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JULY 12, 2023

The supply of high-quality silicon carbide wafers from Wolfspeed will pave the way for Renesas to scale production of silicon carbide power semiconductors starting in 2025. The company recently announced the restart of its Kofu Factory to produce IGBTs, and establishment of a silicon carbide production line at its Takasaki Factory.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

The company will bolster its existing manufacturing footprint of EV infrastructure with the VersiCharge Level 2 AC series product line of commercial and residential EV chargers. The solutions are geared to maximize the abilities of EVs to act as Distributed Energy Resources, as well as enable the effective harnessing of renewable sources.

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MAY 10, 2022

Fontaine will offer application engineering, integration, and installation of eNow’s proprietary renewable Rayfrigeration eTRU technology on refrigerated trailers from all manufacturers. Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) magazine named eNow’s eTRU system for reefer trailers one of the Top 20 Products of the year in 2020.

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JUNE 4, 2022

USDA is making payments to 195 biofuel production facilities to support the maintenance and viability of a significant market for agricultural producers of products such as corn, soybean or biomass that supply biofuel production. For example: In Iowa, Southwest Renewable Energy LLC is receiving a payment of $3 million.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The strategic partnership includes a joint research facility in Germany that will focus on real world e-mobility and renewable energy system level challenges. Additional collaboration partners will be invited to participate in the innovation process, establishing an end-to-end European Silicon Carbide innovation network.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 Maximizing solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency in photo-electrochemical cells.

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APRIL 26, 2022

Wolfspeed is also expanding its operations in North Carolina with the creation of a materials factory in Durham, scheduled to be completed later this year. The first Silicon Carbide lot was run at the facility earlier this month. More than 600 high-tech Mohawk Valley jobs will be created by 2029.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

unveiled EvoShield, its new product line of industrial lubricants. EvoShield lubricants will be formulated from NovaSpec renewably-sourced synthetic base oils, derived from Amyris’ Biofene and produced by Novvi, Amyris’ joint venture with Brazil’s Cosan. in North Carolina. Amyris, Inc.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables have agreed to market, to demonstrate and to guarantee jointly cellulosic biofuel solutions. Beta Renewables will embed Novozymes’ enzymes in the PROESA technology and guarantee biofuel production costs upon start-up of customers’ cellulosic facilities.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

has commissioned its third industrial-scale commercial facility—its first in the US—for the production of Biofene, its renewable farnesene. The production facility is located in Decatur, Ill., in North Carolina. Amyris, Inc. at a facility owned by Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc.,

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JUNE 13, 2012

million for the creation of two new Biomass Crop Assistance Program ( BCAP ) project areas in New York and North Carolina, and the expansion of an already established BCAP project area in Arkansas. targeted for the heart of North Carolina, where it will grow more than 4,000 acres of Freedom Giant Miscanthus and switch grass.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the first loan guarantee USDA has made for the production of bio jet fuel. The end syngas product is very clean with zero sulfur content. Hydrotreating, hydrocracking and hydroisomerization upgrading steps are used to upgrade the combined HFTL and MFTL products into jet fuel.

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JANUARY 16, 2014

President Obama announced the selection of a consortium of businesses and universities, led by North Carolina State University, to lead a manufacturing innovation institute for next-generation power electronics. Earlier post.). reducing the size of a sub-station to a suit case). Manufacturing Policy Power Electronics'

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 29, 2015

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest up to $100 million in a Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership to support the infrastructure needed to make more renewable fuel options available to American consumers. USDA will post a Notice of Solicitation of Applications in June.

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JULY 15, 2014

DOE is targeting the production of cost-competitive drop-in biofuels at $3 per gallon by 2017. million to produce a bio-crude oil from algal biomass that will maximize the amount of renewable carbon recovered for use in fuel and reduce the nitrogen content of the product in order to meet fuel quality standards.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Source: Beta Renewables. to construct a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol refinery in Sampson County in eastern North Carolina. to construct a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol refinery in Sampson County in eastern North Carolina. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.

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MARCH 13, 2013

The process will convert biomass to stabilized bio-oils that can be directly blended with hydrotreater and cracker input streams in a petroleum refinery for production of gasoline and diesel range hydrocarbons. Other liquefaction processes either use severe conditions or expensive catalysts to achieve stability. —Santosh Gangwal.

