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AUGUST 26, 2009

Terrabon’s pathway to renewable hydrocarbon fuel produces ketones, which are then processed using conventional refinery technology. Waste Management, Inc. has invested in waste-to-fuel company Terrabon, LLC. Waste Management is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management and environmental services in North America.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The National Circular Economy Roadmap found innovation is crucial to realizing Australia’s largest economic gains, which will come from designing new products and materials, including through advanced manufacturing, and in embracing new business models that will create domestic and export markets for waste streams.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has completed a C$280-million (US$223 million) investment round—its largest to date. The technology converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely-used chemicals. Canada-based Enerkem Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) awarded A$22.1 million (US$16 million) in funding to 16 research projects to propel innovation in exporting renewable hydrogen. Funding recipients are: Australian National University (ANU) Hydrogen Generation by Electro-Catalytic Systems – $615,682.

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MARCH 26, 2021

A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours continuously without losing effectiveness. The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Neste Oil has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and molds for use as a feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. Microbial oil produced in this way has already been successfully refined into NExBTL renewable diesel. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In Australia, QUT researchers and Mercurius Australia are partnering on a pilot plant to prove the economic viability of turning sugarcane waste into either jet and diesel fuel or chemicals that could be used to make plastic soft drink and beer bottles. Does not use enzymes or microbes therefore it is not sensitive to feedstock impurities.

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DECEMBER 8, 2018

As British Airways looks towards its Centenary next year, the airline, in collaboration with Cranfield University, has challenged academics from across the UK to develop a sustainable alternative fuel which could power a commercial aircraft on a long-haul flight, carrying up to 300 customers with zero net emissions.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and their colleagues have devised a novel catalytic method to produce renewable acrylonitrile (ACN) using 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), which can be biologically produced from sugars. Conceptual process diagram for renewable ACN production from biomass sugars.

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

Neste Oil will build a pilot plant to produce waste-based microbial oil at its Porvoo refinery. It will be the first pilot plant in Europe designed to produce microbial oil for use in manufacturing renewable fuel from waste-based raw materials. The microbes break down waste and residues into sugars to grow and produce oil.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is awarding $11.9 On behalf of the Australian Government, ARENA’s funding will go towards the completion of the pilot demonstration plant which will produce ethanol from a range of non-food waste plant matter left over from crop harvesting and forestry. As part of a $48-million (US$36.5

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

Researchers from The University of Birmingham in the UK have demonstrated that the direct reuse of aluminum and copper current collectors from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is possible. The ever-increasing number of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has presented a serious waste-management challenge. Pengcheng Zhu, Elizabeth H.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Columbia University. Harvard University.

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JUNE 4, 2012

The team of the University of Maryland is the winner of the 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest, announced on Sunday by the US Department of Energy at the Young Scientist Symposium of the World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2012 in Toronto, Canada. At the awards ceremony, the theme for the next Contest was announced as well.

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JULY 18, 2017

A team at the University of Cambridge (UK) has developed a decision support tool for developing optimal processes for bio-renewable-based energy solutions and chemicals manufacturing. The challenge can be formulated as finding an optimal path to evolution of a new bio-based chemical industry. Helmdach, D., Yaseneva, P.,

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Electrolytic hydrogen production powered by renewable energy is seen as an environmentally friendly means to ameliorate global climate and energy problems. Sources of urea could include waste streams from industrial syntheses as well as sanitary sewage. The new nanoparticles are also very useful for this half reaction.

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JULY 6, 2020

In recognition of the importance of teams in energy research, the EFRC program brings together researchers from multiple disciplines and institutions—including universities, national laboratories, industry, and nonprofit organizations—and combines them into synergistic, highly productive teams.

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MAY 30, 2014

The ReShip project, led by the Paper and Fibre Research Institute (PFI) with R&D partners Aston University (UK) and NTNU (Norway), is developing technology for producing a cost-competitive pyrolysis-oil-based multi-component fuel which meets the performance requirements of marine diesel engines. ReShip concept. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Neste Oil celebrated the official opening of Europe’s first pilot plant for producing microbial oil from waste and residues at its site in Porvoo, Finland. Microbial oil produced from industrial and agricultural residues such as straw represents one of the most promising future raw materials for NExBTL renewable diesel, the company said.

