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million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). The switch from gasoline to methanol is not noticeable to the driver.

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MAY 17, 2016

Researchers in China have directly synthesized gasoline- and diesel-range C 6 -C 15 branched alkanes in high carbon yield (~80%) via the self-condensation of acetone and the subsequent hydrodeoxygenation over a dual-bed catalyst system. A paper on their work appears in the RSC journal Green Chemistry. Sheng et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 28, 2012

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company, finalized a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s methanol-to-gasoline ( MTG ) technology to be incorporated into a “green gasoline” production facility. water is then converted to light olefins (C 2 -C 4 ). MTG gasoline properties.

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Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Disadvantages of fossil fuels Fossil fuels are a non-renewable source of energy which depletes and are not produced as fast as the rate of depletion. Biodiesel is a renewable source of energy produced from veritable oil, animal fat, etc.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

Block flow diagram for the production of gasoline from lignocellulosic biomass by aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of a solution produced by the hydrolysis of biomass. The highest gasoline yield from this two-stage process was obtained from the stream produced by acid hydrolysis of maple wood with 0.5 Click to enlarge.

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JULY 11, 2016

Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen, world market leader in alkylate gasoline for two- and four-stroke small engines, have entered into a partnership on renewable isooctane ( earlier post ) for specialty fuel applications. Global Bioenergies delivered the first batch of renewable isooctane to Audi in May 2015.

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JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Phase 1: Renewable energy. The pilot plant is coupled to LUT’s solar power plant in Lappeenranta.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Renewable fuels and chemicals company Virent and petroleum refiner and marketer Tesoro have reached an agreement for Tesoro to become Virent’s new strategic owner. The soluble carbohydrate streams can consist of a wide range of molecules as depicted below and are processed through the aqueous phase reforming step. Earlier post.).

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JULY 3, 2020

These fuels are derived from renewable feedstocks, and can deliver exceptional efficiency with low emissions. ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company will work with ANL to develop a life-cycle analysis modeling framework to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions produced by refinery coprocessing of renewable fuels.

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The company has broadened its product offerings for renewable chemicals through this process. These aromatic chemicals are key building blocks for a wide range of materials and markets including food and beverage packaging, textiles, automobiles, detergents, construction materials, and paints and coatings.

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JUNE 23, 2015

IH 2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermochemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and municipal wastes directly into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels and/or blend stocks. IH 2 hydrocarbons produced from these feedstocks span the gasoline, jet and diesel range.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The ORNL technology will enable cost-competitive production of jet fuel and co-production of butadiene for use in renewable polymer synthesis. The mission of Prometheus Fuels, a startup based in Santa Cruz, California, is to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into net-zero carbon gasoline and jet fuel. —Zhenglong Li.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

CoolPlanet BioFuels, a start-up developing technology to convert low-grade biomass into high-grade fuels including gasoline, and carbon that can be sequestered ( earlier post ), claims it has achieved a conversion yield of 4,000 gallons gasoline/acre biomass in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop.

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APRIL 23, 2014

has come to an agreement with Lufthansa under which the carrier will evaluate Gevo’s renewable jet fuel with the goal of approving the alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for commercial aviation use. Butanol (both normal- and iso-) can also be dehydrated and oligomerized into kerosene boiling range products. Bio-isobutanol producer Gevo, Inc.

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These include renewable domestic biomass, such as forestry and agricultural waste, which can be combined with petroleum-based fuels to improve vehicles’ carbon footprint and engine performance. LanzaTech and Pacifc Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are demonstrating the production of a gasoline-range fuel with advanced fuel properties.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

Global Bioenergies and LanzaTech have signed a new collaboration agreement to broaden the feedstock flexibility of Global Bioenergies’ renewable isobutene process and the product-portfolio of LanzaTech’s carbon capture technology. Isobutene also reacts with alcohols such as ethanol to form ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), a gasoline additive.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Gevo has begun selling renewable isooctene to BCD Chemie, a subsidiary of Brenntag. Isobutanol converts readily to isobutylene, which can be dimerized to form isooctene. Isooctene and isooctane can be used as high-octane fuel blend components used in gasoline formulations. per gallon for petroleum-based isooctene and isooctane.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

liter gasoline engine and demonstrate a 0.02 liter V8, introduced first for the Super Duty F-250 and F-350 pickup models in August 2019, features an overhead valve architecture that generates power low in the rev range to help get heavier loads moving sooner and with greater confidence. The new Ford 7.3-liter

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formed in 2011 to produce renewable base oils and lubricants from Amyris’ Biofene—Amyris’s brand of a renewable, long-chain, branched hydrocarbon molecule called farnesene (trans-ß-farnesene). American Refining Group (ARG) is taking a 33.3% stake in Novvi LLC, a joint venture of Amyris and Brazil-based Cosan S.A. Earlier post.)

