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MAY 11, 2010

General Motors and Hawaii’s The Gas Company (TGC), the state’s major gas energy provider, are collaborating on a hydrogen infrastructure project. The Gas Company currently produces synthetic natural gas from naptha and hydrogen, will plans to include plant oils and animal fats as feedstocks in the future. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 22, 2013

Previous studies have attempted to explain the slow commercialization of cellulosic and algal biofuels qualitatively, however few have presented financial analysis across the sector, the authors observe. Over the last decade, the second-generation biofuels industry has struggled to reach commercialization. —Miller et al.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Although many feedstocks, technologies, and conversion pathways are currently sharing the same tent, the current decade is shaping up to be one of shakeouts, as early bets on cellulosic technologies reach commercial production and significant investments from oil majors and multinationals. commercialization. industry.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Lux Research analysts built a database of companies and investments in the BBMC space. Low oil hits drop-ins, substitutes. Amid low oil prices, VCs have shifted focus this year to commercializing bio-based products that offer improved performance, not just “greener” replacements for petro-based compounds.

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MARCH 23, 2017

It’s been six months now that oil prices have been reacting to OPEC, first to the possibility of an agreement, and then to the production cut deal itself, forged by OPEC to rebalance the market. Having a smaller footprint globally would, in turn, mean that OPEC would wield less influence over the price of oil.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

The demo plant will be ramped up in the first half of 2017, with the goal of reaching performances close to commercial levels by the end of the year. The company will now expand its focus to other second- and third-generation carbon feedstocks, which are associated with even higher reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

The impact of rising oil prices on North American light tight oil (LTO) production is said to be a “Catch 22”, the title of Joseph Heller’s popular 1961 novel set in WWII. Too many analysts continue to believe drilling and service has the same problem with rising oil prices. by David Yager for Oilprice.com.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Under the terms of the MoU, the three companies will actively cooperate to boost the further development of methane for vehicle usage in the form of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Together, FCA and IVECO intend to further develop their ranges of natural gas vehicles. This will result in a direct benefit of €1.5 billion (US$1.7

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The first commercial-scale facilities with a potential production capacity of 1 million gallons will likely come online in the 2014 to 2016 window, Pike forecasts, although construction delays, a lack of capital, and lingering investment risk could potentially obstruct growth. Algae’s ultimate threat is over-hype.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2012

GE has concluded a commercial alliance agreement with Norway-based Sargas AS to provide a gas turbine for one of the world’s first gas-fired plants with integrated carbon capture for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Overview of the Sargas system. Source: Sargas. Click to enlarge. DSME) and SNC-Lavalin.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

With the successful scale-up of this technology, it is believed that Gevo’s HEDFs could be produced at a lower cost than the petroleum-based equivalent, even at current oil prices. HEDFs are currently used in air and sea-launched cruise missiles used by the US military forces.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Ceres is a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change. More than 25 companies are involved in oil shale development.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

The question today is just how much Argentina is willing to change and how this plays into a low oil price environment that is already negatively impacting investment elsewhere. Investor confidence in Argentina has been damaged by heavy-handed nationalist politics, including the nationalization of oil company YPF in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2011

between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate. Given the scale of development, to date, and the crystallization of interests among a diverse range of stakeholders, widespread biofuels commercialization is no longer a question of “if’’, but “when”. A more robust growth is expected.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2012

Hyundai notes that the development of the FLNG makes Hyundai Heavy the only company that can conduct engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning for both the topside and hull part. Hyundai FLNG has an efficient and economical production capability in that it just takes about 45 months to build.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2009

Martek, a nutritional products company, has developed and patented two fermentable strains of microalgae which produce oils rich in docosahexaenoic acid, DHA. A similar patented process was developed for a fungus that produces an oil rich in arachidonic acid, ARA. Reduced exposure to vegetable oil price.

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APRIL 30, 2016

The study was commissioned by a coalition of fuel suppliers and automotive companies with a view to identifying a roadmap to 2030+ to identify GHG abatement options at the lowest cost to society. The coalition comprises BMW, Daimler, Honda, NEOT/St1, Neste, OMV, Shell, Toyota and Volkswagen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

Cautioning that the development and commercialization of the electric car is “ not a sprint, but a marathon ”, Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers.

