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Primus Green Energy to support gas-to-liquids research at Princeton University; comparing STG+ to other GTL platforms

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STG+ technology converts syngas into drop-in high-octane gasoline and jet fuel with a conversion efficiency of ~35% by mass of syngas into liquid transportation fuels (the highest documented conversion efficiency in the industry) or greater than 70% by mass of natural gas. Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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AC Propulsion sends eBox EV to Denmark for V2G research focused on buffering intermittent renewable energy

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AC Propulsion has delivered an AC Propulsion-powered eBox to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where it will be used to evaluate Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operation as part of a research program. The University of Delaware (UD) has developed communication and control systems for V2G technology and has had good results on the US grid.

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Regalbuto: Sea change in direction of US Federal funding from cellulosic ethanol to renewable hydrocarbons

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In a paper in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining , Professor John Regalbuto, Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, describes what he calls “ a real sea change ” in the direction of US federal funding for biomass conversion into biofuels. —Regalbuto 2011.

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New 3-step process for conversion of kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel

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Researchers in Sweden and Spain have devised a three-step process for the conversion of precipitated kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel. In a paper describing the kraft recovery process, Honghi Tran from the University of Toronto and Esa K. Their paper appears in the journal ChemSusChem. tons of black liquor dry solids.

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BP renews commitment to MITEI with second $25M pledge

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Launched in 2006 with BP as the inaugural founding member, the MITEI conducts multidisciplinary research aimed at tackling complex energy challenges such as increasing energy supply, improving efficiency, and addressing environmental impacts of energy consumption. —Ellen Williams, BP’s Chief Scientist.

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U Michigan team boosting efficiency of thermoelectric materials; potential of reaching 15-20% efficiency could result in practical applications

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Skutterudites are one of several promising novel thermoelectrics—materials that convert a heat differential to electricity—that have been developed and pursued for more than a decade, notes Ctirad Uher, co-author of the PRL paper and author of a chapter on Skutterudite-based thermoelectrics in the 2006 Thermoelectrics Handbook.

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Mascoma Begins Cellulosic Ethanol Production in New York

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CBP involves the use of a single microorganism or group of organisms to break down plant matter through a one-step conversion process of biomass into biofuels—a single-step cellulose-to-ethanol method. The plant was funded in part by grants from the State of New York which were approved in December 2006. Earlier post.)

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