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Eaton introduces DC-DC converters for 48V commercial vehicle architectures

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MAY 20, 2022

Power management company Eaton introduced a family of 48-volt DC-DC converters for diesel-powered commercial vehicles that can be used to power accessories such as antilock brakes and lighting. Unlike competitive offerings, Eaton’s DC-DC converters are operational in ambient temperatures up to 85 ?C

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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

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MAY 1, 2023

Stanford researchers, with a colleague from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, have developed a simple and environmentally sound way to make ammonia with tiny droplets of water and nitrogen from the air. The conversion rate reaches 32.9 ± 1.38 Water microdroplets are the hydrogen source for N 2 in contact with Fe 3 O 4.

Water

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Blue Biofuels achieves full conversion (99%+) of cellulosic material to sugars on repeatable basis

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JANUARY 14, 2022

reports that it has achieved full conversion ( 99% + ) of king grass cellulosic material to water soluble sugars on a repeatable basis. This conversion occurs with a reaction time of less than one minute. Full conversion is the most efficient use of the feedstock possible and exceeds earlier projections.

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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. Different methods for converting CO 2 into methane have long been known. A paper on the work is published in ChemSusChem.

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Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner. —Dr Wang.

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EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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JUNE 28, 2021

For the future, it will be important to commercialize advanced biofuel conversion technologies, which utilize a broader and more sustainable feedstock base. Under these conditions, biomass is converted into a crude bio-oil, which is separated from the process water behind the reactor.

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Phillips 66 makes final investment decision for $850M conversion of refinery to renewable fuels facility; commercial operation in 1Q 2024

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MAY 12, 2022

Phillips 66 made a final investment decision Wednesday to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities. million cars off California roads each year.

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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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MAY 10, 2023

This project will complete key engineering design and demonstration tests to enable cost-competitive, carbon-neutral production of synthetic jet fuel and diesel using nuclear energy from existing light water reactors. 3M Company will develop an isotope recovery process to enable commercial deployment of molten salt reactors.

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Hydrogen Molten Salt Clean Cleaning

New halogen conversion-intercalation chemistry enables high-energy density aqueous Li-ion battery

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MAY 10, 2019

developed a halogen conversion–intercalation chemistry in graphite that produces composite electrodes with a capacity of 243 mAh g -1 (for the total weight of the electrode) at an average potential of 4.2 Proposed conversion–intercalation chemistry. A team of researchers led by a group from the University of Maryland has. V) and Cl ?

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SOLAR-JET project demonstrates solar-driven thermochemical conversion of CO2 and water to jet fuel

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APRIL 28, 2014

The EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has demonstrated the production of aviation kerosene from concentrated sunlight, CO 2 captured from air, and water. The solar reactor technology features enhanced radiative heat transfer and fast reaction kinetics, which are crucial for maximizing the solar-to-fuel energy conversion efficiency.

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Toshiba’s new large-scale production technology for electrolysis electrodes cuts iridium use to 1/10

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

P2G uses electrolysis of water to convert renewable energy into hydrogen, for storage and transportation to where it is needed. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) electrolysis is seen as a highly promising conversion method, as it is reacts rapidly to power fluctuations and is highly durable.

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United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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JUNE 16, 2022

United and United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced an investment in and commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy. million award from ARPA-E ( earlier post ), has developed a reactor and catalysts to convert CO 2 and hydrogen from water into syngas for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process.

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NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a highly effective new perovskite-promoted iron oxide redox catalyst for a hybrid solar-redox scheme they had proposed earlier for partial oxidation and water-splitting of methane. To further enhance this effect, they proposed a layered reverse-flow reactor concept.

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Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

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JUNE 15, 2023

OXCCU, a company spun-out from the University of Oxford in 2021 that is focused on converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products ( earlier post ), completed an £18-million (US$22.8 million) Series A financing round. Trafigura, TechEnergy Ventures and Doral Energy-Tech Ventures also participated in the financing.

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Topsoe enters agreement with Steeper Energy to introduce complete waste-to-biofuel solution

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Topsoe and Steeper Energy , a developer of biomass conversion technologies, signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. With this agreement, the parties are working towards the first commercial scale deployment of Hydrofaction technology. Steeper Energy was founded in 2011 and is backed by TOM Capital.

