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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Rio Tinto and Japanese trader and business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation have agreed a first sale under a new strategic collaboration agreement to secure a sustainable and reliable supply of Rio Tinto’s Responsible aluminum products to Japanese downstream manufacturers.

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JUNE 8, 2015

The plant, built for North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB), recycles feedstocks such as food industry biowaste and process residue from local bakeries and bread from shops that is past its sell-by date into ethanol for transport fuel. In the hydrolysis stage, the feedstock is diluted with warm water in order to convert it into slurry.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Sustainable leather is leather that is tanned with special water in a particularly environmentally friendly way. The water comes from olive oil production and has to be treated in waste water treatment plants due to its high acidity and antimicrobial and phytotoxic effect. 100 percent merino wool.

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MAY 22, 2017

SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC-GM), a joint venture between General Motors Company and SAIC Motor, has upgraded its car coating line at its Jinqiao South plant, which opened in 2003. This upgrade is a success across Asia and will be viewed as a benchmark for future development by peers in the automotive manufacturing industry.

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AUGUST 14, 2021

Javelina controls approximately sixty million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of hydrogen production through a combination of hydrogen entrained in the refineries’ waste gas that the facility processes, and hydrogen produced through a steam methane reformer process. Howard closed on the purchase of Javelina in February of this year.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have received two grants to further explore a steam hydrogasification process they developed to convert waste into fuels. Earlier post.). diesel, gasoline, jet) at low cost.

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AUGUST 29, 2010

American Process Incorporated (API) recently launched a waste-to-cellulosic ethanol biorefinery project in Alpena, Michigan. The biorefinery will convert the process waste effluent from the plant into cellulosic ethanol, sodium acetate and clean, warm water.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Canada-based Forge Hydrocarbons Corporation, a spin-off from the University of Alberta ( earlier post ), has received a US$4-million from Lockheed Martin under the Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy. The glycerol is removed and the fatty acids are heated at more than 400 ?C C until the oxygen within is released.

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JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

The Hertz Corporation, which includes the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands, has expanded of its Green Traveler Collection car rental fleet to include the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ) in select cities across the US. Hertz believes it has one of the most fuel-efficient rental fleets in the industry.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The green power generated on site in the hydroelectric power station produces hydrogen and oxygen from water by means of electrolysis. First, the CO 2 and H 2 are converted into syngas in Ineratec’s RWGS (reverse water gas shift) reactor. This hydrogen, together with carbon dioxide, is converted in a two-step power-to-liquid process.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MEK, Butadiene) from industrial waste gases, has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the largest coal producers in China, Henan Coal and Chemical Industrial Corporation, to build a demonstration plant to produce ethanol and chemicals via LanzaTech’s fermentation process using syngas resulting from the gasification of coal.

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MARCH 10, 2016

SBI’s facility strengthens Alberta’s expanding industrial bio-product sector and gives Alberta farmers a new market for off-grade canola. It uses no water or chemicals and generates no waste. With this investment, SBI will be able to produce 10 million liters (2.6 million gallons US) of renewable diesel fuel annually.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. Material Resource Scarcity: As developing countries industrialize rapidly, global demand for material resources is predicted to increase significantly.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

The technology is designed to recover waste heat from residential hot water heaters and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Matthew Summers of Summers Consulting LLC will receive $95,000 to optimize biofuel production from organic waste through DNA and RNA molecular testing.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Aisin Seiki Co., Osaka Gas), Kyocera Corporation (Kyocera), TMC and Aisin to the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization’s (NEDO) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Verification Project.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Governor Perry made the announcement in Laredo, where he and city officials announce the benefits of a water treatment project that will purify 50,000 gallons per day of brackish water for potable use in Laredo’s water supply system using Terrabon technology.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. Many of these R&D efforts can be applied across both the energy and the industrial sectors. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.1): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Industrial Sources.

