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OCTOBER 19, 2021

This project was supported through funding from the US Air Force (USAF), and produced fuel globally applicable for both commercial and military aviation. Global aviation produces 1.2 Electrifying planes with batteries has proven unfeasible for at-scale decarbonization of aviation, necessitating the production of fossil-free jet fuel.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Targeting the plastic industry first, and leveraging the material’s thermoplastic affinity to polymers, they company developed several commercial grades of UBQ material. UBQ GHG Neutralizer additives enable processors to directly compensate cO 2 -equivalent emissions (GHG) generated by plastic polymers. UBQ Industrial Grade.

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Parts Carbon Auto Polymer 362

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JANUARY 27, 2015

Novozymes and Cargill have collaborated on the project since 2008 and will continue their work to commercialize bio-based 3-HP and derivatives. The two companies have initiated efforts to find a new commercialization partner. BASF joined the collaboration with Novozymes and Cargill in 2012.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

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Parts Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 459

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AUGUST 3, 2019

Plant cell walls resist chemical or biological degradation, making the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable chemical precursors for conversion into chemicals and transportation fuels challenging and costly. As a result, economically viable methods of transforming biomass into biofuels have yet to be realized.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel Water 191

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Lithium-sulfur batteries are one of the most promising alternatives for next-generation high-energy-density batteries; however, one of the main obstacles to widespread commercialization that still needs to be addressed is the polysulfide shuttle mechanism between the two electrodes. the “ionic wiring”. Proposed reaction mechanism.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

Commercial Bio-TCat plant design and process licensing will be carried-out by Axens. Anellotech and its development partners IFPEN and Johnson Matthey will also develop next generation catalysts, evaluate loblolly pine and other sustainable bio-feedstocks, and confirm Bio-TCat’s process economics at commercial scale.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Berlin-based Theion , a developer of lithium-sulfur cathode technology, appointed Dr. Ulrich Ehmes as CEO and announced the upcoming commercial availability of its Crystal Battery for applications, beginning with the aerospace sector. A proprietary solid-state polymer electrolyte operates in the voids of the sulfur wafer.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Sulfur Lithium Ion 334

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

However, to be commercially viable, the process needs to be improved to yield a higher amount of desirable carbon-rich products. In previous studies, the researchers had established the precise conditions that gave the best electrical and chemical environment for creating commercially interesting carbon-rich products. earlier post ).

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MARCH 12, 2010

Sketch of the Sn/C/CGPE/ Li 2 S/C polymer battery. The battery is formed by a Sn/C composite anode, a PEO-based gel polymer electrolyte, and a Li 2 S/C cathode. Hassoun and Scrosati also replaced the common liquid organic solutions with a gel-type polymer membrane. PEO=poly(ethylene oxide). Credit: Hassoun and Scrosati.

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Lithium Ion Polymer Lithium Sulfur Li-ion 220

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Prometheus Fuels has licensed an ethanol-to-jet-fuel conversion process developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The ORNL technology will enable cost-competitive production of jet fuel and co-production of butadiene for use in renewable polymer synthesis.

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Fuel Polymer Convert Renewable 210

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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 225

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AUGUST 17, 2012

BASF has now joined the collaboration to develop the process for conversion of 3-HP into acrylic acid. The company plans initially to use the bio-based acrylic acid to manufacture super-absorbent polymers. BASF is the world´s largest producer of acrylic acid and has substantial capabilities in its production and downstream processing.

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Commercial Polymer Renewable 2008 218

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MARCH 10, 2021

The standard electrode assemblies, including the polymer binder or glue, can be stable in these conditions. The developed melt-infiltration technology is compatible with a broad range of material chemistries, including so-called conversion-type electrodes. Materials at low temperatures don’t react. —Gleb Yushin.

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Georgia Li-ion Batteries Battery 312

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., We use hot water to depolymerize the cellulose, lignins, lipids and other polymers contained in the biomass. The basic New Oil process. Click to enlarge. Our process is similar to that used by several companies worldwide.

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Oil Gasoline Commercial Conversion 199

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APRIL 6, 2018

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new approach for creating new catalysts to aid in clean energy conversion and storage. In this study, researchers looked at the challenges of improving affordability and catalyst efficiency in the conversion and storage of clean energy. —Huang et al. —Professor Chad A.

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Design Chad Polymer Conversion 191

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JULY 16, 2013

The conventional way to make gasoline from gas is to convert the gas to a synthesis gas, then into methanol, followed by conversion to straight-chain hydrocarbons and finally via reforming into a high-octane hydrocarbon blend. This method of conversion is much more effective and cheaper than the traditional method. Jean-Marie Bassett.

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Convert Gasoline Gas Commercial 230

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JUNE 17, 2014

Lactic acid is the building block for NatureWorks Ingeo lactide intermediates and polymers used in consumer and industrial products worldwide. The joint development program, started in June 2013 between Calysta and NatureWorks, is focused on creation of a commercially viable methane-to-lactic-acid process. Earlier post.).

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Production Conversion Polymer Gas 199

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JULY 15, 2022

Twelve has developed an efficient polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) CO 2 electrolyzer that uses proprietary CO 2 -reducing catalysts to split CO 2 with just water and renewable electricity as inputs, syngas (CO and hydrogen) as the output, and pure oxygen as the only byproduct. Earlier post.).

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Alaska Renewable Fuel CO2 221

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MAY 4, 2023

Twelve has developed an efficient polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) CO 2 electrolyzer that uses proprietary CO 2 -reducing catalysts to split CO 2 with just water and renewable electricity as inputs, syngas (CO and hydrogen) as the output, and pure oxygen as the only byproduct.