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Scientists develop method for direct conversion of methane to methanol or acetic acid under mild conditions

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, Tufts University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have shown that mononuclear rhodium species, anchored on a zeolite or titanium dioxide support suspended in aqueous solution, can catalyze the direct conversion of methane to methanol and acetic acid using oxygen and carbon monoxide under mild conditions.

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DGIST-led team improves efficiency of photocatalyst for conversion of atmospheric CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels

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JUNE 10, 2019

The modified photocatalyst converted sunlight to fuel with a maximum efficiency of 3.3% Carbon dioxide gas and water vapor moved through the chamber, passing over the catalyst. The photocatalyst has a very high conversion efficiency and is relatively easy to manufacture, making it advantageous for commercialization.

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Swedish eMethanol startup launches crowd-funding campaign, developing commercial-scale plant

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MAY 1, 2020

Liquid Wind is developing its first commercial-scale eMethanol facility in Sweden and plans to establish 6 facilities by 2030 before expanding internationally. Liquid Wind, in partnership with its consortium of experts, Consortium, will convert waste CO 2 and renewable electricity into eMethanol, a carbon-neutral fuel.

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Commercial Wind Carbon Sweden

Mangrove raises $3M from BDC Capital to accelerate deployment of battery-grade lithium processing systems

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The platform technology is also being commercialized for conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. The $3 million in funding from BDC will help Mangrove accelerate the deployment of the first commercial systems with upstream lithium producers and cathode and cell manufacturers.

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Prairie Lithium commissions 3rd DLE pilot plant

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The pilot plant utilizes Prairie Lithium’s Ion Exchange (Plix) material designed to selectively extract lithium from the produced brine water, purposely reducing the amount of contaminants that are carried over into the production stream. The company acknowledges that DLE technologies are not yet ready to be commercially deployed.

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Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

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APRIL 28, 2021

a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced a joint venture to build up to 100 hydrogen hubs across the United States and globally. into locally produced, renewable hydrogen for Hyzon’s fleet of zero-emission commercial vehicles. Raven SR , a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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DOE to award $35M for bioenergy feedstock and algae R&D

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Topic Areas include: Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to Enable Production of Conversion-Ready Feedstocks (up to $15M). The importance of any particular MSW characteristic is defined by the conversion technology specifications. Measurement of variability of key MSW characteristics within and across unique MSW streams.

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Conversion Waste Carbon Concept

KAUST team seeks improved catalysts for Lebedev ethanol-to-butadiene process for renewable rubber

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APRIL 21, 2023

Butadiene can also be produced from ethanol by one of two primary methods: Lebedev, which converts ethanol over one catalyst in one reactor, and Ostromisslensky, which converts a mixture of ethanol and acetaldehyde in a two-reactor system. The method involves combining solid catalyst precursors in water under continuous mixing.

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Because so much energy is lost turning steam back into water in the Rankine cycle, at most a third of the power in the steam can be converted into electricity. In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. The recuperator improves the overall efficiency of the system.

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Grid Power Powered CO2

BMW i Ventures announces lead investment in Mangrove Lithium Series A; green lithium refining technology

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MAY 18, 2022

Mangrove’s patent-pending, proprietary technology uses electrochemical processes to convert lithium chloride and lithium sulfate directly into lithium hydroxide. The platform technology is also being commercialized for the conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components.

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner

U Alberta spin-off Forge Hydrocarbons commercializing pyrolytic lipids-to-hydrocarbons process

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

A University of Alberta spinoff company, Forge Hydrocarbons, is commercializing a patented lipids-to-hydrocarbons (LTH) process developed by David Bressler, a researcher in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences. The process also converts the same agricultural feedstocks into solvents and diluents.

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US researchers demo separation-free, IL-based process for conversion of biomass to advanced biofuel

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JUNE 1, 2018

Researchers from three US national labs (Berkeley, Pacific Northwest and Sandia) has demonstrated a separation-free, ionic-liquid (IL)-based process to convert biomass to an advanced biofuel (the sesquiterpene bisabolene). They achieved high titers of bisabolene relative to those previously obtained using a multi-step process.

