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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. X1) from a biological feedstock, more specifically, from lignocellulosic biomass (also known as plant waste/residue).

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $27 million in funding for 12 projects that will support the development of advanced plastics recycling technologies and new plastics that are recyclable-by-design. Skokie, IL) - Upscaling of Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste into CarbonSmart Monomers – DOE Funding: $1,890,001.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The new TRUCIRCLE materials support the automotive industry’s sustainability initiatives by providing an opportunity to extend the life of plastic waste and helping to increase value from post-consumer products. —Abdullah Al-Otaibi, general manager, ETP & Market Solutions, SABIC.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards are presented in five categories: academic, small business, greener synthetic pathways, greener reaction conditions and designing greener chemicals. million pounds of hazardous waste a year. In the academic category, Professor Richard Wool, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The assistant professor and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has proposed the development of a modular electrochemical system that will provide “a sustainable, negative-carbon, low-waste and point-source manufacturing path preferable to traditional large-scale chemical process plants.”.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Elon Musk used Tesla’s much-anticipated Battery Day presentation not to disclose some super cell, but to outline an aggressive, comprehensive and radically innovative approach to battery design, manufacturing and vehicle integration that he projected will result in a 56% reduction in cost/kWh and a $25,000 electric vehicle in about three years.

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DECEMBER 4, 2010

Pathways, enzymes, and genetic controls are designed from characteristics of parts. The design of the engineered catalyst is influenced by the desired product and the production process. agricultural and forest waste, dedicated energy crops, etc.) agricultural and forest waste, dedicated energy crops, etc.)

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AUGUST 30, 2009

kWh lithium-polymer battery pack. Overall, BMW Vision EfficientDynamics comes with a total of 98 lithium-polymer cells, each offering a capacity of 30 Ah and developing continuous output of 600 Amps at a voltage of 3.7 The plug-in full hybrid BMW Vision EfficientDynamics all-wheel drive concept car is powered by a 1.5-liter,

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AUGUST 22, 2019

A closed thermal integration enables reuse of fuel cell waste heat for fuel evaporation thereby increasing efficiency. The combination can be done without the implementation of expensive and cumbersome clean-up technologies which enables a simple and cost-effective system design.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

mm in engineering acrylate polymers, as well as printing soft structures with exceptionally smooth surfaces into a gelatin methacrylate hydrogel. The technology has the potential to transform how products from prosthetics to eyeglass lenses are designed and manufactured, the researchers say. We print features as small as 0.3

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JULY 27, 2012

3-D printing technology has existed for about 20 years, but additive manufacturing in its current form is only about five years old, said Brian Rice, head of UDRI’s Multi-Scale Composites and Polymers Division and program lead for the Third Frontier-funded Advanced Materials for Additive Manufacturing Maturation program. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 9, 2020

Fuel cells, especially polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), are already used in hydrogen-powered automobiles. General recycling processes for precious metals that are currently in use are also designed for these metals, in which polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells are currently largely processed.

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JUNE 20, 2011

Genomatica has entered into partnerships with several major companies including Tate & Lyle, M & G (a major European chemicals producer), Waste Management, and Mitsubishi Chemical to implement their technology at a commercial scale. Greener reaction conditions: Kraton Performance Polymers, LLC, Houston, Texas.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Furthermore, Eni and Pertamina agreed to explore and discuss collaboration in the field of recycle and re-use: water treatment and re-use processes and polymer recycling technologies, also pursuing eco-design processes to maximize final products recycle.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Thirteen partners in a European research consortium have launched the SOMABAT (SOlid MAterials for high power Li polymer BATteries) project to develop more environmental friendly, safer and better performing high power density Li polymer batteries. Total project cost is €5.04 million (US$5.1

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

DSM’s EcoPaXX polyamide 410 is 70% derived from renewable resources, and the polymer is certified 100% carbon neutral from cradle to gate. This results in reduced energy consumption during production, as well as zero material waste. Bio-polymers Diesel Engines Weight reduction' No trimming is necessary at all.

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JULY 24, 2012

About 10 million tonnes are produced each year, of which two-thirds are used to manufacture synthetic rubber, with the last third is used for nylon, latices, ABS plastics and other polymers. Genomatica designs microorganisms for the efficient direct production of intermediate and basic chemicals. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 18, 2012

Coates of Cornell University in the Academic Category for developing a new family of catalysts that can effectively and economically turn carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into valuable polymers. Professor Tang discovered a new way to greatly streamline the process of manufacturing simvastatin, thereby reducing waste.

