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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. For comparison: This is equivalent to the output of a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm with coupled electrolyzers. textiles, paper).

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EPoSil: electroactive polymers for generating electricity from wave power

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This grant is part of the “smart materials for innovative products” program. By comparison, the International Energy Agency reports that some 21,500 terawatt-hours of electrical power were generated worldwide in 2010. This is an essential part of the electroactive polymer that converts mechanical energy into electrical power.

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UT Austin team develops new family of high-capacity anode materials: Interdigitated Eutectic Alloys

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By comparison, realized capacity in a graphite/copper composite anode is only ~ 150 mAh g -1. Eutectic alloys are fusible: upon cooling they convert from liquids to intimately mixed solids. Then, you can reduce the microstructure by rolling it, which is an extraordinarily cheap step to convert a microstructure into a nanostructure.

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Virent’s biogasoline passes first test in European auto fleet trial

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Virent’s biogasoline was found to cause “no harm” to vehicles in comparison to Shell’s baseline fuel. Department of Energy (DOE), the NABC investigated multiple process strategies with potential to convert corn stover or wood chips into “drop-in” liquid fuels that can be used in the existing transportation and distribution infrastructure.

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Dow Planning to Build and Operate a Pilot-Scale Algae-to-Ethanol Biorefinery with Algenol Biofuels

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Algenol submitted its formal request last week to obtain a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for financial support to successfully conduct the pilot. The result is a CO 2 capture process which converts industrially derived CO 2 into more sustainable fuels and chemicals. Algenol’s Direct to Ethanol technology.

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ZeaChem Confirms Production of Cellulosic Ethanol at Capacity That Can Scale to Commercial Production; Expanding the Product Portfolio of the Biorefinery

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The integrated facility is being partially funded by a $25-million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The company will use the grant to build the chemical fractionation on the front end and the hydrogenation process on the back end for making cellulosic ethanol.

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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It converts electrical energy from the battery into mechanical energy to drive the vehicle’s wheels. They include components such as inverters, converters, and motor controllers. 7 DC-DC Converter: A DC-DC converter converts high voltage DC supply from the battery to low voltage supply.