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APRIL 8, 2010

Researchers from BASF, Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW), Heidelberg University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are seeking to develop a process for the photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 into methanol for use in fuel cells or internal combustion engines. million) over two years. Dr. Henning Bockhorn.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Australia-based renewable fuels company Muradel has launched Australia’s first integrated demonstration plant for the sustainable conversion of algae into green crude, as a first step towards a commercial plant with the potential to produce 80 million liters (21 million gallons US, or about 500,000 barrels) of crude oil per year.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Cost of carbon abated for transport applications. Unlike biomethane produced by anaerobic digestion, Bio-SNG is formed by the conversion of thermally-derived syngas—i.e., via the gasification of biomass waste—into methane. Cost of carbon abated. Click to enlarge. Feedstocks. Bio-SNG Feasibility Study.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

With a nameplate capacity of 100 tons/year, the demo plant will allow the conversion of various resources (industrial-grade sugar from beets and cane, glucose syrup from cereals, second-generation sugars extracted from wheat straw, bagasse, wood chips…), into high-purity isobutene. Micro-organisms do not naturally produce isobutene.

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DECEMBER 25, 2014

EEB is produced from organic waste, including (and initially) sewage treatment bio-solids—the leftover, dirt-like organic material that remains after a community’s wastewater is treated. Vitruvian has modeled production costs at $2.58-3.73 per gallon.

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MARCH 26, 2013

The CEMI announcement was made at the ribbon cutting of the Department’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a new advanced manufacturing facility to reduce the cost of carbon fiber. Lead organization. Earlier post.) Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. Description. Funding request. Ford Motor Company.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy is seeking these projects as part of the Department’s Carbon Storage program, which has the goal of developing and advancing technologies to improve the effectiveness of carbon storage, reduce the cost of implementation, and be ready for widespread commercial deployment in the 2025–2035 timeframe.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Traditional conversion technologies of algal biomass to biofuels have mainly included lipid extraction or pyrolysis for biodiesel, hydrotreated renewable diesel, or bio-oil production. Lipid extraction requires extensive dewatering and organic solvents, diminishing the economics of fuel production and increasing environmental concerns.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Researchers with the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a “high-gravity” one-pot process for producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass that gives unprecedented yields while minimizing water use and waste disposal. —Xu et al. —Blake Simmons. Feng Xu, Jian Sun, N. Scown, Blake A.

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AUGUST 12, 2017

For the purpose of the solicitation, bio-oil is defined as a synthetic or organic equivalent to crude oil such as bio-crude. Deploy a pilot-scale manufacturing high-selectivity/high yield process to produce an intermediate fuel (bio-oil) by advancing one of the already existing biomass to bio-oil conversion processes.

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

The non-food derived feedstocks used to produce the biofuels will vary from fast-growing poplar or pine trees to switch grass, forest and agriculture residue and municipal solid waste. The goal is to find catalytic systems that can produce biofuels cost effectively at scale. —Mark Nimlos.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

thermoacetica–CdS hybrid system, proceeding from the growth of the cells and bioprecipitation (loading) of the CdS nanoparticles (shown in yellow) through photosynthetic conversion of CO 2 (center right) to acetic acid (right). (B) (A) Depiction of the M. B) Pathway diagram for the M. thermoacetica–CdS system. In contrast, the M.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Standardizing PEV batteries could reduce the purchase and ownership costs of PEVS, as well as addressing additional consumer issues such as maintenance and safety. Anaergia Services of Carlsbad received $395,121 to demonstrate a process which will convert green waste into renewable natural gas.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Altex Technologies has selected Unitel to provide engineering services to design and build a pilot system that will produce 1 BPD of synthetic gasoline from biomass (Biomass Conversion to Synthetic Gasoline System, BCSGS). Method and apparatus for conversion of carbonaceous materials to liquid fuel. Carbonaceous materials—e.g.,

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Further, the project will demonstrate the commercial viability of the desalination technology that also reduces the capital and operating costs of water purification. The process is very robust and requires no sterility, which significantly lowers capital costs. Two different versions of the MixAlco process are available.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high?energy Specifically: the current cost of high?energy competitive waste heat recovery technologies. based systems for waste?heat energy batteries. energy lithium?ion

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The US Department of Energy has announced the 2016 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Topics, covering eight DOE research program organizations. For reference, the average loading for three-way catalysts is 1.1 grams PGM per liter of engine displacement).

