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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Meanwhile, wet waste feedstocks, such as animal manure and fats, oils, and greases (FOG), represent another important category of resources that could be utilized to produce MCCI bioblendstocks due to its abundant availability. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. —Ou et al. GLE and $0.9/GLE.

Waste

Waste Diesel Renewable Convert

LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A team of scientists from LanzaTech, Northwestern University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have engineered a microbe to convert molecules of industrial waste gases, such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, into acetone and isopropanol (IPA). In this case of C. In this case of C.

Waste

Waste Convert Industrial Industry

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

the strategic investment arm of South Korea’s SK Group, was part of a $50-million investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy, a US-based waste-to-fuels company. Fulcrum produce biofuel on a commercial scale by chemically converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels. Founded in Pleasanton, Calif.,

Waste

Waste Carbon Fuel Production

bp ventures invests $10M in waste-to-biomethanol company WasteFuel; offtake MoU

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JULY 7, 2023

bp ventures has committed $10 million, leading the Series B investment round, in WasteFuel , a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based municipal and agricultural waste into lower carbon fuels, such as biomethanol. billion metric tons by 2050.

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Waste Companies Alternative Fuels Convert

Waste gasification company Sierra Energy closes $33M Series A funding; FastOx

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Sierra Energy Corporation closed a $33-million Series A investment round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and joined by Cox Investment Holdings, Inc., Waste is fed into the top of the gasifier vessel through an airlock. At the lowest point of the gasifier, the waste is reduced to carbon char, inorganic materials, and metals.

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Sierra Waste Energy Companies

DOE announces up to $6M to develop clean energy products from coal and coal wastes

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AUGUST 8, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has announced up to $6 million available ( DE-FOA-0002620 ) for research and development (R&D) projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for products that can be employed in clean energy technologies such as batteries and advanced manufacturing.

Coal

Coal Waste Clean Cleaning

LanzaTech, Danone develop method to convert carbon emissions directly into MEG, a key building block for PET

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MAY 27, 2022

The technology converts carbon emissions from steel mills or gasified waste biomass directly into MEG. The carbon capture technology uses a proprietary engineered bacterium to convert carbon emissions directly into MEG through fermentation, bypassing the need for an ethanol intermediate, and simplifying the MEG supply chain.

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Convert Carbon Emissions Building

DOE awards $2M to Ohio University to develop products for energy storage and motors from coal waste

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MARCH 3, 2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding six research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites that can be employed in clean energy technologies. Understanding ultra-conductive carbon metal composite wire for electric motors.

Coal

Coal Ohio Energy Storage Waste

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Energy Vault agreed to provide 1.6

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Energy Fuel Louisiana

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

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. GTI led a team of engineers and scientists to produce a blueprint for converting an existing biomass facility into an RNG production site, using the wood waste feedstock and some of the existing infrastructure.

Waste

Waste Carbon Gas Renewable

Waste-to-hydrogen producer Ways2H announces strategic investment by John Molina and Pacific6 Enterprises

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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. The intellectual property is protected by 12 different international patents and patent filings.

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Waste Hydrogen Los Angeles Long Beach

Rice, C-Crete team optimizes conversion of tire waste into graphene for stronger concrete

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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. The research led by Rice chemist James Tour and Rouzbeh Shahsavari of C-Crete is detailed in the journal Carbon. —James Tour.

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Waste Conversion Portland Carbon

Strategic Biofuels successfully tests carbon capture and storage for renewable diesel plant

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AUGUST 15, 2021

Strategic Biofuels announced that its Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Test Well Program was successfully completed at the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels Project (LGF) in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. Deep carbon negativity greatly increases the potential carbon credit revenues from our fuel and vastly improves the project’s returns.

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Renewable Carbon Diesel Louisiana

Dimeta and Enerkem collaborate on large scale waste-to-DME projects in Europe and US

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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).

Waste

Waste Europe United Kingdom Canada

ETH Zurich catalyst can convert polypropylene directly into motor oil with high selectivity

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a carbon-supported platinum nanoparticle catalyst that can achieve complete hydrocracking of polypropylene into liquid hydrocarbons (C 5 –C 45 ). Polypropylene constitutes about 30% of all plastic waste. Shibashish D. Jaydev, Antonio J.

