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UMass Amherst Licenses Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Technology to Startup Anellotech to Produce Renewable Biogasoline

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Huber’s patent-pending technique offers a low-cost, single-step process for turning sawdust, woody stalks and other waste biomass into gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil and valuable chemical commodities such as benzene, toluene and xylenes. Aspen Plus software will be used for process design simulation. Earlier post.).

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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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Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. This work will focus on designing a carbon capture system capable of capturing 50 to 70 percent of CO 2 emissions from blast furnace gas. LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project.

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Nuclear Fusion’s New Idea: An Off-the-Shelf Stellarator

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Fusion offers the prospect of a nearly limitless source of energy with no greenhouse gas emissions. According to the lab’s lore, Spitzer came up with the idea while riding a ski lift at Aspen Mountain in 1951. Fusion reactions have powered the sun since it formed an estimated 4.6

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