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H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

in close collaboration with GTI and The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a US Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond. The project is supported by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

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Nacero awards 20-year wind power purchase agreement to NextEra for natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Texas-based Nacero, a company seeking to produce low- and zero-lifecycle carbon footprint gasoline blendstock ( earlier post ) has awarded a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC a 20-year power purchase agreement to supply wind power to Nacero’s planned flagship manufacturing facility in Penwell, Texas. Renewable natural gas.

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Wind Texas Gasoline Purchase

Siemens Energy to supply 1.8GW of electrolyzers to HIF Global for Texas eFuels facility

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MARCH 10, 2023

GW of Silyzer 300 polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers that will use renewable energy to separate hydrogen from water, resulting in approximately 300,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year. HIF and Siemens Energy are engaged in front end engineering and design for 1.8

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Mitsubishi Power & Texas Brine partner on large-scale salt cavern storage for hydrogen to support decarbonization efforts in the eastern US

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MAY 13, 2021

Mitsubishi Power Americas and Texas Brine Company are collaborating to develop large-scale long-duration hydrogen storage solutions to support decarbonization efforts across the eastern United States. Texas Brine gas storage cavern wellhead. Credit: Texas Brine Company). Texas Brine caerns available for storage.

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Mitsubishi Texas Hydrogen Power

Energy ECS company McDermott joins H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond

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AUGUST 4, 2021

McDermott International, a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions (ECS) to the energy industry, has joined a consortium of public, private and academic partners collaborating on a US Department of Energy (DOE) project—Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond.

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Diesel Technology Forum: 57% of all commercial diesel trucks on the roads in US are near-zero emissions models

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JULY 11, 2023

According to DTF’s analysis of S&P Global Mobility TIPNet Vehicles in Operation Data as of December 2022: Diesel dominates the trucking sector: For the largest commercial trucks (Class 8) in operation that are 2010 or later model years, 95.4% For the entire (Class 3-8) commercial truck population of more than 15 million vehicles, 75.6%

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Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.

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Gevo signs definitive supply agreement with HCS Holding for commercial supply of renewable isooctane

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MAY 4, 2017

has entered into a definitive supply agreement with HCS Holding GmbH (HCS) to supply renewable isooctane ( earlier post ) under a five-year offtake agreement. The Supply Agreement has two phases: In the first phase, HCS will purchase isooctane produced at Gevo’s demonstration hydrocarbon plant located in Silsbee, Texas.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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JULY 10, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif.

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Holcim orders 10 Hyliion Hypertruck ERX Class 8 trucks

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MAY 29, 2022

The trucks will replace existing diesel fuel vehicles supporting cement and concrete operations in Texas and Oklahoma, as well as for the transport of roofing materials. Each Hyliion electric vehicle is estimated to reduce well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 89% when using renewable natural gas (RNG).

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Anellotech planning commercial Bio-TCat plant based on progress in development program

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Sustainable technology company Anellotech confirmed significant progress in its Bio-TCat technology development program and has begun planning for scale-up design and engineering of a commercial plant with its process development and design partner IFPEN and commercialization, engineering, and licensing partner Axens.

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Nacero transitioning unbuilt facility from low-carbon gasoline to SAF and LCAF; TOPSOE MTJet

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APRIL 1, 2023

Nacero will transition its current pre-construction, multi-billion USD facility in Penwell, Texas—designed to produce low carbon gasoline—to the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and lower carbon aviation fuel (LCAF).

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Nacero to invest $6B in low- and zero-carbon fuels plant in PA; Nacero Blue and Nacero Green

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Texas-based fuel company Nacero ( earlier post ) will build its second low- and zero-carbon fuels plant in Newport Township, Pennsylvania. The new manufacturing facility will produce low- and zero-lifecycle carbon footprint gasoline blendstock made from natural gas and renewable natural gas.

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Anellotech Bio-TCat hits commercially-targeted yields during 6 months of continuous operations

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MAY 7, 2019

Anellotech ’s Bio-TCat technology has achieved commercially-targeted yields in its TCat-8 pilot unit in Silsbee, Texas during six months of continuous process operations. Anellotech’s core technology, Thermal Catalytic Biomass Conversion (Bio-TCat) was developed to produce chemicals and fuels from renewable, non-food biomass.

