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JUNE 24, 2017

Rodriguez and colleagues were among the team of scientists who helped to characterize the structural and mechanistic details of the catalyst, which was synthesized and tested by collaborators at Peking University in an effort led by Chemistry Professor Ding Ma. NSLS, NSLS-II, CFN, CNMS, and ALS are all DOE Office of Science User Facilities.

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The proposed plant would take more than 500,000 tonnes each year of non-recyclable everyday household and commercial solid waste destined for landfill or incineration such as meal packaging, diapers and takeaway coffee cups and convert it into more than 60 million liters (15.85

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Novozymes has introduced the Spirizyme T Portfolio, an advanced suite of glucoamylase enzymes with trehalase and other yield enhancing activities that provide the most total sugar conversion in the industry. The more DP2 an ethanol plant can convert; the more ethanol it will produce.

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In December 2017, ARENA announced the funding round into hydrogen R&D. Electrical energy can readily be converted into hydrogen via electrolysis. Funding recipients are: Australian National University (ANU) Hydrogen Generation by Electro-Catalytic Systems – $615,682. ANU Direct Water Electrolysis – $1,235,407.

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Researchers from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have found that three UF/IFAS-developed sorghum varieties could produce up to 10,500 liters of ethanol per hectare (about 1,100 gallons US per acre). Castro is now a researcher at the University of Jaén in Spain. Sagues, Marco T.

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As such, this industry has an urgent need to reduce its environmental impact. Mærsk and Wallenius Wilhelmsen have teamed up with the University of Copenhagen and major customers including BMW Group, H&M Group, Levi Strauss & Co. Neither lignin nor ethanol separately are currently major biofuel options for the shipping industry.

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Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. Overall, the team concluded, the technology platform may be useful for the economic viability of glycerol-related industries. g/L/h, respectively.

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Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.

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The move has been welcomed by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as a significant step forward in the UK’s contribution to reducing carbon emissions. What will be the UK’s largest independent vehicle battery manufacturer will open in early 2019 in Coventry.

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A University of Washington team is trying to make poplar an economically viable biofuel feedstock by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently—after only two or three years—instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle. Chang Dou/University of Washington. Click to enlarge.

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Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has selected IHI Corporation and Toshiba Corporation as co-researchers in a project to develop and to demonstrate an underwater floating-type turbine system for ocean energy power generation. The project is slated to continue until FY 2017.

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The technology converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely-used chemicals. In November 2017, Enerkem received approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to sell cellulosic ethanol produced at its Edmonton facility under the US Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).

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Simona Onori, an assistant professor at Clemson University, has received a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to advance her work to develop integrated modeling and control for aftertreatment systems to reduce fine-particle emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

By 2030, aluminum demand from Electric Vehicles (EVs) will near 10 million tonnes, a ten-fold increase from 2017, according to analysis by mining and metals business intelligence firm CRU. From a share of 4% in 2017, CRU expects electric vehicles to account for approximately 30% of the global vehicle fleet by 2030.

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These efforts will support Visteon’s approach to autonomous driving, which encompasses three key elements: Creating fail-safe, centralized domain controller hardware leveraging Visteon’s industry-first cockpit domain controller, Smartcore. Earlier post.).

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This work could be used to improve enzyme performance to better break down biomass and convert waste plant matter to renewable fuels and products. This provides insight into how the microbe is protecting and decorating its enzymes for optimal activity, which in turn provides clues on how to improve them for industrial applications.

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Once completed in 2019, the scale-up and research facility will be used to develop, test and industrialize lithium-ion battery cells before large-scale production. Northvolt has entered into strategic industrial partnerships with ABB, Vestas and Scania. During the past 12 months it has made progress towards achieving the goal.

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A study by a team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. This is important because many industry lobbying groups argue that current levels are too stringent and should be relaxed. —Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University. million U.S.

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The FPLG can be used in a small-scale organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system and can directly convert the thermodynamic energy of working fluid into electricity. Beijing University of Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, and Datong North Tianli Turbocharging Technology Co., 2017.08.031.

