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ISU Researchers Develop Novel Supercritical Process to Create High-Value Chemicals from Biomass

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The biomass conversion process is based on the chemistry of supercritical fluids. Conventional acid hydrolysis methods have also suffered from the high cost of building corrosion resistant plants, acid recovery, and generation of chemical wastes. The process even works when there are impurities in the biomass.

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Tesla outlines scheme for $4-5B battery Gigafactory; announces $1.6B offering

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In its comments, Tesla noted that its goal of producing a mass market electric car in approximately three years provides an opportunity to leverage its projected demand for lithium-ion batteries to reduce their cost faster than previously thought possible. Finalists for the Gigafactory location are Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla Q1 2024 earnings call

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“We’re in conversation with one automaker,” Musk said. When asked about the scaling of the Tesla Semi, executives noted that the vehicle’s facility in Reno, Nevada has started its construction. He also noted that the costs of Model Y production in Austin and Berlin are closing in on Fremont’s costs.

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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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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming. Decision support and policy analysis tools. This will take an $8.32

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Hybrid Electric Buses Incremental Costs: For the incremental cost of making transit buses hybrid electric.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels. combustor of a natural gas turbine, facilitating its conversion into a. Biocatalyst for Small-Scale Conversion.

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