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The joint project, which started two years ago, aims at converting CO 2 into biomass or directly into secondary raw materials with the help of micro-organisms bred to explore innovative CO 2 conversion and synthesis pathways. The scientists identified and characterized the most efficient utilizers of the greenhouse gas.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Conventional methanol production involves fossil feedstocks such as natural gas or coal. This can be recovered from either industrial processes or biomass, such as waste and residues, or atmospheric sources. Hydrogen can also be processed from by-product hydrogen available in some industrial waste streams.

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MAY 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Fuels & Products Shot , a new initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products significantly. Biomass and waste conversion technologies designed to use green electricity and hydrogen to maximize carbon retention in products.

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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. power, cement, or other industrial sources). The funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0002654 ) specifically aims to increase the capability of algal systems to capture CO 2 and put it to productive use.

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APRIL 11, 2020

In a three-year Business Finland BioFlex project, VTT—the Finnish state-owned research agency—and partners are exploring how suitable fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics are for power plants and ship diesel engines. Internal-combustion engine power plants use natural gas or heavy fuel oil in diesel engines.

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

Researchers in China have developed a novel free-piston linear generator (FPLG) to recover exhaust waste heat efficiently from a vehicle engine. reports that the energy conversion efficiency of the FPLG can reach up to 45.82% with an intake pressure of 2.6 In a paper published in the journal Applied Thermal Engineering , the team from.

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JUNE 12, 2015

A major Dutch initiative designed to investigate how waste can be used as a raw material to produce chemicals has more than doubled in size since being launched late last year. Together, the 14 partners have all the expertise needed to make the initiative a success, from waste collection to conversion to industrial plants and sales.

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MAY 30, 2020

The researchers and engineers at ETH Zurich have developed innovative processes that make it possible to extract CO 2 from the atmosphere and, together with water and with the help of concentrated sunlight, convert it into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce jet fuel.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

A study by a team at the University Putra Malaysia concluded that the gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, could, if scaled up, produce hydrogen at a supply cost of $2.11/kg A paper on the study is in press in the journal Energy Conversion and Management. The feedstock particle size of 0.3–0.5

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MARCH 24, 2016

has acquired exclusive rights to LanzaTech’s patented technology for the conversion of agricultural waste, forest waste, dairy waste and construction and demolition waste (CDW) to ethanol in California. LanzaTech’s process involves biological conversion of carbon to products through gas fermentation.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, has partnered with the Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy, a joint venture between Indian Oil Corporation, Ltd. LanzaTech has developed gas fermentation technology that can directly convert waste CO 2 gases into acetates. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The Enerkem process has four steps: feedstock pre-treatment; gasification; syngas conditioning; and conversion. million (US$51 million) comes from Enerkem’s existing institutional investors—Rho Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures and BDR Capital—as well as from new investors Waste Management and Cycle Capital. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge Roadmap outlining a government-wide strategy for scaling up new technologies to produce sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) across the US airline industry. Conversion Technology Innovation.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

DGF replaces the coal gasification used by others with biomass gasification and natural gas reforming. DGF’s fuel production system relies entirely on cellulosic waste products such as timber trimmings from the logging industry and renewable energy such as wind and solar. —Christopher J.

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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. Source: Blue Marble.

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MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. The research showed that essentially any biocrude, regardless of wet-waste sources, could be used in the process and the catalyst remained robust during the entire run.

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MAY 16, 2014

Canada-based Petrostar Petroleum Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture with US-based Maverick Synfuels to facilitate the development and operation of GTL (gas-to-liquids technology) in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Electra’s Oxygen-Decoupled Electrolysis (ODE) process overcomes two interconnected challenges for the steel industry: Decarbonizing Steelmaking: The steel industry produces 1.9 If the steel industry were a country, its carbon emissions would rank third in the world behind China and the United States.

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APRIL 9, 2021

DE-FOA-0002396 ) Topic areas for the “Bioenergy Technologies Office Scale-Up and Conversion” funding opportunity include high-impact biotechnology research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) to bolster the body of scientific and engineering knowledge needed to produce low-carbon biofuels at lower cost.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The team will adapt semiconducting materials used in today’s light-emitting diode (LED) industry to enable high-temperature operation. Solar-Concentrating Photovoltaic Mirrors Arizona State University will develop a curved mirror made of solar cells to collect both direct and diffuse sunlight for conversion to electricity and heat.

