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FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The CH crude oil produced by the CH conversion process contains thousands of isomers distributed over the entire boiling range of jet and diesel fuels. Wei-Cheng Wang, Ling Tao, Jennifer Markham, Yanan Zhang, Eric Tan, Liaw Batan, Ethan Warner, and Mary Biddy (2016) “ Review of Biojet Fuel Conversion Technologies ”.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

BIOFOREVER (BIO-based products from FORestry via Economically Viable European Routes)—a consortium of 14 European companies—has started a demonstration project for the conversion of woody biomass to value-adding chemical building blocks such as butanol, ethanol, and 2,5–furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) on an industrial scale.

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MARCH 21, 2016

The first step in such a process would involve the conversion of these materials into syngas through either gasification or steam reforming. An alternative method is the conversion of synthesis gas in two process steps. First the CO and H 2 are converted to methanol.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

billion in Michigan since 2016 and created and retained 7,000 jobs in the state. We knew the F-150 Lightning was special, but the interest from the public has surpassed our highest expectations and changed the conversation around electric vehicles. Ford has invested $7.7

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APRIL 27, 2016

DLR is presenting the HY4—a four-seater passenger fuel cell hybrid electric aircraft prototype ( earlier post )— at the 2016 Hannover Messe, along with research and development partners Hydrogenics, Pipistrel, H2FLY, the University of Ulm and Stuttgart Airport. Der Stuttgart Airport is supporting the project as a home airport.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A team led by Professor Jae Sung Lee at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), with colleagues at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), have developed a new pathway for the direct conversion of CO 2 to liquid transportation fuels by reaction with renewable hydrogen produced by solar water splitting.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

Panda Power Funds has financed the 1,124 megawatt Panda “Hummel Station” power plant—one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power conversion projects in the United States. The 829 megawatt “Liberty” power plant, located in Towanda, Pennsylvania, is expected to enter commercial operations in the first quarter of 2016.

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APRIL 25, 2016

NEC Corporation, NEC TOKIN Corporation and TOHOKU UNIVERSITY have jointly created a thermoelectric (TE) device using the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) with conversion efficiency 10 times higher than a test module that was produced based on a multi-layered SSE technology published by the Tohoku University group in 2015.

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APRIL 11, 2015

The US Defense Logistics Agency-Energy (DLA-Energy) has posted the Rocky Mountain/West Coast/Offshore (RMW) solicitation ( SPE600-15-R-0711 ) on behalf of the US Navy for fuel deliveries from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016. The two approved pathways are FT (Fischer-Tropsch) and HEFA (Hydro-processed esters and fatty acids).

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AUGUST 5, 2016

A team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, the University of Oslo (Norway), and the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) (Spain) has developed a new process for the direct, non-oxidative conversion of methane to liquids—reducing cost, eliminating multiple process steps, and avoiding CO 2 emissions. Resources. Morejudo, R. Escolástico, I.

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JUNE 22, 2021

With SSAB’s conversion, we will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent in Sweden and 7 percent in Finland. The HYBRIT initiative was started in 2016 by the three owners SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall. This means that we can meet the climate goals in Sweden, Finland and contribute to reducing emissions throughout Europe.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Serial production is scheduled to commence early 2016. The noise level near to an Electric Hybrid is 65 decibels, i.e. normal conversation level. Hamburg, Luxembourg and Stockholm have already signed up for supplies of the buses in 2014 and 2015. Noise is a growing problem in many cities.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

The plant will use a proven conversion process, leveraging recent process improvements and technologies to increase sustainability and efficiency. Additionally, the JV is seeking to enable use of green energy to power the conversion process, thereby minimizing and eventually avoiding reliance on natural gas as is the conventional approach.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

The researchers’ initial analysis suggests that the spiky textured surface of the catalysts provides ample reactive sites to facilitate the carbon dioxide-to-ethanol conversion. 2016) “High-Selectivity Electrochemical Conversion of CO 2 to Ethanol using a Copper Nanoparticle/N-Doped Graphene Electrode”, ChemistrySelect doi: 10.1002/slct.201601169.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

To date, Hummel Station is expected to be one of the largest coal to natural gas conversion projects in the United States. The 829 megawatt “Liberty” power plant, located in Towanda, Pennsylvania, is expected to enter commercial operations in the first quarter of 2016.

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APRIL 11, 2017

Our study confirms the highly promising potential of a photothermocatalytic strategy for the conversion of CO2 and potentially opens new vistas for the development of other solar-energy-driven reaction systems. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and among the 2016 Highly Cited Researchers in Materials Science.

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APRIL 4, 2019

In 2016, the AVTA board set a goal of becoming the nation’s first all-electric fleet and vowed to convert all of its aging diesel buses. AVTA will achieve that conversion milestone later this year. AVTA was one of BYD’s first customers.

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APRIL 1, 2016

The superior performance of the catalyst allows simultaneous conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose and, more significantly, lignin fractions in wood sawdust into hexane, pentane and alkylcyclohexanes, respectively. Parker, Xue Han, Sihai Yang & Yanqin Wang (2016) “Direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woody biomass into liquid alkanes”.

