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JUNE 28, 2021

The EU-funded research project HyFlexFuel recently successfully produced biocrudes via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) from a variety of biomasses, including sewage sludge, food waste, manure, wheat straw, corn stover, pine sawdust, miscanthus and microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous HTL plant at Aarhus University (Denmark).

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MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. The research showed that essentially any biocrude, regardless of wet-waste sources, could be used in the process and the catalyst remained robust during the entire run.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

DE-FOA-0002423 ) Topic Areas ins the FOA support DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Development of novel methods for rapid/real-time measurements.

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Conversion Waste Carbon Concept 334

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office has published a report, titled Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet and Gaseous Waste Streams: Challenges and Opportunities. Also, these waste streams are often located where energy is in highest demand.

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MARCH 18, 2016

The four-year projet ORCNext , aimed at developing knowledge and design tools for next generation of Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs), has concluded that waste heat recovery efficiency can be increased by 20 to 25% through appropriate cycle selection, efficient expanders, appropriate control and less oversizing of the heat exchangers.

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DECEMBER 4, 2022

Each of the participating organizations brings their unique specific technical perspective to the project. Deep Isolation’s nuclear waste repository leverages directional drilling to isolate spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in deep boreholes located underground in suitable rock formations.

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JANUARY 9, 2021

Li-Cycle offers a proprietary, closed-loop lithium-ion battery resource recovery service producing minimal solid waste, and zero liquid and air emissions that can sustainably produce battery grade lithium, cobalt, and nickel products. —Kunal Phalpher, Chief Commercial Officer, Li-Cycle. subsidiaries of NFI Group Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The INEOS Bio waste-to-ethanol process, originally developed by BRI. When completed, the feasibility study will inform an investment decision in 2010 for a commercial INEOS Bio bio-ethanol and bio-energy plant. The challenge now, in the current economic environment, is to commercialize in Europe. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Harvard University. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Waste Management and Genomatica, an industrial biotech company targeting sustainable chemicals ( earlier post ), have formed a strategic joint development agreement to research and advance Genomatica’s technology and manufacturing processes to enable production of intermediate and basic chemicals from syngas made from municipal solid waste.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

is commercializing a reactor technology based on heterogeneous catalysis for the production of high-quality biodiesel plus a cosmetics/food grade glycerol, with practically no waste streams. This process can be adjusted to various types of feedstock, including low-quality oils, waste oils and fats. Yellow Diesel EN14214.

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JULY 10, 2022

The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Biohydrogen Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstration”.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Waste 305

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JULY 1, 2010

an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy and bio-based chemical production, will install its demonstration vessel at Fiberight LLC’s cellulosic ethanol pilot plant in Lawrenceville, Va. The company brought a pre-commercial plant in Blairstown, Iowa on line in May.

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Waste Iowa Convert Clean 186

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Using a patented thermal solvolytic process (WO2019/053287), Vertoro cooks solid lignin in any commercially available polar organic solvent (e.g. Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers which form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants. Vertoro has also developed and patented (EP19200489.3)

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Mariner Green Fuel Universal 243

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

A stable charcoal-like solid that attracts and retains water, biochar absorbs impurities such as hydrocarbons, organics, biocides and certain inorganic metal ions. This project extensively studied the adsorption capacity of different biochar for potential inorganic ions and organic contaminants. —Maoqi Feng, SwRI.

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MARCH 2, 2011

New investors include VantagePoint Venture Partners, the largest investor in this new round; Bright Capital, the venture arm of RU-COM group, a diversified business group based in Russia; and Waste Management. Earlier post.). The investment will also accelerate the development of additional major chemicals in Genomatica’s product pipeline.

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Commercial Engine Production Waste 186

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MAY 6, 2020

Under DOE’s High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) solicitation, competitively-selected project teams will work with the labs to apply advanced modeling, simulation, and data analysis to achieve energy, material, and cost savings in manufacturing.

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Manufacturer Waste Conversion Universal 186

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JUNE 9, 2021

The blueprint lays out five critical goals to guide federal agency collaboration: Secure access to raw and refined materials and discover alternatives for critical minerals for commercial and defense applications. Second use of battery cells requires proper sorting, testing, and balancing of cell packs.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Energy Storage 320

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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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MARCH 21, 2011

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced an innovative fund totalling at least £70 million (US$114 million) which will finance low carbon waste and recycling infrastructure. million tons of organic waste a year, which could generate revenues of around £170 million a year. For example, London produces 2.6

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London Waste Financing Carbon 199

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the sustainable energy NGO Energy Vision released two case studies assessing the results of projects that were among the first to produce Renewable Compressed Natural Gas (R-CNG) vehicle fuel by using anaerobic digesters to capture the biogases from decomposing organic waste.

