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The BioEnergy Center will convert yard, vegetative and household wastes into cellulosic ethanol and renewable power for the local community. The core of the Ineos Bio technology is a patented anaerobic fermentation step, through which naturally occurring bacteria convert gases derived directly from biomass-derived syngas into ethanol.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

The company says that some of the most promising projects are the Turbosteamer ( earlier post ); the Thermoelectric generator (TEG) ( earlier post ); engine encapsulation; and a waste heat exchanger for oil heating. —Jürgen Ringler, Team Leader for Thermal Energy Converters at BMW Group Research and Technology. Click to enlarge.

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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 million) in funding from the Biorefining Commercialization and Market Development Program for its future Edmonton waste-to-biofuels facility, operated under the name of Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB). Enerkem Inc.,

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JULY 1, 2010

an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy and bio-based chemical production, will install its demonstration vessel at Fiberight LLC’s cellulosic ethanol pilot plant in Lawrenceville, Va. CleanTech Biofuels, Inc.,

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MAY 13, 2010

One of GM’s innovations involves the creation of a shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. in 2009 are green innovations, evidence of the rapid development by GM researchers and engineers. Source: GM. Click to enlarge. More than half of the 1,300 patents filed by General Motors Co.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

has entered into an agreement with Rock-Tenn Company to convert mill by-product waste into fuel using JBI’s Plastic2Oil technology. To handle the plastic waste stream, RockTenn has been storing this by-product in company-owned plastic-only monofill sites for several years.

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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. The first contract for $2.2 million was given in 2008.

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MAY 30, 2020

The researchers and engineers at ETH Zurich have developed innovative processes that make it possible to extract CO 2 from the atmosphere and, together with water and with the help of concentrated sunlight, convert it into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce jet fuel.

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MARCH 27, 2015

These tests resulted in the combined 115% freight efficiency improvement over a 2009 baseline truck. liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. SuperTruck is supported by the US DOE under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. mpg (19.26 Powertrain.

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APRIL 14, 2017

With a $2-million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC), Berkeley Lab is partnering with Alphabet Energy to create a cost-effective thermoelectric waste heat recovery system to reduce both energy use in the industrial sector and electricity-related carbon emissions.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

USDA funding will be used to construct a 55,000 square foot facility that will produce cellulosic ethanol by converting municipal solid waste and other industrial pulps into advanced biofuels, as well as using conventional renewable biofuel derived from seed corn waste. million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year.

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APRIL 6, 2011

WVO collects and removes water, food particles and other impurities from waste vegetable oil then ships the bio feedstock to a processing company that produces an 80/20 diesel/biodiesel blend (B20) that will be used to fuel hundreds of food delivery trucks at the US Foodservice-Columbia Division in Lexington, SC.

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RNG, also known as biomethane, can be derived from many abundant and renewable sources, including decomposing organic waste in landfills, wastewater treatment and agriculture. Since 2009, UPS has invested more than $750 million in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and fueling stations globally. .; Horsham, Pa.

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DECEMBER 13, 2015

IH2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermo-chemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and municipal wastes directly into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels and/or blend stocks. Earlier post.). CRI will supply the proprietary catalysts for the unit. of Ontario, Canada.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Researchers from Delft University of Technology have engineered the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to increase ethanol yield from biomass waste by eliminating production of glycerol (glycerol production is essential to reoxidize NADH produced in biosynthetic processes), reoxidizing NADH instead by the reduction of acetic acid to ethanol.

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APRIL 4, 2014

million provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) Program, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The equipment will be used in Metro’s Wayside Energy Storage Substation-WESS Project , which is funded by a grant of $4.4

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MAY 14, 2020

The first five alternative jet fuels incorporated as Annexes of D7566 are: Annex A1: Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (FT-SPK) (2009). The gas mixture is separated and cleaned to produce pure syngas, and it is then converted to long carbon chain waxes through the FT Synthesis Process. Feedstock(s): Syngas.

