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MARCH 26, 2021

Scientists and engineers led by the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted the research to show that the process is robust enough to handle many kinds of raw material without failing. —Michael Thorson, a PNNL engineer and project manager. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process.

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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 ). Joule Fuels will initially commercialize Sunflow-E, with Sunflow-D for the global diesel market to follow. —William J.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2013

STG+ (Syngas To Gasoline +, the plus standing for the multiple end products yielded by the process) essentially improves upon commercial methanol synthesis processes and ExxonMobil’s methanol to gasoline (MTG) process, combining them into a single-loop process that converts syngas directly to gasoline. Primus Green Energy, Inc.,

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Emirates has operated a demonstration flight on a Boeing 777-300ER, powering one of its engines 100% with Neste’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). It is the first demonstration flight in the Middle East and North Africa in which one of the aircraft engines was powered by 100% SAF.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Extending vehicle life and usage is at the heart of the Stellantis Circular Economy Business Unit, which is leading the initiative in collaboration with the Commercial Vehicle Business Unit and the Stellantis Ventures Studio. —Xavier Peugeot, Stellantis Senior Vice President, Commercial Vehicle Business Unit. Stellantis N.V.

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JULY 14, 2014

demo truck. Cummins has developed an E-85-specific engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 80% compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. It delivers the power (up to 250 hp / 186 kW) and peak torque (up to 450 lb-ft / 610 N·m) of gasoline and diesel engines nearly twice its 2.8-liter

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APRIL 24, 2020

Partners since 2016, DAIHEN licensed WiTricity’s technology to commercialize wireless charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) and for automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in factory and industrial settings.

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JUNE 2, 2022

Before the demo vehicle—a DAF CF 340 front loader with a Millennium XXL 40 body from Terberg HS—could be used to collect commercial waste, a conversion from standard diesel propulsion to hydrogen was required. The patented torque converter multiplies the engine torque during start-up and acceleration.

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MARCH 7, 2018

The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. This program will demonstrate the first diesel engine to comply with the state standard.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Edeniq, a biomaterials and sustainable fuels technology company, has begun engineering and construction of a bagasse-to-sugars demonstration-scale plant together with its partner, Usina Vale, a Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer.

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JUNE 27, 2018

A demonstration run of several cubic meters, representing a further 20-fold increase in scale has now been successfully carried out, and paves the way towards a first commercial plant. The next phase, at demo plant scale, was subcontracted to Bioprocess Pilot Facility (BPF) located in Delft in the Netherlands.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

developer of axial vane rotary engine technology ( earlier post ), has entered into a subscription agreement with an affiliated company of HK Zhongling Hangke New Energy Investment Holding Group Limited for a C$1,188,000 (US$1,116,000) private placement under which Zhongling will purchase up to 9,900,000 units of Reg Tech priced at C$0.12

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APRIL 24, 2017

Global Bioenergies has succeeded in producing isobutene by fermentation at the scale of the Leuna Demo plant (a 5,000-liter fermenter), with run length and performances exceeding those performed on the pilot plant in Pomacle (a 500-liter fermenter).

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JUNE 10, 2014

GMZ Energy built the TEG as a part of an ongoing vehicle efficiency research program sponsored by the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and administered by the Department of Energy (DOE). The TARDEC TEG incorporates GMZ Energy’s TG8-1.0

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JUNE 12, 2014

The driverless vehicle is coming in both commercial and military applications. It uses Global Positioning System (GPS), Light Detecting Radar (LIDAR) systems, Automotive Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR) and commercially available automotive sensors in order to make the system affordable. The AMAS CAD II convoy of driverless trucks.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

In the next development phase, the EPRI team will be integrating the PEV communications platform with residential, fleet, and commercial facility energy management systems. This will enable testing of its ability to manage local control scenarios such as demand management for commercial and industrial consumers.

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APRIL 1, 2015

Global Bioenergies, a startup developing and commercializing a fermentation process that targets gaseous isobutene, has obtained a €4.4-million million) loan from a consortium of four French banks—BNP Paribas, Société Genéralé, CIC and Bpifrance—to complete the financing of its demo plant. million (US$4.7-million)

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JUNE 29, 2011

The ATJ task force consists of technical experts from a wide stakeholder group including jet engine manufacturers, governmental bodies, fuel manufacturers, third-party testing laboratories, academics and airframe manufacturers investigating the requirements for a third major pathway to renewable drop-in jet fuel: the conversion of alcohols.

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APRIL 30, 2013

During the coming month, UK-based transmission engineering and control specialist Vocis will launch an electric demonstrator vehicle fitted with the second generation of its multi-speed eDCT transmission for electric vehicles. 2nd generation eDCT prototype unit, with both motors mounted at the same end of the transmission. Source: Vocis.

