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AUGUST 1, 2011

The right balance of zinc and zirconium oxides in this catalyst (purple block) converts ethanol to isobutene with low amounts of unwanted byproducts such as acetone and ethylene. At the same time, the zinc oxide’s influence prevented the ethanol-to-ethylene conversion by zirconium oxide. Source: PNNL. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

SITA UK, one of the country’s leading recycling and resource management companies and a subsidiary of Suez Environment, has signed an exclusive agreement with Cynar Plc to build Britain’s first fully operational plants to convert end of life plastic into diesel fuel. Non-plastic materials fall to the bottom of the chamber.

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Calysta is using its proprietary BioGTL biological gas-to-liquids platform to convert natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons. Calysta will use proprietary genetic optimization algorithms to enable the efficient development of bacteria which can convert methane to a variety of alkane fuels. Carbon feedstock. Conversion method.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

For the purpose of this RFI—Carbon, Hydrogen and Separation Efficiencies in Bio-Oil Conversion Pathways (CHASE Bio-Oil Pathways)—thermochemical direct liquefaction pathways include: Fast pyrolysis; In situ catalytic fast pyrolysis (i.e. where biomass is liquefied with near-super critical water); and.

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APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. Conversion to work via. Scale of conversion to work.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The sunfire plant, which operates according to the “power-to-liquid” (PtL) principle, requires carbon dioxide, water and electricity as raw materials. The carbon dioxide is extracted directly from the ambient air using direct air capture (DAC)—a technology developed by Swiss partner Climeworks. The process is up to 70% efficient.

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AUGUST 28, 2011

As an example, levulinic acid, which has been identified as a top biomass-derived chemical due to its ease of production for both five and six carbon sugars and its useful functional groups, a ketone and a carboxylic acid, can be produced from HMF or furfural. Alkylphenols allow catalytic conversion of intermediates without purification.

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MARCH 6, 2011

This research is the first attempt to utilize protein as a carbon source for energy production and biorefining. To utilize protein as a carbon source, complex cellular regulation in nitrogen metabolism had to be rewired. Microorganisms tend to use proteins to build their own proteins instead of converting them to other compounds.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

In 2011, LanzaTech announced that it had demonstrated the continuous fermentation of CO 2 in the presence of hydrogen to acetic acid, using their modified microorganisms. Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock.

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JUNE 14, 2010

We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. Using existing technology, we can convert many of them into plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

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JUNE 9, 2011

2011 Click to enlarge. 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.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

The vessel will be the first of its kind worldwide to be converted to an LNG-capable propulsion system. Through running on LNG, the Wes Amelie will reduce emissions of sulphur oxide by more than 99%, nitrogen oxide by approximately 90%, and carbon dioxide by up to 20%.

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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. Chris Malins.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Waste Management also plans to convert its current commercial collection fleet to CNG as part of the company’s North American fleet conversion strategy. The CNG powered trucks will contribute to a smaller carbon footprint, including nearly zero air particulate and up to 25% fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

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MAY 14, 2020

The feedstock is gasified at high temperatures (1200 to 1600 degrees Celsius), which deconstructs the feedstock into carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and CO 2 primarily, as well as some ash. 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.

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MAY 23, 2012

Sundrop Fuels will convert sustainable forest residues and thinnings as feedstock combined with natural gas into bio-based “green gasoline” by using a commercially-proven production path that integrates gasification, gas purification, methanol synthesis and a methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process. Sundrop Fuels, Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

million) to six projects to further develop the UK’s low carbon vehicle capability. The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. The final budget beyond 2011/12 will be confirmed at the spending review.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

Dynamic Fuels received Part 79 registration for Renewable Diesel Blendstock for up to a 20% blend with petroleum diesel in 2009 and Part 79 registration for Renewable Diesel for use at up to 100% concentration in 2011.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

The electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis—has largely been stymied by the impractically high overpotentials necessary to drive the process. high overpotentials are needed to convert CO 2 because the first step in CO 2 conversion is the formation of a. “CO

