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DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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LanzaTech captures the waste gas from refineries and manufacturing plants and feeds the CO-rich gas to microbes that consume the gas and produce ethanol. The fuel meets all the specifications required for use in commercial aviation. Earlier post.). Each gallon of ethanol is converted to produce ½ gallon of aviation fuel.

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LanzaTech China JV reports 9M gallons of ethanol made from steel flue gas; new JV for PET

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Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co., The first commercial unit, converting steel mill waste gases to fuels has started up in China with Shougang and a second is under construction in Belgium with the world’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal. Single use carbon must rapidly become a thing of the past.

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Joint IEA-NEA report details plunge in costs of renewable electricity; nuclear competitive with other baseload power sources

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The report, Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: 2015 Edition , also shows that new nuclear power plants generate electricity more cheaply than other established “baseload” sources—mainly coal- and gas-fired power plants—over the full lifetime of facilities when financing costs are relatively low.

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