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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.,
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BP and Johnson Matthey (JM) have signed an agreement with Fulcrum BioEnergy to license their Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology to support Fulcrum’s drive to convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel.
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near the Nevada border. Another Lynas facility, in Kalgoorlie, Australia, produces a mixture of rare earth carbonates that can be turned into industrially useful oxides at customer sites.) As the bubbles float upwards, they carry the rare earthbearing grains with them, separating them from the waste grains. Her solution?
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440 fission reactors operating worldwide, which together can generate about 400 gigawatts of power with zero carbon emissions. Fission waste by-products need to be disposed of safely, and they remain radioactive for thousands of years. There are currently about. The enriched uranium fuel they use must be kept secure.
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