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Delek sells AltAir renewable diesel/jet business to World Energy for $72M

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MARCH 21, 2018

The sale includes all of Delek’s membership interests in AltAir Paramount, LLC which operates a 3,000 barrel per day renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel facility, Delek’s idled Paramount refinery, and associated pipelines and storage tanks. Earlier post.). We continue to evaluate options for our Long Beach and Bakersfield assets.

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Fulcrum BioEnergy successfully produces first low-carbon synthetic crude oil from landfill waste at its Sierra BioFuels Plant

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Fulcrum BioEnergy, a clean energy company pioneering the creation of renewable, drop-in transportation fuels from landfill waste, successfully produced a low-carbon synthetic crude oil using landfill waste as a feedstock at its Sierra BioFuels Plant, the world’s first commercial-scale landfill waste-to-fuels plant.

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Gevo, Los Alamos to collaborate to develop high-energy-density renewable missle fuel

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

ChemCatBio , a consortium within the US Department of Energy, awarded funding to LANL in support of the project as one of 9 projects to accelerate the development of catalysts and related technologies for the commercialization of biomass-derived fuels and chemicals. Andrew Sutton of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

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APRIL 23, 2021

Nacero has licensed Topsoe TIGAS (Topsoe Improved Gasoline Synthesis) technology for its multi-billion USD natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas to produce 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline component ready for blending into US commercial grades. Nacero’s Pemwell-facility in Houston, Texas.

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DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

These conductivity-enhanced materials have the potential to lower the costs and impacts of adding renewables and electric cars to the grid, maximize next-generation energy storage technologies, and support electrification for energy-intensive sectors. Advanced Manufacturing Office.?.

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NREL study finds most depot charging could accomodate short-haul heavy-duty electric trucks without upgrades

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JUNE 22, 2021

Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with two electric utilities, recently examined the causes, costs and lead times of distribution system upgrades anticipated for depot charging of short-haul heavy-duty trucks in the United States. Borlaug, B., Muratori, M., Gilleran, M.

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Toyota Motor awards MP2 Energy 5-year contract for 100% renewable energy for Plano headquarters

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JUNE 10, 2016

Toyota Motor North America has awarded MP2 Energy, a full-service power company based in The Woodlands, Texas, a five-year retail electricity contract to provide 100% renewable energy solutions to Toyota’s new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. The five-year deal also supports 7.75

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Ryder 1st commercial fleet provider to surpass 100M natural gas vehicle miles

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AUGUST 9, 2016

announced that its fleet of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) has surpassed 100 million miles of operations, making it the first commercial fleet outsourcing provider to reach this milestone. Ryder plays an important role in advancing the environmental sustainability of commercial transportation and logistics. Ryder System, Inc.

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Texas Awards Terrabon $2.75M to Support Biofuels Work

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Texas Governor Rick Perry has awarded $2.75 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to Terrabon for its work in biofuel technology development. Further, the project will demonstrate the commercial viability of the desalination technology that also reduces the capital and operating costs of water purification.

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Ensyn granted EPA Part 79 approval for renewable gasoline

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. This approval follows the recently announced Part 79 approval of Ensyn’s renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. Earlier post.).

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Progress toward commercializing the GTI IH2 thermochemical process for drop-in hydrocarbon fuels

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AUGUST 21, 2012

We will be designing commercial-scale facilities that could produce as much as 300,000 gallons per day from the same kinds of feedstocks. Based on assessments by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., IH 2 technology has the capability to produce gasoline at a cost of less than $2.00

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DOE awards $8.4M for accessing geothermal potential from abandoned oil and gas wells

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JANUARY 13, 2022

This work also supports the creation of new clean energy jobs, helping transition some of the oil and gas workforce to the production of renewable energy. Last year, three projects were funded to help support research and development and reduce the costs and risks associated with geothermal development.

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U-M leads new DOE-funded research center for ceramic ion conductors; MUSIC

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The University of Michigan (U-M) and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and in flow cells for storing renewable energy in the grid.

