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Piedmont Lithium Limited released an updated Global Mineral Resource estimate (MRE) for its flagship Piedmont Lithium Project in NorthCarolina. Increasing the scale of our NorthCarolina mineral resource to 39.2 The total MRE for the project is 39.2 The Mineral Resource estimate is reported in accordance with JORC Code.
HCL CleanTech, a US-Israeli biofuels technology development company focused on full process technology for conversion of woody biomass to fermentable sugars and advanced biofuels, has selected NorthCarolina as the site for its administrative headquarters and pilot plant. NorthCarolina, with 17.6
The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University (JMU) are requesting proposals from fleets in the southeastern US interested in converting eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas. The application deadline is Friday, 12 August 2011, at 5pm EDT.
Fulcrum will gasify 147,000 tons of municipal solid waste to produce synthesis gas which it then will catalytically convert to synthetic paraffinic kerosene/jet fuel via a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process. million loan in 2011 to convert food and agricultural waste to biogas that is used as fuel to generate electricity.
Montauk Renewables captures methane, preventing it from being released into the atmosphere, and converts it into either RNG or electrical power for the electrical grid. The company has current operations at 15 operating projects located in California, Idaho, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, NorthCarolina and Texas.
President Obama announced the selection of a consortium of businesses and universities, led by NorthCarolina State University, to lead a manufacturing innovation institute for next-generation power electronics. Earlier post.). reducing the size of a sub-station to a suit case).
billion expansion of a NorthCarolina battery factory barely under construction, adding capacity for EV batteries and very likely suggesting a future commitment to U.S.-built Earlier this week, Toyota announced a $5.6 billion investment plan to produce batteries for fully electric vehicles in Japan and the U.S. That includes a $2.5
Fulcrum’s fully-integrated processes for converting MSW to jet fuel, diesel and ethanol have been proven and demonstrated at Fulcrum’s demonstration facility located in Durham, NorthCarolina. The plant includes the same MSW sorting, gasification and fuel production systems that will be utilized in Fulcrum’s commercial plants.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $12 million to fund three small-scale projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, and NorthCarolina that aim to commercialize novel conversion technologies to accelerate the development of advanced, drop-in biofuels and other valuable bio-based chemicals. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)
The US Department of Energy is awarding up to $36 million to fund six small-scale projects in California, Michigan, NorthCarolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, that will advance the technology improvements and process integration needed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and other valuable bio-based chemicals. HCL CleanTech, Inc. (up
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA), the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world’s largest traders of goods and services, has invested in OneH2, a hydrogen fuel company headquartered in Longview, NorthCarolina. Their solution is both mobile and scalable.
to construct a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol refinery in Sampson County in eastern NorthCarolina. Once operational, the facility is expected to convert 600,000 tons of energy grasses per year into an estimated 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol using the Beta Renewable’s PROESA enzymatic hydrolysis process.
The research and development projects will focus on lowering production costs by maximizing the renewable carbon and hydrogen from biomass that can be converted to fuels and improving the separation processes in bio-oil production to remove non-fuel components. SRI International of Menlo Park, California will receive $3.2
The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) (Maryland) Board of Education approved a contract on Tuesday evening with Highland Electric Transportation, a provider of turnkey electric fleet solutions, to convert the MCPS school bus fleet to all-electric, starting with 326 school buses over the next four years.
Southern Research Institute (SRI) entered into a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a mild liquefaction process that will economically convert biomass to petroleum refinery-ready bio-oils. Earlier post.).
and NorthCarolina, is the largest private fleet of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Mechanicsville distribution center has a total of 105 tractors in its fleet, and has set a goal of converting approximately 65% of its total fleet to natural gas by 2015. The fleet, which operates out of SUPERVALU’s Mechanicsville, Va.,
This project will develop an integrated and stable catalytic deoxygenation process for converting bio-oil to drop-in fuels. This project will demonstrate long-term processing and catalyst stability in an automated, integrated pilot plant that converts biomass directly to gasoline and diesel fuel. With funding of up to $4.5
Greenville County, South Carolina and Light’N’Up, deployed 15 propane Autogas vehicles last month as part of a large-scale, Recovery Act-funded alternative fuel vehicle project in the Southeast United States. Light’N’Up has been South and NorthCarolina’s police force vehicle specialist for 21 years.
in NorthCarolina. Amyris is scaling its production in Brazil, Europe and the United States through five production arrangements, including manufacturing agreements with Antibióticos S.A., Biomin do Brasil Nutrição Animal Ltda., Paraíso Bioenergia S.A., Tate & Lyle and a joint venture with Usina São Martinho S.A.,
We hope the project will advance CTL and CBTL processes by demonstrating a cost-effective, novel FT catalyst that selectively converts syngas derived from the gasification of coal and coal-biomass mixtures predominantly to gasoline and diesel range hydrocarbons, thereby eliminating expensive upgrading operations.
A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley; University of NorthCarolina, Chapel Hill; and University of Miami has analyzed the implications of California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) for emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants, both in aggregate and in their distribution.