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University of Wisconsin seeking commercial partners for alkylphenol solvent-based method to convert biomass into furan derivatives for fuels and chemicals

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AUGUST 28, 2011

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is seeking commercial partners for a novel, cost-effective method developed by University of Wisconsin, Madison researchers for producing furan derivatives such as hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), furfural, levulinic acid (LA) or γ-valerolactone (GVL) from biomass using alkylphenols as solvents.

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DOE awards up to $40M for open-water, grid-connected wave energy testing facility

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of up to $40 million, subject to appropriations, to design, permit, and construct an open-water, grid-connected national wave energy testing facility.

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Abengoa opens cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton; 1st commercial deployment of Abengoa enzymatic hydrolysis

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

By utilizing residual biomass solids from the ethanol conversion process, the plant generates 21 megawatts (MW) of electricity—enough to power itself and provide excess clean renewable power to the local Stevens County community.

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SITA UK and Cynar to build UKs first commercial plants to convert waste plastic to diesel

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

SITA UK, one of the country’s leading recycling and resource management companies and a subsidiary of Suez Environment, has signed an exclusive agreement with Cynar Plc to build Britain’s first fully operational plants to convert end of life plastic into diesel fuel. Cynar system. Non-plastic materials fall to the bottom of the chamber.

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Waste Convert Diesel Commercial

ICCT study finds hydrotreating an inexpensive approach to remove naphthalenes from petroleum jet fuel for contrail abatement

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MARCH 25, 2023

L) to hydrotreat fossil jet fuel at the conversion refineries that produce the bulk of aviation jet fuel worldwide. Further, new aviation fuels such as SAF, require years of rigorous testing and certification by various national and international regulatory bodies before they can be placed in commercial service. A study by MathPro Inc.,

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ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

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JULY 30, 2019

Scientists at ETH Zürich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 and hydrogen directly into methanol. It is possible to convert it into fuels and a wide variety of chemical products, including those that today are mainly based on fossil resources.

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Convert CO2 Hydrogen Gas-Electric

6PPD-quinone derived from tire debris is toxic to two trout species, not just coho salmon

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MARCH 4, 2022

There, the particles react with oxidants such as ozone in the air, converting 6PPD to 6PPD-quinone, which washes into waterways along with the source tire particles in stormwater runoff. Conversely, another study indicated that zebrafish and Japanese medaka can withstand even very high amounts of 6PPD-quinone. 2c00050.

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Researchers develop co-catalyst system for lower cost conversion of CO2 to CO; syngas for synfuels

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

A team from the University of Illinois and startup Dioxide Materials has developed an electrocatalytic system for the reduction of CO 2 to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis and thus an enabler for the conversion of CO 2 to synthetic fuels—at overpotentials below 0.2 intermediate. In this context the term “CO 2 ? ”

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Blue World Technologies starting production of methanol fuel cells

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Methanol fuel cell developer and manufacturer Blue World Technologies ( earlier post ) is starting limited production—the first step in commercializing its methanol fuel cell technology. Methanol reforming is a relatively simple process that converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas.

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Fuel Production Hydrogen DC

China researchers devise process to convert biomass to gasoline via one-step DME synthesis: DTG

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology have proposed a new process for the conversion of biomass to gasoline via a one-step DME synthesis (DTG: Dimethyl ether to gasoline). This mixture is converted to gasoline over a ZSM-5 catalyst. CO2/Water-removal; 17,18. Water-cooled condenser; 23.

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Synhelion raises CHF 22M (US$23.6M) to support scaling of solar fuel production

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The proceeds of the investment round will accelerate the company’s growth and support the scaling and commercialization of Synhelion’s solar fuels technology. The thermochemical splitting of CO 2 and water in a two-step redox reaction yields carbon-neutral fuels. Synhelion is developing two pathways to solar fuels: Redox splitting.

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Solar Fuel Production Carbon

New ceramic hollow fiber substrate for catalytic converters cuts fuel consumption, size and manufacturing costs

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JANUARY 28, 2014

A new ceramic hollow fiber substrate for catalytic converters designed by Dr. Benjamin Kingsbury and colleagues at Imperial College London could cut the size and precious metal loading of the devices in automobiles while reducing fuel consumption and and manufacturing costs. as a spin-out to commercialize the technology.

