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Mineral Resources boosting lithium production from W Australia mines

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Australia-based Mineral Resources (MinRes), one of the largest owners of hard rock lithium units, has, in response to “unprecedented global customer demand for lithium products”, agreed with its JV partners to increase production from the Wodgina and Mt Marion spodumene mines, based in Western Australia. Mt Marion.

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Ammonia-salt solvent pretreatment for biomass could significantly reduce cost of cellulosic biofuels

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Similar processes could greatly reduce the cost of producing biofuels from waste biomass like corn stalks and leaves. Speeding up the conversion of cellulose into sugars such as glucose with enzymes requires suitable solvents or heat- and/or chemical-based pretreatments. —lead author Shishir P. Shishir P.

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ORNL team discovers mechanism behind direct ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion; implications for energy efficiency and cost of upgrading

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The research, supported by DOE’s BioEnergy Technologies Office (BETO), has implications for the energy efficiency and cost of catalytic upgrading technologies proposed for use in bio-refineries. This has renewed interest in the conversion of ethanol to hydrocarbon blend-stock and other industrial chemicals. market penetration is low.

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Highly efficient and stable Ru-free catalyst for hydrogen generation from ammonia

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A complete ammonia conversion to hydrogen was achieved at an economically feasible 450 ?C and 87.50% NH 3 conversion efficiency at 450 ?C this is the first Ru-free catalyst that exhibited outstanding performance, approaching complete NH 3 conversion at economically feasible 450 ?C Resources. Tabassum et al. Tabassum, S.

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U of I study: synthetic fuels via CO2 conversion and FT not currently economically & environmentally competitive

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They used currently achievable performance levels for the system components—electrolyzers and the Fischer−Tropsch process—to compute key metrics, including (i) cost of the synthetic fuel; (ii) well-to-gate CO 2 emissions; and (iii) overall energy efficiency. —Li et al. Stubbins, and Paul J. 6b00665.

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DOE to award $35M for bioenergy feedstock and algae R&D

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DE-FOA-0002423 ) Topic Areas ins the FOA support DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Development of novel methods for rapid/real-time measurements.

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Lightning Systems debuts new electric Ford F-550 for shuttle buses, delivery trucks

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In addition to powering new F-550 models, existing trucks and shuttle buses can be repowered as zero-emission vehicles by conversion to the Lightning all-electric powertrain. The voucher program can reduce the upfront cost of advanced zero emissions fleet vehicles by 40 to 70%.

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