Conversion, Fuel, Waste and Water

Topsoe enters agreement with Steeper Energy to introduce complete waste-to-biofuel solution

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Topsoe and Steeper Energy , a developer of biomass conversion technologies, signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. The end-products include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marine biofuel, and renewable diesel from waste biomass.

Waste

Waste Energy Oil Conversion

Blue Biofuels achieves full conversion (99%+) of cellulosic material to sugars on repeatable basis

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JANUARY 14, 2022

reports that it has achieved full conversion ( 99% + ) of king grass cellulosic material to water soluble sugars on a repeatable basis. This conversion occurs with a reaction time of less than one minute. Full conversion is the most efficient use of the feedstock possible and exceeds earlier projections.

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Conversion Waste Convert Fuel

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 AirCapture develops on-site, modular technology that captures CO 2 from the air using waste heat from manufacturing plants, enabling customer operations to go carbon neutral and even negative.

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Conversion Grant Waste CO2

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

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APRIL 28, 2021

Raven SR , a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc., a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced a joint venture to build up to 100 hydrogen hubs across the United States and globally. Raven can also easily process natural and renewable gases alone or combined with solid waste.

Waste

Waste Hydrogen Building Motor

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

DG Fuels (DGF), a provider of cellulosic drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), signed a multi-year SAF offtake agreement with Air France KLM for up to 60,408 metric tons (21 million gallons) per year from DGF’s initial plant to be located in Louisiana. Schematic of DGFuels Sustainable Aviation Fuel Process.

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France Fuel Louisiana Water

Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this regard, photocatalytic water splitting has attracted significant interest as a cost-effective means to convert sustainable solar energy into valuable chemicals. Efficiency accreditation and testing protocols for particulate photocatalysts toward solar fuel production. Credit: DICP. —Wang et al. 2021.01.001.

Solar

Solar Standards Production Fuel

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

Water

Water CO2 Solar Convert

Researchers develop titanium and copper heterostructured photocatalyst for conversion of CO2 into CH4

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Scientists at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, have developed a novel heterostructured photocatalyst using titanium and copper, two abundant and relatively inexpensive metals, for the conversion of CO 2 into CH 4. Apart from its CO 2 conversion capabilities, the proposed photocatalyst has other benefits.

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CO2 Conversion Water Climate Change

EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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JUNE 28, 2021

The EU-funded research project HyFlexFuel recently successfully produced biocrudes via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) from a variety of biomasses, including sewage sludge, food waste, manure, wheat straw, corn stover, pine sawdust, miscanthus and microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous HTL plant at Aarhus University (Denmark).

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Convert Denmark Waste Universal

Phillips 66 makes final investment decision for $850M conversion of refinery to renewable fuels facility; commercial operation in 1Q 2024

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MAY 12, 2022

Phillips 66 made a final investment decision Wednesday to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities. million cars off California roads each year.

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Renewable Conversion San Francisco Commercial

KIST team develops technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels

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JULY 20, 2020

A Korean research team has developed a technology that can be used to mass-produce aviation-grade fuels from wood wastes. Large volumes of lignin are generated as waste in the pulping processes that are used to produce paper. The pyrolysis of lignin produces an oil which has little industrial utility due to its high viscosity.

Fuel

Fuel Production Oil Waste

Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

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MAY 30, 2020

Representatives of the Lufthansa Group and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich), with ETH spin-offs Climeworks and Synhelion , have signed a joint Letter of Intent for a possible cooperation to accelerate the market launch of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).

Solar

Solar Conversion Fuel CO2

Blue World Technologies starting production of methanol fuel cells

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Methanol fuel cell developer and manufacturer Blue World Technologies ( earlier post ) is starting limited production—the first step in commercializing its methanol fuel cell technology. The fuel cell control unit governs the fuel cell system as well as communicates with the vehicle. Methanol fuel cell production.

Fuel

Fuel Production Hydrogen DC

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

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

The quality of this synthetic natural gas (SNG) is comparable to that of fossil natural gas and can be used as fuel in cogeneration and heating plants as well as in cars or trucks. Biogas facilities produce renewable gas mainly by fermenting biological waste. Honeycomb catalyst.

