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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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The KCP winners, announced during a celebration at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Friday, 28 June, were chosen from almost 150 applications from all over the world. African Clean Energy (Lesotho) produces cookstoves that reduce smoke emissions and solar electricity for small electronics and LED lighting.

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GM, Honda to collaborate on next-generation fuel cell technologies; targeting commercial feasibility in 2020 time frame

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According to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, GM and Honda rank Nº 1 and Nº 2, respectively, in total fuel cell patents filed between 2002 and 2012, with more than 1,200 between them. GM and Honda are both leaders in fuel cell technology, with longstanding fuel cell research and development programs. Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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Researchers propose CO2 recycling to improve Fischer-Tropsch GTL efficiency and reduce total CO2 emissions

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At this moment, it is very important to render the GTL technology more efficient because we do not need to disturb ourselves to change the energy-related infrastructure and the transportation vehicles already fitted to petroleum if we can effectively convert natural gas to the clean liquid fuels and useful basic chemicals. —Zhang et al.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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ION Clean Energy Inc. The University of Akron in collaboration with Aspen Aerogels, Inc., The test will allow project participants to gather data for further process scale-up of carbon capture technology. DOE Funding: $13,000,000; Non-DOE Funding: $3,272,127; Total: $16,272,127.

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NREL report estimates gasoline produced from biomass could cost about the same as ethanol

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The cleaned and conditioned syngas is converted to methanol in a fixed bed reactor containing a copper/zinc oxide/alumina catalyst. Tar reforming is envisioned to occur in an isothermal fluidized bed reactor; deactivated reforming catalyst is separated from the effluent syngas and regenerated online. Methanol Synthesis.

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UMass Amherst Licenses Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Technology to Startup Anellotech to Produce Renewable Biogasoline

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People are going to pull up to the gas station and pump fuel produced with this clean, green technology in their cars without necessarily being aware of it. Aspen Plus software will be used for process design simulation. All the changes will be made on the front end, at the biorefinery. to assist in pilot plant design.

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Announcing our Partnership with Wallbox

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Arcos Energy (Aspen, CO-based). Commercial hosts have the option to set higher prices for public access and earn additional revenue by sharing chargers with neighbors and community members. EVmatch partners that are currently offering the Wallbox Pulsar Plus + EVmatch solution to customers include: Resound Energy (Seattle area-based).

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