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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Six research institutions and seven industrial partners from Europe will participate in the new BioBoost project, aimed at converting residual biomass into energy carriers for the production of high-quality and engine-compatible fuels and chemicals as well as for the generation of electricity and heat.

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JULY 31, 2009

Estimates of potential for gasoline consumption reduction in the US light duty fleet in 2020 and 2035 relative to 2007. Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. million barrels per day of gasoline-equivalent) with near-zero lifecycle CO 2. million barrels gasoline equivalent per day.

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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.

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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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JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s Englon SC7 sedan was the first methanol-fueled car to receive approval from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Vulcanol is fuel-grade methanol, a clean burning, high-octane fuel that can be blended with gasoline for automobiles and used in the production of biodiesel or fuel ethers (DME, MTBE, OME etc.).

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AUGUST 28, 2017

The IMO fuel sulfur content regulation will have a significant global impact on both the refining and the shipping industries. As a result, both industries will experience rapid change and significant cost and operational impacts, according to new analysis from IHS Markit. The two industries are vastly unprepared.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

This partnership expands use of GM’s 8L long-block engine, originally intended for industrial and marine markets, to new on-highway applications of up to 33,000 lb GVW (gross vehicle weight). Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. GM engine. —Tucker Perkins.

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JUNE 10, 2011

While compressed natural gas (CNG) will play a role, particularly for high-mileage fleets, the report suggests that the chemical conversion of gas into some form of liquid fuel may be the best pathway to significant market penetration. emissions are reduced by around 25% relative to the use of gasoline for the same engine efficiency.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Under their optimistic scenario (OPT)—which is based on the assumption that EVs are market-competitive with gasoline vehicles, in particular after 2025—they find 15% and 47% adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in 2030 and 2050, respectively.

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MARCH 27, 2014

A specific objective is to have the outcome accepted as a reference by all relevant stakeholders, including industry, academia and government. They also note that large-scale production of synthetic fuels or hydrogen from coal or gas offers the potential for GHG emissions reduction—but only if CO 2 can be captured and stored.

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Green Car Congress

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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OCTOBER 10, 2020

The SCSA takes the life-cycle analysis approach to identify energy consumption and environmental sustainability hotspots that could be mitigated through improved process materials and energy conversion efficiencies. These pathways include methanol derived from natural gas, flare gas, biomass, renewable natural gas, coal, and black liquor.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

Lifecycle GHG emissions of renewable gasoline from the IH 2 process (GTI RG) compared to petroleum gasoline and diesel. for GTI’s Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH 2 ) technology, which converts biomass directly into cellulosic gasoline and diesel hydrocarbon blendstocks. Source: GTI. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

the developer of a biocatalytic process to transform CO 2 into low-carbon hydrocarbons (C 1 to C 3 ) for subsequent upgrading into higher-carbon fuels such as gasoline and jet fuel ( earlier post ), has also applied for an award under the FOA. Carbon Sciences, Inc., The opportunity. Known as Funding Opportunity DE-FOA-0000015, the $2.4-billion

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

It also partnered with Virent on biomass catalytic conversion to produce renewable gasoline, and Cellana (HR BioPetroleum) on algae biofuel. Additionally, the focus on waste feedstock can be reflected by its investments in the ill-fated Terrabon, which was focused on wet waste-to-gasoline.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Large scale production of methanol from natural gas and coal is a well-developed. technology and there is progress on the economic conversion of biomass to. Large scale production of methanol from natural gas and coal is a well-developed. technology and there is progress on the economic conversion of biomass to.

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MAY 13, 2011

TCX is the company’s new proprietary technology for ethanol production that builds on its acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. Earlier post.). Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 29, 2009

biomass, coal, petroleum coke, and wastes) for the production of an ultra-clean syngas. This syngas can then be used for industrial process heating applications, converted into electricity, or synthesized into fuels or chemicals. OmniGas uses a 1300 °C molten slag to gasify a wide range of hydrocarbon feedstocks (e.g.,

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. The gasoline-range alcohols can be high-octane gasoline additives.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Although gasoline production and combustion produce significant emissions, battery and electricity production emissions. Conversely, in a pessimistic scenario using low gasoline prices, shorter battery life, coal-powered charging, and ANL 2015 cost estimates, plug-in vehicles could produce more damages at substantially higher cost.

