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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Hyundai Motor is introducing a hydrogen fuel cell concept version of its H350 light commercial van at the 2016 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover. The powertrain study shows the potential for the company’s advanced hydrogen fuel cell technology in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment.

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APRIL 23, 2014

has come to an agreement with Lufthansa under which the carrier will evaluate Gevo’s renewable jet fuel with the goal of approving the alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for commercial aviation use. Through initiatives like this, the commercial airlines are seeking to prove out ATJ and move it towards commercialization. Earlier post.).

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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. The ethanol will be converted to sustainable aviation fuel at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility, in Soperton, Georgia. Comstock Inc.,

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MARCH 29, 2016

This approval prepares the way for the use of Gevo ATJ—as well as ATJ-SPK fuels produced by other manufacturers—in commercial operations. As previously announced, Alaska Airlines is now poised to fly the first commercial test flight using Gevo’s renewable ATJ-SPJ fuel. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

has entered into a heads of agreement with Deutsche Lufthansa AG to supply Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) from its first commercial hydrocarbons facility, intended to be built in Luverne, MN. Earlier post.). A portion of this material is reacted separately to form high density aromatic compounds.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

Platinum group metals content reduction to enable cost-effective aftertreatment for gasoline and diesel engines. Lightweight and high-performance fiber-reinforced polymer composites for vehicle applications. Improved efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty natural gas and propane (LPG) engines. construction, mining, forestry, etc.).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Mascoma will then convert the feedstock to cellulosic ethanol through its proprietary process, which produces lignin as a by-product. Chevron has filed applications for two patents on processes to convert lignin to a hydrocarbon feedstock via hydroprocessing; both applications were published on 3 September 2009. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 10, 2015

Over the past several years, NASA has been studying the effects of alternate biofuels on engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated contrails at altitudes typically flown by commercial airliners. military are looking to certify our ATJ and accelerate its full-scale commercialization. —Patrick Gruber, CEO.

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JULY 8, 2011

The funds will be used to start the industrialization of the company’s process to convert renewable resources into isobutene, a gas which can be converted into liquid fuels and various polymers. straw) into isobutene, one of the key building blocks of the petrochemical industry.

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MAY 21, 2015

Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.

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JUNE 4, 2015

announced a development in its fermentation technology that will allow it to produce isobutanol from cellulosic feedstocks such as wood waste; the isobutanol can then be converted into Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet fuel. The next two milestones for renewable jet fuel are the approval by ASTM and the scheduled commercial test flights.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

VTO is seeking projects that address the major challenges to developing and commercializing batteries for plug?in As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high?energy competitive, commercially viable after?treatment

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Gevo’s isobutanol can be used to produce a variety of conventional military jet fuels such as JP5, JP8 and commercial aviation jet fuel. This testing is being performed as part of the previously announced contract with Gevo to supply more than 16,000 gallons to the US Army. —Patrick Gruber, Gevo CEO. Source: Gevo. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 17, 2020

AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. AOI 08: Lightweight and High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for Vehicle Applications.

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JULY 15, 2009

Kia Motors unveiled its first commercialized hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), the Forte Liquid Petroleum Injection (LPI) Hybrid in Seoul, Korea. L/100km or 42 mpg US); gasoline-equivalent fuel economy is 22.2 Earlier post.). The Forte LPI Hybrid. Click to enlarge. The new car, as does the Hyundai LPI hybrid, utilizes a 1.6-liter

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JUNE 4, 2012

Edeniq’s Cellunator enables plants to mill corn and other plant materials into small, uniform pieces of feedstock that can be converted into sugars needed to produce biofuels. Flint Hills will also conduct commercial testing and scale-up of Edeniq’s Pathway platform. —Brian Thome, president and CEO of Edeniq.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Under the agreement, GBE will supply Audi with isooctane derived from isobutene produced at its new pre-commercial pilot system at the Fraunhofer CBP in Leuna. Light olefins are key chemical building blocks that can be converted into transportation fuels, polymers and various commodity chemicals. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Gevo has a low capital cost retrofit strategy for ethanol plants to produce isobutanol for direct use; for use in the production of plastics, materials, rubber and other polymers; and for use in the production of hydrocarbon fuels. Isobutanol for the production of plastics, fibers, rubber and other polymers. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 16, 2009

