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AUGUST 6, 2013

A Technical Feasibility Study (TFS) for a coal-to-methanol (CTM) plant based on the Arckaringa coal resources in Australia has concluded that CTM could be a viable project capable of augmenting the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for Altona Energy’s Arckaringa Clean Energy CTL (coal-to-liquids) and Power Project in South Australia.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Using bituminous coal from southern Wyoming, the Medicine Bow facility will produce 11,600 barrels per day of very low sulfur gasoline using GE gasification technology and methanol?to?gasoline The plant, once built, will be the first commercial?scale The facility will convert one ton of coal into two barrels of traditionally oil?based

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JULY 11, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. The selected projects are intended to improve coal conversion and use and will help propel technologies for future advanced coal power systems. DOE Share: $299,998).

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MAY 15, 2012

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released a follow-on study to its 2009 evaluation of the economic and environmental performance of Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) and CTL with modest amounts of biomass mixed in (15% by weight) for the production of zero-sulfure diesel fuel. Earlier post.). —White and Gray.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. In conventional CTL approaches, energy is supplied by burning a portion of the coal feed, which then produces carbon dioxide. DARPA solicitation.

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MAY 8, 2011

BP and Davy Process Technology announced collaborations with three EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractors to promote the commercialization of the BP/Davy Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Process. The BP/Davy fixed-bed FT process produces diesel, jet fuel (JP8) and naphtha from natural gas, biomass- or coal-derived syngas.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Synthesis Energy Systems’ (SES) 95%-owned Hai Hua joint venture project in Shandong Province, China, has completed a successful commercial-scale gasification demonstration, converting lignite coal from the Inner Mongolia region of China to syngas. Earlier post.). Francis Lau, SES’ Chief Technology Officer.

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JULY 10, 2009

Ignite Energy Resources (IER), developer of a supercritical water technology, and TRUenergy have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a commercial demonstration plant that will apply IER’s direct coal-to-oil and upgraded dry coal process to the brown coal at TRUenergy’s Yallourn mine in Australia.

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JULY 10, 2022

million, taking their projects through to the demonstration phase, and towards the successful commercialization of their technologies. Coal Products Limited (CPL), “Bio-waste to biochar (B to B) via Hydrothermal Carbonization and Post-Carbonization”. Lapwing Energy Limited, “Reverse Coal”. Project Funding: £2,941,301.44.

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JULY 31, 2009

Among the wide variety of technologies under development that might become available in the future, this report focuses on those with the best prospects of fully maturing during the three time periods considered: 2008–2020, 2020–2035, and 2035–2050. Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Second, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that would provide financing to increase the conversion of biomass to bioenergy. It’s been said that the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal—and that’s because, as I said, it’s one of our most abundant energy resources.

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JULY 7, 2010

It is anticipated that large volumes of CO 2 will be available as fossil fuel–based power plants and other CO 2 -emitting industries are equipped with CO 2 emissions control technologies to comply with regulatory requirements. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Emissions.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

million in federal funding for cost-shared projects that will develop technologies that utilize CO 2 from coal-fired power plants to produce useful products. CO 2 is already a commodity chemical that is used in many commercial applications. The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award approximately $6.7

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JULY 22, 2010

DOE anticipates that large volumes of CO 2 will be available as fossil fuel-based power plants and other CO 2 -emitting industries are equipped with CO 2 emissions control technologies to comply with regulatory requirements. Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels. Touchstone Research Laboratory Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

Sundrop Fuels will convert sustainable forest residues and thinnings as feedstock combined with natural gas into bio-based “green gasoline” by using a commercially-proven production path that integrates gasification, gas purification, methanol synthesis and a methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process. Sundrop Fuels, Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL expects the engine to be available for 2012 vehicles. Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. Of all available alternative fuels, propane offers the best mix of vehicle driving range, durability and performance, PERC claims. Stored and transported like.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The new PNNL carbon capture and conversion system brings the cost to capture CO 2 down to about $39 per metric ton. As described in an open-access paper in the journal Advanced Energy Materials , the new system is designed to fit into coal-, gas-, or biomass-fired power plants, as well as cement kilns and steel plants.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Despite continued upgrades, expansions, and advances in computing power, demand for leadership-class resources such as Mira and Titan continues to exceed availability. Electrochemical energy-conversion devices, such as fuel cells, could, in theory, provide continuous power to a wide range of portable, residential, and transportation devices.

