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JANUARY 24, 2014

Biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group, Inc. a synthetic biology company developing fermentation-derived drop-in renewable fuels and chemicals ( earlier post ), for a purchase price of up to $61.5 This acquisition is a major step in realizing REG’s strategy to expand into the production of renewable chemicals and other products.

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JULY 9, 2022

The MATHESON Facility will have a nameplate capacity exceeding 30 mmscfd hydrogen production and the capability to process a range of feedstocks, including renewable naphtha and other co-products from Vertex’s renewable diesel production, as well as natural gas, as necessary.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to a team of researchers led by a UMass Lowell mechanical engineering professor that is working to develop renewable fuel additives from sawdust and other wood byproducts.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The new research project Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane (ROGUE) kicked off on 25 February with a team meeting held in conjunction with the 2018 Genomic Sciences Program Annual Principal Investigator Meeting in Tysons, Virginia. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6-million,

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MARCH 27, 2010

Sustainable Oils, a producer of renewable, low carbon and domestically produced camelina-based fuels, provided the hydrotreated renewable jet (HRJ) fuel used to create the 50-50 HRJ8-JP8 blend used in an all-engine biofuel flight test in a US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II. Earlier post.). B-roll of the test flight.

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JULY 14, 2022

Last year, Indiana had the largest number of new-generation diesel trucks registered (69.3%), followed by Utah (63.2%), Pennsylvania (62.8%), Texas (60.1%), Oklahoma (60.0%), Florida (59.1%), the District of Columbia (58.4%), Illinois (56.2%), Maryland (55.7%), and Wisconsin (55.5%). For the largest commercial trucks (Class 8), 62.5%

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JUNE 12, 2015

A team of motorsport enthusiasts will attempt to drive from the Atlantic Coast of Florida to the Pacific Coast of California on just one tank of Neste NExBTL renewable diesel 21-26 June 2015. Neste provides NExBTL renewable diesel to US refiners, blenders and fuel distributors. liter TDI diesel engine.

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JULY 31, 2014

Amyris has partnered with Brazilian airline GOL to fly the industry’s first commercial flight with sugarcane-derived farnesane, the recently approved renewable jet fuel. The first flight, GOL flight 7725, departed from Orlando, Florida on 30 July 2014 and traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 28, 2014

Less than a year after beginning engineering to scale the technology, the team has completed plant commissioning and has begun 24/7 system operation. — Rob Sues, CEO of ARA.

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JULY 24, 2013

renewable isobutanol-blended gasoline for engine testing. The US Coast Guard R&D Center is using the Gevo-blended fuel as part of a 12-month, long-term operational study on marine engines that began during June. renewable isobutanol. Biobutanol Engines Ports and Marine' Biobutanol producer Gevo, Inc.

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APRIL 14, 2012

These consortia—led in theUS by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Florida, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)—will bring together experts from national laboratories, universities, and industry in both the US and India. TurboTech Precision; Engineering Ltd.; Thermax Ltd.;

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Florida Canyon Mine (NV): ElectraTherm, 0.1 Outside of a few Western States, utility-scale geothermal may be considered a more limited energy source than some other renewable technologies, but that is changing. McGinness Hills (NV): Ormat, 30 MW. Neal Hot Springs (OR): U.S. Geothermal, 30.1 San Emidio I (NV): U.S. Geothermal, 12.75

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NOVEMBER 7, 2020

As part of a three-year project led by the US Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC) to mitigate growth of toxic algae blooms, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is investigating these blooms as a viable source of biocrude fuel and fertilizer. Figure from Tian et al. 2017) in the book Algal Biofuels.

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JUNE 30, 2015

On 26 June, CLP Motorsports’ Superlite Coupe crossed the finish line in Santa Monica, California, after driving across the USA on one tank of NEXBTL renewable diesel ( earlier post )—the first time that this type of trip was driven using a fuel that is made exclusively from bio-based raw materials. liter TDI diesel engine.

