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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

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. HSBC joined the partnership in 2014. Each gallon of ethanol is converted to produce ½gallon of aviation fuel.

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JUNE 24, 2015

The Alphabet Energy PowerModule is a solid-state, liquid-cooled electrical generator that converts exhaust heat into electricity using Alphabet Energy’s proprietary PowerBlocks thermoelectric materials. Compared to other waste heat recovery systems, the E1 requires only minor up front engineering scope and no operation by the customer.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Tenneco and Gentherm (formerly BSST/Amerigon) are part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) consortium actively developing a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for capturing waste exhaust heat in vehicles and converting it to electrical energy to be used to power electrical systems within the vehicle. Doug Crane, Gentherm.

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MARCH 30, 2015

Maverick Synfuels announced the availability of the Maverick Oasis BG Gas-to-Liquid methanol plant product line. These plants convert biogas from sources such as anaerobic digesters and landfills into higher value methanol, one of the world’s most widely used industrial chemicals. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

However, they also noted, high PTW efficiencies and the moderate fuel economies of current compressed natural gas vehicles (CNGVs) make them a viable option as well. The study investigated the the WTW energy and emissions from the use of natural gas in CNGVs with a range of CNGV fuel economy and natural gas compressor efficiency.

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MARCH 30, 2014

In addition, this year’s call sought to promote submissions on two particular themes: natural gas monetization and materials for energy. They can thus be optimized for applications such as carbon capture, wastewater filtration, and natural gas storage, and for use in devices including fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, and solar cells.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

In a study investigating the effect of the water and free fatty acid (FFA) content in waste chicken fat from poultry processing plants on the production of renewable diesel (not biodiesel), researchers in Thailand have found that both higher FFA and water content improved the biohydrogenated diesel (BHD) yield. —Kaewmeesri et al.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

British Airways, in partnership with the Solena Group , will establish Europe’s first plant for sustainable jet-fuel and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. The plant will gasify waste biomass, and use a Fischer-Tropsch process to convert the resulting syngas to biojet fuel and bionaphtha.

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2014 Renewable Fuel London 199

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JULY 11, 2017

LanzaTech’s first commercial facility converting waste emissions from steel production to ethanol will come online in China in late 2017. LanzaTech has developed a gas fermentation process based on biological catalysts to make fuels and chemicals from a range of waste gases instead of sugars and yeast.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Despite the decision to de-emphasize microbial oil, Neste Oil emphasized that cellulosic waste will continue to play an important role in its research strategy, adding that it remains committed to its goal of further extending its feedstock base and making greater use of waste and residues in this area in particular. Background.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

IH 2 is a new thermochemical process that employs a catalyzed fluidized bed hydropyrolysis step followed by an integrated hydroconversion step to directly convert biomass into high-quality, fungible hydrocarbon fuels. GTI anticipates full-scale commercial plants converting 2,000 tons a day will be operating by 2014. Source: GTI.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The oil fraction broke down into 17-23% gasoline-range product; 35-42% diesel #1; 19-25% diesel #2; and 14-24% vacuum gas oil. Previous studies have used pyrolysis to convert plastic bags into crude oil. The Illinois Hazardous Waste Research Fund and the Environmental Research and Education Foundation supported this study.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For some years now, Audi has been conducting research into climate-friendly, CO 2 -based fuels such as e-gas, e-gasoline or synthetically manufactured e-diesel fuel. To produce it, the power-to-liquid plant converts surplus hydropower into synthetic fuel. Earlier post.) The company is now taking the next step in e-diesel production.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Siemens Metals Technologies and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, have signed a ten-year co-operation agreement to develop and market integrated environmental solutions for the steel industry worldwide. Earlier post.).

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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 A3: Hydroprocessed Fermented Sugars to Synthetic Isoparaffins (HFS-SIP) (2014).

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

As part of the agreement, emissions (or offtake gas) from various HeidelbergCement factories could provide Joule with the waste CO 2 required to feed its advanced Helioculture platform that effectively recycles CO 2 back into fuel. This initial relationship fits well with Joule’s strategy of turning waste CO 2 into liquid fuel.

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. In 2014, 5.4% of total gas and diesel purchased was displaced by using these alternative fuels.

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JANUARY 2, 2011

to build the world’s second commercial-scale plant to produce jet fuel from waste for its aircraft. In February 2010, British Airways, in partnership with Solena, will establish Europe’s first plant for sustainable jet-fuel and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals. Charging infrastructure.

