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Lux Research: wide variance in cost of cellulosic feedstocks for bio-based fuels and chemicals

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billion tons of cellulosic biomass available today—led by 1.2 billion tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) costs vary widely. Corn stover costs $91/MT, palm fruit bunches and fronds vary from $75/MT to $105/MT, while wood residues at $33/MT and bagasse $38/MT. Among their findings: Local availability is key.

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Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

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The committee concluded that the NETs available today could be safely scaled up to capture and store a significant fraction of the total emissions both in the US and globally, but not enough to keep total global warming below two degrees Celsius, the target of the Paris agreement.

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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Some technologies need additional research to become commercially viable, including waste heat recovery devices, electromechanical valve actuation, low-friction lubricants and some lightweight materials. Lower costs are ultimately passed on to consumers and reduce the overall cost of achieving energy security and climate change goals.

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DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

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Additionally, few of current harvesting and dewatering technologies available today are amenable to scaling for larger production scenarios of 1,000 acre or larger algal farms. Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. areas to convert otherwise wasted gas into usable chemicals that. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. If successful, this.

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Researchers develop four-step catalytic process to produce petroleum refinery feedstocks from biomass sugars

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Unlike Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, which produces liquid fuels at costs of greater than $5 per gallon of gasoline energy equivalent, this approach does not require an expensive gasification step. These waste hemicellulose sugars are among the most inexpensive biomass feedstocks that are available today, they noted.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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The program plans to provide $30 million to support 14 project teams in developing innovative, ultra-high-performance air-cooled heat exchangers, supplemental cooling systems and/or cool-storage systems that can cost-effectively and efficiently reject waste heat. Colorado State University. PARC, a Xerox Company. University of Maryland.

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