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Tesoro to acquire renewable fuels company Virent

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Renewable fuels and chemicals company Virent and petroleum refiner and marketer Tesoro have reached an agreement for Tesoro to become Virent’s new strategic owner. Virent’s technology can replace more than 90% of the products that come from a barrel of crude oil. Earlier post.). Source: Virent. Click to enlarge.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments and other investors. Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

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APRIL 10, 2017

Plant biomass is typically about 40% oxygen by weight, while petroleum oil is less than 0.1% The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is in charge of licensing the technology. Comparison of costs and MSPs for the DHH pathway with the direct hydrogenolysis pathway. Source: Click to enlarge.

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Cost Of Renewable Wisconsin Hydrogen

Solazyme and Amyris receive Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Solazyme received the award for Greener Synthetic Pathways for its tailored oils produced from microalgal fermentation. Amyris received the Small Business award for its renewable hydrocarbon farnesane for use as diesel and jet fuel. However, those oils may not have the ideal composition for any particular use.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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AUGUST 1, 2020

University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Duke University.

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Office of Naval Research awards UW-Madison ERC $2M grant to develop model to characterize performance of drop-in renewable fuels

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JUNE 22, 2012

The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded a team led by Dr. Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison a $2-million grant to develop a tool to characterize the performance of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) drop-in fuels.

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USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Vilsack highlighted the announcement with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee. Fiscal year 2012 awards include: University of Arizona, $36,000. Arizona State University, $350,000. University of Georgia, $345,689. University of Florida, $496,996. University of Florida, $497,851.

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MIT/UC Davis professors challenge claims that ethanol production decreased gasoline prices in 2010 and 2011

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JULY 17, 2012

Two professors from MIT and UC Davis have released a paper challenging the recent claims by the Renewable Fuel Association (RFA) and US Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack that ethanol production decreased gasoline prices by $0.89 t margin for oil refiners. in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The paper by Prof. in the crack-spread model.

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Researchers use PEM fuel cell reactor to convert biomass-derived acetone into isopropanol; new biomass to fuels pathway

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea has demonstrated the feasibility of using proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) reactors electrocatalytically to reduce biomass-derived oxygenates into renewable fuels and chemicals.

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USDA and DOE select 13 biofuels projects for more than $41M in awards

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JULY 26, 2012

Through the joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) , USDA and the DOE are working to develop economically and environmentally sustainable sources of renewable biomass and increase the availability of renewable fuels and biobased products. The oils will be hydrotreated to produce diesel and jet fuel.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

The BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment funding opportunity is jointly funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office. Partners include BASF and University of Georgia.

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Study: even with high LDV electrification, low-carbon biofuels will be necessary to meet 80% GHG reduction target; “daunting” policy implications

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JULY 3, 2015

The Wisconsin and Michigan team normalized the highly detailed vehicle assumptions and transport calculations from these studies around the rates of electrified vehicle penetration; travel demand growth; and electricity decarbonization. Renewable and nuclear electricity supply technologies are available today. Third, U.S.

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ExxonMobil and UW Madison extend research collaboration on conversion of biomass to transportation fuels

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JULY 17, 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. This technology could potentially allow larger diesel and jet fuel molecules to be produced from renewable sources. —Professor Huber.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. How PHEV provides Smooth Transitions from fossil fuel to renewables.

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Researchers develop four-step catalytic process to produce petroleum refinery feedstocks from biomass sugars

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Molar carbon selectivities for different renewable petroleum refinery feedstocks obtained by hydrocycloaddition and hydrodeoxygenation of condensed furfural–acetone mixtures. These renewable feedstocks can be further processed in existing petroleum refineries to make common refinery products. Source: Olcay et al. Click to enlarge.

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New Catalytic Process to Convert Cellulose Into Renewable Diesel and Gasoline

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison led by James Dumesic have developed a catalytic process to convert cellulose into liquid hydrocarbon fuels (diesel and gasoline), using a cascade strategy to achieve the progressive removal of oxygen from biomass, allowing the control of reactivity and facilitating the separation of products.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. Another three U.S.

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Tesoro to acquire renewable fuels company Virent

Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

Solazyme and Amyris receive Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

Office of Naval Research awards UW-Madison ERC $2M grant to develop model to characterize performance of drop-in renewable fuels

USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products

MIT/UC Davis professors challenge claims that ethanol production decreased gasoline prices in 2010 and 2011

Researchers use PEM fuel cell reactor to convert biomass-derived acetone into isopropanol; new biomass to fuels pathway

USDA and DOE select 13 biofuels projects for more than $41M in awards

DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

Study: even with high LDV electrification, low-carbon biofuels will be necessary to meet 80% GHG reduction target; “daunting” policy implications

ExxonMobil and UW Madison extend research collaboration on conversion of biomass to transportation fuels

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Researchers develop four-step catalytic process to produce petroleum refinery feedstocks from biomass sugars

New Catalytic Process to Convert Cellulose Into Renewable Diesel and Gasoline

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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