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JANUARY 28, 2021

CVR Energy will base a revamp of its Wynnewood, Oklahoma, refinery on Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce approximately 100 million gallons of renewable diesel and more than 6 million gallons of renewable naphtha per year. Topsoe will deliver basic engineering, license, proprietary equipment and catalyst for HydroFlex.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 27, 2013

held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its demonstration-scale paraxylene (p-xylene) plant in Silsbee, Texas. The paraxylene facility is located adjacent to Gevo’s existing jet fuel plant in Silsbee, and establishes the site as a biorefinery that will serve the renewable chemicals and drop-in biofuels markets.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) Tri-Cities have developed a catalytic process to convert corn stover lignin into hydrocarbons (C 7 –C 18 )—primarily C 12 –C 18 cyclic structure hydrocarbons in the jet fuel range. The work is featured on. the cover of the December issue of the RSC journal Green Chemistry.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

has completed production of the world’s first cellulosic renewable jet fuel that is specified for commercial flights. Gevo successfully adapted its patented technologies to convert cellulosic sugars derived from wood waste into renewable isobutanol, which was then further converted into Gevo’s Alcohol-to-Jet fuel (ATJ) fuel.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Gevo has begun selling renewable isooctene to BCD Chemie, a subsidiary of Brenntag. The isooctene will be produced at Gevo’s biorefinery in Silsbee, Texas, derived from isobutanol produced at Gevo’s plant in Luverne, Minn. Isobutanol converts readily to isobutylene, which can be dimerized to form isooctene.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. This approval follows the recently announced Part 79 approval of Ensyn’s renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Enel Green Power, through its North American renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. The project, which is expected to be operational in 2023, will convert renewable energy from one of EGPNA’s solar plants in the United States into green hydrogen to be supplied to a bio-refinery.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Texas Governor Rick Perry has awarded $2.75 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to Terrabon for its work in biofuel technology development. Terrabon also has successfully produced high-octane gasoline made from non-food biomass at its demonstration facility in Bryan, Texas. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted Ensyn Corporation ( earlier post ) Part 79 registration for its renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. Dried wood is typically converted to approximately 75% (by weight) liquid with the balance converted to combustible gases and char.

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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. CRI Catalyst Company of Houston, Texas has been granted exclusive worldwide licensing rights.

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JULY 25, 2011

million, 18-month contract by Logos Technologies to design a more economical and renewable jet fuel (BioJet) production solution for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). SoluPro, a bio-products process that converts inexpensive protein-bearing waste material into animal feed and green commercial adhesives.

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APRIL 11, 2022

The gaseous hydrogen will be converted to liquid hydrogen using Air Products’ proprietary technology. With a local office in Houston, Texas, thyssenkrupp nucera builds its company organization as a globally operating network that is close to customers. thyssenkrupp nucera electrolyzer assembly.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Terrabon’s pathway to renewable hydrocarbon fuel produces ketones, which are then processed using conventional refinery technology. MixAlco is an acid fermentation process that converts biomass into organic salts. Click to enlarge. Waste Management, Inc. has invested in waste-to-fuel company Terrabon, LLC. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

The network is the largest hydrogen pipeline system in the world, stretching more than 700-miles from Galveston Bay in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana. billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day from approximately 25 production facilities, including blue hydrogen from Air Products’ Port Arthur, Texas facility.

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JULY 29, 2015

UPS announced agreements for up to 46 million gallons of renewable diesel over the next three years, constituting a 15-fold increase over prior contracts and making UPS one of the largest users of renewable diesel in the world. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have rewired the native metabolism of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for superior production of lipids (lipogenesis). The team subsequently converted the lipids to biodiesel. 1 lipids—a 60-fold improvement over parental strain and conditions.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

a leading producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the US. Based in Houston, Texas, Archaea Energy is a leading RNG producer, operating 50 RNG and landfill gas-to-energy facilities across the US, producing around 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d) of RNG. Renewable natural gas.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Participants in GTI’s project included Cargill, Johnston Timber, Aquaflow, Blue Marble Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Michigan Technological University. GTI says that renewable gasoline (RG) produced by the IH 2 process results in more than 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum-based fuels.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

an early-stage biotechnology company developing drop-in fuels and chemical products, has joined the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a not-for-profit unit of The University of Texas at Austin. ATI is a key program of the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. Dorsan Biofuels , Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The NSF grant will address challenges that remain before the renewable strategy can be applied practically on a commercial scale. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Yuanyue Liu, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

