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Terrabon awarded $9.6M by Logos Technologies to produce 6,000 liters of renewable jet fuel for DARPA via MixAlco process

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million, 18-month contract by Logos Technologies to design a more economical and renewable jet fuel (BioJet) production solution for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). In January 2011, Terrabon reported exceeding its target yield threshold of 70 gallons of biogasoline per dry ton of garbage. has been awarded a $9.6-million,

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Delivery of renewable isooctane to Audi tips interesting potential non-biomass pathway for biogasoline; “e-benzin” as solar fuel

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Last week, Audi and its partner Global Bioenergies announced that the first batch of renewable isooctane—which Audi calls “e-benzin”—using Global Bioenergies’ fermentative isobutene pathway (sugar→isobutene→isooctane) had been produced and presented to Audi by Global Bioenergies. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

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Volpe Center, to accelerate commercial availability of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable drop-in aviation fuel. 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. Earlier post.).

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Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

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The biggest challenge is in the deconstruction stage, with high costs for pretreatment and enzymes. These costs have to go down, but improvements will come from optimizing the whole system, from feedstock to production. Waste-to-fuel. Biojet (renewable hydrocarbon fuels for aviation). Marine scrubbers.

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Virginia Tech professor proposes simple biomass-to-wheel efficiency analysis to inform decisions on biomass/biofuel/powertrain combinations; the advantage of sugar fuel cell vehicles

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Zhang proposed the concept of the SFCV in a paper in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science in 2009 to address problems such as high-density hydrogen storage in FCV, low-cost sustainable hydrogen production, costly hydrogen distribution infrastructure, and safety. indirect costs (e.g., and hidden costs (e.g.,

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United Airlines begins commercial-scale use of renewable jet fuel; 15M gallons over 3-year period

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To highlight this achievement, United will operate flights between Los Angeles and San Francisco with the dedicated use of AltAir Paramount renewable fuel for two weeks, while also integrating this fuel into its regular operations at the airport. In 2011, United became the first US carrier to operate a commercial advanced biofuel flight.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. How PHEV provides Smooth Transitions from fossil fuel to renewables.

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