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Primus Green Energy expands biomass-to-gasoline development plant in NJ; variant of the ExxonMobil MTG process

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Primus Green Energy —a US subsidiary of Israel Corporation’s renewable energy unit IC Green Energy Ltd. This syngas is cleaned and conditioned and then catalytically converted into methanol for use in the MTG process. The remaining gas is sent to the fuel combustor. The light gasoline continues without further treatment.

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PSA evaluating Aquarius Engines’ free-piston linear generator for range-extender

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PSA Groupe is evaluating a free-piston engine linear-generator under development by Israel-based start-up Aquarius Engines for use as a range-extender in its electric vehicles. Earlier post.). Aquarius, founded in 2014, has already filed filed three patents; the company raised $8 million in five days in the first funding round. Scavenging.

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U Georgia team discovers tungsten in novel bacterial enzyme; potential for cellulosic biofuels

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bescii ’s primary metabolism, and its ability to convert plant biomass to simple fermentable sugars. This discovery could ultimately lead to commercially viable conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemical feedstocks. To date, most efforts to convert it to useful chemicals have involved energetically expensive pretreatment.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org.

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Primus Green Energy commissions 100,000 gallon-per-year demo plant for methane to gasoline

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has commissioned its up to 100,000 gallon-per-year natural gas-to-gasoline pre-commercial demonstration plant at its Hillsborough facility. To date, Primus’ primary investor has been IC Green Energy, the renewable energy arm of Israel Corp. Primus Green Energy, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Primus Green Energy’s STG+ patent for liquid fuel synthesis from syngas approved

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an alternative fuel company that converts natural gas and other feedstocks directly into drop-in transportation fuels and solvents ( earlier post ), announced that its patent application covering its STG+ liquid fuel synthesis technology has been allowed by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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Tata Takes On Air

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That is, if you live nearby a gas station with custom air compressor units. Nègre has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa. At Austin Energy we recently converted two of the utility’s Priuses to plug-ins. Refueling is simple and will only take a few minutes.