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Non-edible carbohydrates are converted to renewable diesel-range liquids via two consecutive catalytic steps. For example, the excessive cleavage of carbon–carbon bonds and subsequent reformation leads to energy losses. The first step is the conversion of biomass into furfural—an established industrial process.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Axion Power International, Inc, the developer of advanced lead-carbon PbC batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), has entered a strategic relationship with ePower Engine Systems LLC. ePower showed its first converted truck—a Peterbilt 387—at the 2011 Mid-America Truck Show.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The ReFactory aims to achieve a negative carbon balance by 2030—an objective in line with the Group’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality in Europe by 2050. Second-life batteries are also used to operate refrigeration units on converted versions of Kangoo Z.E. In 2019, nearly 400,000 ELVs were treated in this way.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Researchers at the Leibnitz Institute for Catalysis (Rostock, Germany) have introduced a new approach to hydrogen storage that is based on simple salts of formic acid and carbonic acid. A fundamental problem with the use of these storage materials is the separation of the carbon dioxide formed when the hydrogen is released.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

For the six months ended 30 June 2011, Syntroleum reported an operating loss of $1.8 For the six months ended 31 March 2011, Syntroleum reported a loss from Dynamic Fuels of $6.9 per share, respectively, for the three month and six month periods ended 30 June 2011, compared with $1.0 —Gary Roth, CEO. Financials.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

Extraordinarily cold temperatures in the stratosphere during the winter of 2010/2011 caused the most massive destruction of the ozone layer above the Arctic so far, according to a study by climate researchers at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). These chemical conversion products attack the ozone layer and destroy it partly.

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MARCH 22, 2011

The conversion of biomass to cellulosic ethanol is the most efficient and productive use of biomass to create a high-octane, environmentally friendly transportation fuel, according to a perspective paper published in the Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. Conversion pathways. —Datta et al. Source: Datta et al.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

ClearFuels expects to complete the demonstration project in 2011 and move directly to construction of commercial projects in the second half of 2011. The ClearFuels gasification and Rentech Fischer-Tropsch conversion technologies have been developed, tested and improved independently over the past 15 years.

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APRIL 19, 2011

It’s a potential win-win for the climate—using sugarcane to power vehicles reduces carbon emissions, while growing it lowers the local air temperature. Field (2011) Direct impacts on local climate of sugar-cane expansion in Brazil. —Scott Loarie. Loarie, David B. Lobell, Gregory P. Asner, Qiaozhen Mu& Christopher B.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

In 2011, GBE had announced an agreement “ with a major German car manufacturer ” regarding an undisclosed application of GEB’s technology. Light olefins are key chemical building blocks that can be converted into transportation fuels, polymers and various commodity chemicals. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 12, 2011

per liter), respectively.the results from this preliminary evaluation indicate great potential for producing gasoline from biomass via thermochemical biomass conversion to syngas and the MTG process, and thus warrant a more detailed study. The biomass is chemically converted to a mixture of syngas components (CO, H 2 , CO 2 , CH 4 , etc.),

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

It is also not the most sensible solution to convert biomass into fuels. The chemical characteristics of biomass and many bulk chemicals are also very similar, so the processes should be more economical than those for the conversion into fuels. —Esben Taarning. —Vennestrøm et al. —Esben Taarning. Resources.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The 120-megawatt Dongguan TMEP plant, expected to begin operation in 2011, would demonstrate an example of advanced US IGCC (integrated gasification combined cycle) technology that is being developed in partnership between the DOE and industry. That plant would include 65% carbon capture and sequestration.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

This project will make ethanol directly from carbon dioxide and seawater using algae. The pilot plant will have the capacity to produce up to 890,000 gallons of ethanol and 690,000 gallons of potassium acetate per year starting in 2011. This project will use acid to break down biomass which can be converted to liquid fuels or energy.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

Among fermentation-based conversion processes of biomass, the use of cellulose-fermenting microorganisms without added enzymes—i.e., Among fermentation-based conversion processes of biomass, the use of cellulose-fermenting microorganisms without added enzymes—i.e., Although some cultures of C. The use of a C. Land, Dawn M.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

The process was able to convert aqueous carbohydrate streams derived from maple wood (produced using both hot water and acid hydrolysis) into gasoline-range products with carbon yields of up to 57% and an estimated octane number of 96.5. ” Resources. Ning Li, Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Taiying Zhang, Jian Shi, Charles E.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

It is also not the most sensible solution to convert biomass into fuels. The chemical characteristics of biomass and many bulk chemicals are also very similar, so the processes should be more economical than those for the conversion into fuels. —Esben Taarning. —Vennestrøm et al. —Esben Taarning. Resources.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One of the avenues being explored is sesquiterpenes, terpene compounds that contain 15 carbon atoms (diesel fuel typically contains 10 to 24 carbon atoms). First, using microbial platforms for the overproduction of FPP, we screened for sesquiterpene synthases able to convert FPP into bisabolene in high titers. coil and S.

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