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Transportation Climate Energy Gas-Electric 150

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JULY 21, 2015

FedEx joins Southwest Airlines, which signed a purchase agreement with RedRock in November 2014 for about 3 million gallons per year, in purchasing Red Rock’s total planned available volume of jet fuel. and will convert approximately 140,000 dry tons of woody biomass into 15 million gallons per year of renewable jet, diesel and naphtha fuels.

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APRIL 18, 2012

The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) hosted an open house at its new Pilot-Scale IH 2 Plant in Chicago, Illinois to demonstrate the successful efforts to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. The timeline to market is short, with commercial introduction expected in early 2014. Earlier post.). billion gallons.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

The government of British Columbia recently unveiled its Climate Leadership Plan , targeting the reduction of net annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 25 million tonnes below current forecasts by 2050 and the creation of up to 66,000 jobs over the next ten years. BC’s target is to reduce 2050 emissions 80% below 2007 levels.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The major sources of methane in California are livestock (~30% of the state’s methane emissions), followed by landfills and oil and gas production. Methane is 72 times more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO 2 , which is the most prevalent global warming gas. CO 2 remains in the atmosphere for up to a century.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

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JULY 29, 2015

Bio-based feedstocks from fats, plant oils and waste residues are converted to renewable diesel using advanced refining technologies. Neste produces NEXBTL renewable diesel from a variety of feedstocks including more than half from waste and residues. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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MAY 12, 2015

Global Bioenergies has successfully converted renewable resources first into gaseous isobutene via fermentation, which was then subsequently catalytically oligomerized into a mix of fuel-range liquid hydrocarbons, including iso-octane. Earlier post.). Gaseous isobutene is one of the main building blocks of the petrochemical industry.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The facility will convert more than 500,000 metric tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas (BioSynGas) every year, using Solena’s proprietary plasma gasification technology. Solena’s fuel-flexible proprietary gasification technology will utilize waste biomass normally destined for landfill. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Joule’s Helioculture platform uses engineered microorganisms directly and continuously to convert sunlight and waste CO 2 into infrastructure-ready fuels, including ethanol and hydrocarbons (n-alkanes) that serve as the essential chemical building blocks for diesel. Reinhard Otten (2013) Alternative Kraftstoffe der 3.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

At the SAE 2014 World Congress, a team from Toyota Central R&D Labs presented their own work on a prototype 10 kW Free Piston Engine Linear Generator (FPEG) featuring a thin and compact build, high efficiency and high fuel flexibility. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 25, 2016

Thermoelectric conversion technology that converts energy abandoned as waste heat back to electric power is strongly anticipated to be used for saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The spin current is a flow of a magnetic property of an electron.

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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. A demo flight with the new fuel is planned in 12-18 months, with commercialization targeted for 2014. Earlier post.).

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JULY 2, 2015

With the aid of genetically modified strains of Clostridium , the research team ferments the gas into alcohols and acetone, converts both substances catalytically into a kind of intermediary diesel product, and from produce kerosene and special chemicals. —Stefan Jennewein of IME, who is coordinating the project. Breitkreuz, K.,

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The D-code (D#) of a RIN identifies the renewable fuel standard category for a particular fuel based on its projected greenhouse gas reduction requirement. In February 2014, ASTM International released a specification for DME as a fuel. EPA currently has five RIN D-codes (D3, D4, D5, D6 and D7).

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MAY 26, 2015

Global Bioenergies, founded in 2008, has developed a synthetic isobutene pathway that, when implanted in a micro-organism, enables the organism to convert sugars (e.g., The process to convert isobutene to isooctane is well-established. Earlier post.). using just water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 16, 2013

Among the technologies available to convert hydrocarbon-based resources (which include not only fossil fuels but also, potentially, biomass and municipal solid waste) to electricity, SOFCs are unique in their potential efficiency. Redox plans to release The Cube in 2014. Science Vol. 935-939 doi: 10.1126/science.1204090.

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APRIL 23, 2014

ATJ, like the Fischer-Tropsch pathway, has the potential to use lignocellulosic waste as feedstock, but promises to do so at less cost than Fischer-Tropsch. Hydrogen gas, a byproduct of the aromatization reaction, is used to remove unsaturated bonds in the aliphatic material. Bio-isobutanol producer Gevo, Inc. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 12, 2016

Together, SLCPs represent about 12% of California’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory. This would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 94 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO 2 e) annually under the approach that measures the impact of these super pollutants over a 20-year span. Black Carbon.

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JUNE 4, 2013

The airline is purchasing the advanced biofuel at a price competitive with traditional, petroleum-based jet fuel, and AltAir expects to begin delivering five million gallons of renewable jet fuel per year to United starting in 2014. United will use the biofuel on flights operating out of its Los Angeles hub (LAX).

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