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MAY 4, 2018

Through this agreement Anheuser-Busch aims to convert its entire long-haul dedicated fleet to renewable powered trucks by 2025. In 2006, the brewer joined the US Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Transport program; since 2008, it has reduced its total energy use in US breweries by more than 30%.

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JULY 3, 2012

Canada’s federal government is awarding $908,280 through FedDev Ontario’s Investing in Business Innovation initiative to help algal biofuel startup Pond Biofuels accelerate the commercialization of its technology used to capture carbon dioxide from raw stack emissions and produce algae that can subsequently be converted into biofuels.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Siemens Metals Technologies and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, have signed a ten-year co-operation agreement to develop and market integrated environmental solutions for the steel industry worldwide. metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is emitted. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Mascoma will then convert the feedstock to cellulosic ethanol through its proprietary process, which produces lignin as a by-product. Chevron has filed applications for two patents on processes to convert lignin to a hydrocarbon feedstock via hydroprocessing; both applications were published on 3 September 2009. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Professor Eckhard Boles at the Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany and his colleagues have genetically modified the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to express a newly identified enzyme to enable the fermentation of xylose (a 5-carbon sugar) as well 6-carbon sugars (e.g., cerevisiae. cerevisiae. cerevisiae. Earlier post.) 02522-08.

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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JUNE 30, 2009

Dallas-based BAF Technologies has begun converting 600 AT&T Ford E-Series vans to dedicated CNG technology in 2009. The converted vehicles will utilize the BAF CalComp System, a proprietary CNG fuel system certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Earlier post.).

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MAY 7, 2019

Cellulosic ethanol or hydrogen can be made from Bio-TCat’s carbon monoxide co-product by using third-party technology. Supplemental carbon monoxide (CO) output provides potential for an additional 3-5% yield by weight of cellulosic ethanol via third-party technologies or production of renewable electricity.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Such an innovation will play a key role in helping the company exceed the 50% emissions reduction target, compared to 2008 levels, that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has mandated all shipbuilders should achieve by 2050. Bloom Energy Servers use natural gas, biogas or hydrogen as fuel.

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JUNE 22, 2018

Global Bioenergies was founded in 2008 to develop a process converting renewable resources (sugar, crops, agricultural and forestry waste) into isobutene, one of the main petroleum derivatives. When implanted into a host micro-organism, it can convert sugars into isobutene in a several-stage process.

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APRIL 17, 2015

European demand for petroleum products has declined 15% since 2008, shrinking outlets for the continent’s refining industry. This underlying trend stems from pursuit of energy efficiency and improved vehicle fuel economy as part of the European Union''s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

HEET, a company with experience developing alternative energy technologies, will focus on ways to convert discarded cooking oil into a component of sustainable aviation biofuel at the Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center. COMAC was held on May 11th, 2008.

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Eliminating fuel vehicles is an important step in the UK’s carbon reduction route, and 2030 is the deadline for the sale of fuel vehicles in the UK. Carbon reduction acceleration. Among them, transport is the biggest stumbling block on the road to carbon reduction in the UK.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The project is slated to use advanced enzyme and microbial techniques to convert 10,000 tons of sugar beets harvested throughout the year into 285,000 gallons of advanced biofuel ethanol. Sugar beets have been grown in the area for more than 100 years, and were processed at a local Spreckels Sugar plant until it closed in 2008.

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JUNE 9, 2011

However, the viability of CTL becomes quite limited in regions with climate policy due to the high conversion cost and huge carbon footprint. Although adding carbon capture and storage (CCS) could reduce CO 2 emissions, the additional cost from implementing CCS makes CTL less attractive, the report finds. of global electricity demand.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Unusually high temperatures in the Arctic and heavy rains in the tropics likely drove a global increase in atmospheric methane in 2007 and 2008 after a decade of near-zero growth, according to a new study. Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, albeit a distant second. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 16, 2012

of LNG in global trade), next to Japan (40.7%) (based on 2008 data). LNG is a natural gas that has been temporarily converted into liquid form for ease of storage and transport by being cooled to approximately -162°C (-260°F). Korea is the world’s second-largest LNG importer (imported 16.1%

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MAY 26, 2015

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., The process to convert isobutene to isooctane is well-established. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Goortani, Aashish Gaurav, Alisha Deshpande, Flora T.

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APRIL 27, 2012

When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The extended use of soy foam results from the continued research collaboration between Ford and Lear; Ford first used sustainable soybean oil-derived seating foam on the 2008 Mustang. The use of SoyFoam also has helped Ford reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 15 million pounds. It’s a new location with higher soy content.

