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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. 2008)Synthesis gas production using steam hydrogasification and steam reforming.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The California Energy Commission staff will conduct a public workshop on 15 December to discuss three grant solicitations to be funded by the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Program (Program). A minimum of $46 million will be available from the three solicitations. The three solicitations include: Biomethane Production.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Liquid Light has developed proprietary process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide. Spun out from Princeton University in 2008, Liquid Light has invested more than US$35 million on low-energy electrochemistry technologies to convert CO 2 to major chemicals.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The cleaned syngas is them processed through an amine system to capture and remove sulfur and carbon dioxide. The Naphtha is recycled to the partial oxidation unit with remaining tail gas to be reformed to hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Fulcrum matched this DoD grant with $4.7 In 2013, Fulcrum was awarded a $4.7-million

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MARCH 1, 2013

The SLM methanol facility will be located in the Port of South Louisiana district, with access to interstate and intrastate natural gas and carbon dioxide pipelines. Since 2008, more than $32 million in investments and upgrades have been made to the Port. (ZEEP) and New Zealand-based Todd Corp.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

million) grant from the Welsh government in 2015, the Rasa was designed for lightness, strength, affordability and safety. With a total curb weight of 580 kg (1,279 lbs)—nearly half of a small car—it features a carbon composite chassis and only 18 moving parts in the entire powertrain. Riversimple Movement Ltd.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Multiple different approaches to creating titanium MMCs have been used, including the use of SiC particles (Poletti, 2008) and carbon nanotubes. Edtmaie (2008) Production of titanium matrix composites reinforced with SiC particles, Composites Science and Technology , Volume 68, Issue 9 doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.03.018.

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JUNE 22, 2018

This payment from ADEME adds to the grant prepayment of the four new European projects recently announced. 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.

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JULY 7, 2010

The scope of Ford’s recent rubber research, which was funded in part by grants from the United Soybean Board (USB), included the use of soy fillers (flour, meal) as well as soy oils. Automotive rubber usage is expected to rise more than 4% through 2013. Ford is a pioneer in the use of biomaterials in vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It requires no cultivation, circumvents food-versus-fuel concerns and likely has a highly favorable carbon balance. All grants are awarded over a period of five years, with continued funding contingent on annual project success. There are many benefits to using beetle-killed wood for renewable fuel production.

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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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JUNE 18, 2013

Myriant, together with Johnson Matthey - Davy Technologies (JM Davy), combined the efficiencies of their respective chemical processes for the production of cost-competitive bio-BDO and bio-THF made from Myriant’s bio-succinic acid, yielding overall carbon efficiency of 87%.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

On 19 November, the European Commission granted the greening aeronautics initiative administrative and operational autonomy, so that it can implement its own budget and execute its own work plan from now on. The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (JU) is now flying solo. The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking manages the corresponding JTI. Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

I will grant you that there was nobody more laughably hysterical during the election than Jokemiester McCain. But it doesn’t take TV Guide to tell you that their show jumped the shark on September 18, 2008. That’s the day the US economy went into meltdown but nobody from the Bush Regime said anything about it.

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JUNE 6, 2013

In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. The UltraBattery Retrofit Project DP1.8

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Early in 2008 SBI formed a joint venture with Xylitol Canada with the goal of researching and co-developing a proprietary technology to produce xylitol using co-product streams from the production of cellulosic ethanol. million), to be funded approximately 67% by the partners and 33% by the SDTC grant. million (US$16.4

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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. Black carbon converts sunlight to heat and radiates it back to the air around it. Jacobson, J.