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Oil Motor Motors Motoring

Raven SR and Chart Industries to collaborate on hydrogen and carbon capture

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company, and Chart Industries will collaborate globally on the liquefaction, storage, and transportation of hydrogen as well as pure carbon dioxide produced from Raven SR’s non-combustion Steam/CO 2 Reformation process of converting waste to renewable fuel. —Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven SR.

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Hydrogen Carbon Industrial Industry

EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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JUNE 28, 2021

The EU-funded research project HyFlexFuel recently successfully produced biocrudes via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) from a variety of biomasses, including sewage sludge, food waste, manure, wheat straw, corn stover, pine sawdust, miscanthus and microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous HTL plant at Aarhus University (Denmark).

Convert

Convert Denmark Waste Conversion

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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JULY 10, 2022

The UK government is awarding £54 million to 15 projects to develop technologies that remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide can then be permanently stored or used in various products or applications. The biochar is rich in carbon and can be used as a fertilizer. Cambridge Carbon Capture Ltd.,

Carbon

Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Waste

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction partners with RevoTech on production of hydrogen from waste plastic

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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.

Waste

Waste Hydrogen Industrial Industry

DOE awards ~$34M to 11 projects to advance waste and algae bioenergy technology

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AUGUST 4, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award nearly $34 million in funding for 11 projects that will support high-impact research and development to improve and produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts. The selected projects will: Research and develop waste for energy conversion ($20 million). Federal share. AMP Robotics.

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Waste San Diego North Carolina Conversion

Raven SR and Cap Clean Energy to collaborate on Canadian SAF and renewable diesel projects

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APRIL 26, 2023

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company ( earlier post ), and Cap Clean Energy, a clean energy development company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop biofuels facilities in Canada to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) for the heavy duty transport sector.

Renewable

Renewable Clean Cleaning Diesel

Raven SR, Chevron and Hyzon Motors collaborate to produce hydrogen from green waste in Northern California

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company; Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron USA; and Hyzon Motors are collaborating to commercialize operations of a green waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Richmond intended to supply hydrogen fuel to transportation markets in Northern California.

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Chevron Waste Hydrogen California

SK invests in electrofuels company Infinium

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

Infinium Electrofuels technology converts carbon dioxide waste and renewable power through its proprietary process to create hydrogen-based alternatives to traditional fossil-based fuels. Electrofuels are ultra-low carbon drop-in fuels that can be used in today’s infrastructure and engines without modifications or upgrades.

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Companies Fuel Alternative Mariner Carbon

Ways2H partners with Ford, Bacon & Davis to build waste-to-H2 production facilities for clean fuel in US markets

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JUNE 30, 2020

The two companies plan to build the first US modular thermochemical waste-to-hydrogen production facility in California in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a pipeline of additional projects to follow in 2021. Ways2H Inc., Ways2H Inc., JBEC has developed a biomass gasification process that uses alumina balls as a heat carrier.

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Davis Waste Building Ford

Mote begins engineering work on biomass-to-hydrogen plant with carbon capture

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Start-up Mote is establishing its first facility to convert wood waste into hydrogen fuel while capturing, utilizing, and sequestering CO 2 emissions resulting from its process. Mote’s proprietary integration of proven equipment in a novel process is the basis for this carbon removal and clean energy generation facility.

Carbon

Carbon Hydrogen Engine Waste

EcoCeres makes first cellulosic ethanol shipment to Europe

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JUNE 5, 2023

EcoCeres , an Asia-based bio-refinery company, announced its first shipment of 100% agricultural waste-produced cellulosic ethanol to the European markets, a milestone the company achieved after commissioning another facility in China.

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Europe Waste Asia Renewable

Haldor Topsoe and Aker Carbon Capture to cooperate on low-carbon hydrogen solutions

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Aker Carbon Capture and Haldor Topsoe have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention to offer a complete solution for low-carbon hydrogen production. Aker Carbon Capture’s proprietary carbon capture process uses a mixture of water and organic amine solvents to absorb the CO 2.

