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APRIL 11, 2019

Carbon Recycling International has been awarded a €1.8-million million) grant under the EU Horizon 2020 Research Programme to increase the scale of its CO 2 -to-methanol technology, marketed under the trademark Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL). Compression: Reaction gas is prepared by mixing H 2 and CO 2. million (US$2.0-million)

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The EU Innovation Fund will award a grant of €88 million to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO 2 capture & storage project, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Porvoo refinery in Finland. The project has a significant role in Neste’s target of carbon neutral production by 2035.

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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. Source: “Getting to Neutral”. —“Getting to Neutral”.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have received two grants to further explore a steam hydrogasification process they developed to convert waste into fuels. Earlier post.). diesel, gasoline, jet) at low cost.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The assistant professor and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has proposed the development of a modular electrochemical system that will provide “a sustainable, negative-carbon, low-waste and point-source manufacturing path preferable to traditional large-scale chemical process plants.”.

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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. million gallons of DME per year. —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D.,

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JUNE 21, 2018

Catalyst produced by PQ has already been used to successfully produce renewable transportation fuel and other products at ENVIA, the first commercial smaller scale gas-to-liquids plant which incorporates Velocys technology. UK waste-to-jet-fuel project. Velocys earlier announced that £4.9 million (US$6.5

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JUNE 14, 2019

Oberon Fuels, a producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel ( earlier post ), has been awarded a grant for $2,876,139 from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for a first-of-its-kind, multi-phase project to produce the first renewable dimethyl ether (rDME), a clean-burning, ultra-low-carbon transportation fuel, in the US.

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MAY 13, 2019

has reached agreement with trucking firms to lease or purchase more than 250 new heavy-duty trucks, fueled by its Redeem RNG (renewable natural gas). RNG reduces climate pollutants such as greenhouse gas, which takes carbon emissions completely out of trucking. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Earlier post.).

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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. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber. Fulcrum matched this DoD grant with $4.7

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MAY 25, 2017

The US Department of Energy will award 73 grants totaling $72 million to 68 small businesses in 24 states. Small businesses that demonstrated technical feasibility for innovations during their Phase I grants competed for funding for prototype or processes development during Phase II. Production of C 5 hydrocarbons from waste biomass.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

announced new and extended contracts for more than 20 million gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) to accommodate the continued demand across key business segments for the ultra-low carbon fuel produced from organic waste. million gallons of natural gas per year. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, is purchasing a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.,

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APRIL 22, 2015

This follows the successful demonstration of the carbon recycling platform at the White Biotech (WBT) Demonstration Plant in Kaohsiung using steel mill off gases for ethanol production. We need to keep fossil resources in the ground and carbon recycling is one way we can achieve this. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Commencing 1 July 2021, dimethyl ether and a dimethyl ether-liquefied petroleum gas fuel blend may be added to the categories of fuels for which an owner or operator may pay an annual flat rate fuel tax in lieu of the per gallon fuel tax. million grant from the California Energy Commission last summer. Oberon’s process.

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JUNE 11, 2021

As part of a $6-million project funded in part by a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC), Oberon is converting waste methanol into rDME at its upgraded facility in Brawley, Calif. DME is a hydrogen-rich molecule that handles like propane, or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

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JUNE 14, 2010

million) grant towards £52 million (US$76.7 million) construction costs for the first commercial plant in Europe using its waste-to-ethanol BioEnergy Process Technology. INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has received an offer of a £7.3 million (US$10.8 Earlier post.). million (US$6.6

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JUNE 18, 2021

Historically, clean-burning fuels, and those that are easy to make from waste CO 2 streams or syngas, have failed to ignite using MCCI. Jacobs provided installation support of its patented Cylinder Deactivation (CDA) technology, which complements the ClearFlame high-temperature, carbon-neutral strategy.

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APRIL 28, 2022

This blend replaces some of propane’s fossil-derived fuel with a renewable one, enabling up to a 60% reduction in carbon emissions for this popular fuel used in vehicles, forklifts, farm equipment, backyard grills and outdoor heaters. The plant was upgraded in 2020 with a grant from the California Energy Commission.

