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JULY 26, 2023

Enerkem, a producer of bio-methanol from mixed waste at commercial scale, and Dimeta, a joint venture between the two of the largest off-grid energy suppliers, are initiating feasibility studies for the development of two large-scale projects that will convert waste into renewable and recycled carbon dimethyl ether (DME).

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Fulcrum BioEnergy has selected Gary, Indiana as the location of its Centerpoint BioFuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel. The FT portion of Fulcrum’s process is an adaptation of the well-established Fischer-Tropsch process which has been in commercial operations for decades.

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MAY 13, 2021

Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has embarked on the development of technology for producing hydrogen using waste plastic and vinyl. The company has signed a business partnership MOU with RevoTech, a company that specializes in the continuous pyrolysis of waste plastic. —Doosan Heavy CSO Yongjin Song.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

the developer of a gasification-based process that converts waste into clean hydrogen fuel for mobility, microgrids and power generation ( earlier post ), closed an investment from Pacific6 Enterprises, led by founding partner John C. Ways2H is a joint venture between US-based Clean Energy Enterprises, and Japan Blue Energy Corporation.

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APRIL 28, 2022

Oberon Fuels announced commercial availability of a blend of propane and Oberon’s renewable DME (dimethyl ether). The milestone builds on Oberon’s 2021 start of commercial production at its Maverick plant in Brawley, California. Oberon partner Suburban Propane Partners, L.P., —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D.,

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APRIL 5, 2021

Rice University scientists and their colleagues at C-Crete Technologies have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene that can, in turn, be used to strengthen concrete. If we can use less concrete in our roads, buildings and bridges, we can eliminate some of the emissions at the very start. 2021.03.020.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

The FLITE (Fuel via Low Carbon Integrated Technology from Ethanol) consortium, led by SkyNRG and with LanzaTech as the technology provider, will build the first-of-its-kind LanzaJet Alcohol to Jet (AtJ) facility. The facility will convert waste-based ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at a scale of more than 30,000 tons/yr.

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DECEMBER 26, 2020

Upon a successful ramp-up of this program, Energy Fuels will be the first US company in several years to produce a marketable mixed REE concentrate ready for separation on a commercial scale. Energy Fuels expects to recover uranium from the monazite and produce a commercially salable mixed REE carbonate containing ~71% TREO (dry basis).

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JULY 13, 2015

The partners said the project will demonstrate the added value of recycling waste streams, not only by reducing emissions at source, hence reducing ArcelorMittal’s direct carbon footprint, but by keeping fossil fuels in the ground through the production of commodity chemicals and fuels that would otherwise be made from oil. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

A partnership comprising AkzoNobel, Van Gansewinkel, Air Liquide, AVR and Enerkem is proposing to build a waste-to-chemicals plant in Rotterdam in collaboration with the Port of Rotterdam, the City of Rotterdam, the province of South Holland and InnovationQuarter. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 2, 2019

Shell will join a consortium comprising Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam in an effort to build Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Together with eight project partners, it is now seeking public funding to build one of the world’s first hydrogen-powered high-speed vessels. Everfuel will now, together with UiT and Norinnova Narvik, work to find possible new hydrogen users within the municipality and county municipality, such as buses, waste collection vehicles and taxis.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

SITA UK, one of the country’s leading recycling and resource management companies and a subsidiary of Suez Environment, has signed an exclusive agreement with Cynar Plc to build Britain’s first fully operational plants to convert end of life plastic into diesel fuel. Cynar’s first plant is built and operating in Portlaoise, Ireland.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Acritaz will work with Cool Planet to use biomass raw materials local to the region that include palm plantation waste products such as empty fruit bunches, wood, and bark waste to make renewable, cellulosic fuels for the Asian market. The first commercial facility is planned to be located in the Malaysian state of Johor.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

billion (US$886 million) to build a cathode manufacturing facility that will provide materials that ultimately supply batteries for Ford’s future electric vehicles. —SK On Chief Commercial Officer Min-suk Sung For EcoProBM, Canada is the second global market expansion after Hungary and marks the company’s entry into North America.

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JUNE 2, 2022

The Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH ( AGR ), a waste management company in Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has put a converted DAF CF 340 hydrogen fuel cell truck into operation as part of the EU-funded HECTOR (Hydrogen Waste Collection Vehicles in North West Europe) project.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

a waste-to-fuels company, closed a $20-million strategic investment from Chevron USA, ITOCHU, Hyzon Motors and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production units and renewable synthetic fuel facilities initially in California and then worldwide. Raven SR Inc., Earlier post.).

