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AUGUST 31, 2011

(SES), a global energy and gasification technology company that provides products and solutions to the energy and chemicals industries, has entered into a Technical Study Agreement with Ambre Energy of Australia to supply a proprietary gasification design to support Ambre’s development of a planned Coal to Liquids Project (ambreCTL).

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JULY 6, 2011

has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. It is projected to produce 295,000 metric tons per year of ethylene and propylene for conversion to chemical products. China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd.

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JULY 11, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. The selected projects are intended to improve coal conversion and use and will help propel technologies for future advanced coal power systems. DOE Share: $299,998).

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JUNE 13, 2014

will test both pre- and post-combustion carbon-capture technologies, as well as materials and processes that support advanced fossil-fuel conversion systems, primarily coal gasification. Advancing lower-cost technologies to capture carbon dioxide while enabling coal-based power generation for years to come.

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DECEMBER 14, 2013

TIPS has developed a novel method of conversion for gas, biomass and coal to liquid hydrocarbons (XTL) that is more efficient and easier to apply on small scale than the commonly used Fischer-Tropsch process. As TIPS’ partner, TNO will introduce this technology to the European chemical industry. Kolesnikova, E.; Biryukova, E.;

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JULY 10, 2022

The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Lapwing Energy Limited, “Reverse Coal”.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Accelergy Corporation has begun production of a synthetic fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry benchmark for 100% synthetic jet fuel. Tags: Aviation Biomass Coal Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Fuels. Groenewold, Director of the EERC. Camelina oil.

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JUNE 1, 2016

Researchers in Sweden and Spain have devised a three-step process for the conversion of precipitated kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel. Pöyry Forest Industry Oy in Finland, noted that: The magnitude of the recovery process is often not fully appreciated. Their paper appears in the journal ChemSusChem. Vakkilainnen, from.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Synthesis Energy Systems’ (SES) 95%-owned Hai Hua joint venture project in Shandong Province, China, has completed a successful commercial-scale gasification demonstration, converting lignite coal from the Inner Mongolia region of China to syngas. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 1, 2010

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. In addition, commercial partners have signed on to advance work on the first round of commercial plants. Source: Sandia.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Our goal is the large-scale industrial use of the technology. Carbon2Chem is a major project coordinated by thyssenkrupp together with institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the Max Planck Society and involving 15 other partners from research and industry. —Reinhold Achatz, head of technology at thyssenkrupp.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens have formed a strategic alliance to develop and to commercialize a new technology for the low cost production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene using Anellotech’s process of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) of non-food biomass. Anellotech Inc., Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

SGCE) for the demonstration and commercialization of the Group’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology, primarily for Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) and Waste-to-Liquids (WTL) applications. The recently signed JDA formalizes the commercial relationship between the parties and provides $5.9 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 11, 2020

Generation 3 avoids the need for the Haber-Bosch process entirely by direct electrochemical conversion of N 2 to NH 3. The process generates H 2 from natural gas or coal through steam reforming and combines it with N 2 , which has been separated from air by a cryogenic process, to form NH 3. Credit: Joule , MacFarlane et al.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

million in federal funding for cost-shared projects that will develop technologies that utilize CO 2 from coal-fired power plants to produce useful products. CO 2 is already a commodity chemical that is used in many commercial applications. Mineralization concepts utilizing CO 2 with industrial wastes.

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JULY 7, 2010

million to six research projects to help find ways of converting CO 2 captured from emissions of power plants and industrial facilities into useful products. This integrated capture and conversion process will be used to produce a number of different chemicals that could replace petroleum-derived products.

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JULY 31, 2009

Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. By 2035, cellulosic ethanol and/or coal-and-biomass-to-liquid (CBTL) fuels with carbon capture and storage could replace about 15% of current fuel consumption in the transportation sector (1.7–2.5 emissions, according to the report.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Second, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that would provide financing to increase the conversion of biomass to bioenergy. It’s been said that the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal—and that’s because, as I said, it’s one of our most abundant energy resources.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a low-temperature catalyst for removing NO x gas from industrial exhaust using ammonia. Composed of bulk “defective” vanadium oxide instead of vanadium oxides supported on titanium oxide as in commercial catalysts, the catalyst works at lower temperatures (.

