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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

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MARCH 3, 2023

Universal Hydrogen has flown a 40-passenger regional airliner using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. In this first test flight, one of the airplane’s turbine engines was replaced with Universal Hydrogen’s fuel cell-electric, megawatt-class powertrain. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight.

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New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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AUGUST 13, 2023

A joint research team from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and collaborators have developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient than natural photosynthesis. The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, very efficiently using light. over 24 hours.

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New technology converts waste polyethylene to jet fuel in an hour

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MAY 19, 2021

Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert waste polyethylene plastic to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost-effective to reuse plastics. The maximum yields of the jet-fuel- and lubricant-range hydrocarbons were 60.8 2021.04.002.

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IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed an electrolyzer capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable. —Esmaeilirad et al.

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Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. Jet fuel can then be obtained from the products after industrially recognized treatments such as distillation or hydro-isomerization.

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Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Universal Hydrogen was granted a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to proceed with the first flight of its hydrogen-powered regional aircraft. The Dash 8-300 flying testbed has a megawatt-class hydrogen fuel cell powertrain installed in one of its nacelles.

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UQ, TUM team finds way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol more efficiently

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JANUARY 23, 2023

University of Queensland researchers, working in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM), have found a way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol— a building block of aviation fuel and other products—more efficiently. Enzymatic cascade to produce isobutanol from D-glucose.

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Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

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JUNE 15, 2023

OXCCU, a company spun-out from the University of Oxford in 2021 that is focused on converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products ( earlier post ), completed an £18-million (US$22.8 million) Series A financing round.

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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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Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

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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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University of Utah engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrude

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MARCH 18, 2019

Researchers at the University of have developed an unusually rapid method to deliver cost-effective algal biocrude in large quantities using a specially-designed jet mixer. Even as electrified vehicles penetrate the short distance transportation market, high energy density transportation fuels remain essential to long distance transportation.

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New waste-to-hydrogen plant in Tokyo to convert wastewater sludge into H2 for vehicles and power generation

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APRIL 5, 2021

announced the completion of a facility in Tokyo that will convert sewage sludge into renewable hydrogen fuel for fuel cell mobility and power generation. A new facility in Tokyo that will convert sewage sludge into renewable hydrogen gas for fuel-cell vehicles is nearing completion. Ways2H, Inc.

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NREL, MIT, WSU team develops process to convert lignin to aromatic blendstock for 100% sustainable aviation fuel

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Although electrification has shown promise toward reducing the carbon footprint of passenger vehicles, aviation remains dependent on hydrocarbon fuels due to their high energy density relative to even the most advanced battery technologies available today. Instead, SAF blendstocks are combined with conventional hydrocarbon fuels.

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Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Researchers from University of Girona (Spain) successfully used electrically efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells (MES) to convert CO 2 to butyric acid. In an open-access paper published in the journal Environmental Science and Ecotechnology , they reported operating the low ohmic resistance (15.7

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Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

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APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. Zepler Institute, University of Southampton. —Dr Pier Sazio, study co-author from the Zepler Institute. Potter, Daniel J. Stewart, Alice E.

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Renewable Energy Group collaborates with Iowa State University on hydrotreater pilot plant for renewable diesel

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group joined Iowa State University (ISU) at the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) to mark the start of a new hydrotreater pilot plant. REG converts waste and byproduct fats and oils into biodiesel and renewable diesel.

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New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Excess energy produced by photovoltaics and wind energy could be stored through the electrocatalytic production of fuels from CO 2. Conversion into liquid fuels would be advantageous because they have high energy density and are safe to store and transport. These could then be burned as needed. Credit: Angewandte Chemie. and Xiong, Y.

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Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power, and AeroTEC set up hydrogen aviation center at Moses Lake, Washington

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power and AeroTEC have established a Hydrogen Aviation Test and Service Center at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. Universal Hydrogen’s Dash-8 conversion will be the first commercially-relevant hydrogen-powered aircraft, serving 41 to 60 passengers on routes up to 1,000 kilometers.

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Researchers at Korea University develop high-performance textile-based electrodes for watersplitting

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Researchers at Korea University have developed high-performance, textile-based electrodes for watersplitting (WSE); the non-noblemetal-based electrodes can generate a large amount of hydrogen with low overpotentials and high operational stability. —Mo et al.

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Researchers devise photochemical process to convert bio-acetone to green jet fuel additive

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), with colleagues at Yale University, have developed a photochemical process to convert acetone derived from plants (bio-acetone) into a mixture of polycyclic alkanes, the high energy density of which is appropriate for high-perfomance aviation applications. Semelsberger, Jenny K.