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

Chempolis Limited, a Finland-based biorefining technology corporation, has entered into partnership with India-based Avantha Group’s research wing—Avantha Centre for Industrial Research & Development (ACIRD)—on technology to produce ethanol from various agricultural residues for fuel blending.

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MAY 9, 2017

LLNL will partner with United Research Technologies Corporation to reduce defects in additively manufactured parts in a project titled “High Fidelity Physics-based Model Driven Process Parameter Selection for LPBF Additive Manufactured Metallic Aerospace Components.”. Arconic, Inc.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

First Reserve Corporation will invest €300 million (US$400 million) in Abengoa’s Class B shares in a deal that endorses the company’s plans and management. First Reserve will be a strategic partner that will also strengthen Abengoa’s financial capacity.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Verenium Corporation, a developer of next-generation cellulosic ethanol technology and high-performance specialty enzymes, is introducing Xylathin, a highly active enzyme designed to significantly improve the economics of fuel ethanol production from cereal grains. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Diversified Energy Corporation has successfully completed several key milestones in an advanced gasification development program being sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) The 24-month, $5.2M Earlier post.).

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MAY 4, 2021

The electric mobility industry is one of the world’s fastest growing. LinkedIn is providing members of the eMobility industry a way to share ideas, communicate, and make things happen. The Sustainability Professionals group covers a range of industries – energy, water, waste, recycling, green building, etc.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

As a responsible corporate citizen, we have complied with this request. Johnson Controls is the market leader and global benchmark in health and safety performance in this industry. ” The statement in full: On Sept. Recent news coverage about this suspension in production has included some inaccuracies we would like to clarify.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Virent Energy Systems is receiving one of five 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards (Small Business Award) for its BioForming process—a water-based, catalytic method to make gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel from the sugar, starch, or cellulose of plants that requires little external energy other than the plant biomass.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Capturing the benefits of profitable efficiency investments in buildings, industry, and transportation could increase US economic output by as much as 2% in 2030. Adjust commercial and industrial depreciation schedules to encourage investments that can boost energy productivity.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Polyitaconic acid is a water-soluble polymer with a 2 million metric ton per year market potential as a replacement for petrochemical dispersants, detergents, and super-absorbents. Yenkin-Majestic will use these products to demonstrate a distributed stand-alone system for the operation of a large industrial facility. Velocys, Inc.

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JUNE 23, 2011

The goal of the projects in the Netherlands and Australia will be to build up experience on the suitability of different types of algae for use in industrial-scale production under a variety of conditions. We are already capable of producing NExBTL renewable aviation fuel from sustainably produced inputs on an industrial scale.

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MAY 6, 2009

Battelle is granting an exclusive license to Genifuel Corporation for a process developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to convert algae into renewable synthetic natural gas (SNG) for use in pipelines and power generation. PNNL has tested the gasifier with terrestrial plants, kelp and water hyacinths.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

“We will have the lowest production cost of ethanol in the industry. The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

This study looked at all available bio feedstocks that would not affect the food or fresh water supply chain. This industry-wide cooperation will achieve real progress in finding sustainable fuel alternatives. Qatar Petroleum is a state-owned corporation responsible for all phases of the oil and gas industry in Qatar.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. In other words, the authors note, these companies use these resources more efficiently than their industry peers.

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MAY 11, 2009

a Fischer-Tropsch process company, plans to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. Rentech has entered into a licensing agreement with SilvaGas Corporation for biomass gasification technology for the Rialto facility. Click to enlarge.

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Hydrogen can also be generated by electrolysis of water. Hydrogen does not produce C02 emissions when burned, and so is being touted as a replacement for fossil fuels in everything from heavy industry to aviation and home heating. Production of gray hydrogen is responsible for 6% of all natural gas consumption globally.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Of the lead recipients, 24% are small businesses, 57% are educational institutions, 11% are national labs, and 8% are large corporations. Water will be the primary byproduct. A novel metal complex for electrolysis of water will be used to generate the hydrogen at high rates. The grants will go to projects in 17 states.

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