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MAY 7, 2010

Enerkem uses a thermochemical gasification process to produce a uniform syngas, which is subsequently converted into liquid fuels, such as ethanol, as well as biochemicals. Enerkem’s technology can convert one tonne of raw material (dry base) into 360 liters (95 gallons) of cellulosic ethanol.

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MAY 22, 2013

This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. The loan payment was made today using a portion of the approximately $1 billion in funds raised in last week’s concurrent offerings of common stock and convertible senior notes.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Observations are annual weighted averages for districts 1 (yellow), 2 (blue), 3 (orange), and 5 (black) in 1999-2008. Diagonal lines bound the 95% confidence of prediction for observations. Credit: ACS, Karras et al. Click to enlarge. Smaller, landlocked PADD IV, the Rocky Mountain states, refined non-diverse crude feeds.).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The California Energy Commission has awarded a $1-million grant to UC Riverside’s College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) to build a process demonstration unit (PDU) to convert waste biosolids to synthetic diesel fuel. The fuel gas can also be converted into electric power. Raju, et al.(2008)Synthesis

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APRIL 16, 2009

IBN’s research shows that only a small amount of NHC is required to induce carbon dioxide activity in a reaction. Hydrosilane, a combination of silica and hydrogen, is added to the NHC-activated carbon dioxide, and the product of this reaction is transformed into methanol by adding water (hydrolysis). Yugen Zhang. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 24, 2009

Eight new low carbon vehicle projects will receive a share of £25 million (US$41 million) of funding from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator to run ‘real-life’ trials. Low Carbon doesn’t mean low performance. Modern electric cars offer power and bucket loads of torque. The winning consortia.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

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. Coskata, Inc. The process produces approximately 100 gallons of fuel from each dry ton of biomass. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

SLCPs include black carbon (soot), methane and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions in California and globally—which are used as refrigerants, aerosol propellants and insulation. Black carbon. CARB began publicly evaluating controls for SLCPs with the first AB 32 Scoping Plan in 2008.

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APRIL 18, 2009

Announced in August 2008, Many Stars CTL is an energy development project led by AAEC in collaboration with the Crow Nation. Expected to be operational in 2016, the project will convert 38,000 tons per day of Montana coal into 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of synthetic diesel, jet fuel and naphtha.

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MARCH 29, 2010

A recent study by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of E20 fuel (20% ethanol, 80% gasoline), reduces tailpipe emissions of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, compared with conventional gasoline or E10 blends.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Credit: ACS, Boot 2008. Boot and his colleagues discussed the potential role of cyclic oxygenates in a 2008 paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. In their 2008 paper, Boot et al. Rings with 6 carbon atoms (e.g., Click to enlarge. cyclohexane) are the most dominant species by far. —Boot et al.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

HTL converts wet algae slurries into an upgradeable biocrude. In the team’s experiments, generally more than 50% of the algae’s carbon is converted to energy in crude oil—sometimes as much as 70%. The system runs at around 350 °C (662 °F) at a pressure of around 3,000 psi (20.7 Genifuel Corp.

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APRIL 19, 2016

The 2015 papers provided technical details on the high performance fuel-cell (FC) stack; specific insights into FC separator, and stack manifold; Mirai’s newly developed boost converter; and the new high-pressure hydrogen storage system with innovative carbon fiber windings. FC Boost Converter. The 2016 paper by Hasegawa et al.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

General Motors said that 52% of its worldwide facilities are now landfill-free; i.e., all waste generated from normal operations is reused, recycled or converted to energy. million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from entering the atmosphere. This year alone, GM has recycled or reused 2.5

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JULY 29, 2010

Results of the study suggest that soot is second only to carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming. Jacobson found that the combination of the two types of soot is the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide. Soot could be further reduced by converting vehicles to run on renewable electric power.

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MAY 6, 2009

Battelle is granting an exclusive license to Genifuel Corporation for a process developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to convert algae into renewable synthetic natural gas (SNG) for use in pipelines and power generation. Elliott, DC (2008) Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification of Biomass. Genifuel President Jim Oyler.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The energy produced by a plane’s braking system during landing—currently wasted as heat produced by friction in the aircraft’s disc brakes—would be captured and converted into electricity by motor-generators built into the landing gear. A number of technical challenges would need to be overcome. —Professor Stewart.

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