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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. Field testing will be conducted at a renewable power generation site in California to capture operational data on the novel process and material combination under real conditions. The University of Akron in collaboration with Aspen Aerogels, Inc.,

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

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A new report from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) concludes that gasoline produced via the methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) route ( earlier post ) using syngas from a 2,000 dry metric tonne/day (2,205 US ton/day) biomass-fed facility could have a plant gate price (PGP) of $1.95/gallon Source: NREL.

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

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The University of Massachusetts Amherst recently granted a biofuels startup company, Anellotech , exclusive global rights to the university’s catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) technology developed by chemical engineer and UMass Amherst faculty member George Huber for producing renewable biogasoline and other biohydrocarbon fuels. Earlier post.).

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