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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Blue Biofuels (BIOF) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) are collaborating on optimizing the yields of Pennisetum hybridum , commonly known as king grass, a perennial grass biomass crop, that the Company is using as feedstock for its patented mechanocatalytic cellulose-to-sugar (CTS) process.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

and is the largest commercial advanced biofuel facility in the United States. The Diamond Green Diesel facility converts inedible oils and other waste fats into a high-quality renewable diesel fuel. Ecofining unit. Diamond Green Diesel is owned by Valero Energy Corp. and Darling Ingredients Inc.,

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, with help from Waste Services of the Bluegrass , is converting methane from a local landfill into renewable electricity to power Toyota’s Georgetown assembly plant. With the increasing number of landfills in the United States, the effect of landfill gas on the environment can be detrimental.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office has published a report, titled Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet and Gaseous Waste Streams: Challenges and Opportunities. These feedstocks can be converted into renewable natural gas, diesel, and aviation fuels, or into valuable bioproducts. quadrillion Btu.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company Enerkem has filed a registration statement on Form. with securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common shares in the United States and in Canada.

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MARCH 18, 2019

Algal biocrude obtained from CIJMs converts successfully into biodiesel, and cascades of CIJMs increase the net lipid production. In 2017, about 5% of total primary energy use in the United States came from biomass, according to the US Department of Energy.

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AUGUST 14, 2021

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) and Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC (Howard/HEP) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intention to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services facility into the region’s first blue hydrogen production facility.

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JULY 5, 2023

All three facilities have now successfully been put into operation and deliver renewable diesel into the United States transportation market. These facilities utilize Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology for the conversion of waste and bio-feedstock into renewable diesel.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

SK innovation, one of the world’s leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, are working together to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 butadiene, a platform chemical used in many high growth industries globally.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Element 25 will source the material from its Butcherbird project in Western Australia and plans to construct a processing facility in the United States. Liquids will be neutralised by addition of limestone and disposed into approved waste-water systems. Stellantis will make an equity investment in Element 25.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has issued a request for information ( DE-FOA-0001607 ) on lower-grade waste heat recovery technologies. quadrillion BTU of energy was wasted mainly in the form of heat. Thus, ARPA-E is keenly interested in waste heat conversion in this temperature range. Q of waste heat.

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JULY 25, 2023

million to 10 projects across nine states that will advance innovative technologies to extract and convert battery-grade lithium from geothermal brine sources in the United States. (DE-FOA-0002823, The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $10.9

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Battelle researchers have developed a mobile catalytic pyrolysis unit that converts biomass materials such as wood chips or agricultural waste into bio-oil. As currently configured, the Battelle-funded unit converts one ton of pine chips, shavings and sawdust into as much as 1,300 gallons of wet bio-oil per day.

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JUNE 11, 2021

Oberon Fuels, producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, has begun production of the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States, and the only current commercial production of this in the world. Once delivered, rDME can be converted to renewable hydrogen at the point of use.

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JULY 15, 2023

Similarly, in 2021, for at least 43 of the 50 CMM, the United States imported more than half its consumption, with no domestic production of 14 CMM. Coal and coal production waste contain a wide variety of valuable rare earth elements that can be converted into clean energy technology components.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

With funding from Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has been working with industry-partner LanzaTech to convert alcohols derived from captured carbon monoxide, a byproduct in the production of steel, into synthetic paraffinic kerosene, a non-fossil-based jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

through its subsidiary dedicated to the deployment of technologies for the energy transition, NextChem , signed today a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the production of green hydrogen via electrolysis in the United States. (EGPNA), and Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.,

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

This facility will be built and operated by a joint venture partnership formed by Enerkem, a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, and GreenField Ethanol, Canada’s largest ethanol company. This waste-to-biofuels production facility will help reduce greenhouse emissions, fossil fuel imports and landfilled volumes.

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JUNE 24, 2015

The Alphabet Energy PowerModule is a solid-state, liquid-cooled electrical generator that converts exhaust heat into electricity using Alphabet Energy’s proprietary PowerBlocks thermoelectric materials. Compared to other waste heat recovery systems, the E1 requires only minor up front engineering scope and no operation by the customer.