Carbon

Carbon Hydrogen Coal Waste

Anaergia to supply RNG to FuelCell Energy to create renewable hydrogen supporting Toyota’s port facility

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MAY 3, 2023

announced that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane will supply renewable natural gas (RNG) as facilitated by renewable fuels marketer Anew Climate to FuelCell Energy’s Tri-gen system to produce carbon-negative hydrogen and electricity for Toyota Motor North America, Inc.’s Anaergia Inc. The fuel cells will also produce a net 2.3

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Renewable Hydrogen Supplies North America

Anaergia to supply CO2 to European Energy A/S for green e-methanol production as fuel for container ships

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Waste-to-biogas company Anaergia Inc. will supply European Energy A/S with up to 60,000 tonnes per year of liquefied biogenic CO 2 for a period of 10 years. Biogenic carbon dioxide is carbon dioxide that is released during the decomposition of organic matter such as food waste.

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Green Supplies Energy Denmark

LanzaTech and Woodside Energy announce strategic collaboration, $50M investment

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

Australia-based global energy company Woodside Energy and LanzaTech NZ, a US-based carbon capture and transformation company, announced a strategic collaboration with the signing of a Strategic Framework Agreement. —Woodside CEO, Meg O’Neill.

Energy

Energy Carbon Australia Gas

Lithium Australia produces LFP cathode material and Li-ion batteries from mine waste

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Lithium Australia NL reported that its wholly owned subsidiary VSPC Ltd has successfully produced Li-ion battery cathode material, and Li-ion batteries (LIBs), from tri-lithium phosphate produced directly from mine waste using the SiLeach process. LFP and batteries from waste. SiLeach background.

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Li-ion Waste Australia Batteries

KIT team produces synthetic natural gas from waste wood; used in natural gas vehicles

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Chemical energy carriers have a high energy density and are particularly attractive for the mobility sector. Biogas facilities produce renewable gas mainly by fermenting biological waste. In countries with a large forestry sector, such as Finland or Sweden, there is a high potential for the production of SNG from waste wood.

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Kits Gas Waste Sweden

Asahi Kasei to produce S-SBR for eco-friendly tires using butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

regarding the supply of butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass. To accelerate efforts for decarbonization to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the automotive industry is transitioning to electric vehicles while the tire industry is further improving the fuel-efficiency and wear resistance of tires.

Waste

Waste Singapore Emissions International

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million AirCapture develops on-site, modular technology that captures CO 2 from the air using waste heat from manufacturing plants, enabling customer operations to go carbon neutral and even negative.

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Conversion Grant Waste CO2

Oberon Fuels partners with SHV Energy to accelerate use of renewable DME (rDME) for low-carbon propane blends

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Oberon Fuels, a producer of ultra-low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel, and SHV Energy, the world’s largest distributor of propane fuel, are partnering to accelerate the use of renewable DME to reduce the carbon footprint of transportation fuel. —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D.,

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Renewable Carbon Fuel Energy

PNNL team finds biocrude from kelp and fish waste via hydrothermal liquefaction could be viable fuel for remote Alaskan communities

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Using existing fish processing plants, kelp and fish waste can be turned into a diesel-like fuel to power generators or fishing boats in rural, coastal Alaska, according to a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). —“ Kelp Energy Products and Marine Renewable Energy for Coastal Alaska Communities ”.

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Waste Alaska Fuel Mariner

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Europe targets 30% cut in carbon emissions by 30% by 2030

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DECEMBER 15, 2019

The target for ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products is in line with an ambition announced in May to be carbon neutral in Europe by 2050. Fossil fuel carbon capture and storage, where the current method of steel production is maintained but the carbon is then captured and stored or re-used rather than emitted into the atmosphere.

Carbon

Carbon Europe Emissions Waste

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As part of a White House roundtable to launch the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Grand Challenge to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 ( earlier post ), the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $64.7 million in funding for projects focused on producing cost-effective, low-carbon biofuels. Award amount: $2,800,000).

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Emissions Waste Conversion Gas-Electric

Renewable Energy Group collaborates with Iowa State University on hydrotreater pilot plant for renewable diesel

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group joined Iowa State University (ISU) at the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) to mark the start of a new hydrotreater pilot plant. REG converts waste and byproduct fats and oils into biodiesel and renewable diesel.

