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US Navy researchers demonstrate synthesis of high-density biofuels from myrtenal using cyclopropanation

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2023

Recent work has shown that chemoselective hydrogenation of ring-strained monoterpenes is an effective strategy for the generation of high-performance fuels. Alternatively, the alkenes can be easily converted to cyclopropane rings, which further enhances the density and volumetric heat of combustion (NHOC) of these hydrocarbons.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Fuel Hydrogen Carbon

WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A team of biologists and engineers modified Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 (TIE-1) so that it can produce a biofuel using only three renewable and naturally abundant source ingredients: carbon dioxide, solar panel-generated electricity and light. We hope that it can be a steppingstone for future sustainable solar fuel production.

Solar

Solar Light St. Louis Power

Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. McCollum et al. Click to enlarge.

Carbon

Carbon Market Alternative Fuels Vehicles

CARB releases 2022 draft Scoping Plan update

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MAY 11, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan —the third update to the state’s initial 2008 Scoping Plan. It achieves this goal by building on and accelerating regulations, incentives, and carbon pricing that have been in place for a decade and a half.

Climate Change

Climate Change Hydrogen Carbon Gas-Electric

Neste opens four new renewable diesel filling stations in California

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JULY 24, 2020

Each location is regularly supplied with Neste MY Renewable Diesel, a low-carbon fuel produced from 100% renewable and sustainable raw materials that cuts greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% compared to petroleum diesel. The four new fueling stations join existing Neste-branded fuel stations in San Leandro, San Jose, Keyes and Ripon.

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Renewable Diesel California San Jose

JBEI researchers produce high density jet fuel precursors from bacteria

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Among these biofuel candidates, C 10 and C 15 terpenes (monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes) have been increasingly used as jet fuel alternatives for commercial aviation and military purpose because of their structures, suitable carbon numbers and reactive olefin functionality, which collectively impart low freezing points and high energy densities.

Fuel

Fuel Fuel Alternative Hydrogen Commercial

Study finds renewable fuel mandates alone not likely to lower carbon intensity of biofuels; the importance of localized LCAs and optimized low carbon fuel standards

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NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Ultimately, the authors suggest, states can encourage the reduction of fuel GHG emissions by developing policies, such as a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS), that encourage incremental improvements in corn ethanol in the short term and in the medium term by switching to cellulosic-derived fuels. —Boies et al.

Carbon

Carbon Fuel Standards Renewable

UK study finds Bio-SNG could offer 90% reduction in lifecycle CO2; lower cost of carbon abatement than electrical solutions for transport applications

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Cost of carbon abated for transport applications. Although anaerobic digestion of organic material has been widely accepted as an important renewable energy technology, the production of Bio-SNG will required to move to higher levels of fossil fuel replacement, according to the report. Carbon savings. Cost of carbon abated.

Cost Of

Cost Of Carbon Transportation CO2

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

(The comparison to the electric vehicle is based on estimates which factor in the CO 2 emissions resulting from fuel production, with the DME-powered vehicle figure calculated from the use of renewable energy to generate the DME fuel, and the electric vehicle figure calculated from electricity generated from renewable resources.

Ford

Ford Fuel Power Powered

List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

Global warming due to the emission of gases (Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, etc.) from automobiles, environmental pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, etc. make alternative fuels in vehicles a necessity. Kg of Carbon dioxide when it burnt. Kg of Carbon dioxide!!

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Gasoline-Electric

DOE TEF project finds US can eliminate petroleum and reduce GHG by more than 80% in transportation by 2050; less use, more biofuels, expansion of electricity and hydrogen

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MARCH 15, 2013

The project identifies possible paths to a low-carbon, low-petroleum future in the US transportation sector, and also looks beyond technology to examine the marketplace, consumer behavior, industry capabilities, and infrastructure. The transportation sector accounts for 71% of total US petroleum consumption and 33% of total carbon emissions.

Transportation

Transportation Hydrogen Fuel Light

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. of global electricity demand. —Chen et al. Henry, J.M.

Coal

Coal MIT Climate Global

NAIT partnering with Oberon, Mack and Westcan to advance use of DME fuel in long-haul trucks

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Oberon units have the capacity to produce 10,000 gallons of DME per day to service regional fuel markets. Because DME can be produced from natural gas, its use could provider another value-added product from Alberta’s resources. Rebecca Boudreaux, President, Oberon Fuels. billion by 2020.

Fuel

Fuel Water Gas Diesel

Opinion: Alternatives to the RFS

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2015

Recently, the Energy Resources Center made headlines by saying the EPA’s shift on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) would equal adding 1 million more passenger vehicles on the road. It’s also a political lightning rod given the stagnation of fuel consumption matched with accelerating ethanol blending. Carbon Intensity.

Oil

Oil San Francisco Tax Credit Gasoline

UC Davis report finds LCFS compliance costs may rise rapidly; recommends offsetting measures

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

Both proposals have the additional advantage of generating funds which may be used to increase investments in low CI fuel technologies. The LCFS program calls for a 10% reduction in the carbon intensity of fuel sold in California over the next decade. The program is agnostic as to which fuels can be used to meet the Standard.

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Davis Alternative Fuels Boston Consulting Group Price

LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

million announced by the FAA to help advance alternative, environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for commercial jet fuel. LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Renewable 2011 Waste

New silica-organic hybrid absorbents deliver among highest performance yet reported for CO2 capture from air

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JANUARY 4, 2012

A team from the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, reports on an improved material for capturing carbon dioxide from the air—silica?organic Narayanan (2011) Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Air Using a Polyamine Based Regenerable Solid Adsorbent. Olah, and S.

