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million to 16 water infrastructure projects. Modern technology has the potential to reduce energy use in aging water infrastructure, particularly in wastewater treatment, which demands up to 2% of domestic electricity use each year. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $27.5

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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MAY 29, 2020

A Northwestern Engineering-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. Currently used solutions include burning the oil, using chemical dispersants to breakdown oil into very small droplets, skimming oil floating on top of water and/or absorbing it with expensive, unrecyclable sorbents.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Capturing this waste carbon then allows for algae to be cultivated into a variety of biofuels and bioproducts. Capturing this waste carbon then allows for algae to be cultivated into a variety of biofuels and bioproducts. ethanol production), biogas purification (e.g., power, cement, or other industrial sources).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The contract is expected to make Air France KLM DGF’s largest European airline customer and lays the groundwork for expansion of this commercial relationship as DGF scales up production at the Louisiana and additional planned SAF production plants to be located in the United States and beyond. —Christopher J.

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MAY 21, 2021

The development project has the potential to reduce carbon emissions in the alumina refining process significantly. Alcoa of Australia is currently conducting technical and commercial studies to adapt MVR technology to refining. —Eugenio Azevedo, Alcoa’s Vice President for Continuous Improvement.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At the 17 th Supercharging conference this week in Dresden, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will launch what it says is the first water-cooled electric supercharger developed for “quasi-continuous” boosting of commercial diesel engines, including those developed for off highway applications. Earlier post.)

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MAY 1, 2020

Liquid Wind is developing its first commercial-scale eMethanol facility in Sweden and plans to establish 6 facilities by 2030 before expanding internationally. Liquid Wind, in partnership with its consortium of experts, Consortium, will convert waste CO 2 and renewable electricity into eMethanol, a carbon-neutral fuel.

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MAY 12, 2022

The project, which recently received approval from Contra Costa County ( earlier post ), is expected to cost approximately $850 million and begin commercial operations in the first quarter of 2024. Production of these fuels is projected to reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by approximately 65%—the equivalent of taking 1.4

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JANUARY 18, 2023

ITOCHU is one of several strategic investors in privately held Raven SR, and the two companies maintain a strong partnership, including plans for commercial production and sales of renewable fuels worldwide. Starting in 2024, Japanese airlines must reduce or offset 15% of emissions from 2019 levels.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

a waste-to-fuels company, closed a $20-million strategic investment from Chevron USA, ITOCHU, Hyzon Motors and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production units and renewable synthetic fuel facilities initially in California and then worldwide. Raven SR Inc., Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 1, 2021

The shortlisted proposals include plants aiming to produce jet fuel from: Combining carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere with hydrogen from water; Alcohol derived from wastes; Everyday household and commercial black bag rubbish; and. alfanar Energy Ltd. Funding will support the FEED stage of project work.

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JULY 18, 2021

The financing round will enable the company to scale from the batch processing of materials to commercial roll-to-roll production. waste’ cork powder). In addition to having an extremely low carbon footprint, MIRUM requires no water during manufacturing and dyeing. —Kasper Sage, managing partner at BMW i Ventures.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Essam El-Hannouny, a principal mechanical engineer at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, won a Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Award from DOE to expand his research on how a renewable alcohol-based biofuel can serve as a dual fuel to help decarbonize locomotive engines. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 8, 2016

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is awarding Nsolv $13 million in grant funding to commercialize its field-tested, proprietary warm solvent technology for in situ heavy oil extraction without the use of steam. Other extraction methods are not currently commercially viable at this scale. The technology.

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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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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The platform technology is also being commercialized for conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. million in previously announced funding from Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) and Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).

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JANUARY 9, 2024

But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. For the Nexo, a recharge can take you 380 miles, with its only emissions being water vapor. Problem is, there is nowhere to charge them.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The agreement aims to exploit the possibilities arising from the merging of Opcon’s Powerbox waste-heat-recovery (WHR) technology ( earlier post ) with MAN Diesel & Turbo’s diesel engines for cutting fuel consumption and reducing emissions. The Opcon Powerbox is an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) implementation.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The first sale is a batch of Rio Tinto’s RenewAl high purity aluminum ( earlier post ), from the renewably powered New Zealand aluminum Smelters (NZAS), to a major Japanese motorcycle manufacturer committed to reducing carbon emissions throughout its supply chains and manufacturing process.