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2009) Click to enlarge. In 2007, the researchers had reported the development of a novel method using a combination of 13 enzymes to form an unnatural enzymatic pathway to completely convert starch and water in one reactor into hydrogen. Hydrogen production from cellodextrin and water by a synthetic enzymatic pathway. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The facility will process 2 tons of construction and demolition debris per day into cellulosic sugar, which will be converted into a high value chemical by GS Caltex’s proprietary technology. BlueFire received an increase to its grant totaling $88 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in December of 2009.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The facility will produce eight million gallons (24 kta) of ethanol and six megawatts (gross) of renewable energy annually from renewable biomass including yard wastes and municipal solid waste, wood and vegetative wastes. Earlier post.). AMEC was selected following an extensive evaluation process of qualified global EPC firms.

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JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Converting oil shale to gasoline via the Alberta Taciuk Processor (ATP)—an above-ground shale retort—results in fuel-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ~130-150 g CO 2 equivalent/MJ of gasoline produced, according to a new analysis by Dr. This project was terminated in 2004 due to cost overruns and opposition on environmental grounds.

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MAY 27, 2010

In 2009, we forged this partnership in China to develop biofuel from agricultural waste; today, we are one step closer to producing commercial quantities. The new plant will be the largest demonstration facility converting agricultural waste into biofuel in China. Earlier post.).

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million to a project to develop a high-efficiency engine system that integrates a compact micro-hybrid configuration of a supercharger with an electric waste heat recovery system and employs high rates of recirculated exhaust gases. An engine’s response depends on its ability to take in fresh air and convert it to power.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The plant will gasify waste biomass, and use a Fischer-Tropsch process to convert the resulting syngas to biojet fuel and bionaphtha. The Fischer-Tropsch tail gas can be used to produce 20MW of excess electricity for export to the national grid or converted into steam to be used in a district heating system.

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JULY 28, 2011

Süd-Chemie AG has started construction in Straubing (Lower Bavaria) of what will be the largest German plant for the manufacture of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural waste materials. By means of a new yeast organism, both C 5 and C 6 sugars can be converted to ethanol, which increases the yield by around another 50%.

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JULY 8, 2011

The funds will be used to start the industrialization of the company’s process to convert renewable resources into isobutene, a gas which can be converted into liquid fuels and various polymers. million) in 2009 to support an earlier development phase of the isobutene process.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

will convert biomass, such as yard and tree trimmings, into renewable diesel fuel and renewable electricity. In the new unit the Rentech-SilvaGas biomass gasification system will be used to produce syngas from biomass feedstock which is converted to hydrocarbons using Rentech’s proprietary Fischer-Tropsch process and catalyst.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

The battery pack is expected to be demonstrated in a ReEV concept Dodge Caliber that was shown by FEV at the 2009 SAE World Congress. In 2008, EIG opened the EIG America sales office in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated EIG America in March 2009 as a wholly owned subsidiary. for a Range-Extended Electric Vehicle (ReEV) project.

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The SuperTruck program was a five-year DOE research and development initiative to improve freight efficiency—meaning more payload carried while burning less fuel—by 50% compared to 2009 base model trucks. Earlier post.).

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The best Formula One engine will be the one that converts energy the most efficiently and this has direct relevance to road car powertrains of tomorrow. This is Mercedes-Benz’ third award in the 108-year history of the Dewar Trophy; the first was in 1909, and the second in 2009.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters (28 billion gallons US), up from 90 billion liters (24 billion gallons US) in 2009. of all global fuel for road transportation—an increase from 2% in 2009, according to the report. billion liters abroad, a 300% increase over 2009.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

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 2009, UOP and Ensyn Corp. Source: UOP.

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JULY 22, 2010

As from the end of 2011, this large-scale demonstration plant, located in the immediate vicinity of the new Bavarian BioCampus in Straubing, will produce up to 2,000 metric tons (2,524,000 liters or 667,000 gallons US) per year of bioethanol fuel from agricultural waste, such as cereal straw.

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JUNE 4, 2013

United has collaborated with AltAir Fuels since 2009 and has agreed to buy 15 million gallons of lower-carbon, renewable jet fuel over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more. AltAir will produce low-carbon, renewable jet fuel and other renewable products.

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APRIL 14, 2013

UK-based TMO Renewables (TMO) and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol. million gallon US) second-generation ethanol pilot plant to convert bagasse to cellulosic bioethanol.

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JULY 22, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. The six projects were initially selected for a first-phase funding in October 2009 as part of a $1.4

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