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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The Diamond Green Diesel facility converts inedible oils and other waste fats into a high-quality renewable diesel fuel. The Diamond Green Diesel facility converts inedible oils and other waste feedstocks into Honeywell Green Diesel, a high-quality fuel that is chemically identical to petroleum-based diesel. Ecofining unit.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Fulcrum will gasify 147,000 tons of municipal solid waste to produce synthesis gas which it then will catalytically convert to synthetic paraffinic kerosene/jet fuel via a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process. The plant will be the first of what the company expects to be several bio jet fuel plants throughout the country. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert six megawatts of input power, will utilize renewable electricity for electrolysis, producing oxygen and hydrogen, the latter which could one day power fuel-cell vehicles. As such, it can be distributed to CNG stations via the natural gas network and will power vehicles starting in 2013.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Eni’s proprietary Eni Slurry Technology (EST) is able to convert refining residues entirely into high-quality light products, eliminating both liquid and solid refining residues with significant environmental benefits. Eni opened its first plant based on EST in 2013.

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APRIL 2, 2015

Siluria’s OCM technology is the first commercially viable process to directly convert natural gas to ethylene, a key building block for the global petrochemicals industry and a new basis from which to produce transportation fuels. The oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) converts methane into ethane and ethylene (C 2 hydrocarbons).

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JULY 16, 2013

Topchiev Institute for Petrochemical Synthesis ( TIPS ) on marketing a new technology developed by TIPS to convert flared gases into hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline. The TIPS catalytic converter delivers considerably better properties than those currently being used in the industry, TNO said. —Kolesnikova et al. Biryukova, E.;

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JUNE 19, 2021

The BMW i Hydrogen NEXT is a pure electric vehicle that uses hydrogen as fuel by converting it into electricity in a fuel cell. An electric converter located below the fuel cell adjusts its voltage to that of the electric motor, which powers the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT. The fuel cell system delivers an electrical output of 125 kW/170 hp.

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DECEMBER 14, 2013

Topchiev Institute for Petrochemical Synthesis (TIPS) are creating a company that will bring a new gas-to-liquids technology to market to turn gas or biomass into fuel. This new method requires fewer conversion steps to convert gas or biomass into higher hydrocarbons, with fuel the main application. Earlier post.). Kolesnikova, E.;

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Natural gas engine and vehicle company Westport Innovations Inc. In October, a Prins technology paper presented at the 2013 Global Technology Conference (GTC) in London “Development of Dual Fuel technology: Prins Dieselblend-2.0 The company reported €19.7 million tonnes in 2013—an increase of 9.4 million (US$15.1

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AUGUST 1, 2013

Gevo will sell the isobutanol it produces in the specialty chemicals and specialty oxygenated fuel blendstock markets, and use it as a building block to make jet fuel and chemical products, such as paraxylene, which is converted into PET and used in the production of bottles and fibers. —Patrick Gruber, Gevo CEO.

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JUNE 29, 2013

Canada-based waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem Inc. million) financing, which brings total equity investment raised by Enerkem in 2013 to C$87 million (US$82.7 With its proprietary technology, Enerkem converts non-recyclable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely used chemical intermediates. gasification.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

BRUSA won two of the eCarTec Awards presented at eCarTec Munich 2013 trade fair. Other eCarTec 2013 winners. On the vehicle side, besides the secondary coil an additional module is also required containing a power control unit, AC/DC converter and other communication components. Click to enlarge. Volkswagen e-up!

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MARCH 12, 2011

has selected Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, to perform the engineering design for a project that will use Envergent’s RTP Rapid Thermal Processing technology ( earlier post ) to convert palm biomass to renewable heat and electricity. Premium Renewable Energy (Malaysia) Sdn.

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MARCH 19, 2014

In its Form 10-K (annual report) filed with the SEC on 17 March, cellulosic renewable fuels company KiOR said it has “ substantial doubts about [its] ability to continue as a going concern ”. As of 28 February 2014, the company had aggregate indebtedness of $279.5 Earlier post.). —KiOR 10-K.

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JUNE 4, 2013

Belcher’s technology has given rise to two companies. In 2007, Belcher co-founded Siluria Technologies, which converts lower-value methane gas into high-value liquid transportation fuel. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 25, 2013

Chemical companies churn out billions of tons of acrylate each year, usually by heating propylene, a compound derived from crude oil. Bernskoetter (2013) Lewis Acid Induced ?-Elimination A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Organometallics. Dong Jin, Timothy J. Schmeier, Paul G. Williard, Nilay Hazari, and Wesley H.

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JUNE 11, 2021

As part of a $6-million project funded in part by a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC), Oberon is converting waste methanol into rDME at its upgraded facility in Brawley, Calif. Once delivered, rDME can be converted to renewable hydrogen at the point of use. In 2013, Oberon Fuels’ refinery in Brawley, Calif.,

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Sekisui , a multibillion dollar Japanese diversified chemicals company and LanzaTech report making significant progress on a waste-to-chemicals platform converting municipal solid waste (MSW) to ethanol or other new products. 20,000 liter per year MSW pilot facility.