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Among drivers testing the vehicles were CRI staff and members of the Icelandic Automobile Association as well as several local service providers in the auto industry. The association was officially launched by the founding partners in Brussels on November 30, 2017. CRI incorporated a joint venture in China under the name CRI Ji Xin.

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in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. An expert in power electronic converters, electrical machines, and novel grid components, he spent almost his entire career in academia, conducting research in power electronics. from the University of Pennsylvania , in Philadelphia, in 1959.

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The GDL in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell provides a steady supply of gas to the catalyst layers, which are located on both sides of the ion exchange membrane and which convert hydrogen and oxygen into electrical energy and water. W/cm 2 at 0.6 CNRS Montpellier, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., 2011.12.148.

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However, industrial synthesis is costly, and the precursor from hydrocracking of petroleum has low selectivity. 1,8-cineole is readily converted to p-menthane, which is a C 10 cycloalkane in the jet fuel range. Cyclic hydrocarbons (i.e. cycloalkanes) can be used to make dense jet fuels with high thermal stability. —Yang et al.

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The discovery was made by a joint research team led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa (Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University) and Professor Tetsuro Majima (Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University). Resources. Fujitsuka, Y. 56, 5299 doi: 10.1002/anie.201702223. 201702223.

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MAY 6, 2017

The results of their new method demonstrate its potential to produce valuable novel strains of yeast for industrial use, as well as to reveal a more sophisticated understanding of the yeast genome.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Licht (2017). —Licht (2017). Click to enlarge.

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Researchers from the University of Liverpool (UK), with colleagues from Dalian University of Technology (China) and the University of Hull (UK), have developed a new process for the direct, one-step activation of carbon dioxide and methane (dry reforming of methane) into higher value liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g.,

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Traffic contributes more to NO x emissions in Europe than previously thought, according to a new study by a team at the University of Innsbruck. Lee (2017) “Urban eddy covariance measurements reveal significant missing NO x emissions in Central Europe,” Scientific Reports 7, 2536 doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-02699-9. Resources. Krismer, C.

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Scientists led by a team at Caltech and BP, and in collaboration with researchers at UCLA, ETH Zürich, and China’s Nanjing University, have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds (down to ~2 ppm) from gas and diesel fuel. A paper on their work is published in the journal Nature Energy. —Anton Toutov.

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Duke University researchers have engineered rhodium nanoparticles that can harness the energy in ultraviolet light and use it to catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide to methane, a key building block for many types of fuels. An open-access paper on the work is published in Nature Communications.

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an associative business model as it complements the first-generation ethanol industry, presenting significant synergies to both sides. With this technology, it is possible to convert several types of raw materials into a variety of biochemicals and biofuels.

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Grove, who was a true technical and business leader in the semiconductor industry, and many people I admire have received this award.” She joined IBM Research in Zurich in 1998 while pursuing her doctorate in physics in collaboration with the University of Bayreuth , also in Germany. After earning her Ph.D.

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Jaguar Land Rover (lead company), Ford Motor Company, IAV (UK), CPT, BP, University of Nottingham, Imperial College London. A hydrogen fuel cell version of the van is due to be launched in 2017. For vehicles to have minimal impact on air quality, catalytic converters have been fitted to modern engines.

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A multiplexer processed this data, and an analog-to-digital converter changed it to a pulse-code modulated signal. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the USDA had worked with NASA and labs at Purdue University and the University of Michigan to develop new ways to identify crops from high-altitude aircraft and satellites.

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He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. How will you add value to the EAA Board?

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He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. How will you add value to the EAA Board?

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JULY 27, 2017

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a novel green route to convert aluminium foil waste into highly active nano-mesoporous alumina (γ-Al 2 O 3 ) (designated as ACFL550). Alumina has direct application as a catalyst and catalyst support in the automotive and petroleum industries. 2 O and Al(NO 3 ) 3.9H

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