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JUNE 9, 2014

The Certificate of Conformity allows engine conversions to proceed in 49 States and covers 166 Mack E7 engine/model/power variations; the Mack E7 is a popular engine for waste collection companies. Omnitek will offer 100% dyno-tested “drop-in” ready converted engines, configured for quick installation. —Werner Funk.

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MARCH 19, 2014

Biomass energy consumption in the United States grew more than 60% from 2002 to 2013, the growth due almost entirely to increased consumption of biomass to produce biofuels, primarily ethanol but also a smaller amount of biodiesel and other biomass-based diesel fuels, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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MARCH 29, 2011

Researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) have developed a new high-yield process for recycling waste crankcase oil into gasoline-like fuel based on microwave pyrolysis—i.e., It provides a new use for a waste material that’s too-often disposed of improperly, with harm to the environment. —Lam et al.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

If the steel industry were a country, its carbon emissions would rank third in the world behind China and the United States. By comparison, 69% of steel today is made at approximately 1,600 degrees Celsius (2,912 degrees Fahrenheit) using coal, emitting about two tons of carbon dioxide for every ton of steel produced.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

The company says that some of the most promising projects are the Turbosteamer ( earlier post ); the Thermoelectric generator (TEG) ( earlier post ); engine encapsulation; and a waste heat exchanger for oil heating. —Jürgen Ringler, Team Leader for Thermal Energy Converters at BMW Group Research and Technology. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 28, 2022

In June, 2021, Oberon produced the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States. Because Oberon’s rDME fuel is made from waste and other renewable resources (such as renewable methanol from paper mill waste, or biogas from local farms), it has low, or even negative carbon emissions.

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MAY 31, 2024

Nearly 400 exhibitors representing the boldest energy innovations in the United States came together last week at the annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. Emily Waltz Mining leaves behind piles of waste after the commercially viable material is extracted. The conference, hosted in Dallas by the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Next, these fats are processed into renewable diesel by: Hydrotreating: Using high pressure hydrogen to remove the oxygen (which is converted to water). The petroleum refineries are located in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and the ethanol plants are located in the Mid-Continent region of the US.

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JUNE 17, 2022

Avfuel Corporation is making a multimillion-dollar investment in Alder Fuels—a company that is developing technologies for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at scale by converting abundant biomass into sustainable low-carbon, drop-in replacement crude oil that can be used in existing refineries to produce aviation fuel.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for about 28% of total carbon emissions. In NREL’s bioenergy program, for example, we have chemists studying the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass and waste materials into fuel.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

billion tons of biomass are available annually in the United States, which could produce up to 130 billion gallons of biofuels, as well as other petrochemical products. However, the fundamental science necessary to convert lignin into chemical feedstocks has not been adequately addressed. Approximately 1.3

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JULY 29, 2019

will use Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and machine learning to rapidly improve catalysts which are imperative to the efficiency and economy of the United States by making energy production, manufacturing and transportation more efficient and eco-friendly. Awards include: Accustrata Inc.

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MARCH 11, 2021

These potential funding opportunities seek innovative research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) in the pursuit of technologies that will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the transportation sector, the highest source of emissions in the United States.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

The Hugoton plant opening also marks the first commercial deployment of Abengoa’s proprietary enzymatic hydrolysis technology, which turns biomass into fermentable sugars that are then converted to ethanol. Some 26% of the company’s assets are currently in the United States, which is Abengoa’s largest market in terms of sales.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The backhoe loader is perfectly suited for electrification as the varied use cycles, from heavy to light work, provide an excellent opportunity to convert wasted diesel engine hours into zero consumption battery time—yet provide the operator with instantaneous torque response when needed. and Moog Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) grocery bags can be successfully pyrolyzed to alternative diesel fuel, according to a new study by a team from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service ARS.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, has closed its Series C round with new investment totaling US $55.8 LanzaTech uses a proprietary fermentation process to convert gases (including industrial waste gases and gas derived from any biomass source) into fuels and chemicals.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Feedstocks that the system can accept include natural gas, natural gas liquids (propane, ethane, butane), associated or waste gases, and also waste CO 2 where it is available. The basic GS1000 plant converts the gas feedstocks into 1,000 barrels/day, or about 15 million gallons per year.

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