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AUGUST 20, 2009

Waste feedstocks are defined in the enabling legislation specifically as “ previously used or discarded solid, liquid or contained gaseous material with heating value resulting from industrial, commercial or household food service activities that would otherwise be stored, treated, transferred or disposed. Biofuels mandate.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Rural Development Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill), approved a $99-million, 80% loan guarantee to Chemtex International, Inc. The plant, with an expected startup in 2014, is a first-of-its-kind commercial facility in the mid-Atlantic region.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

At the Washington Auto Show, Novozymes, in partnership with US-based advanced biofuel manufacturer Fiberight , demonstrated two flex-fuel vehicles—a Chevy HHR and a Ford F150—running on E85, with the ethanol produced from government office waste paper and waste cardboard. million was given in 2008. The first contract for $2.2

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MARCH 15, 2011

These three USDA Rural Development renewable energy programs are authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill).

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The show highlighted rooftop solar panels in Germany, explaining that the panels generated electricity to power the buildings and even earned the owners money by letting them sell extra energy back to the electricity company. Wenham Young Professional Award from the IEEE Electron Devices Society. “I percent efficiency in 2022.

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JUNE 2, 2010

The University of California, Davis announced the appointment of Professor Nicole Woolsey Biggart of the university’s Graduate School of Management to the Chevron Chair in Energy Efficiency. She has studied and published on the barriers to implementation of energy efficient technologies in the commercial building industry.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of $181 million via its Biorefinery Assistance Program to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or retrofit existing facilities with appropriate technology to develop advanced biofuels. Sapphire Energy’s “Green Crude Farm” in Columbus, N.M.,

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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. Enerkem uses gasification followed by catalytic synthesis to produce synthetic fuels from biomass and waste.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has unanimously adopted the state’s third annual transportation energy Investment Plan to help change the types of vehicles Californians drive and the fuels they use. The Energy Commission’s first investment plan combined $176 million in funds from fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.

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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. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The acquisition combines the technologies of both Liquid Light and Avantium to develop a world-leading electro-catalysis platform and to commercialize new process technologies using CO 2 as feedstock to produce sustainable chemicals and materials. It will extend our capabilities beyond catalytic conversion of biomass.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Coskata’s semi-commercial facility in Madison, Pa. a syngas to ethanol company, officially launched its semi-commercial “Flexethanol” facility located in Madison, PA. times more energy positive compared to conventional gasoline, according to an evaluation by Dr. Michael Wang at Argonne National Laboratory. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

million from the US Department of Energy to find new and more efficient enzymes for turning corn stover into fuel for cars and trucks. Each combination of enzymes will be tested on pretreated agricultural waste that can first be converted into sugars and then into bio-based products and advanced biofuels. million (2008-2012).

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MARCH 19, 2019

The Eaton 48-volt mild hybrid accessory drive captures energy while driving and is used to keep the sleeper cab comfortable overnight without idling the engine. Since 2008, Eaton’s Vehicle Group has been laser-focused on reducing emissions and fuel consumption.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The catalytic hydrothermal conversion-to-jet (CHCJ) process 100% alternative fuel performed as expected during a ground test 30 August at NAWCAD’s Aircraft Test and Evaluation Facility (ATEF), followed by the first test flight 1 September, said Rick Kamin, energy and fuels lead for Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Vattenfall and Aalborg University are partnering with Danish startup SCF Technologies in a two-year project to design a demonstration plant based on SCF’s CatLiq process—an application of the firm’s supercritical fluid technology in the catalytic production of bio-oil from organic waste. SCF Technologies 2008 Annual Report.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

An existing 250,000-gallon per year cellulosic integrated demonstration plant at the site is currently generating operational data that will provide information needed for the commercial scale project, which will be located on an adjacent site. 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) to be made by USDA this month. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 5, 2013

The gas cushion stores energy by the gas being compressed rather like a coiled spring. The amount of energy that can be stored in the pressure accumulator depends on the size of the system. This motor takes the stored energy and delivers it back to the vehicle via the transmission. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

The new FAA contract with UOP supports US government efforts to identify and accelerate the commercial availability of next-generation, non-fossil jet fuel. The development of new second-generation biofeedstock conversion technology is critical to support growing energy needs and speed commercial availability.

