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to convert 300 gasoline-powered Ford E-250 cargo vans to CNG, a move that will reduce vehicle carbon emissions by 480 tons per year. The 300 vans are among the more than 1,600 alternative energy vehicles that Verizon plans to add to its nationwide fleet this year. Verizon has contracted with Steelweld Equipment Co.

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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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JUNE 12, 2010

Researchers at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have converted the marine macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera , one of the main algae genera for “green tide”—massive algal blooms caused by eutrophication of marine water bodies—to bio-oil by hydrothermal liquefaction in a batch reactor at temperatures of 220-320 °C. and Enteromorpha sp.,

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The technology also increases corn oil extraction by 13%, while saving 8% energy. Enzymes convert the starch in the mash to sugar, which can then be fermented to ethanol. Novozymes launched new enzyme technology that can increase ethanol yield from corn by up to 5%.

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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. Chemtex is working with local farmers and producer organizations to begin growing energy grasses for the facility.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

San Diego-based Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based “Green Crude” oil production, and Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, have entered a strategic joint development agreement aimed at taking production of algae crude oil a significant step toward commercialization.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). —Energy Commission Chair Robert B. The Commission approved a $1.6-million Weisenmiller.

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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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MAY 7, 2010

a waste-to-biofuels and advanced chemicals company, has been selected by Alberta Energy to receive C$3.35 This program is designed to stimulate investment in Alberta’s bio-energy sector through the construction of ethanol, biodiesel and biogas facilities in the province. Enerkem Inc., million (US$3.2 Earlier post.).

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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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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Siemens Energy, Inc. has been chosen to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), a 730-megawatt (gross) advanced coal generating plant being developed near Taylorville, Ill. Michael Suess, CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division of Siemens Energy. Tenaska, managing partner for the $3.5

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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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million) from ADEM (French Environment & Energy Management Agency), which operates the Investissements d’Avenir (Investments in the Future) program on behalf of the French government. ISOPROD project will replace isobutene of fossil origin with isobutene of renewable origin with a better environmental and energy balance.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Up to now, these gases have been flared or used to create process heat and electrical energy within the plant. LanzaTech’s innovative technology instead re-uses the off-gases from converter, coking plant or blast furnace processes as nutrients and a source of energy.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $105-million loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, LLC to finance development of a facility to convert municipal solid waste into advanced biofuels. Fulcrum Sierra uses a two-part thermo-chemical process: Gasification converts the MSW into a synthesis gas, or syngas.

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JUNE 29, 2010

and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the joint development of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Raser first unveiled its Extended Range Series Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) drive system, developed with FEV, at the 2008 SAE World Congress in Detroit. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 11, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will award some $25 million to four projects to research and development of next-generation renewable energy and high-value biobased products—such as biofuels—from a variety of biomass sources. The Department of Energy will make additional awards through this program. Ceramatec, Inc.,

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Jiangsu Tianue Energy & Chemical Group Co. Ltd is building a high-efficiency gas turbine power plant to utilize coke oven gas (COG) into power and steam to meet increasing energy needs in its region. —Teng Daochun, chairman, Jiangsu Tianue Energy & Chemical Group Co. Jiangsu Tianue Energy and Chemical Group Co.

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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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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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JANUARY 11, 2013

Edeniq’s Cellunator technology mills corn and other plant materials into particles of feedstock that can be more efficiently converted into the plant sugars needed to produce biofuels. The Stockton, California plant was built in 2008 and has the capacity to produce 60 million gallons per year. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2008

“I was waiting for the American car companies to convert. “I’m very passionate about electric drive and sustainable energy,&# he told us. One of his latest conversions - a silver VW Bug - was at Kick Gas, along with its very happy owner, Vickie Randle. But in the end, I decided to do it myself.&#

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Celeroton AG, a leading manufacturer of ultra-high-speed electrical drive systems with speeds up to 1 million rpm, has launched its first turbo compressors with gas bearings—unique in their weight and performance, being wear- and oil-free, and obtaining the highest levels of energy efficiency.

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of China (COMAC) ( earlier post ) has selected that Hangzhou Energy Engineering & Technology, Co., Finding more efficient ways to convert “gutter oil” into jet fuel could increase regional biofuel supplies and improve biofuel’s affordability, enhancing the potential for commercial use. COMAC was held on May 11th, 2008.

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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). In 2008, SCF ran a series of tests of CatLiq using aqueous feed streams at the pilot plant in Herlev, Denmark. SCF Technologies 2008 Annual Report. SCF Technologies presentation (2008). Iversen, S.

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MARCH 2, 2011

million contract to develop high-energy lithium-ion batteries for use in electric vehicle applications. The competitively bid contract Cobasys award from USABC is co-funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and includes a 50% cost-share. SB LiMotive was established in September 2008 as a joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI.

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and Duke Energy last week announced a 10-year commitment to transition their company cars and trucks to plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles. Jim Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy. FPL Group, Inc. The announcement was made during the Clinton Global Initiative ’s (CGI) fifth annual meeting in New York City.

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JANUARY 17, 2009

Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. We can dump both Killer Coal and Big Oil by generating our electricity with solar panels and charging your electric car with the all clean, all green energy from the sun. That’s what our friend Moira and her husband Dency do.

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JUNE 9, 2011

To speed up the development of flow energy storage battery technology, the research team and the Industrial Investment Co., set up Dalian Raycom Energy Storage Technology Development Co., in October 2008, specializing in fluid engineering and industrial storage batteries.

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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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JUNE 18, 2010

Suncor Energy has received conditional approval for its oil sands fluid tailings management plan from Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board ( ERCB ). Tailings plans submitted by Albian Sands Energy Inc.; Schematic of Tailings Reduction Operations (TRO). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Suncor video on TRO.

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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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Converting biomass to renewable fuels via a pyrolysis pathway. The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. In 2008, UOP received a $1.5

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This third-generation model is based on iterations of Komatsu hybrid experience; Komatsu was the first in the industry to introduce a hybrid excavator in 2008. Komatsu developed its hybrid system to work on the principle of swing energy regeneration and energy storage using the Komatsu ultracap system. Komatsu America Corp.

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MAY 22, 2013

billion fundraising , Tesla Motors has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the US Department of Energy in 2010. This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. Flush with its recent $1.02 I hope we did you proud. —Elon Musk.

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FedEx is also working with XL Hybrids, a developer of low-cost hybrid electric powertrain system, to convert ten conventionally-powered panel vans into more fuel-efficient, hybrid vehicles. Argonne will collect the electric energy consumption of the vehicles to help determine the total cost of operating an electric vehicle fleet.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Since 2008, JetBlue has already offset more than 2.6 Instead of escaping into the air, LFG can be captured, converted and used as a renewable energy resource. In addition, LFG energy projects generate revenue and create jobs in the local community and beyond.

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