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Clean energy technology company LanzaTech has been awarded funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to perform research focusing on novel, low-cost routes for the production of jet fuel (JP-8) from carbon monoxide (CO) rich sources. —Dr Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech’s chief executive.

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It converts manure to R-CNG using a large anaerobic digester, and uses the fuel to power its milk tanker trucks. The other study assesses the Sacramento BioDigester, the first food-waste digester in California to turn commercial organic waste into R-CNG vehicle fuel using anaerobic digestion. Source: “Cow Power” case study.

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JUNE 1, 2011

The facility will convert grease, primarily animal fats and used cooking oil supplied by Darling, and potentially other feedstocks that become economically and commercially viable, into renewable diesel. The company also recovers and converts used cooking oil and commercial bakery waste into feed and fuel ingredients.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Worldwide industrial solutions company Harsco Corp. Together, the two companies will jointly develop plans to present the LanzaTech biotechnology to Harsco’s major steel mill customers and explore potential business relationships for installing and operating commercial facilities at selected sites throughout the world.

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JUNE 24, 2009

The ClearFuels technology can convert multiple cellulosic biomass feedstocks such as sugarcane bagasse and virgin wood waste into clean synthesis gas (syngas) suitable for integration with synthetic gas-to-liquids technologies. This joint demonstration is anticipated to lead to the final design basis for the commercial facilities.

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JULY 8, 2011

a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by microbes, has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. LS9, Inc.,

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His contributions enabled the company to release its first Google Home product, a smart speaker, in 2016. The inverse text normalizer, most often used by text-to-speech tools on phones, converts speech into written expressions. The model was commercialized in 2019 and is now part of Samsung’s Galaxy phone.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

CatLiq converts biomass and organic wastes in water at near or supercritical conditions (280-350 °C and 180-250 bar). Test results showed CatLiq converted 70-90% of the energy in the feedstream into energy in the bio-oil product. 2005) CatLiq—a Disruptive Technology for Biomass Conversion. Iversen, S.

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JULY 6, 2011

China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd. has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. UOP and Total announced their partnership on this in 2005.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Swedish government’s venture capital company for the automotive industry, Fouriertransform, is investing SEK 60 million (US$8.5 Powercell Sweden was formed in 2005 as a joint venture between AB Volvo and Statoil ASA. Powercell Sweden was formed in 2005 as a joint venture between AB Volvo and Statoil ASA. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

There are several facilities operating commercially around the world using WPC technology and several more in final design phase and or construction. Approximately 30% of the waste feedstock is already committed from Badger Disposal of Wisconsin, one of region’s leading industrial waste management services companies. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

New Zealand-based LanzaTech has successfully produced 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), a key building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels, using the company’s gas fermentation technology. Commercial viability of novel routes requires the integration of diverse approaches. Holmgren joined LanzaTech in June.).

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The non-profit Bauhaus Luftfahrt is an internationally-oriented think tank created in November 2005 by the three aerospace companies EADS (today Airbus Group); Liebherr-Aerospace; and MTU Aero Engines as well as the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs. The syngas is stored and finally converted into jet fuel via the FT process.

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JUNE 25, 2010

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $125 million in five separate contracts to Boeing, General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce-North America to develop and demonstrate technologies that will reduce commercial jet fuel consumption, emissions and noise. Earlier post.). General Electric.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

A consortium comprising researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with BioCee , a University of Minnesota start-up company as the commercialization partner, has been awarded $2.2 The goal is to build an integrated reactor system that very efficiently converts CO 2 into biofuel.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

EPA’s newly released voluminous final Clean Power Plan rule ( earlier post ) has established the first national standards to limit CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power plants (Electric Generating Units, EGUs), with a target of a 32% reduction against a 2005 baseline by 2030. Several commenters also suggested that algae-based CCU (i.e.,

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MARCH 22, 2009

to support the company’s construction of a commercial-scale manufacturing plant for its proprietary cylindrical solar photovoltaic panels. Solyndra is the first company to receive an offer for a DOE loan guarantee under Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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Global Bioenergies, founded in 2008, has developed a synthetic isobutene pathway that, when implanted in a micro-organism, enables the organism to convert sugars (e.g., If successful, the first commercialization of this technology is expected as early as 2018. The process to convert isobutene to isooctane is well-established.

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JULY 2, 2009

The Volvo Group, through its company Volvo Technology Transfer, will receive investment from the companies Midroc New Technology and OCAS, as well as from the Swedish Energy Agency. Powercell Sweden was formed in 2005 as a joint venture between AB Volvo and Statoil ASA. Midroc is owned by Mohammed H.