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APRIL 23, 2014

million) in the latest round of IDP10 funding from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board to support the development of a heat-recovery system for urban commercial vehicles. Ambient or low grade waste heat is used as an energy source with the cryogen providing both the working fluid and heat sink. million (US$3.12 Earlier post. ).

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MARCH 26, 2021

Green ammonia (produced from renewable energy, water and air) and eMethanol (produced from feedstocks obtained by utilization of waste streams, electrolysis hydrogen, and CO 2 capture) are both considered promising low-carbon transportation fuels and energy carriers. —Amy Hebert, Chief Commercial Officer of Haldor Topsoe.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The commercial start is anticipated in 2027 and Maersk intends to purchase the full volume produced at the plant, with options for the output of subsequent Carbon Sink facilities at other locations. Moller - Maersk.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

To pave the way for climate-neutral production, a 2MW alkaline water electrolyzer from thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers was operated in the pilot plant. It was shown that the water electrolyzer could be operated with highly volatile renewable energy without suffering damage.

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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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MAY 27, 2023

So-called “refuels” promise to reduce CO 2 emissions by 90% compared to conventional fuels. REF4FU covers the use of sustainable hydrogen; pyrolysis oil based on biological residues, such as straw or waste wood; methanol from renewable feedstocks; and Fischer-Tropsch oil that corresponds to green crude oil.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. per GGE, with lifecycle emissions reductions exceeding 80% over petroleum.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Straight tubes connect the water and steam drums directly, which ensures safe circulation with no risk of overheating and subsequent tube burnout. Initial results, obtained with both pure methanol and a methanol-water mixture, showed as expected that methanol is easy to ignite and results in very low emissions.

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APRIL 11, 2019

million) grant under the EU Horizon 2020 Research Programme to increase the scale of its CO 2 -to-methanol technology, marketed under the trademark Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL). CO 2 is available in abundance in high concentration in many industrial processes and thermal power plants (here CRI focusing on geothermal power and waste to energy).

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Borla will combine this with its diesel exhaust technology to create a low-cost, novel system that doubles as a device to extract potable water from diesel and other internal combustion exhaust. For the recovery of previously wasted energy from relatively low temperature (. industrial process streams, and solid oxide fuel cells.

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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. Earlier post.)The

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JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. Resources. Lindstad, S.E. Tranell, T. Færden and J.

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MAY 31, 2024

Chilldyne optimized the cold plate using corkscrew-shaped metal channels, called turbulators, that force water around them “like little tornadoes,” maximizing the heat absorbed, says Harrington. Emily Waltz Mining leaves behind piles of waste after the commercially viable material is extracted.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

With its ability to produce synthetic and renewable-fuels and chemicals from feedstocks such as natural gas, flared gas, biogas, biomass, municipal solid waste, carbon dioxide (CO?) Projects based on our new configurations align with the world’s green energy initiatives by significantly reducing GHG emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies has received a purchase order from its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) for two waste oil power generators. The new Phoenix 10kW waste oil generator will be powered by Cyclone’s WHE-25 engine—a compact, scalable waste heat engine—using a specially designed, clean emissions combustion chamber.

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MAY 4, 2018

The contract represents Velocys’s second commercial license, the first being to ENVIA for a gas-to-liquids plant. By using forest and sawmill residues, RRB’s biorefinery will not only avoid competition for agricultural resources, but also reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires by removing waste biomass from overgrown forests.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Terrestrial bioenergy feedstock crops such as switchgrass, canola and corn have lower environmental lifecycle impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water regardless of cultivation location, according to a new lifecycle assessment by researchers at the University of Virginia. Click to enlarge. 0.4 ± 0.05.

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