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Altalto waste-to-jet fuel plant advances in UK; BA, Shell, Velocys

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Velocys also supplies the central processing unit: micro-Channel Fischer-Tropsch reactors with the proprietary Velocys Actocat catalyst. million gallons US) of cleaner-burning sustainable jet and road fuel each year. million gallons US) of cleaner-burning sustainable jet and road fuel each year.

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Why Electrifying the Supply Chain Is More Important Than Ever

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However, supply chains could make an even more prominent impact by electrifying their fleets of vehicles, which account for more significant environmental degradation. Supply chains making these progressive decisions will likely enjoy resilience and sustained profit margins. The choice affects customers, B2B partners and the planet.

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Ballard and GS Caltex partner on waste-to-energy fuel cell demo

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Ballard Power Systems has partnered with GS Platech, a subsidiary of GS Caltex, one of South Korea’s largest petroleum refiners, to demonstrate waste-to-energy power generation using zero-emission fuel cells and hydrogen produced from processing of municipal solid waste.

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ORNL team develops new hydrothermal synthesis method for cobalt-free cathode material

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The result is a more affordable battery from a faster, less wasteful process that uses less toxic material. This dependence on foreign sources poses risks to American manufacturing supply chains and transportation infrastructure. NMA half cells show 200 mAh g −1 capacity with 96% capacity over 100 cycles.

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HD REV powertrain company Wrightspeed gearing up for commercialization push

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a developer and manufacturer of advanced range-extended electric vehicle (REV) powertrains for heavy-duty applications ( earlier post ), is gearing up for a commercialization push with the appointent of four advanced engineering and commercialization executives. Erin Sawyer, Supply Chain Director. Wrightspeed Inc.,

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LanzaTech collaborating with Swayana to convert waste gases from ferroalloy production to ethanol

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South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors.

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PowerDriver simulations predict thermoelectric exhaust waste heat recovery output of 300W, -2.5% in fuel consumption; prototyping begins

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The European Union-funded PowerDriver project—a two-year, €3-million (US$4-million) research project initiated in February 2012 to turn exhaust gas waste heat into electricity using thermoelectric generator (TGEN) technology—has completed simulation work on on a potential automotive application.

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