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APRIL 19, 2011

Funded in part by an $18-million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant and a $4-million grant from the State of Michigan, the API Alpena Biorefinery will demonstrate the conversion of hemicelluloses extracted from woody biomass to fermentable sugars that can be used for production of ethanol.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Cobalt uses non-food feedstock, such as forest waste and mill residues, and its technology reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 85% compared to gasoline. The production cost of alcohol fuel is strongly dependent on three key process parameters: yield, rate and titer. Source: Cobalt. Click to enlarge. Continuous alcohol production.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. In South Korea, nine organizations, including shipping companies and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute , plan to develop and demonstrate large ships powered by SMRs. The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9

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AUGUST 26, 2009

million) from the EU’s FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme), is aimed at developing technologies to produce cellulosic ethanol from agricultural and forestry waste, such as straws and wood chips, via a fermentation pathway. Total cost of the project will be €8.2 Source: Universita Degli Studi di Milano. Click to enlarge. million (US$8.4

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MAY 7, 2009

The two organizations said that such cuts “ threaten to disrupt commercialization of a family of technologies that are showing exceptional promise and beginning to gain market traction.” Hydrogen production costs are already competitive with gasoline. Projected vehicle costs have been reduced by 75%. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 21, 2011

The IEA prepared the Technology Roadmap Biofuels for Transport in consultation with representatives of government, industry, academia and non-governmental organizations. However, there are caveats: it is important to reduce the use of fossil energy during cultivation, transport and conversion of biomass to biofuel.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Most of the methods currently under development involve converting biomass or waste, while there are also approaches to directly produce liquid transportation fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide, typically using photosynthesis.

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MAY 4, 2018

This FOA addresses gaps in current research and development (R&D) which hinder better utilizing waste streams (e.g. led research and development consortium dedicated to identifying and overcoming catalysis challenges for biomass conversion processes. model host organisms with industrially?relevant food lignocellulosic biomass.

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MARCH 30, 2012

There is significant potential for the expansion of bio-based automotive parts and components manufacturing in the US Great Lakes region, according to a newly-released study conducted by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a nonprofit research organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Challenges with bio-based plastics.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The project will attempt to achieve DOE’s transformational carbon capture performance goal of CO 2 capture with 95 percent CO 2 purity at a cost of $30 per tonne. RTI International plans to develop two different novel materials, metal organic frameworks (i.e., DOE Funding: $13,000,000; Non-DOE Funding: $3,250,000; Total: $16,250,000.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

The Coskata process can produce more than 100 gallons of ethanol per ton of dry, ash-free biomass material at a cost competitive with expected gasoline prices—around $1.00 Actual production cost will vary, either below or above $1.00 per gallon, based on the cost of feedstock and the cost of power for the specific plant, he noted.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

Some specific goals include: Cutting battery costs from their current $500/kWh to $125/kWh. Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW. These new exhaust aftertreatment technologies and catalysts must have light off temperatures at a minimum of 150 °C and conversion efficiencies of at least 90%.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

In addition to helping the nation meet ambitious carbon-neutral goals, the development and implementation of the proposed technology can help reduce the cost of and emissions from hydrogen production to mitigate the effects of climate change while creating new jobs and revitalizing our economy.

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JULY 10, 2010

An emphasis on bio-fuels, which are suitable for an SOFC and derived from sources (such as cellulosic biomass, agricultural residues, or municipal solid waste) that do not compete with food supply, is required. saline water). Buildings Technologies. Geothermal Technologies.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Biofuels company NextFuels introduced its hydrothermal process for economically producing transportation and industrial fuels from wet, unprocessed agricultural waste. to 6 metric tons of agricultural waste is generated for each metric ton of oil. There is no such thing as waste. Click to enlarge. Approximately 4.4 Resources.

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MAY 28, 2015

Organization. This quality control device will help to drive down the costs of fuel cells by reducing waste and improving the process efficiency of roll-to-roll manufacturing of polymer electrolyte membranes. Select SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards. Description. Mainstream Engineering Corporation. 149,871.44.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Lignocellulosic biomass, which is the only sufficiently prevalent sustainable resource for conversion into liquid transportation fuels, is the most abundant organic material on Earth. The lignin is generally considered a waste product and burnt to produce energy, although that thought is changing.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Lead organization. Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. areas to convert otherwise wasted gas into usable chemicals that. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline.

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