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Synhelion starts construction of DAWN demo plant to produce solar fuels

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

ETH Zurich spin-off Synhelion has started the construction of DAWN—its own industrial plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat. Located in Jülich, Germany, the facility will demonstrate the entire process from concentrating sunlight to producing synthetic liquid fuel on an industrial scale. Earlier post.)

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LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A team of scientists from LanzaTech, Northwestern University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have engineered a microbe to convert molecules of industrial waste gases, such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, into acetone and isopropanol (IPA). —Tim Tschaplinski.

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BMW to pilot second-generation hydrogen fuel cell drives in small series from 2022

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JULY 25, 2020

The BMW Group will pilot the second generation of hydrogen fuel cell drives in a small series in the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT based on the current BMW X5 from 2022. The fuel cell stack and the overall system are original developments of the BMW Group; individual cells of the fuel cell will come from Toyota.

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QUT, Mercurius Australia partner on pilot plant to convert sugarcane waste to jet and diesel fuel; REACH

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In Australia, QUT researchers and Mercurius Australia are partnering on a pilot plant to prove the economic viability of turning sugarcane waste into either jet and diesel fuel or chemicals that could be used to make plastic soft drink and beer bottles. Does not use enzymes or microbes therefore it is not sensitive to feedstock impurities.

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Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

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AUGUST 17, 2019

The technologies work as a system that converts organic waste into renewable hydrogen gas for use as a biofuel. There are usually thousands of microbes that are required to convert a complex organic mixture from biomass into electrons. He is now a research professor at the University of Tennessee, while also working with the startup.

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Penn team proposes liquid-organic hydrogen carriers as endothermic fuels for hypersonic aircraft

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JANUARY 3, 2022

A team at the University of Pennsylvania is proposing the use of a liquid-organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC)—specifically, 1,2,3,4 -tetrahydroquinoline (THQ)—for use as an endothermic fuel for thermal protection of hypersonic aircraft engines. A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel. —Cao et al.

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Deutsche Aircraft and H2FLY partner on hydrogen-fuel-cell technology for commercial regional aircraft

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JULY 8, 2021

The partnership will see the two companies convert the Dornier 328 aircraft for hydrogen flight, with the demonstrator aircraft expected to take to the skies in 2025. Martin Nüßeler, CTO at Deutsche Aircraft and Prof. Dr. Josef Kallo, co-founder and CEO, H2FLY. From 2035 onward hybrid-electric flying has to be the new standard in Germany.

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Researchers demonstrate fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas

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MAY 6, 2020

A team of researchers at the Institute of Technological Sciences at Wuhan University has demonstrated a prototype design of a propulsion thruster that utilizes air plasma induced by microwave ionization. There is no need for fossil fuel with our design, and therefore, there is no carbon emission to cause greenhouse effects and global warming.

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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. Kazunari Domen from The University of Tokyo, Prof. Lianzhou Wang from The University of Queensland, Prof. Credit: DICP. 2021.01.001.

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UK shortlists 8 projects for £15M for development of sustainable aviation fuel production

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AUGUST 1, 2021

The UK Department for Transport has shortlisted 8 industry-led projects to receive a share of £15 million (US$21 million) in the Green Fuels, Green Skies (GFGS) competition for the development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production plants in the UK. It could also increase UK fuel security. Green Fuels Research Ltd.

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Continental, TU Chemnitz inaugurate new fuel cell laboratory

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JULY 21, 2019

Continental AG is expanding its fuel cell technology sector. In strategic cooperation with the Chemnitz University of Technology Professorship of Advanced Powertrains (ALF), the newly established Fuel Cell Laboratory for Fuel Cell Technology was dedicated on 17 July. —Prof.

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British Airways challenges UK universities to develop a new generation of sustainable aviation fuel; part of $400M investment from parent

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DECEMBER 8, 2018

As British Airways looks towards its Centenary next year, the airline, in collaboration with Cranfield University, has challenged academics from across the UK to develop a sustainable alternative fuel which could power a commercial aircraft on a long-haul flight, carrying up to 300 customers with zero net emissions.

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BTG and GoodFuels exploring options for joint investment to convert pyrolysis oil to low-carbon fuel for ships

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Biomass technology group BTG plans to set up a new high-tech technology company that can convert crude pyrolysis oil into diesel fuel suitable for the shipping sector. Pyrolysis oil is made from biomass-based residues such as sawdust and roadside grass cuttings and is a sustainable alternative for replacing fossil fuels.

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NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing nearly $80 million in four new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to create novel technology platforms in the fields of living cell-based therapies, personalized heart tissue, point-of-care health systems and fuel derived from shale gas.

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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.

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Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers from Newcastle University in the UK have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to capture carbon dioxide using hydrogen gas to convert it into formic acid. The research, accepted for publication in Applied and Environmental Microbiology raises the possibility of converting atmospheric CO 2 to commodity chemicals.