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Kits Gas Waste Sweden

Eni and Hera Group partner on conversion of used vegetable oil to renewable diesel for waste collection vehicles

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NOVEMBER 24, 2018

In Italy, Eni and Hera signed a partnership agreement with the aim of converting used vegetable oil into renewable diesel for Hera’s waste collection vehicles. The agreement revolves around household waste vegetable oil, such as that used for frying, collected by Hera in around 400 roadside containers and about 120 collection centres.

Waste

Waste Oil Renewable Diesel

Waste Management and Renmatix to explore conversion of urban waste to low-cost cellulosic sugar via supercritical hydrolysis

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AUGUST 23, 2012

Waste Management, Inc. The strategic investment and alliance aims to expand the feedstock flexibility of Renmatix’s proprietary Plantrose process beyond rural biomass to include materials derived from cost-effective and readily available urban waste material such as that managed by Waste Management. Earlier post.).

Waste

Waste Low Cost Conversion Water

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

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As part of a White House roundtable to launch the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Grand Challenge to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 ( earlier post ), the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $64.7 Affordable, Clean Cellulosic Sugars for High Yield Conversion. Separations to Enable Biomass Conversion.

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Emissions Waste Conversion Gas-Electric

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

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

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.

Waste

Waste Conversion Carbon Concept

DOE to award up to $19M to advance waste carbon utilization for algal biofuels and bioproducts

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FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Capturing this waste carbon then allows for algae to be cultivated into a variety of biofuels and bioproducts. Additionally, this FOA will contribute to BETO’s goal of producing at least 3 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuels by 2030. ethanol production), biogas purification (e.g., power, cement, or other industrial sources).

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Waste Carbon Coal Gas

Maersk invests in electrofuels startup Prometheus Fuels

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Maersk Growth has made a leading venture investment in Prometheus Fuels, a Silicon Valley-based startup with a promising direct air capture-technology to enable cost efficient, carbon neutral eFuels for shipping ( earlier post ). The minority investment in Prometheus Fuels will support A.P. Earlier post.)

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Fuel Water Carbon Mariner

Argonne LCA study finds many alternative fuels consume more water than petroleum and natural gas fuels

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MARCH 9, 2016

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have analyzed the water consumption for transportation fuels in the United States using an extended lifecycle system boundary that includes the water embedded in intermediate processing steps.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Water Fuel Gas

DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $33 million in funding to support innovative hydrogen and fuel cell research & development (R&D), infrastructure supply chain development and validation, and cost analysis activities. ( FOA topics include R&D in: Fuel cells for heavy-duty trucks in coordination with the M2FCT consortium.

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Hydrogen Fuel Low Cost Idaho

Blue World Technologies takes 15% stake in Danish Power Systems; methanol fuel cell vehicles

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Blue World Technologies has acquired 15% of Danish Power Systems , a developer and manufacturer of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for high-temperature PEM fuel cells. Blue World Technologies will use the Danish Power Systems technology in their methanol fuel cell systems. CO 2 + 3 H 2.

Fuel

Fuel Power Powered Vehicles

Emerging Fuels Technology seeks to raise $75M in Regulation A+ offering; BioGTL and FlareBuster plant technology

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

It also has considerable expertise in upgrading technologies for making fuels and chemicals. With its ability to produce synthetic and renewable-fuels and chemicals from feedstocks such as natural gas, flared gas, biogas, biomass, municipal solid waste, carbon dioxide (CO?) —Kenneth Agee, Founder and President of EFT.

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Fuel Waste Renewable Carbon

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Scalable CO 2 electrocatalysis technologies.

Waste

Waste Conversion Universal San Diego

EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

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JUNE 26, 2020

In an EU-funded research project, an international consortium is aiming to develop new production methods for sustainable marine fuels to replace heavy fuel oils in shipping. OWI Science for Fuels gGmbH and TEC4FUELS GmbH are involved in the project as research partners.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner

Siemens introduces new Organic Rankine module for waste heat recovery

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JUNE 4, 2014

Siemens recently introduced an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) module for industrial plants or power stations for the conversion of waste heat to electricity. The Siemens system can generate electricity from waste heat of only about 300 ?C. The oil absorbs the waste heat energy by way of a heat exchanger. Click to enlarge.