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MARCH 15, 2020

Batteries designed for recyclability. As director of the UC San Diego Sustainable Power and Energy Center and director of the UC San Diego Institute for Materials Discovery and Design, Meng is a key member of a cluster of researchers at the forefront of all solid-state battery research and development at UC San Diego.

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APRIL 30, 2022

The consortium will showcase these systems at both Damon and Moment Energy’s new facilities in Vancouver BC, demonstrating manufacturing scale-up of components, assembly systems and targeting design for a near zero waste production operation. Center of Excellence for High Volume Manufacturing of Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Lead: Cummins Inc.;

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MAY 3, 2022

Israel-based UBQ Materials, a developer of advanced materials made from unsorted household waste, is partnering with Teknor Apex Company, one of the largest custom thermoplastics compounders globally, to include UBQ in its latest line of sustainable thermoplastic elastomers (TPE).

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The CMT-380, currently in the design and test phase, is being developed in partnership with Electronic Arts Chief Creative Director Richard Hilleman. The CMT-380 features a lithium-polymer battery pack that supports an all-electric range of up to 80 miles. DOE and BIRD Grants.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Supplied by a series of lithium-polymer EIG batteries, the AEGT can run for about 30 minutes. Quimera is active in the following sectors: energy efficiency, energy storage, transportation, solar, wind, smart grid, biofuels & biomaterials, recycling & waste, water & wastewater. Shakedown was 26 July at the Motorland F1 race track.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Malic acid is used as a flavor enhancer in the food industry and can be converted into other chemical derivatives used for a variety of plastic, polymer and resin products. These sugars are then transformed into chemical building blocks by enzymes or microorganisms that have been designed specifically for this purpose.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

This topic includes two focus areas to reduce the cost and enhance the durability and performance of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell stacks for heavy-duty applications. The second focus area supports technology development which enables low cost hydrogen production via waste and biomass conversion.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

EnerG2 , a manufacturer of advanced carbon materials for next-generation energy storage (generally for batteries and ultracapacitors), has leveraged its polymer chemistry technologies to develop materials for adsorbed natural gas (ANG) applications.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

The low-cost nano-size particle technology is designed to mimic photosynthesis and contains a solar absorber that generates electrons from sunlight, as well as integrated cathode and anode areas to readily split water and transfer those electrons to the molecular bonds of hydrogen. —Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar.

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MAY 24, 2009

Anastas focuses his research at Yale on the design of safer chemicals, bio-based polymers and new methodologies of chemical synthesis that are more efficient and less hazardous to the environment. Among other benefits, his research has created economic incentives to reduce industrial waste.

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MARCH 11, 2010

Dubbed EUROBIOREF (European multilevel integrated biorefinery design for sustainable biomass processing), the project aims to improve cost efficiency by 30%, cut energy use by 30% and reduce feedstock consumption by 10%. Finally, the plants should produce zero waste. The 4-year project has a total budget of €37 million (US450.5

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AUGUST 21, 2012

What it does is take whatever carbon is available, and stores it in the form of a polymer, which is similar in its properties to a lot of petroleum-based plastics. Now, the researchers are focusing on finding ways to optimize the system to increase the rate of production and to design bioreactors to scale the process up to industrial levels.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will design, engineer, fabricate and test an integrated magnesium-intensive automotive assembly focused on a 45% weight reduction over currently-used steel counterpart structures. Advanced cells and design technology for electric drive batteries. United States Automotive Materials Partnership, LLC. Grantee Description.

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MAY 15, 2021

These fermentation processes create carbon as a byproduct, with some processes wasting more than 1/3 of this carbon as CO 2 emissions. Thus, this carbon utilization process is designed to operate with zero carbon dioxide release. The CO 2 released in the upgrading process is recycled internally to produce more acetate.

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JULY 25, 2021

Eastman is collaborating with the United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC ( USAMP ) and automotive recycler PADNOS for a concept feasibility study to demonstrate a closed-loop project to recycle automotive-industry mixed plastic waste in the automotive supply chain. —Steve Crawford.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Reducing EMbodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Manufacturing Institute announced approximately $35 million to support research and development (R&D) that will enable US manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics, metals, electronic waste, and fibers.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

FEV will design, implement, test and integrate the battery pack at its North American Technical Center, utilizing its experience in the development of hybrid and electric vehicle applications. EIG ) is a manufacturer of high energy density, large format lithium-ion polymer battery solutions. Energy Innovation Group, Ltd. (

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

In their study, published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , they simulated more than 650,000 designs for nanoporous materials. We feel that future experimental efforts to improve this target will be a waste of time since the ARPA-E target is impossible to reach. Earlier post.). —Berend Smit. Top material.

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