CO2

CO2 Hybrid Carbon Climate Change

Jülich evaluation of power-to-fuels recommends DME, OME3-5 and n-alkanes as diesel substitutes

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JULY 13, 2017

Analyzing the potential of various OME n as diesel fuels identifies OME 3–5 as the most promising mixture. The researchers reviewed liquid fuel alternatives that could be used in existing vehicles in the transportation sector. Their composition depends on the production process. —Schemme et al. Molecular structure.

Diesel

Diesel Fuel Power Powered

European Parliament backs 6% cap on land-based biofuels, switchover to advanced biofuels; no mandate

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

We urge European governments and Parliamentarians to support the full carbon accounting of biofuels in order to fix the failing EU biofuels policy once and for all. Commenting on the vote, European environmental NGO Transport & Environment noted that the lack of a mandate creates further uncertainty on the future of biofuels in Europe.

2020

2020 Europe Waste Emissions

CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

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MARCH 31, 2011

The report also considers the efficiency (and inefficiencies) in the current system, as well as considering the aggressive investments that other trade blocs are making in new infrastructure and lower-carbon transportation—investments that may be outpacing efforts in North America. Shifting to lower-carbon fuels.

Transportation

Transportation North America Canada Mexico

Monash/Hokkaido team produces diesel blend fuel via CO2 hydrogenation in methanol over new catalyst

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Researchers from Monash University and Hokkaido University have developed a method to produce dimethoxymethane (DMM)—a diesel blend fuel currently of great research interest—via CO 2 hydrogenation in methanol over a novel ruthenium-based catalyst. Their paper is published in the Journal of Energy Chemistry. 2021.07.026.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Diesel Fuel CO2

IEA roadmap concludes biofuels can provide up to 27% of world transportation fuel by 2050

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APRIL 21, 2011

While vehicle efficiency will be the most important and most cost-efficient way to reduce transport-emissions, biofuels will still be needed to provide low-carbon fuel alternatives for planes, marine vessels and other heavy transport modes, and will eventually provide one fifth (2.1

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Conversion CO2

Opinion: A More Level Playing Field for Advanced Biofuels

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In our national effort to reduce carbon emissions, we need a practical, all-of-the-above strategy to help us achieve America’s climate ambitions. However, America’s clean energy transition has been characterized by siloed thinking and inflexibility despite significant advances in low-carbon fuel alternatives.

Tax Credit

Tax Credit Fuel Alternative Tax Congress

MIT team develops new synthetic pathway and modular engineering toolkit for direct biosynthesis of odd-chain molecules for fuels and chemicals

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NOVEMBER 3, 2012

In many natural pathways, a carbon skeleton is initially formed from which a handful of compounds with diverse chemical architecture are generated. The extent to which each of the enzymes will accept the five-carbon unnatural substrates is unknown. —Tseng and Prather. —Tseng and Prather. Hsien-Chung Tseng and Kristala L.

MIT

MIT Engine Fuel Supplies

CAAFI R&D team releases critical challenges position paper and white papers for alternative jet fuel industry

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Critical enablers requiring immediate development are: Flexible economic and engineering models capable of evaluating the wide variety of proposed approaches for alternative fuel facilities and supply chains. Current economic and engineering models were developed with assumptions that do not match those for alternative fuels.

Industrial

Industrial Industry Fuel Alternative Fuels

What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Before greenhouse gasses became a global concern, before we came to terms with the inevitable limits of fossil fuels, natural gas would have been a logical fuel alternative to petroleum. While less polluting than petroleum, burning natural gas emits significant carbon. But we find ourselves in 2008.

Al Gore

Al Gore Gore Gas-Electric Gas

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US Navy researchers demonstrate synthesis of high-density biofuels from myrtenal using cyclopropanation

WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

CARB releases 2022 draft Scoping Plan update

Neste opens four new renewable diesel filling stations in California

JBEI researchers produce high density jet fuel precursors from bacteria

Study finds renewable fuel mandates alone not likely to lower carbon intensity of biofuels; the importance of localized LCAs and optimized low carbon fuel standards

UK study finds Bio-SNG could offer 90% reduction in lifecycle CO2; lower cost of carbon abatement than electrical solutions for transport applications

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

DOE TEF project finds US can eliminate petroleum and reduce GHG by more than 80% in transportation by 2050; less use, more biofuels, expansion of electricity and hydrogen

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

NAIT partnering with Oberon, Mack and Westcan to advance use of DME fuel in long-haul trucks

Opinion: Alternatives to the RFS

UC Davis report finds LCFS compliance costs may rise rapidly; recommends offsetting measures

LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

New silica-organic hybrid absorbents deliver among highest performance yet reported for CO2 capture from air

Jülich evaluation of power-to-fuels recommends DME, OME3-5 and n-alkanes as diesel substitutes

European Parliament backs 6% cap on land-based biofuels, switchover to advanced biofuels; no mandate

CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

Monash/Hokkaido team produces diesel blend fuel via CO2 hydrogenation in methanol over new catalyst

IEA roadmap concludes biofuels can provide up to 27% of world transportation fuel by 2050

Opinion: A More Level Playing Field for Advanced Biofuels

MIT team develops new synthetic pathway and modular engineering toolkit for direct biosynthesis of odd-chain molecules for fuels and chemicals

CAAFI R&D team releases critical challenges position paper and white papers for alternative jet fuel industry

What about the Pickens Plan?

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