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Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Transform Materials has developed a novel and sustainable microwave plasma reactor process to convert natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene, thereby opening up a new pathway for green chemical manufacturing. Acetylene can be then converted into many derivative chemicals, all possessing high value.

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Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. The conversion reaction also produces light olefins—ethylene, propylene, and butenes—totalling a yield of 8.7%. and selectivity to C 8 –C 16 hydrocarbons of 47.8%

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SEMA sponsors ZEV conversion rebate bill in California; up to $2,000 rebate

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Portantino (D-25) and Josh Newman (D-29) introduced Senate Bill 301 , a bill sponsored by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), to create a financial rebate program for converting gas and diesel-powered motor vehicles into zero-emissions-vehicles (ZEVs). Eligible converted ZEVs would need a range of at least 100 miles.

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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. Different methods for converting CO 2 into methane have long been known. A paper on the work is published in ChemSusChem.

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Aberdeen awards ULEMCo contract for 35 hydrogen dual-fuel utility vehicle conversions

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

ULEMCo has been awarded a major fleet-wide contract by Aberdeen City Council (ACC) for its hydrogen dual-fuel utility vehicle conversions. ULEMCo’s H2ICED allows hydrogen to be mixed with diesel directly in a conventional engine, supplied via onboard gas tanks, in volumes that displace between 30-70% of the energy from diesel.

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California bill proposes $2,000 for converting gas vehicles to EVs

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A California bill would offer residents a rebate of up to $2,000 to convert an existing internal-combustion car or truck to an EV. Spotted by Green Car Congress, California Senate Bill 301 would establish a Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project (ZACP) with up to $2 million in annual funding for EV conversion rebates to supplement.

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Is It Economical to Convert ICE Car to Electric Car Using Conversion Kit

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AUGUST 29, 2023

converting existing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars into electric vehicles using conversion kits. The Appeal of Conversion Kits Conversion kits offer a promising solution for individuals who wish to contribute to environmental conservation without breaking the bank (Now you don’t have to break the bank to buy an EV).

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CNRS researchers use boron radicals to convert nitrogen to ammonia in solution; mild ammonia synthesis

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Ammonia is obtained industrially using the Haber–Bosch process, which requires a lot of energy and hydrogen gas. The boron compounds can efficiently target atmospheric nitrogen and convert it to ammonium chloride after the addition of an acid. An open-acess paper on their work is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

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Successful demonstration of FlexMethanol conversion of wind power to methanol

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JUNE 11, 2020

In Germany, BSE Engineering and the Institute for Renewable Energy Systems at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences (IRES) have demonstrated the conversion of wind power into renewable methanol. Operation of this technology under dynamic conditions will be confirmed during a year-long test.

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Svitzer and Caterpillar partner on methanol as a fuel in newbuilds and conversions of existing tugs

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APRIL 24, 2023

The implementation of dual-fuel methanol engines focuses on new tugs as well as conversions of existing Cat-powered tugs, which comprise the majority of Svitzer’s fleet. The support Caterpillar provides in finding ways of converting our equipment to methanol usage plays a key role in this.

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C2CNT process converts flue gas from natural gas power plant into carbon nanotubes

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JULY 29, 2019

On 26 July, the first flue gas from the natural gas power plant, the Shepard Energy Center in Calgary, Canada, was directly transformed by the C2CNT process ( earlier post ) into carbon nanotubes. Onions Made Directly from CO 2 by Molten Electrolysis for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation” Angewandte Chemie doi: 10.1002/adsu.201900056.

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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix.

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Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Researchers at The Ohio State University have used a chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas—commonly called “sewer gas”. Hydrogen sulfide is emitted from manure piles and sewer pipes and is a key byproduct of industrial activities including refining oil and gas, producing paper and mining.

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SoCalGas to convert 200 new F-250 trucks with Landi Renzo systems to run on renewable natural gas

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APRIL 23, 2021

Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) will convert 200 new Ford F-250 service pickup trucks to run on renewable natural gas (RNG). SoCalGas has committed to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its operations and delivery of energy by 2045.