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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. The Essex Engine Plant received landfill-free status in 2012 and Windsor Engine Plant in 2013.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Neste Oil’s microbial oil technology is designed to produce feedstock for Neste’s renewable fuel process by using yeast and fungi efficiently to convert sugars from waste and residues into oil. The company noted that it was continuing extensive R&D work to develop new, long-term renewable inputs for NExBTL production. Background.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The inverter converts high-voltage direct current (DC) stored in the high-voltage (HV) battery into high-voltage alternating current (AC) for the motor/generator. It also converts AC into DC during regenerative braking for storage in the HV battery. No other Toyota or Lexus models are affected, according to the company.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

e-troFit is individually adapted to the customer’s requirements: Based on an analysis of the route profile, the company determines the actual battery capacity requirement and uses only as much battery as necessary. Since 2013, the Group has equipped several hundred trolleybuses worldwide with lithium-ion battery systems.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Juniper GTL LLC President Vianney Valès announced the company will invest $100 million to renovate a dormant steam methane reformer in the Westlake, Louisiana area and convert it to a natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility, producing waxes, drilling fluids, diesel and naphtha.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

In 2013, BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) signed binding agreements aimed at long-term collaboration between the two companies for the joint development of a hydrogen fuel cell system, among other technologies and vehicles. These agreements follow a memorandum of understanding signed in June 2012. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Air Products is a world-leading industrial gas company that produces and transports hydrogen and other essential industrial gases to many customer facilities in Louisiana, across the US Gulf Coast and around the world. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Air Products Chairman, President, and CEO Seifi Ghasemi announced a $4.5-billion

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

On 13 February ECD sold its majority owned subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. However, current cash is anticipated to be sufficient for expected operations during the Chapter 11 proceeding, and therefore the Company is not expected to require third-party debtor-in-possession financing. Earlier post.) Sale of United Solar.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. The company sold 14,177,849 shares of common stock in a private placement to existing Amyris investors. The company sold 14,177,849 shares of common stock in a private placement to existing Amyris investors. has completed a $42.25 million private placement of its common stock.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Cobalt Technologies, a developer of next-generation bio-based chemicals, and specialty chemical company Rhodia, member of the Solvay Group, will begin joint development and operation of a bio-butanol demonstration facility in Brazil. Work will begin in August 2012 and will move to a mill site in early 2013 for integration testing.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The project targets the development of a value chain that converts renewable resources into isobutene and subsequently into methacrylic acid, an essential component of acrylic paints. In 2013, the Company announced that, as part of its “Investissements d’Avenir” program, the French government had granted financing of €5.2

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MARCH 27, 2014

Underscoring the importance of lightweighting to the industry, one of America’s largest flatbed carriers, TMC Transportation, is converting its fleet to the Ultra ONE starting in 2014. The company is expanding its wheels presence in Europe and into China and Brazil to capture growing global demand for its wheels.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

RRB’s first plant will convert approximately 140,000 dry tons of woody biomass feedstock into at least 12 million gallons per year of renewable jet, diesel, and naphtha fuels. In July 2013, Red Rock Biofuels was awarded $4.1 The blended product will be used at Southwest’s Bay Area operations with first delivery expected in 2016.

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APRIL 28, 2022

the third-largest propane supplier in the US, is the first company to make this more sustainable blended product available to its customers across Southern California. Oberon partner Suburban Propane Partners, L.P., Oberon Fuels’ pilot DME production plant in Brawley, California, 2 hours east of San Diego.

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JULY 3, 2012

Global Bioenergies, an industrial biology company. period), the company now has a market capitalization of ~€36 million (~US$45.3$). The construction of the industrial pilot will start mid-2013 ; this construction as well as the corresponding assays to be carried out subsequently will require an additional financing.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

AMP Americas signed a deal with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers, both national dairy cooperatives, to convert a portion of their diesel needs to CNG by working with haulers to convert their fleets to CNG-powered trucks. million miles per year, servicing routes throughout Texas.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

The purpose of the GTL Pilot Plant is to commercially demonstrate converting stranded natural gas resources to synthetic crude oil. The company is switching its focus to GTL. The Liberty technical team is also credited for designing the FT (Fischer-Tropsch) Reactor which will convert the synthetic gas to synthetic crude oil.

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MARCH 27, 2014

has agreed to mutually terminate its contract with Long Beach Transportation Company (LBT) for the delivery of 10 electric buses. BYD said that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) withdrew funding of the contract as a result of an error in BYD’s pre-bid disadvantaged business program certification in February 2013.

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MAY 8, 2014

During the first quarter of 2014, Tesla Motors produced a record 7,535 Model S vehicles for global delivery; the company also delivered 6,457 cars worldwide—slightly exceeding guidance—while also filling the pipeline of deliveries into Europe and Asia. North American net orders grew sequentially by more than 10% in the quarter.

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