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MAY 7, 2010

In one pathway to the production of cellulosic biofuel, enzymes first convert cellulose and hemicellulose in agricultural waste to sugars which are then fermented into ethanol. This partnership will aim to widen and speed up the commercial availability of C 5 fermentation technology to cellulosic biofuel producers all over the world.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The company will also pay a $12 million civil penalty. As part of the settlement, the company will spend an additional $6 million to reduce air pollution from diesel vehicle emissions in Texas City and the surrounding area. BP Products North America Inc.

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Research on hydrogen vehicles dipped until the 1990s when European countries announced plans for more hydrogen-centered car power, such as the 2005-07 bi-fuel BMW 7-Series with a V12 engine that ran on either compressed hydrogen or gasoline. Hydrogen Vehicles in 2022. California is essentially the only place in the U.S.

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MARCH 25, 2010

BAE Systems will develop a new hydrogen fuel cell bus for a Southern California regional transit agency under a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of fuel cell technology. SunLine has been working with alternative fuel buses since 1994, when it converted its entire fleet to CNG.

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JUNE 16, 2009

In this role, Ryan will be responsible for business development in converting isobutanol into chemicals, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and fuel blendstocks. Gevo was founded in 2005 by Drs. The company is focused on the development of advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals based on isobutanol and its derivatives.

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The partners expect that the proposed facility would principally convert waste grease—primarily animal fats and used cooking oil supplied by Darling—and potentially other feedstocks that become economically and commercially viable into renewable diesel. Charles refinery near Norco, Louisiana. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

That report, authored by group co-chairs, Agriculture and Energy Secretaries Vilsack and Chu, and EPA Administrator Jackson, lays out a strategy to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry to meet or exceed the nation’s biofuels targets. Percent reduction from 2005 baseline). per gallon.

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The device went on to serve as the heart of stability-control systems in countless commercial and private aircraft and U.S. It also taught him, he says, an appreciation for the difference between “what it is to have theoretical knowledge and what it is to commercialize technology that can be helpful to others.”. 1969, and M.S.,

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When Moreira was 15, the duo built high-fidelity amplifiers and control panels for neon signs, selling them to small companies that used such displays to advertise their business. The models now serve as a standard for many geoscientific, remote sensing, topographical, and commercial applications.

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THyPSO is a floating platform, housing 1 – 6 conventional bi-directional tidal turbines that convert tidal flows into electrical energy, which is then directed through an integrated hydrogen production unit, converting the unlimited supply of surrounding seawater into hydrogen.

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MAY 11, 2009

a Fischer-Tropsch process company, plans to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. The Rentech Process is based on Fischer-Tropsch chemistry. Click to enlarge. Rentech, Inc. , This process is now known as the SilvaGas process. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 24, 2009

FEV, a powertrain and engineering company, works closely with OEMs on a variety of projects—many of which it has to keep confidential. The HUMMER H3 was commissioned by Raser ( earlier post ) as part of its lead role in the Plug-in Hybrid Development Consortium , formed in 2005. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Vehicle build.

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MARCH 25, 2009

Donaghy noted that Valence has shipped some 70 MWh of Li-ion battery capacity since 2005—equivalent to 200,000 batteries, or enough for 1,500 3.5 There are a number of companies offering lithium phosphate R&D. One of Valence’s most prominent commercial vehicle customers is Smith Electric Vehicles. ton trucks. “ Mark Donaghy.

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Biofuels company NextFuels introduced its hydrothermal process for economically producing transportation and industrial fuels from wet, unprocessed agricultural waste. The company is collaborating on its commercial strategy with Enagra, a biofuel trading company, on the development of its technology. Click to enlarge.

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liter gasoline engine incorporating a new version of the company’s MIVEC (Mitsubishi Innovative Valve timing Electronic Control) variable valve timing system; and the latest version of the company’s Auto Stop & Go (AS&G) idle-stop technology. To date, the company has employed two types of MIVEC systems.

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At the end of January, DOE also issued the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Activities, Progress, and Plans Report to Congress as required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT). However, some targets and milestones relating to non-critical path technologies—e.g., centralized hydrogen production and delivery systems—have slipped.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

What changes do we make to convert a gasoline-only hybrid to a Plug-In Hybrid? In the Toyota Prius companies like EDrive and Hybrids-Plus have simply developed their own replacement for the OEM battery management subsystems and replaced the battery pack. Our goal: Get car makers to build Bettah PHEVs than we can convert ourselves.

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