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Stable boron-copper catalyst for CO2 conversion; stabilization with zinc

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MARCH 28, 2021

A new boron-copper catalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into chemicals or fuels has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen. CO 2 can be converted into larger carbon compounds that can be used as base chemicals for industry or as fuels. —Wolfgang Schuhmann.

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New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In this reaction, solid carbon latches onto one of the oxygen atoms in carbon dioxide gas, reducing it to carbon monoxide. The conversion normally requires significant amounts of energy in the form of high heat—a temperature of at least 700 ?C, C, hot enough to melt aluminum at normal atmospheric pressure. Credit: NIST.

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IG Metall warns that Krupp Mannesmann steel plant may fail due to lack of financing for conversion to climate-neutral steel production

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

The union called on the shareholders of HKM to commit themselves clearly to the future of the traditional steel mill and to invest now in its conversion. There are currently 3,100 steel workers employed there. The French pipe manufacturer Vallourec SA wants to give up its 20% stake in HKM and withdraw from Germany.

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NNL and DNV partner to explore large-scale nuclear production of hydrogen for UK gas network

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and DNV are partnering to explore the potential of nuclear-derived hydrogen to support the conversion of UK gas networks to hydrogen. This will enable consumers to continue using gas in homes, businesses and industry, in an effective way that is net-zero compliant.

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Northwestern team identifies site in enzyme responsible for methane-methanol conversion

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MAY 13, 2019

Methanotrophic bacteria remove methane from the environment and convert it into methanol. An interdisciplinary team at Northwestern University has found that the enzyme responsible for the methane-methanol conversion catalyzes this reaction at a site that contains just one copper ion. The study is published in the journal Science.

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Omnitek receives EPA approval for 12L diesel-to-natural gas converted Mack E7 engine

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JUNE 9, 2014

has received a Certificate of Conformity from the US Environmental Protection Agency applicable for diesel-to-natural gas engine conversions of all Mack E7 electronic engines up to model year 2006. Omnitek will offer 100% dyno-tested “drop-in” ready converted engines, configured for quick installation. Omnitek Engineering Corp.

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New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

A new material that can selectively capture CO 2 molecules and efficiently convert them into useful organic materials has been developed by researchers at Kyoto University, along with colleagues at the University of Tokyo and Jiangsu Normal University in China. —Wu et al. —Susumu Kitagawa, materials chemist at Kyoto University.

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KIT team produces synthetic natural gas from waste wood; used in natural gas vehicles

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have successfully produced renewable methane from a biomass-based synthesis gas mixture in their pilot plant for methanation using a new honeycomb catalyst. Biogas facilities produce renewable gas mainly by fermenting biological waste. Honeycomb catalyst.

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LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A team of scientists from LanzaTech, Northwestern University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have engineered a microbe to convert molecules of industrial waste gases, such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, into acetone and isopropanol (IPA). Abdalla, T. Nat Biotechnol doi: 10.1038/s41587-021-01195-w.

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European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

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JUNE 1, 2020

A consortium comprising Engie Solutions, Siemens Gas and Power, Centrax, Arttic, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and four European universities is implementing the HYFLEXPOWER project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Grant Agreement 884229). million, of which €10.5

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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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JANUARY 3, 2022

estimated that with conversion by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and upgrading, the wet waste resource availability in the United States could be converted to jet fuel that is equivalent to about 24% of the U.S. The life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the two pathways were 11.2 Skaggs et al. demand in 2016.

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Converting natural gas at the field to transportable high-octane fuel components

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MAY 19, 2014

A duo at the University of Stuttgart (Germany) is proposing an approach for the conversion of natural gas at gas-transport-constrained fields to easily transportable, high-octane liquid products. For remote small-/medium-sized natural gas fields, transport via pipeline or liquefied natural gas is often not possible.

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Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment have created a scalable photocatalyst that can convert ammonia into hydrogen fuel. The new catalyst breaks those molecules into hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas, the largest component of Earth’s atmosphere. The research is published in Science.

