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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Project title. Federal share.

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with an $11-million loan guarantee through the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. The Novus plant will process agricultural waste into fuel, natural gas, organic fertilizer and other bio-based products. Daily, the plant is expected to generate 3.8

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Converting biomass to renewable fuels via a pyrolysis pathway. The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. Imperium Renewables, and Mesa Engineering.

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A goal of the ReCell Center is to drive toward closed-loop recycling, where materials from spent batteries are directly recycled, minimizing energy use and waste by eliminating mining and processing steps. Image by Argonne National Laboratory.).

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Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. At Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.,

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Each combination of enzymes will be tested on pretreated agricultural waste that can first be converted into sugars and then into bio-based products and advanced biofuels. Prior contracts include: Bioenergy (subcontractor to National Renewable Energy Lab): $13.8 million (2001-2005). million (2008-2012). Earlier post.).

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The Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) provides loan guarantees to entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of the growing opportunities in renewable energy provided by advanced biofuels. This 55-million gallon-per-year renewable biofuel project will use woody biomass to produce ethanol. Coskata, Inc.

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JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential. RFS2 becomes effective on 1 July 2010.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

The process uses as its feedstock virtually any kind of nonfood biomass material—including wood, cornstalks and cobs, algae, aquatic plants and municipal solid waste—and produces gasoline, jet fuel or diesel fuel. Based on assessments by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo.,

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MAY 2, 2011

Cobalt Technologies, a company commercializing biobutanol as a renewable chemical and fuel, has closed a $20-million Series D funding round. The round was led by The Whittemore Collection Ltd., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Clean Manufacturing – Further reducing the environmental footprint of Ford’s operations through renewable energy, sustainable water and wastewater management, waste management, and energy-efficient buildings.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Source: Beta Renewables. Once operational, the facility is expected to convert 600,000 tons of energy grasses per year into an estimated 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol using the Beta Renewable’s PROESA enzymatic hydrolysis process. Click to enlarge. PROESA combines an enzymatic pre-treatment process with fermentation.

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JULY 31, 2018

Toyota unveiled the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck ( earlier post ) during the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars in Northern Michigan.

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Volpe Center, to accelerate commercial availability of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable drop-in aviation fuel. LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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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. Michigan State University. Colorado State University. 2,089,647. .

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

The Cool Planet plant will produce approximately 8 million to 10 million gallons of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks (reformate), as well the biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Further, Mascoma, Valero, and Mascoma’s operating subsidiary, Frontier Renewable Resources LLC, jointly owned with natural resource management company, J.M. As further support of the project, Valero would provide project development and construction oversight services. (SBI)

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JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Michigan Technological University. Waste Not, Want Hot? 1,999,951. .

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DME is synthesized from methanol, whether produced from coal, natural gas or biomass such as harvested forestry wastes. It will produce up to 40 million gallons of BioDME or other renewable motor fuels a year. Chemrec pioneered the Fuels-from-the-Forest biofuels biorefinery concept, which can produce BioDME. Earlier post.).

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MAY 6, 2009

Transonic says that its technology achieves ultra-high efficiency by operating conventional reciprocating piston gasoline engines at ultra-high compression ratios and incorporating very precise ignition timing and carefully minimized waste heat generation.

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Burns’ talk came one day after Bill Ford’s keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, in which he outlined a plan for connected cars to help avoid a potentially unsustainable future of what he called “ global gridlock—a never-ending traffic jam that wastes time, energy and resources.” ( Earlier post.). —Larry Burns.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The acquisition combines the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Michigan Fuel Forward project will work with a wide range of partners. The Michigan Fuel Forward project will work with a wide range of partners. Michigan's first responders, mechanics, and electricians. compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder tracking system and Renewable. Clean Energy. Clean Fuels Ohio.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Buses will be powered by an Azure Dynamics hybrid system of Michigan. Thunder Bay Transportation Authority – TBTA, Michigan: $2,590,000.

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OCTOBER 17, 2020

During the plant’s physical transition, concrete waste was repurposed to create temporary roadways. GM is committed to sourcing 100% of its US facilities with renewable energy by 2030, and all global facilities by 2040. Factory ZERO is being transformed with sustainability in mind.

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MARCH 30, 2012

There is significant potential for the expansion of bio-based automotive parts and components manufacturing in the US Great Lakes region, according to a newly-released study conducted by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a nonprofit research organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Process intensification breakthroughs can dramatically shrink the footprint of equipment needed on a crowded factory floor or eliminate waste by using the raw input materials more efficiently. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Michigan Tech Rail Transportation Program; Michigan Technological U.; Missouri U. Purdue U.

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Ford’s new Tennessee assembly plant is designed to be carbon-neutral with zero waste to landfill once fully operational. Like the iconic Rouge complex in Michigan did a century earlier, Blue Oval City will usher in a new era for American manufacturing. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs. Ford Blue Oval City.

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ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Michigan State). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) per gallon. Water will be the primary byproduct.

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DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In a challenge to the current prototype for ethanol production from waste cellulose, this team will focus on a recently emerging biotechnology for direct production of hydrocarbons from plant material. Savage, in collaboration with Greg Keoleian, Adam Matzger, Xiaoxia “Nina” Lin, and Suljo Linic, all from the University of Michigan.

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JUNE 14, 2010

That means we’ll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles.

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The proclamation coincides with the launch of the brand’s all-electric i5 and is supposed to incentivize customers into “aligning their vehicle charging with times when renewable energy is highest on the grid.” That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

The Army will also test and evaluate fuel-efficient tires resulting from projects at its facilities in Warren, Michigan. Michigan State University. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance with the Energy Department, the Department of the Army is contributing an additional $3.7

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. National Renewable. resulting in reduced cost for renewable solar electricity. transportable like fuels, 100% renewable, rechargeable like a. use of renewable resources. Michigan State. photosynthesis, the process used by green plants to capture.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Renewable Power (4 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. General Motors will develop a shape memory alloy (SMA) energy recovery device that will convert waste heat from car engines to electricity. RENEWABLE POWER. WASTE HEAT CAPTURE.

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