Iowa

Iowa Renewable Diesel Universal

Zhejiang team develops photo-chemo-biocatalytic pathway to convert triolein to biogasoline

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AUGUST 11, 2022

Researchers from Zhejiang University in China have developed a photo-chemo-enzymatic multi-step combination pathway for the highly efficient and environmentally friendly preparation of biogasoline from cheap and sustainable triolein using solar energy and atmospheric O 2 under mild conditions. —Xu et al. doi: 10.1039/D2GC01992B.

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

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FEBRUARY 2, 2020

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. The key finding of this report is that carbon neutrality is achievable. —“Getting to Neutral”.

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Carbon California Emissions Waste

USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste (MSW) via a proprietary two-stage thermochemical process. During the gasification process, the prepared MSW feedstock rapidly heats up upon entry into the steam-reforming gasifier and almost immediately converts to syngas.

Waste

Waste Convert Renewable Fuel

Enerkem plant becomes first ISCC-certified plant to convert municipal solid waste into biomethanol

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AUGUST 24, 2016

a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. Enerkem Inc., Click to enlarge.

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Waste Convert North America Renewable

How are sustainable fuels created from plastic waste?

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JUNE 20, 2023

Learn how captured carbon dioxide and plastic waste can be converted into sustainable fuels for the global clean energy future. The post How are sustainable fuels created from plastic waste? appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

bp ventures invests $10M in waste-to-biomethanol company WasteFuel; offtake MoU

Waste gasification company Sierra Energy closes $33M Series A funding; FastOx

DOE announces up to $6M to develop clean energy products from coal and coal wastes

LanzaTech, Danone develop method to convert carbon emissions directly into MEG, a key building block for PET

DOE awards $2M to Ohio University to develop products for energy storage and motors from coal waste

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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

Waste-to-hydrogen producer Ways2H announces strategic investment by John Molina and Pacific6 Enterprises

Rice, C-Crete team optimizes conversion of tire waste into graphene for stronger concrete

Strategic Biofuels successfully tests carbon capture and storage for renewable diesel plant

Dimeta and Enerkem collaborate on large scale waste-to-DME projects in Europe and US

ETH Zurich catalyst can convert polypropylene directly into motor oil with high selectivity

Raven SR and Chart Industries to collaborate on hydrogen and carbon capture

EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction partners with RevoTech on production of hydrogen from waste plastic

DOE awards ~$34M to 11 projects to advance waste and algae bioenergy technology

Raven SR and Cap Clean Energy to collaborate on Canadian SAF and renewable diesel projects

Raven SR, Chevron and Hyzon Motors collaborate to produce hydrogen from green waste in Northern California

SK invests in electrofuels company Infinium

Ways2H partners with Ford, Bacon & Davis to build waste-to-H2 production facilities for clean fuel in US markets

Mote begins engineering work on biomass-to-hydrogen plant with carbon capture

EcoCeres makes first cellulosic ethanol shipment to Europe

Haldor Topsoe and Aker Carbon Capture to cooperate on low-carbon hydrogen solutions

Anaergia to supply RNG to FuelCell Energy to create renewable hydrogen supporting Toyota’s port facility

Anaergia to supply CO2 to European Energy A/S for green e-methanol production as fuel for container ships

LanzaTech and Woodside Energy announce strategic collaboration, $50M investment

Lithium Australia produces LFP cathode material and Li-ion batteries from mine waste

KIT team produces synthetic natural gas from waste wood; used in natural gas vehicles

Asahi Kasei to produce S-SBR for eco-friendly tires using butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Oberon Fuels partners with SHV Energy to accelerate use of renewable DME (rDME) for low-carbon propane blends

PNNL team finds biocrude from kelp and fish waste via hydrothermal liquefaction could be viable fuel for remote Alaskan communities

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Europe targets 30% cut in carbon emissions by 30% by 2030

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

Renewable Energy Group collaborates with Iowa State University on hydrotreater pilot plant for renewable diesel

Zhejiang team develops photo-chemo-biocatalytic pathway to convert triolein to biogasoline

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

USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

Enerkem plant becomes first ISCC-certified plant to convert municipal solid waste into biomethanol

How are sustainable fuels created from plastic waste?

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