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MARCH 3, 2015

million in funding in fiscal year 2015 will be made available through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative ( BRDI ) to support feedstock development, biofuels and biobased products development, or biofuels development analysis. forest resources (forest thinnings, wood chips, wood wastes, small diameter trees, etc.);

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APRIL 7, 2014

A recently completed European project coordinated by Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) demonstrated the technical feasibility of a Bi 2 Te 3 -based thermoelectric generator (TEG) for waste heat recovery for application to a diesel light-duty truck (LDT). Fuel Efficiency Waste Heat Recovery' The researchers tackled this issue in two ways.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Hundreds of millions of gallons of drop-in 100% SAF will be unlocked. Comstock Inc.,

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APRIL 9, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced the availability of $61.4 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced the availability of $61.4 BETO is focused on developing technologies that convert domestic biomass and other waste resources (e.g.,

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The enzyme enables more cost-efficient conversion of biomass to ethanol and performs 1.5 Cellic CTec3 allows the cost of producing ethanol from biomass to approach the level of corn ethanol and gasoline, according to the company. Both plants will convert municipal solid waste into biofuel. Earlier post.).

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JULY 5, 2017

The conversion yield and the productivity reached 87% of the theoretical yield and 0.18 It can be transported by the existing infrastructure and readily used in gasoline blends. The extending market demand has resulted in a large amount of glycerol currently available in the market. g/L n-butanol from 20 g/L crude glycerol.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

They found that, on a life cycle basis in comparison to gasoline, the direct to ethanol technology can provide a 67% to 87% reduction in carbon footprint on an energy equivalent basis for initial ethanol concentrations (given in weight percent) ranging from 0.5% MJ/MJEtOH down to 0.20 g CO 2 e/MJEtOH down to 12.3 wt % to 5 wt %.

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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.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Terrabon also has successfully produced high-octane gasoline made from non-food biomass at its demonstration facility in Bryan, Texas. Two different versions of the MixAlco process are available. Version one is the original process which produces mixed alcohol fuels.

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MARCH 7, 2018

liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. 2017) “Developing a 55% BTE Commercial Heavy-Duty Opposed-Piston Engine without a Waste Heat Recovery System,” SAE Technical Paper 2017-01-0638 doi: 10.4271/2017-01-0638. Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Traditional conversion technologies of algal biomass to biofuels have mainly included lipid extraction or pyrolysis for biodiesel, hydrotreated renewable diesel, or bio-oil production. A wet whole cell conversion pathway, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), has gained popularity in the past few years. —Roberts et al.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In August 2023, gasoline prices surged , reaching a peak of $3.98 Conversely, overinflated tires can compromise traction and cause uneven wear. Adopting more efficient driving techniques can make a noticeable difference: Avoid aggressive acceleration and braking : Sudden accelerations and hard braking waste fuel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

The projects funded through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) are intended to help create a diverse group of economically and environmentally sustainable sources of renewable biomass and increase the availability of alternative renewable fuels and biobased products. and urban wood wastes.

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APRIL 16, 2013

Additional accomplishments in developing aviation biofuels include: Feedstock Readiness Level Tool Developed: The USDA and FAA developed the Feedstock Readiness Tool (FSRL) for the airline industry to track progress on the development and availability of agricultural and forest feedstocks that will be used to produce renewable jet fuels.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Of the funding available, up to $3.0 Renewable hydrogen” is defined as hydrogen produced from: Eligible renewable feedstocks including biomethane or biogas such as biomass, digester gas, landfill gas, sewer gas, or municipal solid waste gas; or other feedstocks demonstrated to achieve the sustainability goals. fueling stations.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

For example, combustion of a gallon of gasoline releases approximately 10 kilograms (kg) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Repurposing a significant amount of current agricultural land for growing new forests or feedstocks for bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration could have significant effects on food availability.

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JUNE 2, 2011

This has the potential to accelerate the commercial production of biofuels from crop waste and inedible plants, the partners said. Shell says that ethanol made from Brazilian sugar cane produces around 70% less CO 2 than gasoline, when the cultivation and production processes are taken into account. gCO 2 e/MJ, compared to 95.86

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APRIL 27, 2017

Our range of technology, especially that available for the Golf, now covers all customer preferences. liter and high torque of 66 kW (90 PS) that is being shown at the Vienna Motor Symposium is bivalent: it can be run on gasoline or CNG. A key factor in its low emissions is the optimum conversion of the methane in the exhaust gas.

