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

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into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. 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. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) Earlier post.).

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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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signed a three-way agreement for the joint development of a common fuel cell system to speed up availability of the technology and significantly reduce investment costs. Toyota’s Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – Advanced (FCHV-adv), part of a fleet of 100 in a nationwide demonstration program, was recently on-site at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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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. The states of technologies have a large impact on the capital and operating costs required for the process. per gallon ($0.41 per liter) and $1.49 per gallon ($0.39 Methanol Synthesis. Phillips, S.

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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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Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. ION Clean Energy Inc. The project team will develop a cost-effective method for synthesizing sufficient quantities of solvent to perform a 0.5

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

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Huber’s patent-pending technique offers a low-cost, single-step process for turning sawdust, woody stalks and other waste biomass into gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil and valuable chemical commodities such as benzene, toluene and xylenes. Aspen Plus software will be used for process design simulation. Earlier post.).

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Announcing our Partnership with Wallbox

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Here are some key benefits of our integration with the Wallbox Pulsar Plus: The Pulsar Plus is cost-competitive EV charging hardware designed for versatile use, including commercial, multi-family, and residential applications. Arcos Energy (Aspen, CO-based). Integration Features and Details. A 48A (11.5 More to come!

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