Remove California Remove Conversion Remove Renewable Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Phillips 66 progressing its conversion of California refinery to renewable fuels

Green Car Congress

In August 2020, Phillips 66 announced that it planned to reconfigure its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, to produce renewable fuels. The renewable feedstocks will be primarily delivered across the Marine Terminal. Subject to permitting and approvals, full conversion of the refinery is expected in early 2024.

article thumbnail

Aemetis selects Axens Vegan technology for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel plant in California

Green Car Congress

has selected Axens Vegan Renewable Hydroprocessing technology for its “Carbon Zero 1” production plant in Riverbank, California. Axens Vegan technology is designed to hydrotreat a wide range of lipids and to produce a flexible slate of low-density and high cetane renewable diesel as well as renewable jet fuel.

Renewable 243
article thumbnail

LLNL report lays out technology pathways for California to become carbon-neutral and then -negative by 2045; 3 pillars of negative emissions

Green Car Congress

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have identified a suite of technologies to help California to become carbon-neutral—and ultimately carbon-negative —by 2045. Source: “Getting to Neutral”. The report codifies a number of significant conclusions by researchers at eight institutions.

Carbon 269
article thumbnail

DOE to issue funding opportunity on lithium extraction and conversion from geothermal brines

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to issue a funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0002823) that will support research on the extraction and conversion of lithium from geothermal brines for use of lithium batteries in electric vehicles and clean energy storage. The estimated period of performance for the award will be three years.

article thumbnail

GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

Green Car Congress

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. A biomass power plant in Stockton, California, was the host site for the engineering design effort. These companies are world experts in gasification, gas clean-up, and conversion technologies.

Waste 281
article thumbnail

Researchers develop dual cellular-heterogeneous catalyst technology to produce olefins from plant sugar

Green Car Congress

These renewable liquids could serve as a more sustainable replacement for today’s fossil fuels used to make everyday products such as plastic containers and bags, automobile parts, lubricants, and soaps. The new study by scientists at the University of California Berkeley and the University of Minnesota is published in Nature Chemistry.

Minnesota 221
article thumbnail

Honeywell UOP Technology Selected to Support Conversion of Biomass to Fuel at California Renewable Energy Facility

Green Car Congress

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its technology has been selected for use in Rentech, Inc.’s s Rialto Renewable Energy Center for the conversion of biomass to transportation fuels. The renewable energy center, to be built in Rialto, Calif., The Rialto Project is scheduled to start up in late 2012.