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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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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Neste Oil has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and molds for use as a feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. Commercial production is likely to be possible by 2015 at the earliest. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

A study by a team at the University Putra Malaysia concluded that the gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, could, if scaled up, produce hydrogen at a supply cost of $2.11/kg The US Department of Energy (DOE) 2015 cost target for hydrogen is $2.00-$3.00/kg

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. billion above the FY 2015 Enacted level, sustains DOE’s role as the largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and develops and operates advanced scientific user facilities at the National Laboratories to maintain the nation’s primacy in science and innovation.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found atmospheric levels growing at record values. As a result, they reported that they had almost completely eliminated HFC-23 emissions by 2017. Resources.

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APRIL 6, 2018

A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated after harvesting mushrooms, is capable of directly converting cellulose to biobutanol. Credit: National University of Singapore.

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JULY 27, 2012

The Ohio Third Frontier awarded $3 million to the University of Dayton Research Institute to provide specialized materials for use in additive manufacturing. By 2015, the sale of additive manufacturing products and services worldwide is expected to grow to $3.7 Earlier post.). billion from $1.71 —Brian Rice.

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DECEMBER 3, 2016

Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of their new pathway for biojet from biomass waste. Butler from the University of Washington for the business aspects of the project. Earlier post.).

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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. Commercial-scale production is expected by 2015 at the earliest.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) will provide an battery-electric 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf ( earlier post ) to Stanford University for research dedicated to advancing e-mobility and improving the driver experience in electric vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Much of Borkowski’s work involves improving the environmental impact of ice cream production by cutting waste and reducing the amount of energy needed to keep products frozen. Unilever is targeting sustainability across the company, so cutting waste and improving energy efficiency are key. It wasn’t easy.

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MAY 16, 2016

Fumes from nitrogen-rich fertilizers and animal waste combine in the air with combustion emissions to form solid particles, which constitute a major source of disease and death, according to the new study. A 2015 study in the journal Nature estimates they cause at least 3.3 micrometers across, about 1/30 the width of a human hair.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

is considering targeting its lower-temperature molten-salt electrolyte battery, being developed in partnership with Kyoto University ( earlier post ), to makers of electric and hybrid passenger cars, according to Bloomberg. In a joint project with Kyoto University, Sumitomo developed a molten salt with a melting point as low as 57 °C.

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DECEMBER 30, 2014

Researchers at Washington State University report microwave-induced pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene (a model of waste plastics) using ZSM-5 as a catalyst to generate significant amounts (74.73–88.49%) 88.49%) of gasoline-range hydrocarbons. coke deposition on ZSM-5 unde most conditions. 2014.12.013.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The only waste product is fresh clean water which could be used to refill the aircraft’s water system throughout the flight. easyJet and Cranfield University signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement last year to share innovation and knowledge. grams CO 2 per passenger kilometer.

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JULY 9, 2015

—Shinji Suzuki, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Tokyo. The roadmap explored the use of six feedstocks: municipal waste, microalgae, natural oils, waste food oil, non-edible biomass and woody biomass.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Researchers at the University of Houston, with their colleagues at Boston College, have created a new thermoelectric material—germanium-doped magnesium stannide (Mg 2 Sn 0.75 Ge 0.25 )—intended to generate electric power from waste heat with greater efficiency and higher output power than currently available materials.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

The project launched in July 2015 and consists of six partners including The Crown Estate, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Queen’s University Belfast and Newcastle University. million (US$4.34-million)

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AUGUST 18, 2019

It’s an improvement over traditional processes, which require facilities with a large footprint, high capital and operating costs and a large amount of waste generated. Extracting desirable elements without co-extracting undesirable ones means less waste is created that will need downstream treatment and disposal. —Ramesh Bhave.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) Tri-Cities have developed a catalytic process to convert corn stover lignin into hydrocarbons (C 7 –C 18 )—primarily C 12 –C 18 cyclic structure hydrocarbons in the jet fuel range. The work is featured on. the cover of the December issue of the RSC journal Green Chemistry. Tucker, John R.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

The program’s 2012-2014 plan calls for investing $330 million between 2014 and 2015 in innovative technologies that provide benefits to electric ratepayers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Colony Energy Partners Tulare, LLC: $5 million to construct a digester for processing waste that will produce 2.8

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

By employing proprietary pretreatment and processing, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Drexel University have produced flexible polymer carbon composite films from scrap tires for use as electrodes for supercapacitors. The first synthesized highly porous carbon (1625 m 2  g −1 ) using waste tires as the precursor.