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MAY 6, 2010

USDA and DOE are issuing this joint funding announcement (DE-FOA-0000341) for several types of projects aimed at increasing the availability of alternative renewable fuels and biobased products. Forest resources (forest thinnings, wood chips, wood wastes, small diameter trees, etc.); Urban wood wastes; Oilseed crops; Animal waste; and.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Proposals should also describe the cost of manufacturing SiC switches compared to competing Si switches, including details such as costs and availability of commercial SiC substrates, epi-layers, and additional equipment needed. SiC MOSFETs for electric drive vehicle power electronics. Reciprocating internal combustion (e.g.

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JUNE 14, 2010

3 when all the available land area is not used to grow dedicated fuel crop but the solar energy falling on a portion of the land area is harnessed as hydrogen which is then used in novel augmented biomass conversion processes to increase biomass carbon yield as liquid fuel. We have focused here on thermochemical routes.

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APRIL 15, 2013

Joule, the developer of a direct, single-step, continuous process for the production of solar hydrocarbon fuels ( earlier post ), has extended its solar CO 2 conversion platform to produce renewable gasoline- and jet fuel-range hydrocarbons. —William J. Sims, President and CEO of Joule.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will enable diesel-like efficiency and increased maximum power output in a gasoline engine by using a secondary fuel to suppress engine knock under high load. Increased availability of magnesium can enable vehicle weight reduction and improvement in fuel efficiency. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices.

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JULY 12, 2011

billion venture capital fund over the next 10 years, Chesapeake NG Ventures Corporation (CNGV), dedicated to identifying and investing in companies and technologies that will replace the use of gasoline and diesel with natural gas and natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels. per gallon cheaper than gasoline and diesel; and. Sundrop Fuels.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The loan guarantee will be subject to the availability of funds and contingent upon Sapphire Energy meeting the conditions of the loan agreement. This project will produce renewable diesel and jet fuel from woody biomass by integrating ClearFuels’ and Rentech’s conversion technologies. Clearfuels Technology Inc. 23,000,000. 13,433,926.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

the global gasoline market will reach an estimated 375 billion gallons per year (BGPY) in 2021, while demand for diesel in ground transportation markets will reach at least 427 BGPY. Waste-to-fuels shows promise as near-term success story, shoring up confidence in. A doubling of current biofuels production (an estimated 29.4

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APRIL 21, 2011

The report notes that biofuels can provide transport fuel with substantially lower CO 2 emissions than conventional gasoline or diesel when comparing the entire life cycle of production. However, there are caveats: it is important to reduce the use of fossil energy during cultivation, transport and conversion of biomass to biofuel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Selected projects are aimed at increasing the availability of alternative fuels and biobased products that are produced from a diverse group of renewable sources of biomass. Projects selected must contribute a minimum of 20% of matching funds for research and development projects and 50% of matching funds for demonstration projects.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery), energy conversion coefficients among different energy forms and sources, system boundaries, and so on. An ethanol HEV-gas system would double η BTW values to 14–18%, suggesting the importance of developing hybrid electric vehicles based on available liquid fuel distribution system.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Researchers led by a team at Washington State University (WSU) have developed a unique and inexpensive nanoparticle catalyst that allows a solid-oxide fuel cell to convert logistic liquid fuels such as gasoline to electricity without stalling out during the electrochemical process. —Qusay Bkour, lead author. Gray, Steven R. Saunders, M.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

60 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent), would require a useable hydrogen storage capacity of 5 kilograms or 167 kWh (at a lower heating value of 33.3 Approximately 50% of the cost of carbon fiber production is due to the precursor fiber with the other 50% due to the conversion processing. Currently, high-pressure (i.e.,

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JANUARY 24, 2015

Hydrogen Production R&D: Microbial Biomass Conversion. Microbial biomass conversion processes offer mid- to long-term potential for sustainable hydrogen production with low environmental impact. In general terms, fill accuracy and time should be comparable to current gasoline dispensing capabilities.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Ninety billion gallons of ethanol (the energy equivalent of approximately 60 billion gallons of gasoline—about one-third of projected consumption by 2030) per year by 2030 was chosen as the book-end target to understand the requirements of an aggressive biofuels deployment schedule. Conversion technologies are linked to feedstocks.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Another trick that can be done with a heat pump (in cabin heating mode, anyway) is to capture the waste heat from the traction inverter, motor, etc, extending the temperature range over which it can operate without resorting to a backup source such as a resistance heater.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

“Betting on Science – Disruptive Technologies in Transport Fuels” selected 12 innovations in electrification and genetically modified biofuels, as well as existing fuel sources that will have the most immediate impact on emissions and on the gasoline and diesel markets. Waste-to-fuel.

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MAY 13, 2011

TCX is the company’s new proprietary technology for ethanol production that builds on its acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. Earlier post.). Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge.

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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. Biodiesel from soy oil and renewable diesel from waste oils, fats, and greases complies with the 50% GHG threshold for the biomass-based diesel category.

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