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In a milestone for the low-carbon fuel project, LanzaTech has produced 1,500 gallons of jet fuel from waste industrial gases from steel mills via a fermentation process for Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic and LanzaTech have been working together on the project since 2011. HSBC joined the partnership in 2014. The process.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Neste Oil celebrated the official opening of Europe’s first pilot plant for producing microbial oil from waste and residues at its site in Porvoo, Finland. Increasing the use of waste and residues in the production of NExBTL renewable diesel is one of our most important goals. Earlier post.)

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MAY 29, 2011

Researchers at Utah State University report on an engineered bacterial enzyme—a molybdenum (Mo) nitrogenase—capable of converting carbon monoxide into usable hydrocarbons in a reaction similar to Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Seefeldt (2011) Molybdenum nitrogenase catalyzes the reduction and coupling of CO to form hydrocarbons J.

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JULY 13, 2015

The partners said the project will demonstrate the added value of recycling waste streams, not only by reducing emissions at source, hence reducing ArcelorMittal’s direct carbon footprint, but by keeping fossil fuels in the ground through the production of commodity chemicals and fuels that would otherwise be made from oil. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Non-edible carbohydrates are converted to renewable diesel-range liquids via two consecutive catalytic steps. A team at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) has designed a new simple, energy-efficient process (that also does not require any organic solvents) for the production of renewable diesel from biomass waste.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

UK-based TMO Renewables Ltd, the developer of a novel thermophilic bacterium and process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol ( earlier post ), has entered into an exclusive contract with Fiberight LLC to design and build waste to bioethanol plants in the US.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Ford Motor Company’s Oakville Assembly plant in Canada now sends no operational waste-to-landfill, an achievement that gives Ford Motor Company the distinction of becoming landfill-free at all its manufacturing facilities in Canada. A total of 21 Ford facilities around the globe maintain zero waste-to-landfill status.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. This follow-on light-duty vehicle project, funded in 2011, has a target of a 5% fuel economy improvement. That project, which received more than $7.1 Resources. ????

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

energy sector will spur a flurry of M&A and investment activity in 2011 as renewable energy. Sustainable Industries Predictions for 2011 include: Cap and Trade Discarded by Congress in National Energy Policy. Waste to Energy Technology Ready for Prime Time. Cascadia Capital , a diversified, boutique investment.

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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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MAY 27, 2010

The new plant comes online in the third quarter of 2011 and will produce three million gallons of bioethanol made from corn stover a year. In 2009, we forged this partnership in China to develop biofuel from agricultural waste; today, we are one step closer to producing commercial quantities. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Terrabon, a company commercializing a waste-to-biogasoline technology developed at Texas A&M, ( earlier post ), has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of the Federal bankruptcy laws. In January 2011, Terrabon, Inc. The MixAlco technology converts biomass to bio-gasoline. Earlier post.). Terrabon, Inc.

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JULY 8, 2011

General Motors’ efforts to eliminate the shipment of plant waste to landfills is spreading to its non-manufacturing sites, 10 of which now reuse, recycle or convert to energy all waste from normal operations. Manufacturing is at the company’s core, so converting plants produces the largest environmental benefits.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Canada-based Dynamotive and Genting Bio-Oil Sdn Bhd (GBO) of Malaysia have extended their August 2011 memorandum of understanding (MOU) through December 2012. In August 2011, the MOU was developed to explore the cooperation for the development of pyrolysis oil market in the South East Asia Region for a period of six months.

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JUNE 28, 2012

Sundrop Fuels will use a multi-phase process to convert sustainable forest waste into a bio-based drop-in gasoline for use in today’s combustion engines. water is then converted to light olefins (C 2 -C 4 ). Chesapeake invested $155 million in Sundrop Fuels in mid-2011. The MTG reaction path. Source: EMRE.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

of China (COMAC) opened a demonstration facility that will turn waste cooking oil, commonly referred to as “gutter oil” in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel. HEET) to clean contaminants from waste oils and convert it into jet fuel at a rate of 160 gallons (650 liters) per day. Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

Whereas the company’s primary focus has historically been to use industrial-grade or waste-derived sugars as feedstocks, the technological maturity of the process now allows consideration of a broader range of feedstocks, including non-biomass-derived sources of carbon.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Neste Oil plans to use yeast and fungi to convert waste into oil for NExBTL feedstock. The technology is designed to produce feedstock for NExBTL renewable diesel by using yeast and fungi to convert sugars from waste and residues into oil highly efficiently. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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JULY 25, 2011

Started in April of 2011, a customized production process for DARPA will be engineered, constructed and operated at Terrabon’s Bryan, TX demonstration facility in an effort to yield 6,000 liters of jet fuel through the use of the company’s MixAlco technology in preparation for commercialization of this technology. Earlier post.)