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Amyris/Cosan JV Novvi introduces 100% renewable Group III and IV base oils

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MAY 27, 2015

Industria e Comercio, unveiled two new 100% renewable base oil—the main component of motor oils—products: a renewable polyalphaolefin (PAO) Group IV and a renewable version of its NovaSpec Group III+ base oil. The new base oil products add to Novvi’s growing portfolio of renewable oils. and Cosan S.A.

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Erosion-resistant nanocoating for turbine blades saves fuel, lowers costs

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AUGUST 15, 2012

The commercialization of an advanced, erosion-resistant nanocoating developed with assistance from the US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) promises to benefit both the nation’s transportation and energy sectors. Despite their force and power, the compressor blades of a gas turbine are surprisingly delicate.

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Fuel Atlanta Maintenance Commercial

Terrabon awarded $9.6M by Logos Technologies to produce 6,000 liters of renewable jet fuel for DARPA via MixAlco process

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JULY 25, 2011

million, 18-month contract by Logos Technologies to design a more economical and renewable jet fuel (BioJet) production solution for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). SoluPro, a bio-products process that converts inexpensive protein-bearing waste material into animal feed and green commercial adhesives.

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Renewable Fuel Houston Texas

DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Projects selected under this funding opportunity announcement will reduce both the costs of critical materials and the environmental impacts of production. DOE funding: $5,577,738; cost share: $5,925,475; Total costs: $11,503,213. DOE funding: $2,272,112; costs share: $2,272,112; Total costs: $4,544,224.

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Anellotech begins key R&D program at newly commissioned TCat-8 pilot plant

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JANUARY 5, 2018

Anellotech, developer of a process for the production of cost-competitive renewable aromatic chemicals and fuels from non-food biomass ( earlier post ), has completed the commissioning of its 25-meter tall TCat-8 pilot plant, and has begun a development and testing program. Charles Sorensen, CTO of Anellotech.

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Aquaflow signs cooperation agreement with CRI Catalyst Company to develop renewable fuels from algae and multi-biomass stock using IH2 catalytic pyrolysis

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Participants in GTI’s project included Cargill, Johnston Timber, Aquaflow, Blue Marble Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Michigan Technological University. GTI says that renewable gasoline (RG) produced by the IH 2 process results in more than 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum-based fuels.

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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. Costs for purchasing an eligible Level 2 charger can also be included.

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DOE awarding $15M to 3 algae-based biofuel and bioproducts projects

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JULY 14, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $15 million for three projects aimed at reducing the production costs of algae-based biofuels and bioproducts through improvements in algal biomass yields. Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations Inc., Global Algae Innovations Inc., Algenol Biotech LLC. MicroBio Engineering, Inc.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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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. The University of Texas at Austin.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The NSF grant will address challenges that remain before the renewable strategy can be applied practically on a commercial scale. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Yuanyue Liu, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Gevo contracts with Arabian American Development to develop hydrocarbon materials from its renewable isobutanol

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JULY 26, 2011

a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, to build a renewable hydrocarbon processing demonstration plant at ARSD’s South Hampton Resources, Inc. We believe this is a sustainable partnership as Gevo expects to demonstrate the viability of renewable hydrocarbons in a variety of market applications.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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APRIL 5, 2011

On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. EIA projections of renewables penetration. Source: EIA.

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Qatar Airways looking to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet company Byogy, along with off-take agreement

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APRIL 10, 2012

plans to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel company Byogy Renewables Inc., Alcohol is attractive as a feedstock for the production of renewable jet fuel partly because the steps required are currently in use at commercial scale in the petrochemical industry. Bloomberg reports that Qatar Airways Ltd. We believe.

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Joule Biotechnologies Secures Site for Renewable Solar Liquid Fuels Pilot Plant

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JANUARY 20, 2010

has signed a lease agreement to build its first pilot plant in Leander, Texas. Powered by sunlight and free of costly feedstocks or processing steps, the system is being engineered to eclipse the productivities, scale and cost efficiencies of biomass-dependent approaches. Joule Biotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Solar Renewable Fuel Massachusetts

Gevo to supply alcohol-to-jet fuel to Virgin Australia

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

expects to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) ( earlier post ) to the Virgin Australia Group. Gevo will supply the ATJ from its hydrocarbon plant based in Silsbee, Texas. The ATJ is derived from isobutanol produced at its commercial isobutanol plant located in Luverne, Minnesota.