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JUNE 16, 2022

United and United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced an investment in and commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy. Under the commercial agreement, United has agreed to purchase at least 300 million gallons of SAF over 20 years from Dimensional. The company began construction on a CO 2 -to-fuels demo in Tucson, Arizona in 2021.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Jeffrey Baldwin, Dr. Dennis Hardy, Dr. Heather Willauer, and Dr. David Drab used a novel liquid hydrocarbon fuel to power the aircraft’s unmodified two-stroke internal combustion engine. Heather Willauer, NRL research chemist. Pursuing remote land-based options would be the first step towards a future sea-based solution.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

Biosynthetic Technologies is now moving forward with development of a full-scale commercial production plant. Independent testing not only shows biosynthetic oils to be among the highest-rated products for protecting engines and machinery; they are also bio-based, biodegradable, non-toxic and do not bioaccumulate in marine organisms.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) approved more than $700,000 in grants to bolster the commercialization of three clean air technologies. will receive $214,401 to demonstrate its series hybrid hydraulic drivetrain on a package delivery vehicle to cut greenhouse gas emissions generated from commercial vehicles. Eaton Corp.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Air France and Airbus have combined the latest fuel and air traffic management technologies in a commercial flight from Toulouse-Blagnac to Paris-Orly using an Airbus A321 to demonstrate the cutting in half of CO 2 emitted compared to a regular flight, according to the partners. —Andrea Debbane, Airbus Head Environmental Affairs.

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APRIL 8, 2022

United Airlines Ventures (UAV) and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) announced a collaboration with Houston-based biotech firm Cemvita Factory to commercialize the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) intended to be developed through a new process using carbon dioxide and synthetic microbes.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

One engine of a Boeing 747 was powered by a fuel mixture consisting of a 50/50 mix of the green jet fuel and traditional petroleum-derived jet fuel. The flight, which took place today at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, is the first green jet fuel demonstration flight in Europe and the first test flight to carry a select group of observers.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Sakuú , developer of the first 3D-printed solid-state battery ( earlier post ), has opened a multi-faceted engineering hub for its battery platform printing initiatives in Silicon Valley. Sakuú’s new facility is 79,000 square feet and will be used as the company’s flagship engineering hub.

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JULY 29, 2015

Global Bioenergies announced that its bio-isobutene process has reached 70% of the commercial yield at R&D scale. The targeted commercial yield is 3.84 —Romain Chayot, head of the metabolic engineering department ( Earlier post.). tons of low-cost, industrial-grade sugar for 1 ton of high-purity high-value bio-isobutene.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The project will demonstrate the production of BioDME using black liquor from the pulp mill as feedstock, and will also demonstrate the use of this fuel in heavy vehicles in commercial service. Earlier post.). Ola Hildingsson, CEO of Domsjö Fabriker.

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APRIL 18, 2025

In a centennial celebration held last week at the Murray Hill, New Jersey campus, the labs impressive technological history was celebrated with talks, panels, demos, and over a half dozen gracefully aging Nobel laureates. This year, Bell Labs celebrates its hundredth birthday.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Neste Oil’s and Stora Enso’s joint venture, NSE Biofuels Oy ( earlier post ), will begin environmental impact assessments for a commercial-scale biomass-to-liquids (BTL)biorefinery at Porvoo and at Imatra in Finland. The demo facility is being used to develop technologies and engineering solutions for a commercial-scale plant.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The 4-cylinder, 5-liter Volvo D5F diesel engine produces 215 bhp and is installed vertically. The diesel engine only kicks in when the bus needs some extra power. A demo project that will bring eight more plug-in hybrid buses into service will commence next year in Stockholm. sbaar pantograph on the roof. —Johan Hellsing.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

BME utilizes natural strains of bacteria, avoiding for the moment the cost barriers of genetic engineering as well as the longer pathways to commercialization. BME plans to scale from a 1 ton per day demo facility in Seattle, Washington, to a 33 ton per day (1,000 ton per month) pilot facility in Odessa, WA.

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JUNE 22, 2017

Rolls-Royce and global towage operator Svitzer have successfully demonstrated the world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel in Copenhagen harbour, Denmark. The vessel is also equipped with a pair of MTU 16V4000 M63 diesel engines from Rolls-Royce, each rated 2000 kW at 1800 rpm.

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APRIL 17, 2009

The Japan-GTL consortium, formed in 2006 to commercialize a lower-cost gas-to-liquids GTL) process for the production of synthetic fuels and chemicals that does not require first removing carbon dioxide from the feedstock, has completed construction of its demonstration plant which will produce 500 barrels (about 80 kiloliters) per day.

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MARCH 9, 2022

Israel-based Electreon, a developer ofin-road wireless electric vehicle charging technology for shared, commercial and passenger vehicles, and ASPIRE (Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification), an NSF-funded engineering research center, are launching a joint demonstration project.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

The fuel meets all the specifications required for use in commercial aviation. LanzaTech is currently building its first commercial ethanol facilities using waste gases, including one in China with China’s largest steel company, Shougang, and one in Belgium with the world’s largest steel manufacturer, ArcelorMittal.

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