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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.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $26 million to build infrastructure to expand the availability of higher-blend renewable biofuels by 822 million gallons annually in 23 states. USDA is making the awards under the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program.
Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables have agreed to market, to demonstrate and to guarantee jointly cellulosic biofuel solutions. Beta Renewables will embed Novozymes’ enzymes in the PROESA technology and guarantee biofuel production costs upon start-up of customers’ cellulosic facilities.
Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Click to enlarge.
The Bridgestone Turanza EV tire is the first replacement market tire in North America to feature ENLITEN technology ( earlier post ), which is engineered to help optimize all-season performance, provide longer wear life, and allow for the incorporation of renewable and recycled materials in its tire products.
Toyota Motor North America has selected Greensboro-Randolph Megasite as the location for Toyota’s new $1.29-billion billion automotive battery manufacturing plant, to be named Toyota Battery Manufacturing, NorthCarolina (TBMNC). Renewable energy availability. million vehicles per year. An outstanding, diverse workforce.
In addition to recent investments in Fridley, Cummins is investing more than $1 billion across its US engine manufacturing network in Indiana, NorthCarolina and New York. Information on additional investment in Indiana and NorthCarolina will be made public later.
EvoShield lubricants will be formulated from NovaSpec renewably-sourced synthetic base oils, derived from Amyris’ Biofene and produced by Novvi, Amyris’ joint venture with Brazil’s Cosan. in NorthCarolina. We are on track to begin production this year and to redefine performance for the lubricants industry.
million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 Maximizing solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency in photo-electrochemical cells.
USDA is negotiating three additional loans for biorefineries in Iowa, NorthCarolina and Oregon. These loans would provide financing to produce renewable fuels from woody biomass, municipal solid waste and energy grasses such as switch grass, miscanthus and arundo donax. INEOS New Plant Bioenergy, located in Vero Beach, Fla.,
The plant will serve as a counterpart to Siemens’ existing operations in Wendell, NorthCarolina, where the company manufactures charging solutions for buses, trucks and heavy-duty electric vehicles. In 2019, Siemens expanded the 272,000-square-foot Wendell facility to manufacture DC fleet EV chargers, adding more than 50 jobs.
In 2020, Piedmont had entered into a binding agreement with Tesla for the supply of SC6 from Piedmont’s planned wholly-owned Gaston County, NorthCarolina operation. Piedmont plans to deliver SC6 to Tesla from NAL under Piedmont’s offtake agreement with Sayona Québec.
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).
million for two major research and development (R&D) initiatives that will support the expansion of renewable transportation fuels production. These reactors have not yet been evaluated for use with renewable feedstocks such as pyrolysis oils. The US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest up to $16.5 With funding of up to $4.5
Wolfspeed, a global leader in Silicon Carbide technology, will build a new multi-billion-dollar Materials manufacturing facility in Chatham County, NorthCarolina. The company’s talent development strategy is complemented by its continued partnership with NorthCarolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T).
By adding these critical evaluation capabilities around automotive batteries, our team is positioned to better serve the needs of our customers, including Toyota Battery Manufacturing NorthCarolina and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, the latter of which will soon be assembling the recently announced all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV.
Source: Beta Renewables. to construct a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol refinery in Sampson County in eastern NorthCarolina. to construct a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol refinery in Sampson County in eastern NorthCarolina. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.
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million for the creation of two new Biomass Crop Assistance Program ( BCAP ) project areas in New York and NorthCarolina, and the expansion of an already established BCAP project area in Arkansas. targeted for the heart of NorthCarolina, where it will grow more than 4,000 acres of Freedom Giant Miscanthus and switch grass.
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with 21 states through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) nearly to double the number of fueling pumps nationwide that supply renewable fuels to American motorists. The final awards are estimated to expand infrastructure by nearly 5,000 pumps at more than 1,400 fueling stations.
has commissioned its third industrial-scale commercial facility—its first in the US—for the production of Biofene, its renewable farnesene. in NorthCarolina. Amyris, Inc. The production facility is located in Decatur, Ill., at a facility owned by Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc., Paraíso Bioenergia S.A.,
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. RFS2 becomes effective on 1 July 2010. In 2009, the United States produced 10.75
The Cool Planet plant will produce approximately 8 million to 10 million gallons of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks (reformate), as well the biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water. Earlier post.).