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JUNE 1, 2016

Researchers in Sweden and Spain have devised a three-step process for the conversion of precipitated kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel. 2016) “Green Diesel from Kraft Lignin in Three Steps” ChemSusChem doi: 10.1002/cssc.201600172. Their paper appears in the journal ChemSusChem. Löfstedt, J., Dahlstrand, C., Meuzelaar, G.,

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APRIL 22, 2020

The system incorporates ORNL’s custom electromagnetic coil design and controls system, as well as wide bandgap power conversion systems. Oak Ridge researchers first demonstrated a 20-kilowatt wireless charging system on a light-duty passenger vehicle in 2016.

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MARCH 26, 2013

This is OSEO’s third financing on the Company’s program aiming at the conversion of renewable resources into isobutene. This financing comes in the form of an interest-free loan to be reimbursed from 2016 onwards. Earlier post.). million).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

What we know is that this unique structure provides a beneficial chemical environment for CO2 conversion to multicarbon products,” he said. For example, in 2016, a hybrid semiconductor-bacteria system was developed for the production of acetate from CO 2 and sunlight.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

A team from the University of Science & Technology of China in Hefei has developed a three-step process for the conversion of vegetable oils (triglycerides) into cycloparaffinic and aromatic biofuels in jet fuel range. —Wu et al. 2016.10.030.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Australian manufacturer Roev plans to do just that from 2023 by converting Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers to electric, with conversions priced from $47,990. The most affordable of the EV conversions will cost $47,990 when hooked up to a two-wheel drive system. 2023 Roev electric Toyota HiLux.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The report estimates consumption to have been more than 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2016. Consumption of MTBE and other derivatives in China was estimated at 230,000 b/d in 2016. EIA commissioned the study to better understand China’s consumption of methanol and its derivatives.

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APRIL 14, 2015

Westport’s Prins VSI system “plug and play” conversion on the 2016 Ford F650/F-750 requires no intake manifold drilling, cutting, or splicing of wiring. Newly converted 2016 F-650/750 trailer and bobtail with an Alliance Bi-Fuel autogas system. Westport acquired Prins in late 2014. Earlier post.). Source: Alliance Autogas.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

estimated that with conversion by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and upgrading, the wet waste resource availability in the United States could be converted to jet fuel that is equivalent to about 24% of the U.S. demand in 2016. Skaggs et al.

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APRIL 18, 2018

In 2016, Kawasaki Heavy, Iwatani, Shell Japan and J-Power established a CO 2 -free Hydrogen Energy Supply-Chain Technology Research Association (HySTRA). Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. is designing a liquefied hydrogen carrier in collaboration with Shell for the pilot HESC.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

The high cost of specialty precursor materials and the energy and capital-intensive nature of the conversion process are the principal contributors to the high cost of the end product. ORNL began accepting license applications in March 2016. Jackson and several of her ORNL teammates joined LeMond Composites in 2016.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Amazon Air, which formed in 2016, currently operates a fleet of about 70 aircraft, including Boeing 737s and Boeing 767s. The four aircraft purchased from WestJet in March are currently undergoing passenger-to-cargo conversion and will join Amazon Air’s network in 2021.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

The SOLETAIR project started in 2016. The mobile chemical pilot plant produces gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The compact plant is designed for decentralized production, fits into a shipping container, and can be extended modularly.

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JULY 5, 2019

To facilitate the execution of this trial, Sharp modularized its high-efficiency solar battery cells (conversion efficiency of 34%+), previously developed for a NEDO-led project, to create an onboard solar battery panel. Background. Profile of demo car.

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MARCH 15, 2016

A team at the University of Bristol in the UK has developed an extremely selective (>99%) and productive (>75% conversion) homogeneous ruthenium catalyst for the production of isobutanol from methanol-ethanol mixtures. A paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Chemical Communications. —Wingad et al.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Mechanical completion of the plant is expected in late 2015, with start-up in early 2016. North American natural gas production has increased significantly in recent years, leading to persistent low natural gas prices and an increase in gas conversion projects. Pinto is seeking to start construction in the first half of 2014.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

INTEGRAL is an Innovation Action project coordinated by CEA within the PILOTS-01-2016 call of the European Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. Although the conversion yield is low, when the heat is lost anyway, as in thermal engines or in energy intensive industries, any gain is good to take. MBN Nanomaterialia. Matres Scrl.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The team is presenting two papers on the inverter at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) next week in Milwaukee. Hopkins and Iqbal Husain (2016) “Design Methodology for a Planarized High Power Density EV/HEV Traction Drive using SiC Power Modules” 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition.

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APRIL 30, 2013

We exist to better educate the public, to have the conversations that need to be had with government, corporate executives, NGOs, with all sectors of society, on future alternatives. We haven’t had that conversation yet. ”. We have to look at the fuels marketplace from a short-, a medium-, and a long-term perspective.

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