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Researchers develop Na-ion direct formate fuel cell for co-production of electricity and hydrogen

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MAY 3, 2021

Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China have developed a Na-ion direct formate fuel cell to co-produce electricity and hydrogen (e-h 2 Na-DFFC). The hydrogen that is produced from the e-h 2 Na-DFFC can be directly fed to hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell, which presents a peak power density of 546 mW cm ?2 2021.229960.

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Converting natural gas at the field to transportable high-octane fuel components

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MAY 19, 2014

A duo at the University of Stuttgart (Germany) is proposing an approach for the conversion of natural gas at gas-transport-constrained fields to easily transportable, high-octane liquid products. A paper describing their work is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. —Hussin and Traa.

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€24M EU project HyInHeat researching use of hydrogen in aluminum and steel industry

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JANUARY 31, 2023

The main objective of HyInHeat is the integration of hydrogen as fuel for high-temperature heating processes in the energy-intensive industries. Besides hydrogen-air heating, oxygen-enriched combustion and hydrogen-oxyfuel heating is being implemented to boost energy efficiency and to decrease the future hydrogen fuel demand of the processes.

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University of Texas researchers develop new solar photoelectrosynthetic process to convert CO2 to methanol

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington are developing a new process for photoelectrosynthesis of methanol—the conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol using sunlight and hybrid CuO–Cu 2 O semiconductor nanorod arrays. As long as we are using fossil fuels, we’ll have the question of what to do with the carbon dioxide.

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Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

A team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, and Georgia Tech has developed a a wave-energy-driven electrochemical CO 2 reduction system that converts ocean wave energy to chemical energy in the form of formic acid, a liquid fuel. Leung et al.

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Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

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MARCH 18, 2021

Researchers from Sun-Yat Sen University in China report in an open-access paper in ACS ES&T Engineering the development of a catalyst that destroys medications and other compounds already present in wastewater to generate hydrogen fuel, getting rid of a contaminant while producing something useful. —Wu et al. ACS EST Eng.

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Zhejiang team develops photo-chemo-biocatalytic pathway to convert triolein to biogasoline

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AUGUST 11, 2022

Researchers from Zhejiang University in China have developed a photo-chemo-enzymatic multi-step combination pathway for the highly efficient and environmentally friendly preparation of biogasoline from cheap and sustainable triolein using solar energy and atmospheric O 2 under mild conditions.

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Researchers propose new design principle for proton-conducting electrolytes in intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

The University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI,) Professor Qianli Chen and her collaborators are proposing a new design principle for perovskite materials with high proton conductivity for use as electrolyte materials in solid oxide fuel cells.

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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

New technology converts waste polyethylene to jet fuel in an hour

IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

UQ, TUM team finds way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol more efficiently

Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

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

Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

University of Utah engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrude

New waste-to-hydrogen plant in Tokyo to convert wastewater sludge into H2 for vehicles and power generation

NREL, MIT, WSU team develops process to convert lignin to aromatic blendstock for 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

Renewable Energy Group collaborates with Iowa State University on hydrotreater pilot plant for renewable diesel

New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power, and AeroTEC set up hydrogen aviation center at Moses Lake, Washington

Researchers at Korea University develop high-performance textile-based electrodes for watersplitting

Researchers devise photochemical process to convert bio-acetone to green jet fuel additive

Synhelion starts construction of DAWN demo plant to produce solar fuels

LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

BMW to pilot second-generation hydrogen fuel cell drives in small series from 2022

QUT, Mercurius Australia partner on pilot plant to convert sugarcane waste to jet and diesel fuel; REACH

Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

Penn team proposes liquid-organic hydrogen carriers as endothermic fuels for hypersonic aircraft

Deutsche Aircraft and H2FLY partner on hydrogen-fuel-cell technology for commercial regional aircraft

Researchers demonstrate fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas

Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

UK shortlists 8 projects for £15M for development of sustainable aviation fuel production

Continental, TU Chemnitz inaugurate new fuel cell laboratory

British Airways challenges UK universities to develop a new generation of sustainable aviation fuel; part of $400M investment from parent

BTG and GoodFuels exploring options for joint investment to convert pyrolysis oil to low-carbon fuel for ships

NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

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

Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

Researchers develop Na-ion direct formate fuel cell for co-production of electricity and hydrogen

Converting natural gas at the field to transportable high-octane fuel components

€24M EU project HyInHeat researching use of hydrogen in aluminum and steel industry

University of Texas researchers develop new solar photoelectrosynthetic process to convert CO2 to methanol

Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

Zhejiang team develops photo-chemo-biocatalytic pathway to convert triolein to biogasoline

Researchers propose new design principle for proton-conducting electrolytes in intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells

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