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest up to $100 million in a Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership to support the infrastructure needed to make more renewable fuel options available to American consumers. USDA will post a Notice of Solicitation of Applications in June.
Fontaine will offer application engineering, integration, and installation of eNow’s proprietary renewable Rayfrigeration eTRU technology on refrigerated trailers from all manufacturers. The system can be powered by any combination of solar, e-axle and shore power.
The trucks are manufactured at Freightliner’s NorthCarolina plant. It will serve as a bridge between traditional fossil fuels and emerging renewable fuels and technologies. The use of LNG not only reduces operating costs for vehicles, but also reduces greenhouse gas emissions up to 23% in medium- to heavy-duty vehicles.
The strategic partnership includes a joint research facility in Germany that will focus on real world e-mobility and renewable energy system level challenges. Silicon Carbide R&D Center. The collaboration will drive improvements such as higher efficiency, increased power density and higher performances for electrification solutions.
VaaS is offered as a five-year lease with single monthly payments and the option to renew. When a critical fault code is detected, Mack GuardDog Connect proactively contacts Mack OneCall agents at the Uptime Center in Greensboro, NorthCarolina.
Highland will purchase buses manufactured in NorthCarolina by Thomas Built Buses, which will be supplied and serviced by American Bus. Both companies have been long-time trusted suppliers and partners for the MCPS Department of Transportation.
compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder tracking system and Renewable. NorthCarolina State. University, North. Carolina Solar Center. The Alternative Fuel Implementation Team (AFIT) for NorthCarolina project. The Fast Track to Ohio AFV Adoption project will streamline local and state. 500,000.
Researchers from NorthCarolina State University have å a new technique that allows users to better determine the amount of charge remaining in a battery in real time. While the technique was developed specifically for batteries in plug-in electric vehicles, the approach is also applicable to battery use in any other application.
NovaCharge , an exclusive Southwest authorized channel for the ChargePoint plug-in charging Network from Coulomb Technologies, announced two sales distribution agreements: the first with NorthCarolina- and Virginia-based Advanced Vehicle Research Center ( AVRC ), the second with NorthCarolina-based Praxis Technologies.
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. It can be viewed as an underutilized renewable energy resource. Bio-oils can be upgraded to transportation fuels.
For example: In Iowa, Southwest Renewable Energy LLC is receiving a payment of $3 million. USDA is making payments to 195 biofuel production facilities to support the maintenance and viability of a significant market for agricultural producers of products such as corn, soybean or biomass that supply biofuel production. million gallons.
Dr. Santosh Gangwal, Southern Research principal investigator, said co-processing of bio-oil with petroleum refinery streams can help refineries comply with new renewable fuels standards (RFS-2.) Earlier post.). In addition, it has more than three decades of experience in the conversion of syngas to liquids and related technologies.
VaaS is offered as a five-year lease with single monthly payments and the option to renew. When a critical fault code is detected, Mack GuardDog Connect proactively contacts Mack OneCall agents at the Uptime Center in Greensboro, NorthCarolina.
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The first two Mercedes-Benz Signature ShadeFund Entrepreneurs, Connecticut-based City Bench and Bluebird Hill Farm out of NorthCarolina, will receive their loans by the end of the year. Eligible industries include sustainable farms, forestry and forest products, eco-tourism and small-scale renewable energy production.
with an $11-million loan guarantee through the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. million cubic feet of renewable natural gas, 350 gallons of liquid fertilizer, and 11.2 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will support Novus Energy’s new biorefinery project in Boardman, Ore.
Participating research institutions included Bielefeld University (Germany); Cornell University (US); Sandia National Laboratories (US); University of Science and Technology of China (China); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US) and NorthCarolina State University (US).
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