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Byogy and Avianca launch initiative to accelerate approval of Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) fuel

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APRIL 25, 2014

Byogy’s four-step process for the conversion of ethanol to renewable jet fuel. Byogy Renewables and airline partner Avianca Brasil ( earlier post ) have launched an initiative to support advanced testing to accelerate the approval by ASTM of Byogy’s alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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IH2 technology licensed for demonstration plant to convert woody biomass into drop-in hydrocarbon transportation fuels

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JUNE 23, 2015

IH 2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermochemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and municipal wastes directly into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels and/or blend stocks. Production economics have been estimated to provide hydrocarbon fuels at fully profited manufacturing costs of $2.50/gallon

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Convert Transportation Fuel Norway

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

Nacero awards 20-year wind power purchase agreement to NextEra for natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas

Siemens Energy to supply 1.8GW of electrolyzers to HIF Global for Texas eFuels facility

Mitsubishi Power & Texas Brine partner on large-scale salt cavern storage for hydrogen to support decarbonization efforts in the eastern US

Energy ECS company McDermott joins H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond

Diesel Technology Forum: 57% of all commercial diesel trucks on the roads in US are near-zero emissions models

Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

Gevo signs definitive supply agreement with HCS Holding for commercial supply of renewable isooctane

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

Holcim orders 10 Hyliion Hypertruck ERX Class 8 trucks

Anellotech planning commercial Bio-TCat plant based on progress in development program

Nacero transitioning unbuilt facility from low-carbon gasoline to SAF and LCAF; TOPSOE MTJet

Nacero to invest $6B in low- and zero-carbon fuels plant in PA; Nacero Blue and Nacero Green

Anellotech Bio-TCat hits commercially-targeted yields during 6 months of continuous operations

Delek sells AltAir renewable diesel/jet business to World Energy for $72M

Fulcrum BioEnergy successfully produces first low-carbon synthetic crude oil from landfill waste at its Sierra BioFuels Plant

Gevo, Los Alamos to collaborate to develop high-energy-density renewable missle fuel

Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

NREL study finds most depot charging could accomodate short-haul heavy-duty electric trucks without upgrades

Toyota Motor awards MP2 Energy 5-year contract for 100% renewable energy for Plano headquarters

Ryder 1st commercial fleet provider to surpass 100M natural gas vehicle miles

Texas Awards Terrabon $2.75M to Support Biofuels Work

Ensyn granted EPA Part 79 approval for renewable gasoline

Progress toward commercializing the GTI IH2 thermochemical process for drop-in hydrocarbon fuels

DOE awards $8.4M for accessing geothermal potential from abandoned oil and gas wells

U-M leads new DOE-funded research center for ceramic ion conductors; MUSIC

Amyris/Cosan JV Novvi introduces 100% renewable Group III and IV base oils

Erosion-resistant nanocoating for turbine blades saves fuel, lowers costs

Terrabon awarded $9.6M by Logos Technologies to produce 6,000 liters of renewable jet fuel for DARPA via MixAlco process

DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

Anellotech begins key R&D program at newly commissioned TCat-8 pilot plant

Aquaflow signs cooperation agreement with CRI Catalyst Company to develop renewable fuels from algae and multi-biomass stock using IH2 catalytic pyrolysis

Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

DOE awarding $15M to 3 algae-based biofuel and bioproducts projects

ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

Gevo contracts with Arabian American Development to develop hydrocarbon materials from its renewable isobutanol

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Qatar Airways looking to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet company Byogy, along with off-take agreement

Joule Biotechnologies Secures Site for Renewable Solar Liquid Fuels Pilot Plant

Gevo to supply alcohol-to-jet fuel to Virgin Australia

Byogy and Avianca launch initiative to accelerate approval of Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) fuel

IH2 technology licensed for demonstration plant to convert woody biomass into drop-in hydrocarbon transportation fuels

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