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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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has successfully processed sweet sorghum hybrids from energy crop company Ceres, Inc. Amyris is presenting a summary of the results at the 34 th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans, Louisiana. As an energy crop, sweet sorghum is an impressive producer of low-cost, fermentable sugars.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Outokumpu reported in its interim report for Q1 2018 that high graphite electrode costs were still having a negative impact on steelmaking profits in Europe. Consumers have been reluctant to pay the rapidly rising costs and drew down on graphite electrode stockpiles for as long as they could.

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DOE awarding $33M for carbon-neutral hybrid electric aviation

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FLyCLEEN will leverage the robustness and efficiency of metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells that are integrated with the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine-generator, yielding a hybrid system operating on synfuel with performance that maximizes the power density and energy efficiency of each component. University of Maryland.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Field Testing and Validation of Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform (HOPP) , $500,000. Particle Thermal Energy Storage and Efficient Heat Exchanger for Carbon-Free Industry Heat Supply, $249,500. Electrochaea GmbH (Munich, Germany).

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Over the long term, capital adjustments can occur in the electricity supply technology and other production activities. Absent a price on emissions, advances in GHG-reducing technologies must rely on “piggybacking” off cost-reducing advances that also reduce GHGs. Developing New Technologies.

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