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Eneos opens demo plant in Australia to produce MCH liquid organic hydrogen carrier

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ENEOS Corporation has constructed a demonstration plant in Brisbane, Australia, to produce methylcyclohexane (MCH), a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC), using its proprietary low-cost electrochemical synthesis of organic hydride method Direct MCH. Eneos’ Direct MCH uses an electrolyzer to produce MCH directly from water.

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CSIRO joins US sCO2-based power generation project STEP demo

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The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science research agency, has 2 -based-power-generation-project/">joined the Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) of the Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) project known as STEP Demo.

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US researchers demo separation-free, IL-based process for conversion of biomass to advanced biofuel

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This toxicity can be mitigated by extensive water washing to remove residual ILs prior to saccharification or fermentation, by use of a new class of lower toxicity ILs, by development of IL-tolerant enzyme mixtures and biofuel production strains, or by a combination of these techniques. … —Sundstrom et al.

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DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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The LanzaTech facility will recycle industrial waste gases from steel manufacturing to produce a low cost ethanol intermediate: “Lanzanol.” The catalyst first removes water from the ethanol (dehydration), leaving behind ethylene. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Ascend Energy and Atrex Energy demo tubular SOFC electric ATV, fueled by natural gas

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SOFC technology uses low-cost, stable ceramics as its electrolyte layer; the use of ceramics and high temperatures eliminate the need for expensive metal catalysts such platinum which are used in PEM fuel cells. The only by-products of the Atrex Energy SOFC design are water vapor, heat and low levels of carbon dioxide.

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New Canada-based cellulosic ethanol company launches; collaboration between Greenfield, Andritz and Novozymes

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G2BioChem’s process design and patents, applied across the three phases of the planned demo plant. Also, our process technology results in a low-cost-per-litre, which is essential to the viable commercialization of next-generation ethanol. Source: G2BioChem. Click to enlarge. —Barry Wortzman.

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Pi Innovo and GaN Systems collaborate to offer electronics design services for auxiliary systems for multi-voltage, hybrid and electric vehicles

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GaN can operate at higher junction temperatures and can be air-cooled rather than water-cooled. GaN Systems’ compound semiconductor devices are cost-competitive with silicon devices, while offering superior performance; these gallium nitride devices use low cost GaN-on-silicon base wafers. Pi Innovo 1.5

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