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APRIL 1, 2024

Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. If we build out our infrastructure using that technology, it’s going to be a big step backwards, environmentally.

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JUNE 23, 2022

Power-to-Liquids technologies are on their way to commercialization in scale. VTT and Neste have agreed to build a technology demonstration facility at VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre, Espoo. Neste is actively building technology solutions and business to realize commercial production of sustainable e-fuels.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has completed a C$280-million (US$223 million) investment round—its largest to date. The technology converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely-used chemicals. Canada-based Enerkem Inc.,

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

Neste Oil will build a pilot plant to produce waste-based microbial oil at its Porvoo refinery. It will be the first pilot plant in Europe designed to produce microbial oil for use in manufacturing renewable fuel from waste-based raw materials. The microbes break down waste and residues into sugars to grow and produce oil.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Air Products will build and operate the world’s largest renewable energy plant in the UK using advanced gasification energy-from-waste (EfW) technology. Longer term, the potential generation of renewable hydrogen could be deployed for commercial use, such as fueling public transport. Work has already begun to prepare the site.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Fuel-cell commercial-vehicle firm Hyzon Motors and renewable-fuels company Raven SR plan to build 100 "hydrogen hubs" that will power fuel-cell garbage trucks with hydrogen generated from the very refuse they haul.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Waste Management and EB Investments are investing C$15 million (US$14.6 which is currently building a full-scale commercial facility in Edmonton, using Enerkem’s proprietary technology. The Enerkem Alberta Biofuels facility will use the City of Edmonton’s landfill-bound waste to create renewable fuels and chemicals locally.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

has started the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol. Enerkem’s facility in Edmonton, AB, Canada, is the first commercial-scale plant in the world to produce cellulosic ethanol made from non-recyclable, non-compostable mixed municipal solid waste. Enerkem Inc. Catalytic synthesis.

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APRIL 22, 2015

Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1400-million TWD (US$46 million) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 31, 2022

million research agreement sponsored by Natura Resources to design and build a university-based advanced molten salt research reactor. ACU is leading the NEXT Research Alliance (NEXTRA), which includes Georgia Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin, in a $30.5-million

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AUGUST 1, 2021

The shortlisted proposals include plants aiming to produce jet fuel from: Combining carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere with hydrogen from water; Alcohol derived from wastes; Everyday household and commercial black bag rubbish; and. It could also increase UK fuel security. alfanar Energy Ltd. Lanzatech UK Ltd.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The collaboration enables fuel marketing companies to comply with the French mandate for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which has set a requirement to include a minimum of 1% SAF in jet fuel for all commercial flights from French airports in 2022. CIM, import terminal at Le Havre. million tons per annum by the end of 2023.

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MAY 20, 2009

Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB) has successfully completed the necessary environmental regulatory process and has been granted a permit to commence construction of a commercial facility to produce biofuels and green chemicals from sorted municipal solid waste in Edmonton, Alberta. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Equity investments by each company in the new venture will fund construction of infrastructure and commercial operation of dairy biomethane projects in multiple states. This investment builds on our other RNG initiatives, such as our joint venture with California Bioenergy and our Adopt-a-Port initiative with Clean Energy Fuels.

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JUNE 21, 2020

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) announced that its hydrogen-based autonomous energy supply system H2One, which Toshiba ESS delivered and installed on the rooftop of Toranomon Hills Business Tower (Minato-ku, Tokyo), has started full-scale operation with the opening of commercial facilities.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2019

has developed a proprietary catalytic process that transforms low-cost commercially available, or even waste by-product, renewable alcohols into renewable isoprene that would be expected to compete head-to-head on price with natural and petroleum-based chemical equivalents while reducing CO 2 emissions. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office has published a report, titled Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet and Gaseous Waste Streams: Challenges and Opportunities. Also, these waste streams are often located where energy is in highest demand.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. The company said it is shifting “everything into a software-defined approach, from vehicle development to building the entire mobility ecosystem.”

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AUGUST 24, 2010

New Zealand-based LanzaTech has successfully produced 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), a key building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels, using the company’s gas fermentation technology. LanzaTech has shown 2,3-BD production from waste gas resources in an industrial setting. Holmgren joined LanzaTech in June.).

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APRIL 2, 2021

million (US$31-million) commitment to build on its momentum in four key research challenges: extending battery life; battery modelling; recycling and reuse; and solid-state batteries. The UK’s Faraday Institution announced a £22.6-million

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