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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. One of the catalytic conversion processes creates the high-octane gasoline blendstock.

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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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GTI, in partnership with Desert Research Institute and the University of Nevada, both in Reno, Nev.; The data will be used to develop a reaction mechanism and associated kinetic parameters that accurately describe the rate-limiting reaction pathways during conversion of the char to syngas. Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Ill.)

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

Charged EVs

The company is building a new plant in Nevada, and aims to be processing 10,000 tons of black mass (equivalent to about 150,000 EV battery packs) annually by 2025. We’re currently in conversations with potential offtake partners that will have their own specs. Their business model is to be an intermediary in the recycling process.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The company is building a new plant in Nevada, and aims to be processing 10,000 tons of black mass (equivalent to about 150,000 EV battery packs) annually by 2025. We’re currently in conversations with potential offtake partners that will have their own specs. Their business model is to be an intermediary in the recycling process.

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

Baua Electric

Studying the most searched auto and EV brands online While EVs continue to dominate the global mobility conversation, there are still plenty of hurdles to overcome before we can truly reach mass adoption. On the other hand, Tesla was the most popular automaker in one state – Nevada. Here’s how it was gathered.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How about using a competition sailplane for comparison, instead? Then they are driving by electric car conversions every day and not seeing them. She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada. April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it.

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