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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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Meanwhile, wet waste feedstocks, such as animal manure and fats, oils, and greases (FOG), represent another important category of resources that could be utilized to produce MCCI bioblendstocks due to its abundant availability. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016.

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Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

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Raven SR , a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc., At the hubs, which can be built at or near landfills, Raven SR will convert mixed and multiple organic wastes, including municipal solid waste, greenwaste, food waste, medical, paper, etc. 22 CCR § 66260.10 Definitions and 40 CFR § 260.10 Definitions).

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Raven SR waste-to-hydrogen plant in California to be powered by INNIO Jenbacher’s Ready-for-H2 engines

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Raven SR plans to use INNIO’s Jenbacher engines [60 Hz] with a “Ready for H2” option to produce renewable energy. At the site, landfill gas (LFG) will be the primary fuel to provide power for the non-combustion process that converts waste to hydrogen. Earlier post.). Olaf Berlien, President and CEO of INNIO.

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Fulcrum BioEnergy successfully produces first low-carbon synthetic crude oil from landfill waste at its Sierra BioFuels Plant

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Fulcrum BioEnergy, a clean energy company pioneering the creation of renewable, drop-in transportation fuels from landfill waste, successfully produced a low-carbon synthetic crude oil using landfill waste as a feedstock at its Sierra BioFuels Plant, the world’s first commercial-scale landfill waste-to-fuels plant.

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European project HARARE seeks to produce iron and non-ferrous metals from waste using hydrogen as reductant

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HARARE stands for “Hydrogen As the Reducing Agent in the REcovery of metals and minerals from metallurgical waste”. There are three megatrends currently driving inevitable future increases in demand for metals: the transition to the use of renewable energy sources; the increased use of electric cars; and the development of smart cities.

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Neste investing €1.9B to expand renewable products refinery in Rotterdam; 1.2 Mtpa of SAF

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Neste Corporation has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand for renewable products growing substantially with customers’ higher climate ambitions. million ton capacity for renewable products in Rotterdam is the largest in Europe.

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Oberon Fuels starts commercial production of renewable dimethyl ether (rDME)

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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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