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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A team of biologists and engineers modified Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 (TIE-1) so that it can produce a biofuel using only three renewable and naturally abundant source ingredients: carbon dioxide, solar panel-generated electricity and light. We hope that it can be a steppingstone for future sustainable solar fuel production.

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. McCollum et al. Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Market Alternative Fuels Vehicles

Neste opens four new renewable diesel filling stations in California

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JULY 24, 2020

Each location is regularly supplied with Neste MY Renewable Diesel, a low-carbon fuel produced from 100% renewable and sustainable raw materials that cuts greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% compared to petroleum diesel. The four new fueling stations join existing Neste-branded fuel stations in San Leandro, San Jose, Keyes and Ripon.

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Renewable Diesel California San Jose

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. Alternative, renewable fuels like methyl ethers will play a pivotal role in the future.

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Fuel Ford Power Powered

List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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JUNE 5, 2023

There are proven and matured technologies to extract energy from fossil fuels and IC engines have been used in vehicles for a long. Petroleum fuels are common in the automotive industry. Then, why do we need alternative fuels? from automobiles, environmental pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, etc.

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Gasoline-Electric

Jülich evaluation of power-to-fuels recommends DME, OME3-5 and n-alkanes as diesel substitutes

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JULY 13, 2017

The last blend—a suitable n-alkane cut mixed with OME 3-5 —has the greatest potential for increasing engine efficiency and reducing pollutant emissions. Power-to-fuel, interlinking the energy and transport sectors. Analyzing the potential of various OME n as diesel fuels identifies OME 3–5 as the most promising mixture.

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Diesel Fuel Power Powered

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. of global electricity demand.

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Coal MIT Climate Global

DOE TEF project finds US can eliminate petroleum and reduce GHG by more than 80% in transportation by 2050; less use, more biofuels, expansion of electricity and hydrogen

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MARCH 15, 2013

The project identifies possible paths to a low-carbon, low-petroleum future in the US transportation sector, and also looks beyond technology to examine the marketplace, consumer behavior, industry capabilities, and infrastructure. The transportation sector accounts for 71% of total US petroleum consumption and 33% of total carbon emissions.

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Transportation Hydrogen Fuel Light

NAIT partnering with Oberon, Mack and Westcan to advance use of DME fuel in long-haul trucks

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The technology will remove any residual water from the DME before injection into the engine, eliminating the risks of corrosion and reduced performance. Oberon units have the capacity to produce 10,000 gallons of DME per day to service regional fuel markets. Rebecca Boudreaux, President, Oberon Fuels. billion by 2020.

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Fuel Water Gas Diesel

LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

million announced by the FAA to help advance alternative, environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for commercial jet fuel. LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain.

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Alternative Fuels Renewable 2011 Waste

Monash/Hokkaido team produces diesel blend fuel via CO2 hydrogenation in methanol over new catalyst

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

DMM thus produced could be used as a fuel in a conceptual circular carbon cycle when produced using direct-air-capture CO 2 and green hydrogen. In the new method, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and methanol are used as a feedstock for producing DMM in a single reactor. Their paper is published in the Journal of Energy Chemistry.

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Hydrogen Diesel Fuel CO2

MIT team develops new synthetic pathway and modular engineering toolkit for direct biosynthesis of odd-chain molecules for fuels and chemicals

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NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Researchers at MIT have adapted the butanol pathway for the synthesis of odd-chain molecules and have also developed a complementary modular toolkit to facilitate pathway construction, characterization, and optimization in engineered Escherichia coli bacteria. —Tseng and Prather.

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CAAFI R&D team releases critical challenges position paper and white papers for alternative jet fuel industry

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Critical enablers requiring immediate development are: Flexible economic and engineering models capable of evaluating the wide variety of proposed approaches for alternative fuel facilities and supply chains. Current economic and engineering models were developed with assumptions that do not match those for alternative fuels.

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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

Neste opens four new renewable diesel filling stations in California

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

Jülich evaluation of power-to-fuels recommends DME, OME3-5 and n-alkanes as diesel substitutes

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

DOE TEF project finds US can eliminate petroleum and reduce GHG by more than 80% in transportation by 2050; less use, more biofuels, expansion of electricity and hydrogen

NAIT partnering with Oberon, Mack and Westcan to advance use of DME fuel in long-haul trucks

LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

Monash/Hokkaido team produces diesel blend fuel via CO2 hydrogenation in methanol over new catalyst

MIT team develops new synthetic pathway and modular engineering toolkit for direct biosynthesis of odd-chain molecules for fuels and chemicals

CAAFI R&D team releases critical challenges position paper and white papers for alternative jet fuel industry

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