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Licella signs MoUs with Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand on renewable aviation fuels

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Australia-based Licella , a wholly owned subsidiary of Ignite Energy , has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand to examine the development and commercialization of a process to convert woody biomass into sustainable aviation biofuel. Earlier post.).

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LanzaTech China JV reports 9M gallons of ethanol made from steel flue gas; new JV for PET

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Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co., Currently being sold to the road transport market in a low-carbon fuel blend, ethanol from this facility will now be converted into PET to be used for production of CarbonSmart consumer goods (T-shirts, bottles, packaging).

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Energy Parks Australia and Aquaflow Bionomic partner on biofuels from multi-biomass sources

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Energy Parks Australia Pty is partnering with New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation to develop the infrastructure for energy parks to produce next-generation biofuels from multi-biomass sources. The first site has been identified on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, while others are being researched for suitability.

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Sundrop Fuels finalizes ExxonMobil MTG technology license for “green gasoline” production facility

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The MTG technology was originally developed in the 1970s and was successfully commercialized for a large-scale natural gas to gasoline plant during the 1980s in New Zealand. Sundrop Fuels will use a multi-phase process to convert sustainable forest waste into a bio-based drop-in gasoline for use in today’s combustion engines.

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Aquaflow Bionomic Partnering with Gas Technology Institute on Direct Conversion of Algae Biomass to Gasoline and Diesel Fuel

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New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation will collaborate , as a co-funding partner, with the US Gas Technology Institute (GTI) on an advanced biomass conversion technology program worth US$3.1 million that will be part funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Terry Marker, Bioenergy Initiatives manager at GTI.

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LanzaTech and PNNL to develop drop-in jet fuels

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New Zealand-based LanzaTech will work with the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on converting some of LanzaTech’s products to drop-in jet fuels. LanzaTech has already shown 2,3-BD production from waste gas resources in an industrial setting. Earlier post.) Emerson, Michael C.

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Aquaflow signs cooperation agreement with CRI Catalyst Company to develop renewable fuels from algae and multi-biomass stock using IH2 catalytic pyrolysis

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The Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH 2 ) is an advanced pyrolysis technology which utilizes low pressure hydrogen together with a proprietary catalyst to cost-effectively converts biomass directly into renewable gasoline, jet and diesel hydrocarbon blendstocks.

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