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Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

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AUGUST 17, 2019

The technologies work as a system that converts organic waste into renewable hydrogen gas for use as a biofuel. There are usually thousands of microbes that are required to convert a complex organic mixture from biomass into electrons.

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Omnitek develops diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion kits for Mercedes OM904/OM906

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APRIL 19, 2012

Diesel to natural gas conversion system. Omnitek has developed a kit that can be used to convert the globally popular Mercedes diesel engines OM904 and OM906 into natural gas engines. It simplifies the engine conversion process by integrating the ignition control and electronic fuel injection into one control unit.

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Berkeley Lab team validates bio-analogous technique for converting CO2 into liquid acetate

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have demonstrated a new technique, modeled after a metabolic process found in some bacteria, for converting CO 2 into liquid acetate, a key ingredient in “liquid sunlight” or solar fuels produced through artificial photosynthesis.

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Rice team awarded $3.3M ARPA-E OPEN+ grant to convert methane into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen

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JANUARY 29, 2019

million Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) OPEEN+ grant to develop a method to convert natural gas into carbon nanotubes for materials that can replace metals in large-scale applications. With our new concept, we will convert directly natural gas into materials made of carbon nanotubes.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

There is still a lack of new redox-active carbon dioxide carriers for effective electrochemical carbon dioxide capture from such point sources as flue gas. We intend to build an electrochemical modular system as a platform for a continuous conversion process of simulated flue gas to pure liquid fuels. —Haotian Wang.

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First conversion of a slow-speed marine diesel engine to operate on ethane as a fuel

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AUGUST 27, 2018

ABS has confirmed the successful conversion of a slow-speed marine diesel engine to operate on ethane as a fuel. GI dual fuel (HFO/LNG) burning engine, which has now been converted to a dual fuel (HFO/Ethane) 6S50ME-C-GIE engine. —Paul Flaherty, Director of Fleet and Technical operations at Navigator Gas. Earlier post.).

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Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles partner to repower and convert buses and trucks into high-performance EVs; order for 30 MDS vehicles

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles are teaming up to develop, convert, and deliver battery-powered and range-extended electric buses, trucks, and specialty vehicles with industry-leading performance, efficiency, and total cost of ownership. The Matthews vehicles will be designed to have gross vehicle weight (GVW) up to 53,000 lbs.,

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DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The 22 selected projects fall into five topic areas for the “Bioenergy Technologies Office Scale-Up and Conversion” funding opportunity ( earlier post ): Scale-Up of Biotechnologies. Affordable, Clean Cellulosic Sugars for High Yield Conversion. Separations to Enable Biomass Conversion. Renewable Natural Gas.

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NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing nearly $80 million in four new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to create novel technology platforms in the fields of living cell-based therapies, personalized heart tissue, point-of-care health systems and fuel derived from shale gas.

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Dutch/Russian effort to commercialize new process to convert flared gas to gasoline via a DME pathway

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JULY 16, 2013

Topchiev Institute for Petrochemical Synthesis ( TIPS ) on marketing a new technology developed by TIPS to convert flared gases into hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline. The TIPS catalytic converter delivers considerably better properties than those currently being used in the industry, TNO said. —Kolesnikova et al.

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Researchers develop new lower-temperature process for conversion of natural gas alkanes to alcohols

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MARCH 14, 2014

Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Brigham Young University have devised a new and more efficient method to convert natural gas into liquid products at much lower temperatures than conventional methods. Science 1993, 1998 and 2003) for alkane conversion that operate at lower temperatures.

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US MARAD to award up to $900K for project converting vessel to natural gas

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APRIL 10, 2015

The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) Office of Environment has issued a request for proposals (RFP) ( DTMA91R1500009 ) for projects that focus on converting a vessel to natural gas in an effort to measure in situ change in criteria pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions before and after the conversion.