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APRIL 23, 2022

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Infinium, an electrofuels company ( earlier post ). Infinium utilizes waste CO 2 and hydrogen, which are converted to synthetic gas using Infinium’s proprietary, patented CO2Cat catalyst.

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MAY 25, 2019

BASF researchers have developed a process to produce methanol without any greenhouse gas emissions. If it can be successfully implemented at an industrial scale, the entire production process – from syngas production to pure methanol – will no longer release any carbon dioxide emissions.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This is the first industrial production facility in Germany to use this process for SAF production based on biomass waste and residues. Fats, Oils and Greases (FOG) co-processing is one of nine ASTM-approved conversion processes for SAF production. Earlier post.).

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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. gallon with over 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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MARCH 9, 2022

LanzaTech, a company that has developed gas fermentation technology to transform waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging and other products that people use in their daily lives, will go public through a merger with AMCI Acquisition Corp. billion pro forma enterprise value.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Depending on the type of ethanol feedstock used, jet fuel produced from Honeywell’s ethanol-to-jet fuel process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 80% on a total lifecycle basis, compared to petroleum-based jet fuel (based on the EPA’s summary LCA of GHG emissions for sugarcane.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Tenneco and Gentherm (formerly BSST/Amerigon) are part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) consortium actively developing a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for capturing waste exhaust heat in vehicles and converting it to electrical energy to be used to power electrical systems within the vehicle. Source: Crane (2013).Click Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have received two grants to further explore a steam hydrogasification process they developed to convert waste into fuels. process, making a slow carbon conversion reaction ten times faster.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Infinium, an electrofuels solution provider, announced the close of a funding round bringing together a consortium of investors including Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), AP Ventures, Neuman & Esser, and the Grantham Environmental Trust. —Robert Schuetzle, CEO of Infinium.

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MAY 7, 2021

Bloom Energy’s efficient and low emissions SOFCs, Baker Hughes’ efficient and flexible NovaLT gas turbines—which can run on up to 100% hydrogen—along with heat recovery turbines can create resilient microgrids ideal for large-scale applications. These efforts are geared toward accelerating the transition to the hydrogen economy.

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JULY 16, 2013

The conventional way to make gasoline from gas is to convert the gas to a synthesis gas, then into methanol, followed by conversion to straight-chain hydrocarbons and finally via reforming into a high-octane hydrocarbon blend. This method of conversion is much more effective and cheaper than the traditional method.

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MARCH 12, 2022

This paves the way for the production of green hydrogen in sunny regions and its conversion into methanol and its simplified transport. The carbon dioxide required to produce methanol could either be extracted from the atmosphere or obtained from industrial processes, such as cement production. © Fraunhofer IMM.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Waste Management and Genomatica, an industrial biotech company targeting sustainable chemicals ( earlier post ), have formed a strategic joint development agreement to research and advance Genomatica’s technology and manufacturing processes to enable production of intermediate and basic chemicals from syngas made from municipal solid waste.

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MAY 19, 2013

The Government of Canada is supporting a three-year project that will result in the construction of a $19-million, demonstration-scale facility in Alberta that will use algae to recycle industrial carbon dioxide emissions from an oil sands facility into commercial products such as biofuels. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Evonik Industries has demonstrated the use of bacteria to convert syngas to pure 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid (2-HIBA) under industrial conditions. Waste gas is one example of a source of syngas. 2-HIBA is a precursor used in the manufacture of PLEXIGLAS. 2-HIBA can also be produced via chemical synthesis.

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

Fuel/energy options include petroleum fuels, natural gas-based fuels, biofuels, hydrogen, and electricity. Argonne evaluated life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of ethanol produced via gas fermentation and electrochemical reduction processes from the CO 2 emitted from corn ethanol plants. CO 2 -derived ethanol.

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JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. In all cases, however, the production of ferroalloys is energy-intensive.

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