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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Researchers at MIT have developed a method to produce inexpensive catalysts that can replace platinum catalysts in renewable energy technologies such as fuel cells. Tungsten is more than three orders of magnitude more abundant than platinum in the Earth’s crust, making it a viable material for a global renewable-energy economy.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. We need both a policy like a carbon tax and to put more R&D money into renewables.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

MIT researchers have found a new family of highly active catalyst materials that provides the best performance yet in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water-splitting—a key requirement for energy storage and delivery systems such as advanced fuel cells and lithium-air batteries. Source: MIT. Grimaud et al.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. As we move to more and more renewable penetration, this intermittency will make a greater impact on the electric power system. Much of this information was publicly available.

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JUNE 10, 2011

” The MIT report said that natural gas should be seen as a “ bridge ” to a low-carbon regime, rather than as the ultimate long-term solution itself. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Source: IEA.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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AUGUST 4, 2017

The gasification technology complements Aemetis’ current license with LanzaTech for syngas-to-ethanol conversion, providing Aemetis with a complete technology solution to produce locally-sourced, low-carbon cellulosic ethanol. InEnTec has successfully installed 13 units worldwide since 1995. per gallon, about $3.00 per gallon, about $3.00

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The two companies, renewing their strategic commitment to a low-carbon future and in line with Italy’s National Energy Strategy, will combine their respective expertise, experiences and know-how to reduce the sector’s level of CO 2 emissions. 20% of the Fiat Doblò fleet will be powered by methane.

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MARCH 12, 2011

hydrocarbons (propane and propylene) from renewable biomass via the hydrothermal conversion of well-known fermentation end-products (butyric acid and 3-hydroxybutyrate) without the use of exogenous hydrogen. Tester were originally at MIT; they are now at Ginkgo Bioworks, Stanford University, and Cornell University, respectively.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sun Catalytix Corporation (Sun Catalytix), an energy storage and renewable fuels company ( earlier post ), completed a $9.5-million Sun Catalytix is developing catalysts that use intermittent renewable energy, including solar and wind energy, to split water into storable hydrogen and oxygen—a process that mimics photosynthesis.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Bundesministerin Anja Karliczek hat heute in Berlin den Prototypen eines Autos vorgestellt, das mit dem synthetischen Kraftstoff Methanol angetrieben werden kann. “The urgency of climate protection requires a rapid and comprehensive entry into renewable energy. “Climate protection can only succeed with green hydrogen.

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MAY 15, 2021

As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The awardees are: LanzaTech, Inc. Stanford University.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Researchers at MIT have devised a simple, soluble metal oxide system to capture and transform CO 2 into useful organic compounds. Ideally we’d like to develop carbon-neutral cycles for renewable energy, to get carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and avoid pollution. 2 -CO 3 )] 2? 50% isolated yield) after 22 hours at 85 °C.

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APRIL 29, 2015

The US Department of Energy announced $75 million in funding to renew the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis ( JCAP ), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub originally established in 2010 with the goal of harnessing solar energy for the production of fuel. The research program involves eight core projects: Light Capture and Conversion.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

MIT engineers have genetically engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to boost the production of lipids by about 25% compared to previously engineered yeast strains. Owing to the depletion of fossil fuels, plant-oil- and animal-fat-derived lipids are being developed as renewable feedstocks for biodiesel production.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. Renewable propane. In addition to being an alternative fuel, Perkins noted, propane may also be able to be produced as a renewable fuel. The University of Kitakyushu process for the conversion of DME to LPG using hydrogen.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

These projects were selected under an Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office funding opportunity, focused on advanced materials, advanced processes, and modeling and analysis tools for materials and manufacturing. Bio2Electric, LLC d.b.a. EcoCatalytic Technologies. Zyvex Labs, LLC.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. technology and there is progress on the economic conversion of biomass to. Produced from renewable biomass, methanol is an attractive green house gas reduction transportation fuel option in the longer term. use could be developed.

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries.

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JULY 17, 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion.

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APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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JUNE 17, 2013

The new MIT proces converts furfural into GVL via a series of cascading (domino-like) reactions catalyzed by zeolites with Lewis and Brønsted acid sites. GVL could also be useful as a “green” solvent or a building block for creating renewable polymers from sustainable materials. Credit: Bui et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

The BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment funding opportunity is jointly funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office. Partners include Allonia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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APRIL 26, 2009

Proposed by John Heywood and colleagues at MIT in 2005, the basic premise of E85 boosting is that ethanol (or other lower alcohols) suppresses knock due to the large evaporative cooling effect it has on the air-fuel mixture when injected directly into the cylinder, supplemented by ethanol’s inherent high octane number. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 24, 2022

At UCLA, she designed one of the first systems for analog-to-digital conversion of electrical activity from the nervous system. student in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. ?IEEE: She says that when she renews her membership, she does so in honor of her mother.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

My first job out of college was at Renewable Northwest , which is a regional renewable energy advocacy group that operates in the northwest states and intervenes in state regulatory proceedings. So when I went to MIT to do my Ph.D., A year ago, we weren’t even having this conversation.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. deployed remotely, MIT’s reformer could be used for small, remote sources of gas. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels. combustor of a natural gas turbine, facilitating its conversion into a.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

National Renewable. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. resulting in reduced cost for renewable solar electricity. University of Houston. generation.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

A separate paper published online in Science Express by researchers from the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole and MIT concludes that indirect land use change associated with global biofuels programs will be responsible for substantially more carbon loss (up to twice as much) than direct land use. issue of the journal Science.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

While chemically converting natural gas to liquid fuels (GTL) is a proven technology that increases volumetric energy density, the current conversion approach through Fischer-Tropsch (FT-GTL) is challenged by both high capital costs and low conversion efficiencies. process intensification approaches for biological methane conversion.

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MARCH 25, 2016

And we will need to make catalysts and electrolysis systems even more efficient, cost effective and high intensity in their operation in order to drive down the cost of producing renewable hydrogen fuels to an even more competitive level. It opens new avenues to speed progress in efficient materials for energy conversion and storage.

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JUNE 4, 2022

The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. Six months later his initial contract with PARC expired and was not renewed. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

The analysis used the MIT US Regional Energy Policy (USREP) model to evaluate the effect of a carbon tax as part of a Federal budget deal. The carbon tax would shift the market toward renewables and other low carbon options, and make the purchase of more fuel-efficient vehicles more economically desirable.

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