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JULY 12, 2011

travelled (high, medium and low), and vehicle type (passenger, light commercial, or taxi). The analysis is based on central forecasts of oil price, electricity. price and carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS)/carbon tax policy, and known information about the historic drivers for consumers in the vehicle.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The first quote modifies a GEICO commercial describing a free-range chicken (If you’re a free range chicken, you roam free, that’s what you do), the second, the famous John Maynard Keynes quote about markets (The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent), the third, another famous Keynes quote (In the long run, we’re all dead).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In a report comparing advances in combustion engines, biofuels, electrification and other technologies, Accenture warns that the commercial viability of those disruptive technologies will be delayed unless regulators more proactively support the transformation of science into applied technologies. Waste-to-fuel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Australia’s Syngas Limited has engaged Rentech to provide Fischer-Tropsch fuels production preliminary engineering services for Syngas’ proposed commercial scale coal and biomass to liquids (CBTL) fuels facility in Southern Australia, known as the Clinton Project. Source: Syngas. Click to enlarge. Gas Conditioning.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We would expect that new reserves of conventional and unconventional oil may become available for exploration due to geological exploration and advances in oil extraction techniques or that extraction from less feasible oil fields becomes more economically attractive. All of these factors would change our predicted outcome.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Preliminary analysis suggests that Virent’s BioForming process can compete economically with petroleum-based fuels and chemicals at crude oil prices of $60 a barrel. The BioForming platform is near commercialization. Fuels derived from the process can have a 20–30% per Btu cost advantage over ethanol.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

When oil prices rose to new highs in the 1970s, Brazil invested in ethanol created from the its sugar cane crops. Commercially available baker’s yeast was used to break down the sugar cane into ethanol, but genetic tests showed that this yeast quickly disappeared in the harsh environment of industrial fermentation vats.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Syncrude’s earlier commercial-scale pilot of wet crushing demonstrated positive results and the technology has been vetted through ExxonMobil’s TQM (Total Quality Management) process. Decisions regarding further upgrading capacity will be considered in the future in the context of evolving heavy/light crude oil price spreads.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

Encouraging bio-manufacturing and its associated value chain development, and building upon its current expertise in producing conventional parts for automakers, may position the Great Lakes region at a global competitive advantage as oil prices climb, and the demand for more bio-based parts increases. Commercialization.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Genomatica is developing and commercializing sustainable basic and intermediate chemicals made from renewable feedstocks including readily available sugars, biomass, and syngas. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 per million Btu.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

President Obama’s dream is appealing and it may be achievable, but there are big barriers to overcome before the mass commercialization of electric vehicles will occur. Virtually all major vehicle manufacturers and several start-up companies are offering—or are planning to offer soon—a PEV for sale in the US market.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The party is over for tight oil. Despite brash statements by US producers and misleading analysis by Raymond James, low oil prices are killing tight oil companies. Reports this week from IEA and EIA paint a bleak picture for oil prices as the world production surplus continues. Party On, Dude!

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2009

a company commercializing a cellulosic ethanol production process, is co-author of five of the eight papers in the special issue. Achieve production costs consistent with gasoline when oil prices are at about $30 a barrel. Require modest volumes of process water.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

The production costs for most chemicals via microbial fermentation are currently high compared to oil-derived products primarily because of operating costs associated with feedstock and feedstock processing. The company first pursued Acetone Butanol Ethanol (ABE) technology when it was founded in 2012.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco is gearing-up production of its right-hand drive natural gas powered Daily following the success of a six month trial which saw the vehicle used for recycling and street cleansing operations on behalf of Camden Council. litres/100km. “The

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

Using thermal recovery processes in heavy oil reservoirs depends largely on. Oil price volatility has in the past been a significant deterrent to heavy oil project investment by industry, particularly by smaller independent producers, the DOE notes. —Jeff Hatley.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

Fulcrum expects its first alternative fuels plant to begin commercial operation in 2017. Investing in alternative fuels is not only good for the environment, it’s a smart move for our company as biofuels have the potential to hedge against future oil price volatility and carbon regulations.

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APRIL 30, 2009

Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We We are thinking about plug-in hybrids, but we aren’tthinking about commercializing one right away,” Fukui said. Oil prices are going to go up. where such vehicles can be used.

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