Sentences with phrase «range fuels plant»
Given the potential benefits, Congress has provided $ 10 million in funding — and the DOE has asked for $ 30 million more — to develop a second facility employing the process, as well as millions more for similar cellulosic biorefineries, such as the Range Fuels plant in Soperton, Ga., that converts wood waste into fuel.
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According to the report, about US$ 494million will be required to procure natural gas for the various thermal plants as there is bound to be at least a supply deficit of 65,000 mmscf, as it has been estimated that the gas flow required for fuelling the thermal plants this year will range between 120,000 - 146,400 mmscf.
Commercial - scale efforts have existed for over a hundred years that convert corn, sugar cane and other plant - based substances into a wide array of products, ranging from fuel such as corn - based ethanol to ingredients in many consumer goods, such as soap and detergents.
«In the Southeast there is enough biomass from wood products alone to make 10 to 15 billion gallons of fuel a year,» says Mitch Mandich, CEO of Range Fuels, based in Broomfield, Colorado, the firm building what may be the first U.S. plant to make next - generation ethanol commercially.
The refinery, in Soperton, Georgia, will open late next year, and Range Fuels is already scouting locations for more plants.
The Georgia Forestry Commission reports that each year loggers leave behind some 8 million tons of waste wood, including too - small living trees, within a 75 - mile radius of the new refinery — enough for four of Range Fuels» plants.
The new range of power plants will include two gasoline engines: a 1.2 Liter and 1.4 Liter Twinport variants as well as two different diesel options: a 1.7 CDTI and 1.3 CDTI ecoFLEX with fuel consumption ranging between 5.0 and 5.5 liter / 100 km, about 50 MPG, with a maximum CO2 emissions of only 129 g / km, a number that is very low.
The Japanese car maker is expanding the Mazda5 MPV range on the European market by adding a new fuel efficient 2011 model powered by a new 1.6 - litre 4 - cylinder diesel plant.
The compact Ford Focus hatchback is available with an assortment of power plants, including the standard 160 - horsepower 2.0 - liter 4 - cylinder, a frugal 123 - horsepower turbocharged 3 - cylinder that has a combined fuel economy rating of up to 35 miles per gallon, a green 143 - horsepower electric version with a range of 76 miles, and two high - performance variants that are targeted towards driving enthusiasts, including one with all - wheel drive and 350 horsepower.
Such co-production systems, when considered as power generators, can provide decarbonized electricity at lower costs than is feasible with new stand - alone fossil fuel power plants under a wide range of conditions, according to the study by Liu et al. published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.
These tools include so - called «inside the fenceline» measures — a range of technologies and fuel choices to reduce the emissions of the plant itself — and the ability to use credits reflecting the emission reductions that result from ramping up generation at cleaner plants.
For most scenarios, the costs of SMRs are within the range of natural gas plants, such that a utility could choose an SMR based on factors such as long - term price stability and fuel diversity.
Future projections suggest the cost of natural gas, simply as a fuel (not including the cost of installing new power plants), is likely to reach the $ 30 - $ 40 / MWh range by 2020.
Ramp up fuel supply — take back waste — store for a relatively short time and then reprocess for much more efficient 4th gen plants using a range of materials including thorium and plutonium.
However, these announcements do point towards the increased competitiveness of renewable energy projects compared to fossil fuel alternatives and that by 2020 commissioned CSP plants will increasingly be delivering electricity at a cost that is within the lower end of the fossil fuel fired cost range (Figure 4.10).»
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