciting CRADAs on roll-to-roll manufacturing for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies

DOE awards Cummins $5M for automation of electrolyzer cell and stack assembly

HyperSolar reaches 1.25 V for water-splitting with its self-contained low-cost photoelectrochemical nanosystem

PEM fuel cell X-ray CT study details effects of temperature and moisture on performance

Sandia fuel cell membrane outperforms market; temperature range and durability

Researchers use multifunctional co-solvent pair to uncover molecular principles of biomass breakdown for conversion to transportation fuels

DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

Renewable Chemicals and Advanced Biofuels Company Gevo Files for IPO; Non-binding Letter of Intent with United Airlines for Renewable Jet Fuel

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

DOE to award up to $4.6M for innovations in fuel cell and hydrogen fuel technologies

German team doubles activity of water electrolysis catalysts for H2 production with monolayer of copper on platinum

Avantium raises 30M to advance YXY technology for green chemicals and fuels; new bio-based polymer PEF

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

NSF to award $13M for fundamental engineering research on production of electricity and fuels

Argonne-led team develops new low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for PEM electrolysis

REMONDIS and Neste partner to develop chemical recycling of plastic waste; targeting >200 kilotons/year

PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

NSF to award $13M to projects focused on electrochemical and organic photovoltaic systems

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

Researchers demonstrate integrated process for the production of high-octane renewable gasoline from biomass sugars

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

NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

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