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Cool Planet and Acritaz Greentech to build $60M commercial biorefinery in Malaysia

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

The first commercial facility is planned to be located in the Malaysian state of Johor. Cool Planet is deploying capital-efficient, small-scale biorefineries to economically convert non-food biomass into high-octane, drop-in biofuels. The plan is to begin construction on the first plant in 2014.

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PNNL team develops continuous flow process for rapid production of green crude from algae; licensed for commercialization

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

HTL converts wet algae slurries into an upgradeable biocrude. Catalytic hydrothermal gasification is applied for HTL byproduct water cleanup and fuel gas production from water soluble organics, allowing the water to be considered for recycle of nutrients to the algae growth ponds. —Douglas Elliott.

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New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

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JUNE 23, 2013

carbon monoxide evolving catalyst (Bi-CMEC) that can be used in conjunction with ionic liquids to convert CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO) using electricity. CO can then be reacted with H 2 O via the water?gas Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Power Generation' —DiMeglio and Joel Rosenthal.

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New fast hydrothermal process converts 65% of wet algae feedstock sample to biocrude in one minute

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Phillip Savage at the University of Michigan has found that with appropriate parameters, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) can convert 65% of wet algae (a Nannochloropsis species) into biocrude in one minute. They saw their best results, with about half of the algae converted to biocrude, after treating it for 10 to 40 minutes at 570 degrees.

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Eaton introduces DC-DC converters for 48V commercial vehicle architectures

Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

Blue Biofuels achieves full conversion (99%+) of cellulosic material to sugars on repeatable basis

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

Phillips 66 makes final investment decision for $850M conversion of refinery to renewable fuels facility; commercial operation in 1Q 2024

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

New halogen conversion-intercalation chemistry enables high-energy density aqueous Li-ion battery

SOLAR-JET project demonstrates solar-driven thermochemical conversion of CO2 and water to jet fuel

Toshiba’s new large-scale production technology for electrolysis electrodes cuts iridium use to 1/10

United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

Topsoe enters agreement with Steeper Energy to introduce complete waste-to-biofuel solution

Scientists develop method for direct conversion of methane to methanol or acetic acid under mild conditions

DGIST-led team improves efficiency of photocatalyst for conversion of atmospheric CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels

Swedish eMethanol startup launches crowd-funding campaign, developing commercial-scale plant

Mangrove raises $3M from BDC Capital to accelerate deployment of battery-grade lithium processing systems

Prairie Lithium commissions 3rd DLE pilot plant

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

DOE to award $35M for bioenergy feedstock and algae R&D

KAUST team seeks improved catalysts for Lebedev ethanol-to-butadiene process for renewable rubber

Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

BMW i Ventures announces lead investment in Mangrove Lithium Series A; green lithium refining technology

DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

U Alberta spin-off Forge Hydrocarbons commercializing pyrolytic lipids-to-hydrocarbons process

US researchers demo separation-free, IL-based process for conversion of biomass to advanced biofuel

University of Wisconsin seeking commercial partners for alkylphenol solvent-based method to convert biomass into furan derivatives for fuels and chemicals

DOE awards up to $40M for open-water, grid-connected wave energy testing facility

Abengoa opens cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton; 1st commercial deployment of Abengoa enzymatic hydrolysis

SITA UK and Cynar to build UKs first commercial plants to convert waste plastic to diesel

ICCT study finds hydrotreating an inexpensive approach to remove naphthalenes from petroleum jet fuel for contrail abatement

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

6PPD-quinone derived from tire debris is toxic to two trout species, not just coho salmon

Researchers develop co-catalyst system for lower cost conversion of CO2 to CO; syngas for synfuels

Blue World Technologies starting production of methanol fuel cells

China researchers devise process to convert biomass to gasoline via one-step DME synthesis: DTG

Synhelion raises CHF 22M (US$23.6M) to support scaling of solar fuel production

New ceramic hollow fiber substrate for catalytic converters cuts fuel consumption, size and manufacturing costs

Cool Planet and Acritaz Greentech to build $60M commercial biorefinery in Malaysia

PNNL team develops continuous flow process for rapid production of green crude from algae; licensed for commercialization

New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

New fast hydrothermal process converts 65% of wet algae feedstock sample to biocrude in one minute

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