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The Latest Developments in Low and Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles The largest coming together of the clean energy industry for commercial vehicles, ACT Expo 2025 (for A dvanced C lean T ransportation) was held this past week in Anaheim, California. Deliveries to commercial customers begin in 2026.
Diesel is the predominant technology in commercial trucking, school, and transit bus sectors, according to the Diesel Technology Forum’s analysis of data sourced from S&P Global Mobility TIPNet data of vehicles in operation for Class 3-8 as of December 2021. For the largest commercial trucks (Class 8), 62.5% Washington D.C.
LS9, a synthetic biology company developing fermentation-derived drop-in renewable fuels and chemicals ( earlier post ), has acquired an existing production facility in Okeechobee, Florida. Once the demonstration scale testing is completed, LS9 expects to quickly transition the facility into commercial production. Source: LS9.
LS9, a developer of renewable chemicals and fuels, has expanded operations at its Okeechobee, Florida demonstration facility with a successful customer trial. To create these catalysts, LS9 applies synthetic biology to combine the highly efficient metabolism of microorganisms with new biocatalytic capabilities engineered into each cell.
INEOS Bio’s joint venture (INEOS New Planet BioEnergy) has awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to build its bioenergy facility in Southeast Florida to AMEC of Tucker, GA. Earlier post.). AMEC was selected following an extensive evaluation process of qualified global EPC firms.
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Amyris has partnered with Brazilian airline GOL to fly the industry’s first commercial flight with sugarcane-derived farnesane, the recently approved renewable jet fuel. The first flight, GOL flight 7725, departed from Orlando, Florida on 30 July 2014 and traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Earlier post.)
Joe, Florida, that would employ a Rentech-SilvaGas biomass gasifier to produce renewable power. Most of the project’s power output has been contracted for sale to Progress Energy Florida under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), with a small fraction available for sale on a merchant basis. Rentech, Inc. The Port St.
Highlands will build a commercial-scale “Brazilian-style” syrup mill in Highlands County, Florida, which would have a production capacity of approximately 200,000 metric tons of fermentable sugar per year. We are eager to finalize the details of a binding agreement so that we can start constructing the facility.
INEOS Bio announced that its joint-venture project, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), has finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. million dollar cost matching grant from the State of Florida.
A spinout from work at the University of South Florida is developing a new Fischer-Tropsch-based (FT) process to produce hydrocarbon transportation fuels—initially jet fuel—from biomass. COSI has engineered its catalyst to be tunable via variation in the thickness of the eggshell, generating a highly selective product.
The four teams and their research topics are: University of Central Florida. The team will explore using liquid ammonia as fuel for a jet engine and generating electricity from the engine’s exhaust heat, reducing emissions, and saving on fuel. Florida State University. Georgia Institute of Technology.
IGCC and carbon capture technologies have been commercially demonstrated and will need to be widely deployed to enable low cost power generation from domestic fossil energy resources, while at the same time achieving significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions globally.
X-MAT , the Advanced Materials Division of Semplastics , has successfully fabricated a full cell battery by combining a commercial cathode and its proprietary ceramic coal composite anode. X-MAT has had several partnerships including work with NASA, Space Florida and the NETL.
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Sustainable Oils, a producer of renewable, low carbon and domestically produced camelina-based fuels, provided the hydrotreated renewable jet (HRJ) fuel used to create the 50-50 HRJ8-JP8 blend used in an all-engine biofuel flight test in a US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II. Earlier post.). B-roll of the test flight.
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Unveiled at the American Trucking Association Management Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, the new lightweight alloy, called MagnaForce, is on average 16.5% Alcoa will use the material to manufacture wheels for commercial transportation, where lighter weight products that increase fuel efficiency are in high demand.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have rewired the native metabolism of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for superior production of lipids (lipogenesis). At 90% lipid levels, the platform produces the highest levels of lipid content created so far using a genetically engineered yeast cell.
CMI will leverage these existing research programs into a larger, coordinated effort designed to eliminate materials criticality as an impediment to the commercialization of clean energy technologies. CMI, headquartered at Ames Laboratory, will be directed by Alex King, currently the director of Ames Lab. SpinTek Filtration, Inc.;
liter V6 engine is available with a factory-installed, gaseous-fuel prep package that includes hardened valves, valve seats, and pistons and rings so it can operate on either natural gas or gasoline through separate fuel systems. When equipped with a bi-fuel CNG/LPG engine package, the 3.7-liter The 2014 Ford F-150 with 3.7-liter
These consortia—led in theUS by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Florida, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)—will bring together experts from national laboratories, universities, and industry in both the US and India. TurboTech Precision; Engineering Ltd.; Thermax Ltd.;
However, the fundamental question regarding how to implement the concept of LCE in large-dimension catalysts (that is, nanomaterials and commercially available materials) is still unset-tled. If this is successful, we can deliver a device for commercialization in five years. —Zhenxing Feng of the OSU College of Engineering.