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MARCH 22, 2017

It is currently being field tested in the US by Volvo CE’s customer Waste Management—the largest environmental services and recycling company in North America. The Swedish Energy Agency—a government agency for national energy policy issues—is helping to fund the project and the universities are carrying out research.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

million to a project to develop a high-efficiency engine system that integrates a compact micro-hybrid configuration of a supercharger with an electric waste heat recovery system and employs high rates of recirculated exhaust gases. The project— Split Micro-hybrid Boosting Enabling Highly Diluted Combustion —is headed by Anna G.

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

A team led by researchers from the University of Alberta (Canada) Scientists has developed a hybrid sodium-ion capacitor (NIC) using active materials in both the anode and the cathode derived entirely from peanut shells—a green and highly economical waste globally generated at more than 6 million tons per year. Batteries'

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JULY 24, 2015

The work also involved researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Arizona State University; and Xiamen University in China. Science 2015; 349:412-416 Click to enlarge. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. C) Mass activities (at 0.9

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APRIL 22, 2016

Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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MAY 14, 2020

In FY2017, IHI Group began, in partnership with Kobe University, the NEDO supported R&D project “Development of Production Technologies for Bio jet fuels / Pilot scale test on once through production process” to produce algae-based biofuel, using the hyper-growth Botryococcus braunii. Feedstock(s): Syngas. Feedstock(s): Same as Annex A1.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

PM emissions from current vehicles in Beijing could be reduced by approximately 19% by simply blending 20% synthetic diesel with currently available diesel, according to a new study by Tsinghua University, the Desert Research Institute in Nevada and Greyrock Energy, a developer of gas-to-liquids technology.

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MAY 31, 2017

Researchers at Loughborough University in the UK have developed a novel system that enhances SCR operation to further reduce NO x emissions and improve diesel engine efficiency. In 2015 the UK Government estimated that exposure to NOx and particulate matter emissions from diesel engines lead to around 52,000 additional deaths in the UK.

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APRIL 3, 2015

This may accelerate practical applications of thermoelectric systems in refrigeration and beyond to waste heat recovery and power generation. Jeffrey Snyder, Sung Wng Kim (2015) “Dense dislocation arrays embedded in grain boundaries for high-performance bulk thermoelectric” Science doi: 10.1126/science.aaa4166. Te 3 ) alloy.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage—carbonized chicken feathers (CCFF)—that they say could meet the DOE requirements for hydrogen storage and are competitive with carbon nanotubes and metal hydrates at a tiny fraction of their cost. Wool, University of Delaware.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The goal is to expand the network of publicly accessible hydrogen fueling stations to serve the current population of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and to accommodate the planned large-scale roll-out of FCVs commencing in 2015. applied at the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of. million, whichever is less.

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MARCH 27, 2015

DTNA’s SuperTruck was unveiled at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show. DTNA unveiled its SuperTruck at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in the Freightliner Trucks booth. liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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JUNE 3, 2015

Using additive manufacturing (3D printing) to produce aircraft’s metal parts could save a significant amount of fuel, materials and other resources, according to a new study by researchers from Northwestern University, Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, and the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office. billion GJ.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

The team, led by scientists from Harvard University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, employed a microfluidic assembly technique to produce microcapsules that contain liquid sorbents encased in highly permeable polymer shells. Hardin IV of Harvard University; and Elizabeth Glogowski of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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JUNE 15, 2016

The 2015-16 Sustainability Report highlights key environmental benchmarks and the ongoing work of the automaker, including its expanded focus beyond vehicle production to developing mobility solutions for the future. Numerous Ford facilities send no waste to landfills. Mobility and electrification. Ford will also spend $2.1

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