Oil, Oil Prices, Waste and Water

First reference installation of Opcon Waste Heat Recovery technology for ships; potential for 5–10% fuel savings

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AUGUST 26, 2012

Opcon, in collaboration with Wallenius Marine, recently completed the first reference installation of its Waste Heat Recovery technology for ocean-going vessels in a project supported by the Swedish Energy Agency. The Opcon systems generate electricity from low-value waste heat in the vessel’s steam and cooling system. Earlier post.)

Waste

Waste Installation Mariner Fuel

SDTC awards Nsolv $13M to commercialize warm solvent technology for heavy oil extraction; 80% reduction in GHG emissions

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MARCH 8, 2016

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is awarding Nsolv $13 million in grant funding to commercialize its field-tested, proprietary warm solvent technology for in situ heavy oil extraction without the use of steam. Naturally occurring water and non-condensable gases are also carried along and out of the reservoir.

Oil

Oil Commercial Emissions Water

KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Global food prices are predicted to rise 70 to 90 percent by 2030.

Climate Change

Climate Change Water Climate Global

EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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JUNE 20, 2011

Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 Membrane efficiency is limited by the rate at which water (or another molecule) crosses the membrane (the flux). per million Btu.

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Green Market 2011 2020

Virent Receives Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for BioForming Process to Produce Biohydrocarbon Fuels

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JUNE 22, 2009

Virent Energy Systems is receiving one of five 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards (Small Business Award) for its BioForming process—a water-based, catalytic method to make gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel from the sugar, starch, or cellulose of plants that requires little external energy other than the plant biomass.

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Green Fuel 2008 Water

Sandia Labs/GM Biofuels Systems Study Concludes Large-Scale Production of Advanced Biofuels is Achievable and Sustainable

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Sandia’s analysis included land use, water availability, energy used to produce cellulosic biomass, transportation of feedstocks and other potential leverage points for the development and use of cellulosic biofuels. 60B gal of biofuels would require only 5% of total 2030 water consumption; food and feed production requires 75%.

GM

GM Production Conversion Oil Prices

Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Will be competitive at an oil price of $45 to $90 at their commercial date. This is coupled with the innovation seen in first-generation players to drive down costs, energy and water use, and GHG emissions. Waste-to-fuel. Accenture divided the technologies into three groups: Evolutionary. Marine scrubbers. Revolutionary.

Transportation

Transportation Supplies Emissions Fuel

GAO Report Concludes Industry and Government Face Significant Challenges in Meeting RFS Target While Minimizing Unintended Adverse Effects; Suggests Federal Research Give Priority to Non-Ethanol Biofuels

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

RFS2 requires that US transportation fuel contain 36 billion gallons of biofuels in 2022; at least 16 billion of the 36 billion gallons of biofuels required in 2022 are to be made from such cellulosic feedstocks as perennial grasses, crop residue, and wood waste. specifies this year. per year for conventional ethanol.

Tax Credit

Tax Credit Industrial Industry Tax

Study Finds Integrated Biorefinery Processes Could Be Highly Competitive With Petroleum Fuels on Efficiency and Costs, While Offering Substantial Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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MARCH 8, 2009

Scenarios integrating biological and thermochemical processing enable waste heat from the thermochemical process to power the biological process, resulted in higher overall process efficiencies on par with petroleum-based fuels in several cases. Require modest volumes of process water.

Emissions

Emissions Gas Fuel 2009

Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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APRIL 6, 2015

Wind, solar, biomass and waste-to-power, geothermal, small hydro and marine power contributed an estimated 9.1% billion, a 10-year low; biomass and waste-to-energy dropping 10% to $8.4 billion, the largest single renewable energy asset finance deal ever, outside large hydro—that of the 600MW Gemini project in Dutch waters.

2014

2014 Renewable 2013 Wind

The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

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APRIL 15, 2015

Globally, water demand is threatening to dangerously outpace supply, while in the US, dry states such as Texas and California are suffering from shortages and the future forebodes more suffering. For the North American shale boom, the lack of water is suffocating. How we can turn toilet water into tap water.

Water

Water Oil Texas Gas

RAND study concludes use of alternative fuels by US military would convey no direct military benefit; recommends energy efficiency instead

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JANUARY 25, 2011

If the US military increases its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there will be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study. ” —James Bartis, lead author.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Fuel Energy Coal

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. Then we are done! No more big energy!!

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Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands

EV Driven

First reference installation of Opcon Waste Heat Recovery technology for ships; potential for 5–10% fuel savings

SDTC awards Nsolv $13M to commercialize warm solvent technology for heavy oil extraction; 80% reduction in GHG emissions

KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

Virent Receives Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for BioForming Process to Produce Biohydrocarbon Fuels

Sandia Labs/GM Biofuels Systems Study Concludes Large-Scale Production of Advanced Biofuels is Achievable and Sustainable

Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

GAO Report Concludes Industry and Government Face Significant Challenges in Meeting RFS Target While Minimizing Unintended Adverse Effects; Suggests Federal Research Give Priority to Non-Ethanol Biofuels

Study Finds Integrated Biorefinery Processes Could Be Highly Competitive With Petroleum Fuels on Efficiency and Costs, While Offering Substantial Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

RAND study concludes use of alternative fuels by US military would convey no direct military benefit; recommends energy efficiency instead

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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