Waste

Waste Oil Conversion Water

DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Currently, SAF is typically blended with fossil fuels.

Production

Production Carbon Conversion Mariner

Enerkem proposes CAD$875-million biofuel plant in Varennes, Québec; 33 million gallons per year

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Varennes Carbon Recycling (VCR) will produce biofuels and renewable chemicals made from non-recyclable residual materials as well as wood waste. The water electrolysis plant will require an investment of about $200 million from Hydro-Québec, which will be the sole shareholder.

Waste

Waste Hydrogen Alternative Fuels Renewable

Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

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MAY 10, 2024

Halting fossil fuel use by 2050 is crucial to avoid exceeding the critical 2°C temperature increase threshold. Halting fossil fuel use by 2050 is crucial to avoid exceeding the critical 2°C temperature increase threshold. Carbon dioxide cycle of biomass-based fuels.

Fuel

Fuel Auto Oil Conversion

Waste Management makes strategic investment in waste-to-syngas company Agnion

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MAY 12, 2011

Waste Management has made a strategic investment in Agnion Energy , Inc. Waste Management joins other investors in Agnion including,Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Munich Venture Partners and Wellington Partners. In the process, fuel is introduced to a fluidized bed gasifier by means of a lock system. Source: Agnion.

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Waste Companies Convert Gas-Electric

DOE announces $79M for bioenergy research and development

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MAY 4, 2019

The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. GGE with a maximum reduction in emissions relative to petroleum-derived fuels by 2030 are specifically encouraged to apply.

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Waste Conversion Fuel Pollution

Raven SR and Chart Industries to collaborate on hydrogen and carbon capture

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company, and Chart Industries will collaborate globally on the liquefaction, storage, and transportation of hydrogen as well as pure carbon dioxide produced from Raven SR’s non-combustion Steam/CO 2 Reformation process of converting waste to renewable fuel.

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Hydrogen Carbon Industrial Industry

Electrolyzed Water for More Efficient Fuel Production from Ethanol Waste Products

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JULY 28, 2009

Using electrolyzed water rather than harsh chemicals could be a more effective and environmentally friendly method in the pretreatment of ethanol waste products to produce an acetone-butanol-ethanol fuel mix, according to research conducted at the University of Illinois. One obstacle has been in the pretreatment phase.

Water

Water Waste Production Fuel

PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

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MARCH 26, 2021

A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours continuously without losing effectiveness. The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base.

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Diesel Waste Convert Washington

Haldor Topsoe joins ambitious hydrogen and sustainable fuel project in Denmark

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AUGUST 30, 2020

Haldor Topsoe has joined a hydrogen and sustainable fuel project based on electrolysis in the Greater Copenhagen Area. The partnership consists of leading Danish companies covering the whole value chain for the production, distribution, and consumption of renewable hydrogen and sustainable fuels. —Roeland Baan, Topsoe’s CEO.

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Denmark Hydrogen Saudi Arabia Fuel

UC Riverside researchers receive two grants to advance steam hydrogasification reaction for waste-to-fuels

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The steam hydrogasification reaction is one component of a three-step process for the production of fuels. The CEC grant will allow for the completion of a process demonstration unit at CERT that will provide data needed before a proposed pilot plant is built at the city of Riverside’s waste water treatment facility.

Waste

Waste Grant Fuel Gas-Electric

New version of Argonne lifecycle model for water footprint of biofuels now includes cellulosic feedstocks

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JANUARY 16, 2015

of the online tool Water Assessment for Transportation Energy Resources ( WATER ) this week. This latest version of WATER allows, for the first time, biofuels manufacturers to analyze water consumption associated with use of cellulosic feedstocks such as residue left from lumber production and other wood-based resources.