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APRIL 22, 2011

Chemists at the University of Illinois report the development of a nickel-based homogeneous catalyst that could more effectively support the production of fuels and chemical feedstocks from biomass as well as improved liquefaction of coal. A paper on their work is published in the current issue of Science. —Sergeev and Hartwig.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Genomatica’s patents, intellectual property and technology platform should facilitate further refinement of organisms and processes to allow chemical production from syngas produced from locally-available waste with varying characteristics. —Tim Cesarek, managing director of Organic Growth at Waste Management.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Qiang Dai and Christian Lastoskie found that BEVs and FCVs in particular offer significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, especially if carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies are implemented at the fuel conversion facilities. The FCV has an overall energy conversion efficiency about 30%. —Dai and Lastoskie.

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JUNE 10, 2011

While compressed natural gas (CNG) will play a role, particularly for high-mileage fleets, the report suggests that the chemical conversion of gas into some form of liquid fuel may be the best pathway to significant market penetration. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. Natural gas to fuel conversion processes.

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MARCH 7, 2011

announced the availability of its first product: power diodes based on its patented, high-performance EZ GaN (gallium nitride) technology. Energy loss that occurs during power conversion is equivalent to the daily output of 318 coal plants, and costs the US economy $40 billion per year. At APEC, startup Transphorm Inc.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Unlike carbon capture and storage technologies that remove carbon dioxide emissions directly from large point sources such as coal power plants, NETs remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or enhance natural carbon sinks. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and chair of the committee.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

ARPA-E requests innovative proposals which can overcome these challenges through the utilization of metabolic engineering and synthetic biological approaches for the efficient conversion of carbon dioxide to liquid transportation fuels. Coal-fired power plants currently generate approximately 50% of the electricity in the United States.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Compared to prior studies, the model includes a relatively comprehensive suite of available and viable forthcoming technologies, focusing on improved ICEVs and EVs, for meeting demand for energy services in all economic sectors, including the LDV portion of the transportation sector.

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JULY 10, 2010

The purpose of this Phase III program is for the grantee to pursue commercial applications of work that derives from, extends, or logically concludes effort(s) performed under prior (Phase I/II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding agreements. saline water).

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Large scale production of methanol from natural gas and coal is a well-developed. technology and there is progress on the economic conversion of biomass to. Large scale production of methanol from natural gas and coal is a well-developed. technology and there is progress on the economic conversion of biomass to.

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MARCH 13, 2016

Funding available is $12.5 High conversion efficiency NO x after-treatment and particulate filters. Under CERC, 4 pairs of US and Chinese consortia are operating collaboratively on 4 technical tracks: Advanced Coal Technologies with Carbon Capture, Utilization and/or Sequestration. million, and will support the US Consortium.

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JUNE 10, 2011

In the US, despite their relative maturity, natural gas resources continue to grow, and the development of low-cost and abundant unconventional natural gas resources, particularly shale gas, has a material impact on future availability and price. World primary energy demand by fuel in the IEA high gas scenario. Source: IEA. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University When I entered the field, commercial wind was starting to scale up and the questions were about engineering feasibility. Much of the data was made available, but some was redacted for various competitive concerns. A year ago, we weren’t even having this conversation.

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MARCH 18, 2013

In addition, alternative fuels to petroleum must be readily available, cost-effective and produced with low emissions of greenhouse gases. The information collected with government funds should be made available to the public consistent with applicable rules that protect confidential data. Several advanced battery technologies (e.g.,

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MARCH 16, 2011

Valvoline is not an oil producer; the enabler of this new line is the availability of high-quality stocks of re-refined base oils. So when we bring the V to a product, recycled oil, we start to change the conversation. According to Fehrenbach, all the existing commercial re-refiners in North America use this technology.

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MARCH 15, 2010

OBE believes they will be one of the first commercial-scale renewable fuel producers to petition for an advanced biofuel designation from the EPA. Green Car Congress recently had a quick conversation with John Warren, Director of Government Relations & Project Development for Osage Bio Energy in Glen Allen, VA.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. First, hydrogen is not as readily attained and certainly not as available as ubiquitous electricity. The FCEV takes on hydrogen fuel in a compressed gas cylinder similar to, but much stronger than an LPG cylinder.

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MARCH 18, 2021

CO 2 savings are aggregated, independently assured, and then converted into XCarb green steel certificates using a conversion factor that represents the average CO 2 intensity of integrated steelmaking in Europe. The company anticipates it will have 600,000 tonnes of equivalent green steel tonnes available by the end of 2022.

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MAY 9, 2024

Not so fast: The real-world efficiency of commercial, space-qualified solar cells has progressed much more slowly than records set in highly controlled research experiments, which often use exotic materials or complex designs that cannot currently be mass-produced. A 1974 study that NASA commissioned from the consultancy Arthur D.

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