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JULY 4, 2010

Researchers at North Carolina State University are developing an ozone-based pre-treatment technique (ozonolysis) to release sugars from the energy grass miscanthus for production into renewable fuels or chemicals with minimal generation of chemical waste streams and degradation of the carbohydrate components.

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The emissions further drop to ~70% if we consider 2G ethanol which is produced using farm waste. Ethanol production from farm waste such as corn cob, rice husk, wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse, is known as second generation ethanol (2G). 3G is still in early stages of commercial deployment while 4G is still at a concept stage.

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The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. Having an energy source that you can fit onboard a ship and does not compete with shore energy is a very high priority.” At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. Why nuclear-powered ships?

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JULY 5, 2011

Major investments will be needed worldwide in the developing and scaling up of clean energy technologies; sustainable farming and forestry techniques; climate-proofing of infrastructure; and in technologies reducing non-biological degradable waste production, according to the report. Supporting a broad energy technology development.

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MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. Biomass and solar are shown as primary energy due to their multiple uses. While the scenarios arrive at a range of estimates, the overall conclusions are that renewables will take an increasing slice of the energy market.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Our agreement with Cetrel is perfectly aligned with our vision to develop a bio-based society, where biorefineries convert agricultural residues and waste into energy, chemicals, and other materials, thereby substituting fossil fuels. The project also offers strong technical and commercial synergy with our efforts on advanced biofuels.

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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). The Energy Commission is seeking to fund projects that involve the design, construction and operation of biomethane production facilities.

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MARCH 5, 2010

The proceeds from the $80 million bond will be used to partially finance the first two phases of construction of Range Fuels’ first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant using renewable and sustainable supplies of non-food biomass near Soperton, Georgia. Range Fuels, Inc. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 1, 2010

Honeywell’s UOP has also developed process technology to produce Honeywell Green Jet fuel under a contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for both military and commercial aircraft. In 2008, Honeywell’s UOP formed the joint venture Envergent Technologies LLC with Ensyn Corp. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Xylathin also reduces grain water retention lowering grain drying energy requirements. Vercipia, a 50-50 joint venture with BP, is moving to commercialize cellulosic technology for the production of ethanol from a wide array of non-food feedstocks, including dedicated energy crops, agricultural waste, and wood products.

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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. —Professor Paul Stewart, research leader.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Reformate enhances the energy content of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; biofuels such as ethanol are fuel additives that are instead blended into a finished product to oxygenate fuel. Cool Planet’s sources of biomass include corn stover, wood chips, and fast growing, non-food energy crops such as miscanthus. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Darling International and a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation are taking initial steps towards the formation of a joint venture to build a facility capable of producing more than 10,000 barrels/day or (135 million gallons per year) of renewable diesel on a site adjacent to Valero’s St. Charles refinery near Norco, Louisiana.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Energy Markets in a State of Change. Billion in 2008). M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Cobalt Technologies, a company using strain development and bioprocess technology to optimize biobutanol production for commercially viable renewable fuels and chemicals, formally launched its pilot facility in Mountain View, California. Butanol has a higher energy content than ethanol and is less polluting. Cobalt Biofuels (2008).

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

The demonstration was the result of a seven-year, $13-million cooperative effort supported by the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). the technology reduced the moisture to a level that the waste coal can now be marketed commercially. Roe-Hoan Yoon.

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MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. 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%

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DECEMBER 25, 2009

Panasonic Corporation announced the development of two new 18650-type (18 mm in diameter, 65 mm in height) high-capacity lithium-ion battery cells for use in laptop computers and in energy applications including electric vehicles. These high-capacity battery cells can be used to build high-energy battery modules. Energy capacity.

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