POET-DSM’s long-anticipated Project LIBERTY , the US’ first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant to use corn waste as a feedstock ( earlier post ), began production today. Once operating at full, commercial-scale, the biorefinery in Emmetsburg, Iowa will produce 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year.
Our next stage is to demonstrate on a pilot-scale commercial module what we already have achieved both in the laboratory and in smaller scale PBRs at our advanced Process Development Unit. Algenol targets commercial production of 6,000 gallons of ethanol per acre-year. Earlier post.).
has purchased the ECCOS (Electrically Controlled Combustion Optimization System) radio frequency electrostatic ignition technology targeted at lean-burn engines from Florida-based Etatech , Inc. However, current spark plug technology is unable to optimize the lean burning engines. BorgWarner Inc. Terms were not disclosed.
A multi-institutional team led by the University of Illinois has genetically engineered sugarcane to produce lipids in its leaves and stems for biodiesel production (lipid-cane). Long leads the research project Plants Engineered to Replace Oil in Sugarcane and Sweet Sorghum (PETROSS) that has pioneered this work at the Carl R.
and Boeing have agreed to pursue several areas of cooperation, including commercial aircraft features that enhance safety and efficiency, research and technology and sustainable aviation biofuels. Brazil’s Embraer S.A. Boeing and Embraer have already engaged in other cooperative agreements. Earlier post.).
A compact, quiet-running 650cc 2-cylinder engine replaces the previous 2.4L 4-cylinder engine; charging capability remains the same, as does the electric range. The smaller engine will improve fuel economy, however. liter internal combustion engine (ICE) served as the genset engine. Earlier post.).
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.
After undocking from the International Space Station on June 29th, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon capsule splashed down off of the coast of Jacksonville, Florida on June 30th at -10:30 am ET (14:30 UTC). This was the 8th mission under Phase 2 of the commercial resupply contract with NASA. Government requiring the engines to be U.S.
The competition challenged university students around the world to use their engineering skills to help with accessibility issues. The teams, which include faculty members and IEEE members, create and execute engineering projects in partnership with organizations to improve their communities.
Less than a year after beginning engineering to scale the technology, the team has completed plant commissioning and has begun 24/7 system operation. ReadiJet and ReadiDiesel can be tailored to meet all commercial and military jet fuel specifications. The final products are all fungible and nearly identical to petroleum-derived fuels.
BP and Verenium Corporation have formed a 50-50 joint venture to develop and commercialize cellulosic ethanol from non-food feedstocks such as energy cane and energy grasses. Earlier post.). Together the companies have agreed to commit $45 million in funding and assets to the joint venture company. Earlier post.).
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of grant funding to implement projects which reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Under this competition, EPA anticipates awarding between 40 and 70 assistance agreements.
million in cash and/or shares of REG common stock consideration for achievement of certain milestones over the next five years related to the development and commercialization of products from LS9’s technology. The company owns and operates a demonstration production facility in Okeechobee, Florida. In addition, REG may pay up to $21.5
Mainstream Engineering Corp. Mainstream Engineering Corp. of Rockledge, Florida is developing a hybrid electric turbocharger for cars and trucks that both reduces fuel consumption and improves drivability by shortening the transient response time (reducing turbo lag) during acceleration. Lead organization. Description.
Conceptual design of the HyCO Facility has been completed and engineering has been progressed. This initiative demonstrates MATHESON/NSHD’s commitment to gases supply for commercially sound renewable energy projects and represents a significant additional dimension to its global HyCO footprint.
to produce enzymes and proteins on a commercial scale at higher yields and at lower costs. The annotation of Dyadic’s re-sequenced C1 genome will be conducted at Scripps Florida under the direction of Bruce Pascal, Principal Investigator on Collaborative Proposal and Senior Scientific Engineer. and Codexis, Inc.
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The demand for hybrid commercial vehicles will continue to grow globally, and LG Chem and CPI have made important advancements in battery technology and future production capability here in western Michigan. Engineering, development and testing of hybrid systems is also done at Eaton facilities in Marshall and Southfield, Michigan.
The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Camelina will be engineered with. The team will engineer tobacco with traits.
Kuilin Zhang, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and affiliated assistant professor of computer science at MTU, believes this approach will be a cost-effective way to allow transportation planners to do everything from make more effective traffic congestion mitigation strategies to know where to build wider or new roads.
This funding will advance the research and development of advanced biofuel technologies to speed the commercialization of renewable, domestically produced, and affordable fossil-fuel replacements. MicroBio Engineering, Inc. MicroBio Engineering, Inc., Global Algae Innovations Inc.,
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