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Maersk invests in Vertoro to develop green lignin marine fuels

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Moller - Maersk, has invested in Vertoro , a Dutch start-up focused on developing liquid lignin technology which can be used as a marine fuel. Vertoro is a spin-off from a public-private partnership between Brightlands Chemelot Campus, DSM, Chemelot InSciTe, University of Maastricht (UM) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).

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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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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. IDEALFUEL seeks to develop methods to convert woody residual and waste materials such as sawdust and wood chips into renewable marine fuels.

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Mærsk Group exploring use of lignin-based marine biofuels; CyclOx and B21st

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Mærsk Group is currently involved in two projects focused on realizing the marine fuel potential of one of the world’s most abundant and sustainable biomass resources: lignin. Lignin is a complex organic polymer found in plants; the more lignin there is in wood, the sturdier and stronger the wood is and the more efficiently it burns.

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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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University of Kentucky. University of Virginia. Antioxidant Functionalized Polymers for Extended HD Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Lifetimes. University of Tennessee: Knoxville. Missouri University of Science & Technology. University of California: Irvine. Marine Hydrogen Demonstration.

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Low-density graphene-based aerogel can reduce aircraft engine noise up to 80%

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Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a graphene oxide (GO)/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) aerogel (GPA) weighing just 2.1 We managed to produce such an extremely low density by using a liquid combination of graphene oxide and a polymer, which are formed with whipped air bubbles and freeze-casted.

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Zymetis Seeking to Commercialize Marine Bacterium for Breaking Down Biomass

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A pin-off from the University of Delaware, Zymetis , is seeking to commercialize a marine bacterium that the company says is the fastest known degrader of whole plant biomass. This makes Zymetis technology particularly attractive to partners whose fermentations are conducted by organisms other than yeast, the company suggests.

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WUSTL team develops high-power direct borohydride fuel cells; double the voltage of conventional H2 fuel cells

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Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. The development of high-power fuel cells could advance the electrification of the transportation sector, including marine and air transport. V compared to state-of-the-art polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) that typically operate at 0.75

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