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Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

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A Fuel Switch for Today Continues To Evolve In the past, renewable diesel was considered a niche product that failed to attract mainstream investor interest. It’s chemically similar to petroleum diesel, but is 100% renewable and sustainable, making it the greenest diesel on the market.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography and SoCalGas to explore system using algae to capture CO2 from natural gas equipment and power plants

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (Scripps) and Southern California Gas Co. Taking this research a step further, Scripps’ researchers hope to leverage algae’s natural ability to absorb CO 2 in the environment and convert it into oil rich biomass or biomethane or refined into fossil fuel replacements.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. University of California - San Diego. Alkaline Carbon Capture and Expression-Streamlined Spirulina Cultivated in Air for Reliable Bioproducts, Oil, and Nutrition. University of North Dakota. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel.

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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University of California, San Diego. Renewable Low-Z Wall for Fusion Reactors with Built-In Tritium Recovery - $1,750,000. These composites, which can operate at high temperature, possess hydrogen density approaching that of water with a high and adjustable absorption amount.

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Cal Energy Commission adopts report outlining how state transforming transportation system to meet climate goals

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Through AB 8, the California Legislature has directed the Energy Commission to invest up to $20 million per year—20% of the annual Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) funding—to build this preliminary infrastructure. Oil-by-rail.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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The plant will operate under realistic conditions at a California oil field for at least two months of continuous steady-state testing. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. A Combined Water and CO 2 Direct Air Capture System. Electric Power Research Institute Inc.

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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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The 2011 award winners are: Greener synthetic pathways: Genomatica, San Diego, Calif. Genomatica is developing and commercializing sustainable basic and intermediate chemicals made from renewable feedstocks including readily available sugars, biomass, and syngas. billion in 2011 to $98.5 billion by 2020. per million Btu.

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