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MARCH 28, 2016

with an $11-million loan guarantee through the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. The Novus plant will process agricultural waste into fuel, natural gas, organic fertilizer and other bio-based products. Daily, the plant is expected to generate 3.8

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four additional projects from the Productivity Enhanced Algae and ToolKits funding opportunity ( earlier post ) to receive up to $8.8 Technical targets for the FOA include both demonstrable improvements in cultivation performance as well as in toolkit availability. University of Toledo.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

CWI) announced that orders are being processed and production of the ISL G Near Zero (NZ) NO x natural gas engine ( earlier post ) has commenced. The start of production of the ISL G Near Zero natural gas engine offers a game-changing solution for the reduction of urban tailpipe and engine related emissions. Cummins Westport Inc.

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JUNE 11, 2024

The network has also already confirmed that it will be powered by renewable energy , with the capability for reservations and intelligent route planning, plus full support for Plug & Charge technology from the start, meaning fewer needs for credit-card swipes and app handshakes. It’s open to all and we’ll do both form factors.”

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APRIL 28, 2011

(ABI), a developer of small distributive refining systems in the 10 to 15 million gallon per year range and parent company of drop-in biofuel company Red Wolf Refining (RWR), is in negotiation for a strategic relationship with BioJet International Ltd, an international supply chain integrator, for renewable (bio) jet fuel and related co-products.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

It offers the ability to dial in the H 2 to CO molar ratio to match the synthesis reaction or fermentation step for biofuels and/or biochemical production. The partners have already started a joint development of the engineering design for a 1,400 barrel per day BTL plant to produce renewable diesel and jet fuels from woody biomass.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Research in mesoscale atmospheric modeling by the University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte’s Amanda S. Most of these estimates assume implicitly that the turbines extracting the wind energy have little impact on the atmosphere and, therefore, little effect on the energy production. Adams and Harvard University’s David W.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Innovation and optimization of the Szego Mill for reliable, efficient, and successful up-scaling of the deacetylation and mechanical refining process for biofuel production. University of North Dakota. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. North Carolina State University. Scalable CO 2 electrocatalysis technologies.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

The new LNG trucks will replace 40 diesel trucks currently in use, and will deliver product to Fred Meyer stores as far south as Corvallis, Ore., and as far north as Longview, Wash. The trucks are manufactured at Freightliner’s North Carolina plant. LNG is a viable alternative fuel for Kroger in the future.

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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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JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Region States Feedstocks Potential production capacity Land use.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Agrisoma’s goal is to maximize production of carinata seed grown in the southeastern US. The research project will operate under the oversight of the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in conjunction with the Florida-based Southeast Partnership for Advanced Renewables from Carinata ( SPARC ).

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JULY 13, 2016

These renewable resources include agricultural, forestry, and algal biomass, as well as waste. They encompass the current and future potential of biomass, from currently available logging and crop residues to future available algae and dedicated energy crops—all useable for the production of biofuel, biopower, and bioproducts.

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OCTOBER 25, 2015

The awards focus on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing non-food plant biomass for the production of fuels, such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. North Carolina State University. Fiscal Year 2015 grants include: AWARD TABLE. Lead Awardee. Description. University of Idaho.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Once that has been done, the researchers plan to replace those genes with genes from other organisms to produce the desired fatty acids and overcome the internal regulatory mechanisms that could potentially limit fatty acid production. Dunaliella. Source: Texas A&M. Click to enlarge.

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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). North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina). Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado). The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio).

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JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. Based on the current capabilities, water splitting makes up the vast majority of electrofuel production cost, and is the major bottleneck for electrofuels to come within shouting distance of being cost competitive with petroleum. Source: Lux Research. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2017

Our 2018 product line demonstrates an important milestone in product development for Cummins Westport, creating a move to zero emissions strategy for our customers and industry. All CWI engines offer customers the choice of using compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) or renewable natural gas (RNG) as a fuel.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

During the program, General Motors will provide production vehicles, vehicle components, seed money, technical mentoring and operational support. All of the vehicles use a renewable energy source that displaces petroleum consumption. All of the designs use lithium-ion battery technology. Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREV).

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