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JANUARY 27, 2023

The goal of the project is to continue to develop a circular carbon economy that replaces the petroleum-based chemicals in consumer products with algae-derived and biodegradable polymers. Captis Aire LLC, “Renewable Blending Components to Enable 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)”, $2,000,000. Comstock Inc.,

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JUNE 16, 2009

In this role, Ryan will be responsible for business development in converting isobutanol into chemicals, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and fuel blendstocks. The company is focused on the development of advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals based on isobutanol and its derivatives. Gevo was founded in 2005 by Drs.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

would be highly desirable to couple hydrolysis processes with aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation to be able to use low cost lignocellulosic feedstocks for making hydrocarbon fuels. Huber (2011) Renewable gasoline from aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of aqueous sugar solutions prepared by hydrolysis of maple wood. Thus, Li et al.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

expects to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) ( earlier post ) to the Virgin Australia Group. The Queensland government is supporting the arrangement as a first step in the development of a renewable jet fuel production industry in the state.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Strategic corporate shifts because of increased availability of low-cost natural gas. Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule for additional qualifying renewable fuel pathways under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). EPA issues final rule on new advanced and cellulosic biofuels.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) issued an Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) for a total of approximately $10 million. ( Temperature Combustion (LTC), (2) Dilute Gasoline Combustion, and (3) Clean Diesel Combustion.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Like all plastics, the new material is a polymer—a large molecule comprising smaller, repeating units called monomers. The units are called omega-hydroxyfatty acids, and when strung together to form a polymer, they can produce a biologically friendly plastic. Gross (2010) Biosynthesis of Monomers for Plastics from Renewable Oils.

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Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. Decontamination of Non-recyclable MSW and Preprocessing for Conversion to Diesel. ASU’s Polymer-enhanced Cyanobacterial Bioproductivity (AUDACity). Scalable CO 2 electrocatalysis technologies. Project title. Federal share. Topic 1:Scale-Up of Bench Applications. University of Alabama. AMP Robotics.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

g/mi) (with S tronic), Audi is the first premium manufacturer to offer a gasoline engine in the B segment that achieves lower emissions than a comparable diesel engine. The drive unit’s high efficiency means low costs of ownership. Audi produces the fuel at several power-to-gas facilities using renewable energy, water and CO 2.

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MAY 28, 2015

This quality control device will help to drive down the costs of fuel cells by reducing waste and improving the process efficiency of roll-to-roll manufacturing of polymer electrolyte membranes. It is cleaner, quieter, and friendlier to operate with a fuel cell power plant enabling mobility via renewable energy. 149,871.44.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Technical topics for this FOA—which span the range of DOE interests from fossil to nuclear to renewable and low-carbon energies—include two hydrogen- and fuel-cell-related topics: fuel cell-battery electric hybrid trucks and in-line quality control devices for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

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One initiative, SuperTruck II ( earlier post ), will award $80 million to four projects to develop and to demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks. Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Description.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

The engines shall have extremely low engine-out nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and particulate matter (PM) as a target; and shall have efficiency similar to state-of-the-art direct injection diesel engines (i.e., Subtopics include: Low-Cost Development of Magnesium. Development of Low-Cost Carbon Fiber.

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MAY 4, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued four funding opportunities (FOAs) totaling up to $78 million to support early-stage bioenergy research and development under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO). Topic Area 1: Drop-in Renewable Jet Fuel Blendstocks.

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 16 projects for a combined $35 million in funding under the new program “Renewable Energy to Fuels Through Utilization of Energy-Dense Liquids (REFUEL)”. Earlier post.) hydrogen or electricity). FuelCell Energy, Inc. Gas Technology Institute. Giner, Inc.

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JANUARY 2, 2012

The core of CellEra’s fuel cell is a catalyzed, solid polymer electrolyte. However, as this new form of polymer electrolytes conducts OH - ions as opposed to H + ions (protons), the chemical environment in the cells is mildly alkaline as opposed to the highly acidic environment in Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) cells.

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APRIL 10, 2012

The Department of Energy (DOE) is making available up to $9 million ( DE-FOA-0000715 ) for roughly 50 energy efficiency and renewable energy projects through the Department’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. EERE is the only program Office participating in this FOA.

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DECEMBER 4, 2010

Examples include, among a great many other possibilities, the replacement of gasoline and other transportation fuels with renewable biofuels. Linear hydrocarbons (alkanes, alkenes, and esters) typical of diesel and jet fuel can be produced by way of the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. Earlier post.). —Jay Keasling. Science Vol.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Development of Low-cost, High Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet (Area of Interest 1). This project will develop, integrate and implement predictive models for Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Polymer composites that link the material design, molding process and final performance. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Description.

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