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Impact Clean Power to build gigafactory in Poland

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ICPT has three main product lines: heavy-duty battery systems for transport and industry; stationary energy storage for the RES market, professional energy sector and industry and the development of hydrogen fuel cell systems. has been in the market since 2007. It sells its battery systems in Europe, New Zealand and the United States.

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New Zealand Strategic Assessment of Biofuels Calls for Emphasis on Synthetic Diesel from Wood

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A report from the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, is calling for a more strategic approach to biofuels. Furthermore, New Zealand still imports virtually all its liquid fuels; while domestic crude oil production has expanded, it is not nearly enough to meet local fuel demand. “.

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LanzaTech Pulls in $18M in Series B Funding; Qiming Ventures Leads

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New Zealand-based waste gas and syngas to fuels company LanzaTech ( earlier post ) has attracted US$18 million in Series B financing from investors led by China-focused venture capital firm Qiming Ventures. ljungdahlii can be used as a unique microbial production platform based on synthesis gas and carbon dioxide/hydrogen mixtures.

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UOP Renewable Jet Fuel From Camelina Powers KLM Demo Flight

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UOP’s green jet fuel process technology was originally developed in 2007 under a contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to produce renewable military jet fuel for the US military. UOP’s process technology was also used to produce jet fuel used in previous test flights conducted in the US, Japan and New Zealand.

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Honeywell Tests 50% Renewable Jet Fuel Blend on TPE331 Engines; Comparable Performance to Conventional Fuels, 15-50% Lower Emissions

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In this process, hydrogen is added to remove oxygen from the biological feedstock resulting in a high quality, bio-derived hydrocarbon fuel that blends seamlessly with petroleum-based fuel and acts as a drop-in replacement.

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NREL report estimates gasoline produced from biomass could cost about the same as ethanol

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Very broadly, the biomass-to-gasoline (BTG) process assessed in the NREL report gasifies biomass to produce a syngas rich in hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The design used in this model came from the New Zealand MTG demonstration process design with a few minor modifications. Gasoline Separation. Phillips, S.

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Swiss company outlines methanol-to-gasoline option for Alaska North Slope gas to state legislature

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Van Wijk at the time said the new plant might consider the methanol-to-gasoline MTG process pioneered by ExxonMobil. Eastman originally bought the plant in 2007 for a $1.6-billion Adjustment of syngas composition by hydrogen recycle. MTG isin use in new Zealand, and now in China. Click to enlarge.

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