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APRIL 1, 2021

The Government of Canada announced a $2,890,000-investment in the University of Alberta’s biojet technology. The University of Alberta, along with project partners Alberta Innovates, FORGE Hydrocarbons Inc., million project.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Neste Oil plans to use yeast and fungi to convert waste into oil for NExBTL feedstock. Neste Oil has completed the first phase of its project to build a pilot plant for producing microbial oil for use as a feedstock for NExBTL renewable diesel. It utilizes bioreactors similar to those used in the biotech and brewing industries.

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JUNE 24, 2015

Alphabet Energy, founded in 2009 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, announced the availability of its thermoelectric generator PowerModule as a standalone product, available to meet the specific application needs of a range of industries, including transportation. an implied efficiency of about 2.5%—saving

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Neste Oil, developer of the NExBTL process for renewable diesel, and agritrader Raisioagro have launched a research project to investigate the potential of straw as a raw material for producing NExBTL renewable diesel via Neste’s microbial oil technology. Earlier post.). The cells are then harvested and the oil recovered.

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JULY 15, 2013

Stony Brook University and Tongji University have established a cooperative relationship for sharing technologies to promote the global use of biogas. Industrial partners include All Power Labs, a manufacturer of small-scale gasifiers, and Oberon Fuels, a developer of small-scale gas-to-dimethyl ether (DME) systems (earlier post).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Utilization of renewable solar energy is crucial for addressing the global energy and environmental concerns and achieving sustainable development. Kazunari Domen from The University of Tokyo, Prof. Lianzhou Wang from The University of Queensland, Prof.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

A team led by researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have gained new insights into how glycosylation—the natural attachment of sugars to proteins—affects a key cellulase enzyme. —co-author Antonella Amore, a postdoc at NREL. Antonella Amore, Brandon C. Knott, Nitin T.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. Captis Aire LLC, “Renewable Blending Components to Enable 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)”, $2,000,000. Comstock Inc.,

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APRIL 23, 2014

The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years. Earlier post. ). The IDP10-funded project will cost £3.25

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FEBRUARY 16, 2019

A goal of the ReCell Center is to drive toward closed-loop recycling, where materials from spent batteries are directly recycled, minimizing energy use and waste by eliminating mining and processing steps. Image by Argonne National Laboratory.). The ReCell Center will help expedite the pursuit to profitable lithium-ion battery recycling.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Canada-based Forge Hydrocarbons Corporation, a spin-off from the University of Alberta ( earlier post ), has received a US$4-million from Lockheed Martin under the Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy. The glycerol is removed and the fatty acids are heated at more than 400 ?

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APRIL 11, 2023

With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), San Diego State University researchers are developing advanced extraction methods with the aim of boosting the domestic supply of REEs.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its NExBTL renewable diesel refinery in the Port of Rotterdam. The refinery has an annual production capacity of 800,000 metric tons or 1 billion liters (264 million gallons US) of renewable diesel and cost around €670 million (US$873 million) to build. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 2, 2021

Battery modeling , led by Dr Gregory Offer, Imperial College London, with researchers from the Universities of Bath, Birmingham, Lancaster, Oxford, Portsmouth, Southampton, Warwick and UCL. Working closely with industry partners, a multi-scale approach is being taken, from the material to the cell and module scale.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have received two grants to further explore a steam hydrogasification process they developed to convert waste into fuels. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). That could replace 5.5%

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AUGUST 3, 2013

A research team at Monash University (Australia) led by Professor Dan Li of the Department of Materials Engineering has developed a new strategy to engineer graphene-based supercapacitors (SC), resulting in an energy density of 60 Wh/liter—comparable to lead-acid batteries and around 12 times higher than commercially available SCs.

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MARCH 22, 2021

Bio feedstock will be co-processed together with fossil materials increasing the renewable share of fuels and reducing up to 200,000 tons /year CO 2 emission without negatively affecting fuel quality. The benefits are numerous, as we produce more sustainable fuel, we will also help the circular economy by recycling waste.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Due to environmental concerns and national as well as international regulations associated with fossil based HFOs, there is a considerable need for cleaner, renewable and economic alternatives for the maritime industry. IDEALFUEL is coordinated by Eindhoven University of Technology and involves participants from four countries.

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