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Vienna transit operator orders 60 Mercedes-Benz e-Citaro electric buses

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By the end of 2025, Wiener Linien will convert nine of its more than 100 routes to operation with the all-electric eCitaro. A photovoltaic system on the roof will supply electricity and the waste heat from the chargers will be used to heat the workshop building. The buses will be charged, maintained and repaired there.

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DOE to award up to $12M for technologies to produce renewable carbon fiber from biomass

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award ( DE-FOA-0000996 ) up to $12 million in funding to advance the development of a cost-competitive pathway to produce high-performance carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting from renewable non-food biomass. Prior attempts to produce renewable carbon fiber have focused on converting lignin.

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California Energy Commission to award up to $3M to support development of bio-oil as intermediate for renewable jet fuel

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The California Energy Commission is issuing a solicitation ( GFO-17-901 ) to provide up to $3 million in funding for innovative, pre-commercial low-carbon fuel production processes that result in the development of bio-oil as an intermediate fuel with wide-scale adoption potential used for renewable jet fuel production.

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LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

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Volpe Center, to accelerate commercial availability of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable drop-in aviation fuel. These alcohols are then converted, using technology from LanzaTech’s partner Swedish Biofuels, to jet fuel that is fully equivalent to petroleum jet fuel, or that can be blended with petroleum. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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LanzaTech envisions using partner technology to convert the acetic acid to lipids—i.e., Carbon Management: Implications for R & D in the Chemical Sciences and Technology (A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable). that conversion wouldn’t actually happen in a LanzaTech bioreactor. Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock.

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DOE to award up to $15M for Advancements In Algal Biomass Yield, Phase 2

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Biofuel intermediates can be refined into a variety of liquid transportation fuels such as, but not limited to ethanol, renewable diesel, and renewable jet fuel. Biofuel intermediates should be able to be treated as commodities and passed from a producer to a refiner through the supply chain.

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ORNL team uses 3D printing and WBG semiconductors to make smaller, more powerful inverter (update w/ metrics)

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Power inverters convert direct current into the alternating current that powers the vehicle. Others involved in this work, which was presented at the Second IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WIPIDA 2014) in Knoxville, TN this week, were Curt Ayers, Steven Campbell, Randy Wiles and Burak Ozpineci.

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