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billion convertible issue from waste-to-energy specialist China Everbright International and a $311-million IPO by US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy. billion in the first nine months of 2018, making this year certain to be the strongest since at least 2011. billion, up 11-fold, making investment in 2018 the highest since 2011.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

TXE is engaged in developing a gasification facility in Beaumont, Texas that will convert petroleum coke, an oil refining waste product, into hydrogen and pipeline quality carbon dioxide. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2011. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed at this time.

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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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JUNE 22, 2011

Genencor has introduced a new enzyme product—Accellerase TRIO—that it says will enable biofuel producers to more cost-effectively manufacture cellulosic ethanol from a wide range of renewable nonfood feedstocks such as switchgrass, wheat straw and corn stover as well as from municipal solid waste.

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JUNE 4, 2015

announced a development in its fermentation technology that will allow it to produce isobutanol from cellulosic feedstocks such as wood waste; the isobutanol can then be converted into Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet fuel. Earlier post.). Gevo currently makes isobutanol from corn at its plant in Luverne, Minn.,

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MAY 14, 2020

Syngas is typically produced from the gasification of biomass such as municipal solid waste (MSW), agricultural and forest wastes, and wood and energy crops, as well as non-renewable feedstocks such as coal and natural gas. Annex A2: Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (HEFA-SPK) (2011).

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AUGUST 17, 2011

at Harsco’s world headquarters in Pennsylvania, taps into Harsco’s leadership serving the worldwide steel industry, in combination with LanzaTech’s proprietary bioenergy technologies for reducing the carbon footprint of integrated steelmaking operations by converting waste gas to ethanol and high value chemicals.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain. The use of lignin opens up a new biomass waste stream for making economic renewable jet fuel. Earlier post.). Source: FAA. .

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The Celeroton converters CC-230-3500 and CC-120-1000 are compatible with these turbo compressors and enable the sensorless control over the entire operating range. GB with converter CC-120-1000 for the air supply of a 10kW range extender in an electric Fiat 500. Thereby Celeroton offers a one-stop air supply.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Honeywell’s UOP process technology produces Green Jet Fuel from natural oils and wastes. The fuel received ASTM approval for commercial flight in July 2011. to offer technology that converts solid waste biomass, such as forest and agricultural residues, to renewable heat, power and transportation fuels.

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MAY 8, 2012

In 2011, the company announced its first GaN on Silicon products: power transistors, diodes and modules, based on its patented, high-performance EZ GaN technology. Electric power waste that occurs during power conversion is equivalent to the daily output of 318 coal plants, and it costs the US economy $40 billion per year.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The project will convert spent grains and biogas from the brewing process into chemicals that can be used in other applications, such as food, cosmetics, and personal care products. This project will also serve to reduce emissions and waste at each Anheuser-Busch facility where the project is implemented. Earlier post. ).

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Avelino Corma, had reported earlier this year on a new simple, energy-efficient process (that also does not require any organic solvents) for the production of renewable diesel from biomass waste. Torre, Michael Renz (2011) High-Quality Diesel from Hexose- and Pentose-Derived Biomass Platform Molecules. Earlier post.). 201100296.

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JULY 12, 2013

The rollout of these technologies in new GM US models between 2011 and 2016 is expected to improve the fuel economy of our fleet by more than 18 percent, which will translate into a more than 15 percent reduction in CO 2 emissions. GM has reduced total waste 25 kilograms, or 55 pounds, per vehicle since 2010.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

However, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can oxidize any fuel, because the electrolyte transports an oxygen ion, Wachsman noted in a 2011 paper in Science exploring LT-SOFCs. —Wachsman and Lee (2011). The PowerSERG 2-80, also called “The Cube”, connects to a natural gas line and electrochemically converts methane to electricity.

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JULY 30, 2012

Panasonic has developed an artificial photosynthesis system using a gallium nitride photoelectrode and a metal catalyst which uses sunlight to convert CO 2 mainly to formic acid (an important intermediate in chemical synthesis) at an efficiency (solar energy to chemical energy) of 0.2%—a Click to enlarge. 243904 doi: 10.1063/1.4729298.

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JULY 27, 2012

Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant recently inaugurated Germany’s largest pilot plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural waste. Clariant acquired Süd-Chemie in 2011. Earlier post.) The sunliquid process—and the pilot plant in Germany—were initially developed by Süd-Chemie.

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