A $5-million research project led by NorthCarolina State University’s (NCSU’s) FREEDM Systems Center focused on improving the efficiency of, and reducing the cost of, extreme fast charging (XFC) for electric vehicles (EVs) ( earlier post ) has been awarded an additional $200,000 grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE).
NorthCarolina State University. Ultra-low Cost, All-SiC Modular Power Converters for DC Fast Charging Equipment Connected Directly to Medium Voltage Distribution System. Eaton Corporation. A Solid State Technology Enabled Compact, Modular Design to Reduce DC Fast Charging Cost and Footprint.
Researchers from NorthCarolina A and T State University have converted swine manure to bio-oils by using ethanol as a solvent in an autoclave in the reaction temperature range of 240-360 °C without any catalyst. Bio-oils can be upgraded to transportation fuels. Animal waste has tremendous energy potential.
The project will convert spodumene concentrate sourced principally from Piedmont’s international project investments to expand significantly the US supply of lithium hydroxide, a key component in the manufacturing of EV batteries. Planned completion and start of production is in 2025.
Understand catalytic processes that will enable the viable, economic operation of biorefineries with lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks converted to a range of fuels and chemicals. Develop artificial materials, inspired by biological systems, that can change the way we convert and use energy. Georgia Tech. Northwestern University.
Researchers at NorthCarolina State University have built an electric vehicle fast charger that is at least 10 times smaller than existing systems and wastes 60% less power during the charging process, without sacrificing the charging time. < Our 50-kW MVFC weighs only around 100 kilograms and can be wall- or pole-mounted.
Wolfspeed intends to offer , subject to market conditions and other factors, $1.300 billion aggregate principal amount of its Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 in a private offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Biomass feedstocks can be produced by municipal solid waste (MSW) streams and algae and converted into low-carbon fuels that can significantly contribute to the decarbonization of transportation sectors that face barriers to electrification, such as aviation and marine. NorthCarolina State University. Federal share.
Researchers at Auburn University and NorthCarolina State University have shown that using a simple pretreatment process—torrefaction—improves the quality of bio-oil produced via catalytic fast pyrolysis. Average of product distribution from the fast pyrolysis of pine without and with torrefaction pretreatment.
The goal is to create an efficient, stable photo-electrochemical cell capable of converting sunlight into hydrogen and other renewable fuels at elevated temperatures of 500°C to 700°C. Investigator: Mark Brongersma, Materials Science and Engineering. Maximizing solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency in photo-electrochemical cells.
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center, the University of NorthCarolina, and Brazil have sequenced the genome of PE-2, a strain of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that thrives on turning sugarcane into ethanol. Mieczkowski, of the Department of Genetics at the University of NorthCarolina, Chapel Hill.
HCL CleanTech’s concentrated hydrochloric acid-driven hydrolysis technology builds on a proven industrial process, improving the economics of converting lignocellulosic biomass into refined sugars, de-acidified lignin and tall oils. The grant supports almost half of the $2.1 million total project cost. —Lee Edwards, Virent CEO.
In 2009, ARPA-E began its electrofuels program ( earlier post ) , providing $49 million in funding to 11 academic institutions and an additional two companies to develop microbial organisms capable of converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into liquid fuels.
ABI recently completed a license agreement to commercialize all patents and intellectual property related to the Professor William Roberts’ biofuels program at NorthCarolina State University, including products for the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries from genetically modified marine microalgae. Earlier post.).
streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. NorthCarolina State. converted into a fuel mixture that is comparable to diesel or.
million, and selections include the University of California-Riverside; the University of Montana; Missoula; the NorthCarolina Biotechnology Center; the State University of New York; and Pennsylvania State University. The USDA is funding five projects for a total of $7.3
Earlier, an existing coalbed methane well had been converted for CO 2 injection, and two wells has been drilled to monitor reservoir pressure, gas composition, and the CO 2 plume. DOE’s Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB) began injecting CO 2 at the test site in Russell County, Virginia, in mid-January.
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Researchers at NorthCarolina State University have developed a highly effective new perovskite-promoted iron oxide redox catalyst for a hybrid solar-redox scheme they had proposed earlier for partial oxidation and water-splitting of methane. Schematic of the hybrid process for liquid fuel and hydrogen generation. Click to enlarge.
Metabolix in collaboration with NorthCarolina State University. Develop the production of cost-competitive C 8 fatty acid derivatives (which can readily be converted to high-performance lubricants and synthetic oils) from cellulosic sugars via novel metabolic engineering pathways. BETO awards. Organizations. Description.
Berkeley Lab battery scientist Nitash Balsara, working with collaborator Joseph DeSimone of the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill led the effort on the hybrid electrolyte. Ceramic electrolytes, on the other hand, do conduct well at room temperature but require a great deal of pressure to maintain contact with the electrodes.
Earlier, an existing coalbed methane well operated by El Paso Exploration & Production had been converted for CO 2 injection, and four wells drilled to monitor reservoir pressure, gas composition, water quality, and the CO 2 plume. The SECARB members began injecting CO 2 at the Alabama test site on 15 June 2010.
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