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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Experts in the field, including government researchers, university specialists, and industry leaders, will provide instruction in this two-day course covering various aspects of biomass conversion including sessions on technology, economics, operations, and policy issues. Stacy Bonos – Rutgers University. System Scale-Up.

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OCTOBER 25, 2020

Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland have developed a thin-layer artificial biofilm technology for sustainable and long-term ethylene photoproduction. 2 ethylene at 1.54% light to ethylene conversion efficiency. fold improvement in the light to ethylene conversion efficiency as compared to the cell suspension.

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APRIL 22, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will issue a spring 2020 solicitation for high performance computing projects that improve manufacturing processes, address products’ lifecycle energy consumption, and increase the efficiency of energy conversion and storage technologies. All DOE National Laboratories are eligible to participate.

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MAY 6, 2020

Improvements in the lifecycle energy consumption of products of interest: This includes jet engine efficiency; materials and shape optimization for light-weighting in transport technologies; semiconductor electrical efficiency; and recycling and reuse for industrial-scale materials production and processing waste.

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JUNE 23, 2016

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, have collaborated on bioenergy and microbial biotechnology in the past. PNNL microbiologist Alex Beliaev is expected to hold the first joint research appointment between the two organizations.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Scientists from IBM and Stanford University are developing organic molecules for use as catalysts (organocatalysis) that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

PCC 6803—and demonstrated that the organism remained stable through at least four generations, producing ethylene gas that could be easily captured. The organism produced ethylene at a high rate and is still being improved. into a cyanobacterium— Synechocystis sp. —Ungerer et al.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Lead organization. Arizona State University. High-Temperature Topping Cells from LED Materials Arizona State University will develop a solar cell that can operate efficiently at temperatures above 450°C, unlike today’s solar cells, which lose efficiency rapidly above 100°C. Arizona State University. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Berkeley Lab hosted a battery research workshop last week to explore what role researchers in the University of California (UC) system can play in bridging the gap between science research and technology deployment of new batteries. This is the beginning of the conversation. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC).

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MAY 26, 2022

Several organizations, encompassing companies, research labs, and academia, have formed the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group. —James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). DI2S Consulting & Training, Paris, France.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3 million to connect industry partners with US National Laboratory high-performance computing (HPC) resources that will accelerate the development of breakthrough manufacturing and clean energy technologies. manufacturing. Advanced structural materials for fossil energy applications.

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JUNE 3, 2014

A team led by Dr. Janet Westpheling at the University of Georgia has engineered the thermophilic, anaerobic, cellulolytic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii , which in the wild efficiently uses un-pretreated biomass—to produce ethanol from biomass without pre-treatment of the feedstock. Whereas wild-type C. —Chung et al.

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JUNE 13, 2017

However, industrial synthesis is costly, and the precursor from hydrocracking of petroleum has low selectivity. Using 1,8-cineole as a model terpenoid compound, the researchers attained a ~100% conversion of 1,8-cineole and a ~100% selectivity to p-menthane at 120°C within one hour. Cyclic hydrocarbons (i.e. —Yang et al.

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MAY 3, 2020

During the 42-month project, innovative materials and efficient systems for capturing CO 2 from post-combustion industrial emissions were developed. In particular, materials such as modified-graphene aerogels and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown very good CO 2 capture capacities and greater selectivity than traditional adsorbents.

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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. Michael Grunze, Heidelberg University.

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JULY 25, 2020

Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new material that could capture more than 90% of CO 2 emitted from industrial sources using low-temperature steam, requiring less energy for the overall carbon capture process. UC Berkeley graphic by Eugene Kim).

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Researchers from Osaka University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a novel molecular hydrogen production method that bypasses the need for expensive purification steps. They developed a system where hydrogen is separated and stored in liquid organic hydrogen carriers by catalysis of triaryl boranes in one seamless process.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded nearly $10 million to a consortium of academic, industry and government organizations led by Colorado State University (CSU) and their partners to research using insect-killed trees in the Rockies as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen powered train.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

In the Netherlands, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and its partners have developed a new type of aviation fuel produced using bio-based waste streams from the agriculture industry. Although it does not yet meet all industry requirements for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), it is getting close, the researchers say.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and George Washington University in the US report in a new paper in the ACS journal Accounts of Chemical Research that a range of important carbon nanomaterials can be produced at high yield by molten carbonate electrolysis. Source: Prof.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

NEDO is a semi-governmental administrative agency with the mission of enhancing the competitiveness of Japan’s industrial technology by identifying core technology seeds of the future and by promoting technology R&D at various stages of development.

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MAY 3, 2024

There are now more than 270 IEEE-HKN chapters at universities around the world. There are now 30 chapters outside the United States, including ones recently established at universities in Ecuador, Hungary, and India. In October the Nu Theta chapter debuted at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Ind.

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JULY 20, 2023

These will be introduced by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the EU in increasingly stringent stages from 2025 onwards in order to ultimately realize climate-neutral maritime shipping. In this context, methanol is an excellent candidate as it is climate-neutral when produced from green hydrogen.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. The system will significantly increase methane conversion efficiency and comply with future stringent nitrous oxide regulations.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

He was a key figure in the creation of EIT Digital , an organization that invests in research and continuing education to bring new digital technologies to the European market. Saracco also taught courses on technology forecasting and market impact at the University of Trento in Italy. The organization supports Ph.D.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an artificial enzyme that digests lignin, which has stubbornly resisted previous attempts to develop it into an economically useful energy source. They are also expensive. —Chun-Long Chen.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The NSF Engineering Research Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources ( CISTAR ) will develop technologies for responsible conversion of alkanes—light hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and propane—into more valuable liquid fuels, including gasoline and diesel fuels.

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MARCH 26, 2013

Researchers at the University of Georgia and North Carolina State University have used a unique temperature-dependent approach in engineering a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus to be able to use CO 2 and hydrogen to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid, one of the top 12 industrial chemical building blocks.

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MARCH 26, 2021

—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. The milestone was first described at a virtual conference organized by NextGenRoadFuels, a European consortium funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 Novel inorganic-organic perovskites for photovoltaics. The goal of this project is to develop a hybrid perovskite-silicon solar cell that significantly improves the light-to-energy conversion efficiency of conventional cells. modified plants.

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JUNE 26, 2020

In addition, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is seeking to ban HFO use in Arctic waters. Due to environmental concerns and national as well as international regulations associated with fossil based HFOs, there is a considerable need for cleaner, renewable and economic alternatives for the maritime industry.

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MAY 12, 2016

It is a three-year collaborative project with 14 stakeholder organizations to introduce 400,000 liters of sustainable aviation biofuel (biojet) into a shared fuel system. Air Canada announced that Canada’s Biojet Supply Chain Initiative (CBSCI) will be held at Montréal-Trudeau Airport.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Air Canada will participate in Canada’s Biojet Supply Chain Initiative (CBSCI), a three-year collaborative project with 14 stakeholder organizations to introduce 400,000 liters (106,000 gallons US) of sustainable aviation biofuel (biojet) into a shared fuel system at a yet-to-be-determined Canadian airport.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

A team from the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, reports on an improved material for capturing carbon dioxide from the air—silica?organic organic hybrid adsorbents—in a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The proposed expansion of sugarcane production is within the area that can be legally converted.

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