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Greyrock, NREL study determines reduction in GHG and criteria pollutant emissions from using synthetic fuels produced from flare gas

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JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas. Tan, E.C.D.,

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Volkswagen 2.0 TDI diesel for Euro 6d; SCR twin-dosing

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

With SCR twin dosing technology in the exhaust gas system, the diesel unit now undercuts the Euro 6d emission standard limits while also running quietly and smoothly, according to the company. Volkswagen developed twin dosing technology for the exhaust gas treatment. The second SCR catalytic converter is installed in the vehicle floor.

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Omnitek Engineering enters into agreement with refuse collection company to convert diesel engines to natural gas

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JUNE 25, 2012

Werner Funk, president and chief executive officer of Omnitek Engineering, noted this customer’s nationwide commitment to convert all of its more than 18,000 refuse collection trucks to operate on natural gas through a multi-year program comprised of diesel engine conversions and the purchase of new natural gas trucks.

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LanzaTech, Danone develop method to convert carbon emissions directly into MEG, a key building block for PET

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MAY 27, 2022

The technology converts carbon emissions from steel mills or gasified waste biomass directly into MEG. The carbon capture technology uses a proprietary engineered bacterium to convert carbon emissions directly into MEG through fermentation, bypassing the need for an ethanol intermediate, and simplifying the MEG supply chain.

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Omnitek Engineering selected for diesel-to-gas drayage truck conversion demo at Port of Seattle

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JULY 11, 2013

Omnitek Engineering has been selected by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency for a pilot project to demonstrate its diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion technology for drayage trucks serving the Port of Seattle, Washington, in support of the Port’s Clean Truck Program.

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Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

SEMA sponsors ZEV conversion rebate bill in California; up to $2,000 rebate

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

Aberdeen awards ULEMCo contract for 35 hydrogen dual-fuel utility vehicle conversions

California bill proposes $2,000 for converting gas vehicles to EVs

Is It Economical to Convert ICE Car to Electric Car Using Conversion Kit

CNRS researchers use boron radicals to convert nitrogen to ammonia in solution; mild ammonia synthesis

Successful demonstration of FlexMethanol conversion of wind power to methanol

Svitzer and Caterpillar partner on methanol as a fuel in newbuilds and conversions of existing tugs

C2CNT process converts flue gas from natural gas power plant into carbon nanotubes

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

SoCalGas to convert 200 new F-250 trucks with Landi Renzo systems to run on renewable natural gas

Stable boron-copper catalyst for CO2 conversion; stabilization with zinc

New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

IG Metall warns that Krupp Mannesmann steel plant may fail due to lack of financing for conversion to climate-neutral steel production

NNL and DNV partner to explore large-scale nuclear production of hydrogen for UK gas network

Northwestern team identifies site in enzyme responsible for methane-methanol conversion

Omnitek receives EPA approval for 12L diesel-to-natural gas converted Mack E7 engine

New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

KIT team produces synthetic natural gas from waste wood; used in natural gas vehicles

LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

Converting natural gas at the field to transportable high-octane fuel components

Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

Omnitek develops diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion kits for Mercedes OM904/OM906

Berkeley Lab team validates bio-analogous technique for converting CO2 into liquid acetate

Rice team awarded $3.3M ARPA-E OPEN+ grant to convert methane into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen

NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

First conversion of a slow-speed marine diesel engine to operate on ethane as a fuel

Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles partner to repower and convert buses and trucks into high-performance EVs; order for 30 MDS vehicles

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

Dutch/Russian effort to commercialize new process to convert flared gas to gasoline via a DME pathway

Researchers develop new lower-temperature process for conversion of natural gas alkanes to alcohols

US MARAD to award up to $900K for project converting vessel to natural gas

Greyrock, NREL study determines reduction in GHG and criteria pollutant emissions from using synthetic fuels produced from flare gas

Volkswagen 2.0 TDI diesel for Euro 6d; SCR twin-dosing

Omnitek Engineering enters into agreement with refuse collection company to convert diesel engines to natural gas

LanzaTech, Danone develop method to convert carbon emissions directly into MEG, a key building block for PET

Omnitek Engineering selected for diesel-to-gas drayage truck conversion demo at Port of Seattle

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