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JULY 11, 2023

Next in the rankings is Utah (66.2%), Pennsylvania (66.0%), the District of Columbia (65.4%), Texas (63.6%), Oklahoma (62.6%), Florida (62.3%), Illinois (60.6%), Louisiana (59.2%), and Wisconsin (59.1%). Nationwide, for every electric commercial truck on the road, there are nearly 1,100 powered by internal combustion engines.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

They are compatible with existing recreational boats, requiring no changes to fuel systems or engines. Since 2000, emissions from marine engines have decreased more than 90% and fuel efficiency has increased more than 40%. Neste MY Renewable Diesel: Reduces CO 2 emissions by up to 75% relative to conventional fossil‐based diesel fuel.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have rewired the native metabolism of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for superior production of lipids (lipogenesis). At 90% lipid levels, the platform produces the highest levels of lipid content created so far using a genetically engineered yeast cell.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

The Cool Planet plant will produce approximately 8 million to 10 million gallons of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks (reformate), as well the biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Among the recent investments, DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy have supported more than $40 million in magnet, motor, and generator research. In recent years, DOE and others have scaled up work to address these challenges. SpinTek Filtration, Inc.; Molycorp, Inc.;

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Researchers are engineering sugarcane into a more productive, oil-producing plant that can grow in cooler climes. If their work proceeds as expected, growers will be able to meet 147% of the US mandate for renewable fuels with the modified sugarcane, the team reports. There’s enough oil to make it worth harvesting. —Stephen P.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

The efforts of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Membrane Technology & Research will continue. The integrated bio-refinery located next to our existing Lee County, Florida research and development complex will allow Algenol to advance its proprietary ethanol production technology rapidly.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Professor Lonnie Ingram of the University of Florida; Professor Jay D. Martin Keller of Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and Dr. Wong Pui Kwan of A*STAR’s Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences.

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MAY 28, 2023

The Ohio State (OSU) & Wilberforce University Team has been named the winner of Year One of the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge, taking the lead in the four-year collegiate engineering competition. Year One of EcoCAR is all about generating big ideas and developing a strategy for the remainder of the competition.

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APRIL 15, 2011

Student designs will consider the well-to-wheel (WTW) impact of fuel use and select renewable fuels such as hydrogen, E85 (85% ethanol), or B20 (20% biodiesel). Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, Florida). Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado). Mississippi State University (Starkville, Mississippi).

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APRIL 7, 2015

For example, a cellulase phosphorylase could use the energy of glycosidic bond hydrolysis to catalyze phosphorylation of long chain cellulose molecules, although so far such an enzyme has yet to be discovered or engineered. —Rollin et al. Chandrayan, Chang-Hao Wu, Michael W. Adams, Ryan S. Senger, and Y.-H. 1417719112.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Camelina will be engineered with. The team will engineer tobacco with traits.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). —Sammy Houssainy, co-author.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

The vehicles have the same 650cc 2-cylinder engine and E-GEN chassis as the 125 vehicles UPS announced earlier this year. Equipped with lithium ion batteries and a range-extender engine, these trucks will deliver significant fuel economy equivalency gains, approximately four times the fuel economy of a gasoline powered vehicle.

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JULY 14, 2016

This funding will advance the research and development of advanced biofuel technologies to speed the commercialization of renewable, domestically produced, and affordable fossil-fuel replacements. MicroBio Engineering, Inc. MicroBio Engineering, Inc., Global Algae Innovations Inc., Algenol Biotech LLC.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

The two cross-functional groups will seek to break down critical barriers to the commercialization of algae-based and biomass-based advanced renewable transportation fuels. Louis, MO), NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts.

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MAY 6, 2011

The projects are funded through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative and will help increase the availability of alternative renewable fuels and biobased products to diversify the nation’s energy resources. University of Florida , Gainesville, Fla., US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station , Missoula, Mont.,

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

GITLIN University of South Florida Tampa For high-impact contributions to communications systems and networks. ISSA BATARSEH University of Central Florida Orlando For pioneering contributions to the advancement of renewable energy systems through significant improvement in the overall energy efficiency of microinverters.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

The investments are part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to develop domestic renewable energy and advanced biofuels. Finding key genes involved in modulating light perception could be useful in targeted breeding or engineering efforts for improved bioenergy grass crops. Jianping Wang, University of Florida, Gainesville.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

The advanced fuel producing algae technology is successfully operating at Algenol’s Fort Myers, Florida headquarters. Construction of the system was completed in November of 2014 by Algenol and Reliance engineers and biologists. The algal bio-oil can be used to produce biodiesel, renewable diesel, or other bio-oil-derived products.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Captis Aire LLC, “Renewable Blending Components to Enable 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)”, $2,000,000. This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. MicroBio Engineering Inc., Comstock Inc.,

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APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Engineering E. This project seeks to develop an “electrofuels chassis” by using engineered E. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

The umbrella CRADA also covers international applications of the technologies and science and engineering education. The topics were first identified in a 2013 memo of understanding between Sandia and ASU focusing on collaborations to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

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