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MARCH 20, 2013

Among the new pathways to be considered is the production of renewable diesel from Australian tallow at Neste Oil’s Singapore plant. Others are sugarcane molasses ethanol from Guatemala; mixed feedstock to biodiesel from Texas; and a new ARB-staff-developed pathway for North American landfill gas. Neste Oil renewable diesel: 33.46

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The projects selected projects as part of the MINER program are: University of Texas at Arlington. The carbonation reaction will convert REE-bearing silicate minerals to REE-bearing carbonate minerals. The University of Texas at Austin. from gangue minerals.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

AMP Americas signed a deal with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers, both national dairy cooperatives, to convert a portion of their diesel needs to CNG by working with haulers to convert their fleets to CNG-powered trucks. million miles per year, servicing routes throughout Texas.

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MAY 7, 2019

Anellotech ’s Bio-TCat technology has achieved commercially-targeted yields in its TCat-8 pilot unit in Silsbee, Texas during six months of continuous process operations. Anellotech’s core technology, Thermal Catalytic Biomass Conversion (Bio-TCat) was developed to produce chemicals and fuels from renewable, non-food biomass.

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APRIL 25, 2014

Byogy’s four-step process for the conversion of ethanol to renewable jet fuel. Byogy Renewables and airline partner Avianca Brasil ( earlier post ) have launched an initiative to support advanced testing to accelerate the approval by ASTM of Byogy’s alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

It also renewable and reduces emissions. All fuels are distributed nationally by HYPERFUELS based in Houston, Texas. Gevo’s business model converts existing ethanol plants into bio-refineries to make isobutanol. The isobutanol is moisture-resistant and has a lower vapor pressure than ethanol.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

IH 2 is a new thermochemical process that employs a catalyzed fluidized bed hydropyrolysis step followed by an integrated hydroconversion step to directly convert biomass into high-quality, fungible hydrocarbon fuels. Based on assessments by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo.,

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APRIL 16, 2018

CO 2 -free hydrogen produced via electrolysis using renewable electricity—in the various process stages of steel production, and integration into the power reserve markets for the power grid. The goal is to achieve a record output efficiency of 80% in converting electricity into hydrogen. The EU-funded €18-million (US$22.3-million)

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APRIL 10, 2012

plans to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel company Byogy Renewables Inc., Alcohol is attractive as a feedstock for the production of renewable jet fuel partly because the steps required are currently in use at commercial scale in the petrochemical industry. million gallons per year of renewable jet fuel by mid-2014.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Source: Texas A&M. Our goal is to optimize this technology so that it is cost-competitive, renewable, can be produced domestically and is environmentally friendly. —Dr. Dunaliella. Click to enlarge. It’s easy to be cost-competitive when oil is at $300 a barrel, but it’s harder when the price of oil drops.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

a developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, has received a term sheet for a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program supporting a more than $1-billion biofuels project. The project would convert wood biomass into drop in biofuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel.

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JULY 5, 2021

Houston chapter leads toward clean energy in Texas. Perhaps most importantly, a significant level of Houston’s energy portfolio now comes from renewables. Texas understands how to set up energy markets, Douglass said. “We This shows you the power of the dealers association in Texas , ” explained Douglass.

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

A small Texas company, Renew Blue, will use 18 ocean Seadog pumps from parent Independent Natural Resources Inc. Early sketch of the Renew Blue project, with the turbine and desalination plant onshore. The Seadog Pump , which is seated on the ocean floor, uses buoyancy to convert wave energy to mechanical energy.

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JULY 11, 2016

Catalytic pyrolysis company Anellotech, which focuses on producing cost-competitive BTX (benzene, toluene and xylene) from non-food biomass, revealed Toyota Tsusho Corporation as a multinational strategic equity investor and corporate partner in the renewable aromatic chemicals supply chain.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Georgetown, Texas, wants to convert to 100-percent renewable energy, and not because of climate change. Today, we have the 2016 Chevrolet Spark and 2016 Lexus RX 450h from the 2015 New York Auto Show, and news that Georgia will kill its electric-car tax incentive. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News'

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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. Solar panels convert solar radiation to power linearly, in proportion to the amount of sunlight.

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