In this role, Ryan will be responsible for business development in converting isobutanol into chemicals, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and fuel blendstocks. Gevo has already produced renewable gasoline and jet fuel that meet or exceed all ASTM specifications. Gevo was founded in 2005 by Drs.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Another challenge is—assuming successful large scale commercialization is possible—what to do with all the resulting acetic acid. Lipids, in turn, are a proven pathway to jet, diesel and gasoline. LanzaTech envisions using partner technology to convert the acetic acid to lipids—i.e., Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Sulfur compounds in fuels such as gasoline and diesel create air pollution when the fuel is burned. The new technique, however, has the potential to reduce sulfur down to a fraction of that amount, which would further reduce air pollution and extend the lifetime of vehicles’ catalytic converters, which control tailpipe emissions.

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JUNE 17, 2009

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, has begun taking pre-launch orders for its Elantra LPI Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV), its first hybrid vehicle for commercial sale. L/100km or 42 mpg US); gasoline-equivalent fuel economy is 22.2 Earlier post.). Powered by an LPI Gamma engine displacing 1.6 L/100km, 51 mpg US).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The first hydrogen TTO is focused on durable, high activity electrocatalyst with low platinum content and low cost for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications. Conventional polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology requires high content of platinum electrocatalyst, which raises manufacturing costs.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The Washington State University (WSU)-led grant aims to address the need for a domestic biofuel alternative for US commercial and military air fleets. The company also successfully converted the cellulosic isobutanol into isobutylene and paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel).( Earlier post.). without the typical expression of co-products.

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JUNE 29, 2011

This effort will focus on the downstream processing of isobutanol to paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel) for jet engine testing, airline suitability flights and advancing commercial deployment. The fact that it is agreed upon by all the competitors is significant. —Patrick Gruber, Gevo CEO. Gevo’s renewable jet. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 integrated biorefinery projects to receive up to $564 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate the construction and operation of pilot, demonstration, and commercial scale facilities. This project will produce algae oil that can be converted to oil-based fuels.

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MARCH 25, 2009

Kia plans to introduce a mid-sized, full hybrid vehicle in 2011 and follow up with early commercialization of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in 2012. When converted to a standard gasoline engine that figure would be 21.5 The Forte LPI hybrid uses lithium polymer batteries from LG Chem. Equipped with a 1.6 km/liter (5.8

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APRIL 12, 2019

Brightmark Energy , a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, closed a $260-million financing package for the construction of the US’ first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant, which will be located in Ashley, Indiana.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

The work with Tesoro will expand on this success to focus on additional feedstocks and diesel and gasoline blendstock production. Naphtha has applications as a feedstock for the production of gasoline, fertilizer, and olefins used in production of polymers and other chemical products. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. This will be offered at the university pump in a 10:90 mixture with gasoline. —Boot et al.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

While methanol is again attracting attention as a possible energy source for fuel cells or as a substitute for gasoline, it requires a complex synthesis process from natural gas via a detour through synthesis gas. The development is based on the recent discovery of a new class of high-performance polymer frameworks.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will enable diesel-like efficiency and increased maximum power output in a gasoline engine by using a secondary fuel to suppress engine knock under high load. Thermoelectric and enabling engine technology : Three projects awarded to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric devices to convert engine waste heat to electricity.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Engineering E.

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MAY 15, 2021

At commercial scale, the inputs to the proposed “carbon refinery” process are carbon-free renewable energy, water, and CO 2. If successful, it will be the first biological platform to convert carboxylic acids into a broad range of fuels and commodities with greater than 100% carbon efficiency. INvizyne Technologies, Inc.

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MAY 7, 2015

Gevo has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Alaska Airlines to purchase Gevo’s renewable jet fuel and fly the first commercial flight on alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ). Once approved, this fuel can be seamlessly integrated into the distribution infrastructure and onto commercial aircraft. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 23, 2019

This co-electrolysis technology commercialized by the technology venture Sunfire produces hydrogen and carbon monoxide in a single process step. In a third step, the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is used to convert the synthesis gas into long-chain hydrocarbon molecules, the raw materials for fuel production. P2X Kopernikus Project.

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MARCH 10, 2018

The startup is developing the technology’s ability to combine and separate individual molecules to make gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel using CO 2 removed from the air. The paper is a characterization study of commercial prototype carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes consisting of sub–1.27-nm-diameter

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