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JULY 20, 2015

GTI has worked closely with AR for ten years, hosting the development of their compact gasifier for coal and natural gas conversion. This strategic move is part of our company’s refined focus on our core business strengths in the aerospace and defense industry. —Eileen Drake, CEO and president of AR.

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JULY 22, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. billion effort to capture CO 2 from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Topic Area 2, funded by CUP, is to support the development of technologies for maximizing CO 2 utilization by creating algal bioproducts, where biofuels are not the primary product, and by focusing on industrial and utility point sources of CO 2 (e.g., power, cement, or other industrial sources).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. Many of these R&D efforts can be applied across both the energy and the industrial sectors. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.1): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Industrial Sources.

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. Roughly 6 billion metric tons of coal are used each year, producing 18 billion tons of CO 2.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Altex Technologies has selected Unitel to provide engineering services to design and build a pilot system that will produce 1 BPD of synthetic gasoline from biomass (Biomass Conversion to Synthetic Gasoline System, BCSGS). Method and apparatus for conversion of carbonaceous materials to liquid fuel. Carbonaceous materials—e.g.,

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. The industry now faces serious pressure to pick up the pace. body that governs the industry, representatives doubled down on carbon-reduction ambitions, setting a net-zero emissions goal for 2050.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

In recent years, interest in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis has increased significantly and thus it makes possible to produce synthetic motor fuels by using alternative energy resources as raw materials such as natural gas, coal, and biomass.

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MARCH 4, 2011

There is a tremendous amount of industrial and scientific interest in supercritical CO 2 systems for power generation using all potential heat sources including solar, geothermal, fossil fuel, biofuel and nuclear. The S-CO 2 system is also very compact, meaning that capital costs would be relatively low.

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MAY 23, 2012

Sundrop Fuels will convert sustainable forest residues and thinnings as feedstock combined with natural gas into bio-based “green gasoline” by using a commercially-proven production path that integrates gasification, gas purification, methanol synthesis and a methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process. Sundrop Fuels, Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

But earlier work faltered because lead-containing telluride, despite its strong thermoelectric properties, can’t be used commercially because of the health risks associated with lead, Ren said. This work continues his long-standing research into nanostructured thermoelectrics and thermoelectric energy conversion.

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JULY 31, 2012

Three projects will study the stability and durability of cathode materials when exposed to varying levels of humidity and contaminants expected in commercial deployment. The ultimate goal is the generation of efficient, cost-competitive electricity from domestic coal with near-zero emissions of carbon dioxide and air pollutants.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

The new facility will support the future commercialization of sCO 2 Brayton cycle energy conversion systems by testing and demonstrating the potential energy efficiency and cost benefits of this technology. Currently, no commercially-feasible sCO 2 facility exists for high temperature and high-efficiency system testing.

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JULY 27, 2010

The LPMEOH Process, developed for the production of methanol from coal, is an advanced indirect technology that utilizes synthesis gas, produced via gasification, to produce methanol. LPMEOH technology has the potential to be a more-efficient, lower-cost conversion route to methanol than commercially practiced gas-phase technologies.

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MAY 28, 2009

year commercialization grant to apply Velocys’ microchannel reactor technology to hydroprocessing for transportation fuels. Additional hydroprocessing application opportunities include the processing of edible oils, specialty and fine chemicals, and conversion of natural oils and fats to transportation fuels. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 2, 2011

Gasification is emerging as a core technology for the production of chemicals and cleaner power, and refers to a process for converting solid fuels, including coal, biomass, and wastes, into either fuel gas (containing CH 4 and some N 2 usually) or syngas (containing mainly H 2 and CO) for subsequent conversion into fuels and chemicals.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from academia, government research facilities, and industry received computing time through the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment, or INCITE, program. The diverse projects will advance knowledge in critical areas ranging from sustainable energy technologies to next-generation materials.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

billion grant is for “Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO 2 Use”. The FOA is seeking proposals for projects in two specific Technology Areas: (1) Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial sources and (2) Innovative concepts for beneficial CO 2 use.

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