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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. In addition, this year’s call sought to promote submissions on two particular themes: natural gas monetization and materials for energy. A total of more than $1.6

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to 12 projects across the state. The bulk of the funding is flowing to natural gas projects, with additional funding for electric vehicle infrastructure and a biodiesel project. The projects are: Natural Gas. Talon Logistics Inc. liter 400 HP engine.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The California Energy Commission has awarded a $1-million grant to UC Riverside’s College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) to build a process demonstration unit (PDU) to convert waste biosolids to synthetic diesel fuel. The fuel gas can also be converted into electric power. Raju, et al.(2008)Synthesis

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MAY 28, 2013

has successfully demonstrated the conversion of municipal solid waste (MSW)—household garbage—into jet and diesel fuels. For that process, Fulcrum uses a two-stage thermochemical process involving gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW) followed by the catalytic conversion of the syngas to ethanol. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The fuel produced at the plant will deliver a reduction of more than 70% in greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional fossil jet fuel, equivalent to taking almost 27,000 petrol or diesel cars off the road each year. The plant in Georgia is due to begin construction this year. Fuel could be produced by 2025.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The first phase of the project, which has been completed, delivers renewable compressed natural gas (CNG) through six new dispensers. The City of Sacramento has signed a contract for an expected 650,000 gallons of Redeem to fuel approximately 100 solid waste vehicles. million in grant funding to expand and upgrade the station.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The INEOS Bio waste-to-ethanol process, originally developed by BRI. million) grant from the Regional Development Agency One North East and the Department for Energy and Climate Change. The hot synthesis gas is quenched and cleaned. The off-gas from the fermenter is used to produce additional power and heat.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

the developer of technology for efficient and non-destructive ( earlier post ) extraction of oil from algae, led a consortium in a recently submitted application for a grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 targeting the beneficial use of CO 2. Carbon Sciences, Inc., Carbon Sciences, Inc., OriginOil, Inc.,

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APRIL 20, 2011

million matching grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to accelerate the commercial implementation of its patent-pending, enzyme based, cellulosic ethanol production technology. AE Biofuels, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned advanced ethanol subsidiary AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc. (AE AE Keyes), has been awarded a $1.88

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

At COP26 in Glasgow, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the US Aviation Climate Action Plan , published by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which sets out to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the US aviation sector by 2050.

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MAY 1, 2022

Historically, clean-burning fuels, and those that are easy to make from waste CO 2 streams or syngas, have failed to ignite using MCCI. Ethanol’s shorter hydrocarbon chains (two-carbon atoms vs diesel’s twelve- carbon atoms) reduce or eliminate soot formation under typical engine conditions.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

signed SB 1383 , establishing the nation’s toughest restrictions on super pollutants including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. Sources of these super pollutants include petroleum-based transportation fuels, agriculture, waste disposal and synthetic gases used in refrigeration, air conditioning and aerosol products.

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JANUARY 26, 2015

CO 2 will be captured from the flue gases in a special downstream flue gas scrubber (Post-Combustion Capture, PCC). CO 2 will be captured from the flue gases in a special downstream flue gas scrubber (Post-Combustion Capture, PCC). Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Emissions Hydrogen Methanol Power-to-Gas'

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Gas Li-ion batteries thwart extreme cold South 8 Technologies demonstrates the cold tolerance of its Li-ion battery by burying it in ice at the 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. South 8 Technologies Conventional Li-ion batteries use liquid solvents, such as ethylene and dimethyl carbonate , as the electrolyte.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In June 2021, DHL Freight started piloting a Bio-LNG solution (Bio-Liquefied Natural Gas from sustainable biomass) with Shell on three haulier trucks to reduce CO 2 emissions in road freight transport for DHL’s customer Grundfos. The logistics industry is currently responsible for 11 percent of global carbon emissions.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

To enhance the strategic investment and the strength of the partnership, under the terms of the transaction, Bosch is granted the right to appoint a Non-Executive Director to the board of Ceres Power. Bosch’s total investment will be approximately €90 million (US$100 million).

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

One of the first areas expected to benefit from the technology is storage tanks for natural gas vehicles (NGVs), according to the company. Granting of the patent enabled the formation of MOF Technologies from Queen’s spin-out arm QUBIS. There are an abundance of sites where gas molecules can adsorb to the material. —Prof.

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