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Renewable Gas Transportation Fuel 170

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

The solution combines Haldor Topsoe’s proven hydrogen process and Aker Carbon Capture’s post-combustion carbon capture technology to achieve low-emission and cost-effective production of ‘blue’ hydrogen. Aker Carbon Capture’s proprietary carbon capture process uses a mixture of water and organic amine solvents to absorb the CO 2.

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Carbon Hydrogen Coal Waste 199

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The technology is to be commercialized by a spin-out from the University, MOF Technologies. —Prof. NGV applications.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

A new technology for rare-earth elements chemical separation has been licensed to Marshallton Research Laboratories , a North Carolina-based manufacturer of organic chemicals for a range of industries. Their physical and chemical similarities make them extremely difficult and costly to separate while generating a lot of waste.

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MARCH 11, 2009

(TDA) a $225,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop a process aimed at producing biodiesel from low-cost waste feedstocks. After completion of their EPA Phase I SBIR contract, TDA determined that it can produce biodiesel from waste grease at a cost that is competitive with conventional diesel.

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Low Cost Waste EPA 2009 150

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MAY 26, 2021

The research mission is intended to help drive down the cost of hydrogen production to below $2 per kilogram, making the fuel more affordable and helping to position Australia to lead the world in exporting hydrogen by 2030. Missions, by their nature, have ambitious and far-reaching goals that are much larger than any one organization.

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Hydrogen Industrial Industry Australia 186

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Joule has developed a highly modular system using highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO 2 directly to liquid hydrocarbons and ethanol ( earlier post ). —William J. Sims, President and CEO of Joule. gallon without subsidies. gallon without subsidies.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

UK-based TMO Renewables Ltd, the developer of a novel thermophilic bacterium and process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol ( earlier post ), has entered into an exclusive contract with Fiberight LLC to design and build waste to bioethanol plants in the US.

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Waste Renewable Conversion Convert 186

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JUNE 6, 2020

CMI’s project call focuses on three areas: Process innovation that will transform unconventional sources of critical materials into commercial resources; New, highly-selective separation methods from industrial and end-of-life waste streams; and. Eligibility for this call is limited to teams of at least two organizations.

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Supplies Clean Cleaning Waste 186

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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. X1) from a biological feedstock, more specifically, from lignocellulosic biomass (also known as plant waste/residue).

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APRIL 7, 2010

Basic operation of the Opcon Powerbox ORC waste heat recovery system. Opcon, the Sweden-based energy and environmental technology Group, will install an Opcon Powerbox—an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system—on one of Wallenius’ ships. Tags: Ports and Marine Waste Heat Recovery. Click to enlarge.

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Waste Installation Mariner Fuel 220

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The DOE will undertake to: Continue investments and develop expertise in sustainable technologies to develop cost-effective low-carbon liquid fuels and enabling coproducts from renewable biomass and waste feedstocks. Work with standards organizations to ensure safety and sustainability of SAF. Commercialization support.

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Fuel EPA Environment Renewable 294

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JUNE 9, 2009

Researchers from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and GE Global Research are collaborating on a two-year, public-private partnership project designed to optimize an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) process to convert low-temperature waste heat (below 500 °) from gas turbine or reciprocating engine exhaust to produce electricity.

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Waste Idaho Exhaust Concept 150

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MARCH 4, 2015

These technologies have now matured to commercial scale, with five plants having started operations in the last 24 months. This industry ultimately has the potential to provide fermentation processes with low-cost sugars derived from abundant resources. into fermentable sugars.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

The two organizations will advance the development of REE processing by combining RES’ novel separation and purification process and Battelle’s Acid Digestion Process. This approach significantly reduces costs, allows the exclusion of key contaminants, and provides a concentrated source of REEs along with other co-products.

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Coal Nebraska Waste Convert 170

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AUGUST 20, 2009

an environmental services and waste recycling company with operations in both China and Australia, is the founding commercial partner to the AFC and has the right to commercialize the technology for China. Flinders Partners is the commercialization agent for the AFC. Sancon Resources Recovery Inc.,

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Commercial Grant China Australia 199

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MAY 4, 2019

The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Corn stover and pine forest residues were selected as they are the target (“proof of concept”) feedstocks.

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