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Fuel Production Alaska Carbon 199

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MARCH 26, 2021

It addresses the need to convert biocrude, a mixture of carbon-based polymers, into biofuels. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process. A number of demonstration projects across Europe aim to commercialize this process in the next few years. —John Holladay.

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Diesel Waste Convert Washington 332

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JUNE 8, 2016

Currently, carbon fiber (CF) reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are used to make COPVs. That high cost is a barrier for widespread commercial deployment of light-duty FCEVs. A primary cost driver of the composite materials and processing is the synthesis and conversion of precursor polymer into CF.

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Hydrogen Polymer Vehicles Carbon Fiber 150

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JANUARY 20, 2016

FDME has long been sought-after and researched, but has not yet been available at commercial scale and at reasonable cost. The new FDME technology is a more efficient and simple process than traditional conversion approaches and results in higher yields, lower energy usage and lower capital expenditures.

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Polymer Production Renewable Conversion 150

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JUNE 13, 2018

LanzaTech’s patented technology is now being deployed at commercial scale in the steel industry where carbon monoxide from residual gases (off-gases) can be converted into ethanol. Ethanol can be used as the raw material for the production of diesel, gasoline or jet fuel and as a precursor to plastics and polymers. Earlier post.)

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Waste Carbon Polymer Convert 223

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

The technologies developed in this project will utilize shale gas as feedstock to produce aromatics, C 2 -C 4 olefins and hydrogen, which are key chemical intermediates for polymers and specialty chemicals. Shell will bring process and reactor modeling capability, engineering scale-up and commercial demonstration expertise to the project.

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Gas West Virginia Production Market 150

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MAY 25, 2017

This proposal aims to solve these problems by converting organic waste into chemicals with widespread use in polymer and transportation industries. This knowledge based commercial enterprise will not only create > 100 high paying jobs that will stay in the US, but also demonstrate expanded American leadership in high technology products.

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Grant Li-ion Waste Lithium Sulfur 150

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JULY 22, 2010

The selected projects now enter a second phase in which researchers design, construct, and operate their innovations at pilot-scale and evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of applying them commercially. Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels. DOE Share: $18,417,989). Alcoa, Inc.

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Conversion CO2 San Antonio Carbon 225

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The acquisition combines the technologies of both Liquid Light and Avantium to develop a world-leading electro-catalysis platform and to commercialize new process technologies using CO 2 as feedstock to produce sustainable chemicals and materials. It will extend our capabilities beyond catalytic conversion of biomass.

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Light Convert CO2 Polymer 150

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JULY 2, 2017

The University of Minnesota, through its Office for Technology Commercialization, has applied for a patent on the renewable rubber technology and plans to license the technology to companies interested in commercializing the technology. The search for a commercially viable process for renewable isoprene is not new.

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Minnesota Polymer Renewable Green 150

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Situated in fields outside the city of Crescentino, it is the first plant designed and built to produce bioethanol from agricultural residues and energy crops at commercial scale using enzymatic conversion, the partners said. The plant uses wheat straw, rice straw and arundo donax, a high-yielding energy crop grown on marginal land.

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Italy Renewable Polymer Conversion 199

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The investment, intended to support the commercializing of the company’s Plantrose process, was led by Bill Gates. The patented Plantrose process uses supercritical water to reduce costs in conversion of biomass to cellulosic sugars, the critical intermediary for second-generation biochemicals and biofuels.

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Companies Polymer Low Cost Conversion 150

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AUGUST 21, 2014

A Commercially Scalable Process for Silicon Anode Prelithiation his project will develop a cost- effective and scalable pre- lithiation process. Carbon fiber precursor from biomimetic polymer This project will use spider silk fiber as a model for engineering a biomimetic polymer precursor to replace polyacrylonitirile (PAN) precursors.

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Engine Carbon Fiber Fuel Batteries 231

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MARCH 14, 2017

Biomass conversion is one of the most affordable routes to generate sustainable H 2 , but this process requires the demanding chemical transformation of lignocellulose. In the interest of increasing the selectivity and efficiency of this conversion, it is possible to replace the thermal input with sunlight. Wakerley, Moritz F.

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Light Solar Conversion Hydrogen 236

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Ecolectro’s AEIs would be resilient to the harsh operating conditions present in existing alkaline exchange membranes that prevent their widespread adoption in commercial applications. Novel Polymer-enhanced Rechargeable Aluminum-Alkaline Battery Technology – $2,000,000. Ionic Materials, Inc. University of California, San Diego.

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Engine San Diego Polymer Lithium Ion 247

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

In a presentation at the 1 st Conference on CO 2 as Feedstock , held last week in Essen, Germany, LanzaTech CSO Dr. Another challenge is—assuming successful large scale commercialization is possible—what to do with all the resulting acetic acid. that conversion wouldn’t actually happen in a LanzaTech bioreactor.

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Parts CO2 Renewable Conversion 244

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MAY 16, 2016

Novomer is commercializing a proprietary catalyst system that transforms waste CO 2 into high performance, low-cost polymers for a variety of applications, including foam and plastic that are easily recyclable. These polymers contain up to 50% CO 2 by mass. Low Finished Polymer Cost. Among these companies is Novomer.

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Ford Polymer CO2 Vehicles 150

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MAY 19, 2014

This can happen either after removal of most of the carbohydrates by hydrolysis and fermentation operations (top sequence) or by pretreatment before downstream carbohydrate conversion (bottom sequence). Ragauskas et al. courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.] Click to enlarge. —Arthur Ragauskas. —Arthur Ragauskas.

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Production Carbon Fiber Polymer Fuel 225