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

Comparison of GHGenius, JACOBS, TIAX, and the new PRELIM gasoline greenhouse gas (GHG) estimates using base case estimates and variations from the scenario analysis. As background, they noted that the petroleum refining industry is the second-largest stationary emitter of GHG in the US, and the third-largest in the world.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The second grant, for $100,000 from the UC Discovery Program, which pairs industry and university research to boost the California economy, will connect CERT researchers with Irvine-based Food Recycle Science Corporation, which has developed a process to turn food waste into a concentrated biomass. diesel, gasoline, jet) at low cost.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

BCG’s analysis finds that cellulosic ethanol is on the verge of becoming cost-competitive with gasoline at $3/gal US. For some alternative-energy industries—CCS and off shore wind, for example—real competitiveness is still a distant probability. Cleaner coal through carbon capture and sequestration.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

In August, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ovadan-Depe near the capital of Ashgabad in Turkmenistan to launch the construction of a major plant focused on the conversion of natural gas into synthetic gasoline. Synthetic gasoline is a competitive alternative to refinery gasoline and new energy carriers.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Based on the work of the multidisciplinary team, with advice from a board of 18 leaders from industry, government and environmental groups, the report examined the future of natural gas through 2050 from the perspectives of technology, economics, politics, national security and the environment. It is clean and flexible.

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MAY 7, 2009

Hydrogen production costs are already competitive with gasoline. These are accomplishments of the Department’s own program in partnership with industry. Finally, we are concerned that the Department has proposed to cut funds for the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA). Projected vehicle costs have been reduced by 75%.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Johnson Matthey will investigate the catalytic conversion of this microbial biodiesel into additional fuel molecules, most importantly jet fuel. Hydrogen-Dependent Conversion of Carbon Dioxide To Liquid Electrofuels By Extremely Thermophilic Archaea.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

A team led by Ferdi Schüth at the Max Planck Institute of Coal Research in Mülheim (Germany) and Markus Antonietti at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam-Golm (Germany) has developed a novel catalyst for the direct low-temperature oxidation of methane to methanol. Palkovits et al. CH 4 + H 2 SO 4 + SO 3 ?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Energix Research executed the GTL process via the syngas and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis route at a high conversion rate (87%) and selectivity rate (99%). Energix expects to develop affordable, micro GTL plants to monetize underutilized resources, such as abandoned natural gas fields, coal bed methane (CBM) fields, flared gases, etc.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A team led by Professor Jae Sung Lee at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), with colleagues at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), have developed a new pathway for the direct conversion of CO 2 to liquid transportation fuels by reaction with renewable hydrogen produced by solar water splitting.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

The hydrogen fuel cell in the FCEV acts to keep the battery charged, but can directly power the electric drive motor, similar to the function of a gasoline-powered range extender. Every time there is a conversion of energy from one form to another there are efficiency losses – a concept known as ‘energy vector transition’.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Headwaters direct coal liquefaction process. Headwaters Inc and Axens are forming a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing synthetic fuels by direct coal liquefaction (DCL) alone or in combination with refinery residues or biomass. Source: Headwaters. Click to enlarge. Axens DCL process. Source: Axens.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

Wendel Dreve and Marion Gilliland have dedicated the past five years to pursing their dream of transforming the corn ethanol industry. First, the industry is approaching the ethanol-to-gasoline blend wall of 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline in standard gas engines. gasoline would need to be greater than $2.80/gallon

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MARCH 18, 2013

The best approach is to promote a portfolio of vehicle and fuel R&D, supported by both government and industry, designed to solve the critical technical challenges in each major candidate pathway. The committee supports consistent R&D to advance technology development and to reduce the costs of alternative fuels and vehicles.

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MAY 13, 2010

Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles. Industrial sources will not enter the program until 2016. In 2016, energy-intensive and trade-exposed industries receive allowances to offset both their direct and indirect compliance costs. Expanding manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. cents to about 1.7

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

That could save the chemical industry more than $9 billion annually, according to the US Department of Energy’s announcement of the institute. Two possible projects highlighted in the application include: Pyrolysis-based Modular Energy Production Systems for conversion of wastes and biomass into fuels, chemicals and other products, with $3.2

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