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MARCH 2, 2013

Thus, the SEIS concludes, the life-cycle carbon footprint for transportation fuels produced in US refineries would increase if the Keystone XL project were approved. A previous application from TransCanada for a Keystone XL project (2008 application) was for a pipeline that would have been more than 1.5 MMTCO 2 e annually.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Capstone was also recently awarded a Department of Energy grant to develop a flex fuel turbine that will operate on agricultural syngas and hydrogen. In May 2009, Velozzi announced a partnership with Nanoledge for the development of lightweight and high performance epoxy/carbon fibre body panels.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

In 2011, China contributed 29% of world carbon dioxide emissions and therefore the country has a significant potential to influence the present and future global energy situation. million tons in 2008. China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

This is roughly a 34% increase over total shipments in 2011 and a 321% increase over total shipments in 2008. The stationary sector continues to drive overall shipment growth, increasing from about 2,000 shipments in 2008 to about 25,000 shipments in 2012.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

“The ultimate transport solution would be solar fuels, made from using sunlight to split water and produce hydrogen, or to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and combine it with water to produce other clean solar fuels.The opportunities for bio-inspired fuels and for innovative routes to produce them are virtually limitless.

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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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JULY 22, 2009

Ed Feo is a partner with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was voted one of the “Five Most Influential People in Renewable Energy” in 2008 by Euromoney / Institutional Investor. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008). Billion vs. $28.3

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MARCH 6, 2010

If a cap-and-trade program includes offsets, regulated entities have the opportunity to purchase the “emission credits” generated by carbon offset projects to help them meet their compliance obligations. In this way, offsets would complement the more traditional emissions trading that can occur between two covered sources.

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AUGUST 9, 2009

annual increase; meeting the EU targets for 2008-2015 requires a 2.5% million grant from the Department of Energy to support internal production of an electric-drive transaxle with integrated power electronics in an existing Ford transmission facility. Meeting the California Pavley regulations will require about a 5.8% annual increase.

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MAY 13, 2010

According to the recently finalized Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 , net US GHG emissions in 2008 were down 2.7% A hard price collar binds carbon prices and creates a predictable system for carbon prices to rise at a fixed rate over inflation. compared to 2005 levels.).

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AUGUST 21, 2009

campaign targeting the application of indirect impacts such as international indirect land use change only to the calculation of the carbon footprint of biofuels. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was published 5 December 2008. In early August, the Renewable Fuels Association launched a “They Said What?”

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JULY 16, 2009

Some novel research on nanomaterials used to capture carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels actually led us to this discovery. million as one of 21 DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy grants through the Geothermal Technologies Program. Scientific breakthroughs can come from some very unintuitive connections.” Pete McGrail.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The USDA Biorefinery Assistance Program, authorized through the 2008 Farm Bill, promotes the development of new and emerging technologies for the production of fuels that are produced from non-corn kernel starch biomass sources. DOE Grant Amount. This project will make ethanol directly from carbon dioxide and seawater using algae.

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AUGUST 21, 2022

million in additional California Air Resources Board (CARB) funding to replace heavy-duty trucks through the Valley Air District’s grant program. The San Joaquin Valley Air District Governing Board unanimously voted to accept $12.9 The District is currently working on reaching attainment for the federal 8-hour ozone and PM 2.5 standards.

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MARCH 8, 2009

We know carbon taxes are coming and we won’t always be floating in a sea of profits we made at your expense. So it seemed only logical that we give a little back to a community we’ve released an awful lot of carbon in. “ Sounds like a dream too good to be true, doesn’t it? Task Force Funding.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Would these vehicles truly help to lower carbon emissions. They rely on a battery charged from a standard 120 volt or 240 volt outlet and do not produce carbon emissions while running but require frequent charging. In 2008, transportation accounted for 22 percent of all city carbon emissions. Better Cars …. If by 2015, 2.5

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. The findings were particularly relevant because many emissions reduction calculations had assumed that the Earth’s natural carbon sinks would maintain a relatively uniform rate of carbon uptake as greenhouse gas emissions increased.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

Assuming no changes in policy related to greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide emissions grow slowly, but do not again reach 2005 levels until 2027. After falling 3% in 2008 and nearly 7% in 2009, largely driven by the economic downturn, energy-related CO 2 emissions do not return to 2005 levels (5,980 million metric tons) until 2027.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board? Writing a grant to fund the expansion of 15 Level 2 community chargers within the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico. What is your most effective contribution toward the adoption of EVs?

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JANUARY 28, 2009

1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. Prop 87 Missed Opportunity RAVs to Keep Rolling in LA Holiday EVangelism ZEVTech Saving RAVs Holiday EVangelism Who Killed the Electric Car?

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