Water

Water Conversion Carbon Fuel

Mangrove raises $3M from BDC Capital to accelerate deployment of battery-grade lithium processing systems

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The platform technology is also being commercialized for conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. The Mangrove technology is derivative of the company’s original focus on the treatment of produced water. Mangrove says that its process recovers more than 90% of the lithium from lithium concentrates.

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Sodium Batteries Battery Water

USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline.

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Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline

Blue Marble Biomaterials launches first zero-waste chemical biorefinery

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JUNE 30, 2011

A photobioreactor and algae perform the “water recycling”; the pelletized solid waste material will be used in the gasifier. has launched the first zero-waste chemical biorefinery in the US in Missoula, Montana. If we have fixed feedstock [such as the waste spent grain], we have price stability.

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Waste Saudi Arabia Montana Price

Fraunhofer IWKS starts project BReCycle on efficient recycling of fuel cells

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APRIL 9, 2020

A consortium led by the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS and including Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH, MAIREC Edelmetallgesellschaft mbH, Electrocycling GmbH and KLEIN Anlagenbau AG, is developing a closed-loop recycling concept specifically for PEM fuel cells.

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Fuel Polymer Hydrogen Design

Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

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JUNE 14, 2021

Swiss research intsitute Empa’s future mobility demonstrator, “move”, is investigating three paths for CO 2 reduction in road traffic—electric mobility, hydrogen mobility and synthetic fuels—against the background of a rapidly changing energy system. Both hydrogen production and methanization continuously generate waste heat.

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Production Water Hydrogen Switzerland

Argonne releases GREET 2020

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

The GREET (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation) tool provides a common, transparent platform for lifecycle analysis (LCA) of of the energy and environmental effects of a wide variety of transportation fuels and vehicle technologies in major transportation sectors (i.e., CO 2 -derived FT fuels and methanol.

2020

2020 Gas-Electric Lithium Ion Mariner

Topsoe enters agreement with Steeper Energy to introduce complete waste-to-biofuel solution

Blue Biofuels achieves full conversion (99%+) of cellulosic material to sugars on repeatable basis

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

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

Researchers develop titanium and copper heterostructured photocatalyst for conversion of CO2 into CH4

EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

Phillips 66 makes final investment decision for $850M conversion of refinery to renewable fuels facility; commercial operation in 1Q 2024

KIST team develops technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels

Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

Blue World Technologies starting production of methanol fuel cells

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

Eni and Hera Group partner on conversion of used vegetable oil to renewable diesel for waste collection vehicles

Waste Management and Renmatix to explore conversion of urban waste to low-cost cellulosic sugar via supercritical hydrolysis

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

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

DOE to award up to $19M to advance waste carbon utilization for algal biofuels and bioproducts

Maersk invests in electrofuels startup Prometheus Fuels

Argonne LCA study finds many alternative fuels consume more water than petroleum and natural gas fuels

DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

Blue World Technologies takes 15% stake in Danish Power Systems; methanol fuel cell vehicles

Emerging Fuels Technology seeks to raise $75M in Regulation A+ offering; BioGTL and FlareBuster plant technology

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

Siemens introduces new Organic Rankine module for waste heat recovery

DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

Enerkem proposes CAD$875-million biofuel plant in Varennes, Québec; 33 million gallons per year

Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

Waste Management makes strategic investment in waste-to-syngas company Agnion

DOE announces $79M for bioenergy research and development

Raven SR and Chart Industries to collaborate on hydrogen and carbon capture

Electrolyzed Water for More Efficient Fuel Production from Ethanol Waste Products

PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

Haldor Topsoe joins ambitious hydrogen and sustainable fuel project in Denmark

UC Riverside researchers receive two grants to advance steam hydrogasification reaction for waste-to-fuels

New version of Argonne lifecycle model for water footprint of biofuels now includes cellulosic feedstocks

Mangrove raises $3M from BDC Capital to accelerate deployment of battery-grade lithium processing systems

USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

Blue Marble Biomaterials launches first zero-waste chemical biorefinery

Fraunhofer IWKS starts project BReCycle on efficient recycling of fuel cells

Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

Argonne releases GREET 2020

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