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320-390 °C, 200-420 bar) aqueous phase process which converts biomass containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin into a high-octane gasoline fraction. Immediate applications include processing municipal sewage sludge, processing waste streams from the ethanol industry and converting algae to fuel. Gary Miller.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Award amounts range from $500,000 to $80 million, with most receiving at least $2 million. Captis Aire LLC, “Renewable Blending Components to Enable 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)”, $2,000,000. This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Researchers from Japan and Mexico have developed a one-step hydrotreatment process over catalysts containing Ni-Mo and solid acids for the conversion of vegetable oils (Jatropha, palm and canola) to renewable diesel and LPG fuels. Jatropha oil produced the highest yield (wt %) of renewable diesel (83.5%), with 4.9%

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The number of shares to be offered and the price range of the offering have not yet been determined. Carbon dioxide is the renewable carbon source, which is converted to sugars by plants, and those plant sugars can be converted to isobutanol using the Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology, or GIFT. Click to enlarge.

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Flint Hills Resources Renewables, LLC, a leading US ethanol producer, will become a customer of Edeniq, Inc., Edeniq’s Cellunator enables plants to mill corn and other plant materials into small, uniform pieces of feedstock that can be converted into sugars needed to produce biofuels. —Brian Thome, president and CEO of Edeniq.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has begun construction in Hawaii of a demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into renewable drop-in transportation fuels via a rapid pyrolysis process integrated with a catalytic upgrading process. UOP, Ensyn and Envergent. In 2009, UOP and Ensyn Corp.

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IH2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermo-chemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and municipal wastes directly into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels and/or blend stocks. Regardless of the feedstock, the IH2 hydrocarbons produced span the gasoline, jet and diesel range.

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MAY 12, 2015

Global Bioenergies has successfully converted renewable resources first into gaseous isobutene via fermentation, which was then subsequently catalytically oligomerized into a mix of fuel-range liquid hydrocarbons, including iso-octane. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 28, 2021

Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a thermochemical depolymerisation process in an enclosed reactor that converts wet biomass into biocrude oil and chemicals at moderate temperature (typically 200–400°C) and high pressure (typically 10–25 MPa). 1) values of gasoline, diesel, and Jet A fuels, respectively. 13.7%); decreased the O:C (5.5–93.5%),

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MARCH 22, 2019

Scientists in China have developed a process for converting cellulose from plant waste from agriculture and timber harvesting into high-density aviation fuel: a polycycloalkane mixture. Tuning the reaction conditions also permits the selective production of methyl cyclopentane, which can be used as high-octane-number gasoline additive.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2017

CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company LTD (CRIUK), a global catalyst technology company wholly owned by Royal Dutch Shell, has 2 *-Technology-Licensed-Biozin-Holding">awarded an FEL-2 license agreement for the IH 2 technology which converts biomass to liquid transportation fuels ( earlier post ), to Norway-based Biozin Holding AS (BZH).

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JULY 29, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is awarding $43.6 Phase II awards range from $975,000 to $1,150,000, with a duration of two years. All awards are pending until negotiations are completed between each small business and the DOE.

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JUNE 25, 2023

Green Hydrogen is sorted under pressure in cylinders within vehicles and converted into electricity to power electric motors. One of the primary advantages of HFCVs is their ability to provide a long driving range and quick refuelling times, mirroring the convenience of traditional gasoline-powered vehicles.

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The zeolite catalyst then converts these hydrogenated products into light olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons in a yield as much as three times higher than that produced with the pure pyrolysis oil. The C 6 to C 8 aromatic hydrocarbons can be high-octane gasoline additives or feedstocks for the chemical and polymer industries.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Researchers at Applied Research Associates’ (ARA) Florida Research Laboratory are developing a catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH) process to convert triglycerides (e.g., crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels—renewable fuels that are pure hydrocarbons indistinguishable from their petroleum counterparts. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 31, 2021

ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. As early as 2022, the companies plan to test the second iteration of Esso Renewable Racing Fuel, which will contain eFuel components.

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APRIL 21, 2017

Orlandi will lead efforts to commercialize Virent’s technology for the large scale production of renewable fuels and chemicals and replace Lee Edwards, who has elected to retire after serving for eight years as CEO. Virent has appointed Stacey Orlandi as the company’s new CEO. Virent is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation.

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JULY 23, 2021

Synthetic fuels for passenger vehicles, commercial trucks or even marine applications could play an important role in achieving a near-zero emissions mobility, by using renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power, to create a closed CO 2 cycle when viewed from a holistic “well-to-wheel” perspective.

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