Sentences with phrase «synthetic fuels from»

A team of researchers led by University of Amsterdam (UvA) chemists has developed new Fischer - Tropsch catalysts — consisting of ultra-thin cobalt shells surrounding inexpensive iron oxide cores — that can be used to produce synthetic fuels from natural gas and biomass.

The multi-stage bioliq process produces high - quality synthetic fuels from straw and other biogenous residues.

Combining the gasification process with Rentech's unique application of proven syngas conditioning and clean - up technology and the patented Rentech Process based on Fischer - Tropsch chemistry, Rentech offers an integrated solution for production of synthetic fuels from biomass.

If Germany could fight WWII on synthetic fuels from coal, and the US has enough coal to make enough electricity for the entire world for hundreds of years, wouldn't that be a good cheap «bridge» to some sort of viable solar / hydrogen next gen world?

For example, the Department of Energy was promoting development of synthetic fuels from coal, tar sands and oil shale.

A team of researchers led by University of Amsterdam (UvA) chemists has developed new Fischer - Tropsch catalysts — consisting of ultra-thin cobalt shells surrounding inexpensive iron oxide cores — that can be used to produce synthetic fuels from natural gas and biomass.

The multi-stage bioliq process produces high - quality synthetic fuels from straw and other biogenous residues.

«What we're doing is opening up, in a more serious way, a pathway to synthetic fuels from air,» says David Keith, the former University of Calgary physicist who is the company's founder and executive chairman.

«Power - to - liquid: 200 liters of fuel from solar power and the air's carbon dioxide: Pilot plant produces first synthetic fuel from solar power and the air's carbon dioxide / KIT spin - off ineratec supplied key component.»

Together with other project partners, KIT and INERATEC also study decentralized production of high - quality synthetic fuel from air and renewable power under the «Power - to - X» Kopernikus project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Accelergy Corporation has begun production of a synthetic fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry benchmark for 100 % synthetic jet fuel.

Not exact matches

Suncor provides a good, diversified example of the sector — Suncor markets oil sands products from a variety of operations, both mining and in situ operations, and sells both diluted bitumen and synthetic products including diesel fuel.

Energy consumption in agriculture includes the direct consumption of fossil energy (e.g. fuel and oil), as well as indirect energy consumption (e.g. from the production of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides).

In fact, the alternative jet fuel — known as synthetic paraffinated kerosenes — has as good or better qualities than Jet A refined from petroleum: It does not freeze at high - altitude temperatures, delivers the same or more power to the engines, and is lighter, as well.

Continental jet 516 — a two - engine Boeing 737 - 800 — completed a two hour test flight out of Houston today with one engine powered by a 50 - 50 blend of regular petroleum - based jet fuel and a synthetic alternative made from Jatropha and algae.

Ten years later, no one knows what was in the cloud of gases released by the combustion of all that jet fuel and building material but science has revealed what was in the dust — cement, steel, gypsum from drywall, building materials, cellulose from paper, synthetic molecules from rugs, glass fibers and human hair from the long decades of the two towers» use, among other items.

Synthetic biology has allowed scientists to tweak E. coli to produce fuels from sugar and, more sustainably, cellulose

Whether for supersonic fighter jets or commercial airliners, the aviation world has begun a quest for the fuel of the future, transitioning away from petroleum - derived JP - 8 and Jet A varieties to Fischer - Tropsch synthetics or biofuels.

Fossil Blends The Air Force, meanwhile, plans to certify its entire fleet of aircraft on Fischer - Tropsch process synthetic fuels derived from methane or coal by 2011 and plans to purchase enough such fuel to power at least 50 percent of the fleet in the continental U.S. by 2016.

Australian scientists have paved the way for carbon neutral fuel with the development of a new efficient catalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air into synthetic natural gas in a «clean» process using solar energy.

If the synthetic natural gas made by the plants were used to fuel vehicles, the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions would be twice as large as from gasoline - fueled vehicles.

«New way to prevent genetically engineered and unaltered organisms from producing offspring: «Synthetic incompatibility» could boost safety and effectiveness of applying genetic engineering to control invasive species, produce fuel, prevent disease and more.»

In the past, some technologies sponsored by the US government, from computers to transport aircraft, have become wildly successful, while others, including synthetic fuels and supersonic aircraft, have been disasters.

Working in his lab in UD's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rosenthal and doctoral student John DiMeglio have developed an inexpensive catalyst that uses the electricity generated from solar energy to convert carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, into synthetic fuels for powering cars, homes and businesses.

It is actually chemically the same fuel as that which is made from plants — synthetic paraffinic kerosene.

How many of these synthetic trees worldwide would be needed to soak up the 22 billion tons of CO2 produced annually from fossil fuels?

The third is gasification, in which liquid or solid fuels are first turned into synthetic natural gas; CO2 from the conversion of the gas can be siphoned off.

The first 200 l of synthetic fuel have now been produced from solar energy and the air's carbon dioxide by Fischer - Tropsch synthesis under the SOLETAIR project.

With air captured CO2 from plants like Climeworks», renewable energy can be efficiently stored by producing synthetic fuels using Power - to - Gas or Power - to - Liquids technology.

JBEI has pioneered the development of advanced routes to the production of fuels from sugars for use in blendstocks by using synthetic biology.

Primus Green Energy Inc., developer of a proprietary process to produce gasoline and other fuels from biomass and / or natural gas (earlier post), will provide financial support to engineers at Princeton University for general research on synthetic fuels, which will include... Read more →

Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)'s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer - Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by - product for power generation.

Venter's closely held company, La Jolla - based Synthetic Genomics Inc., has a $ 600 million deal with Exxon - Mobil Corp. to develop fuel from algae.

A core group of 15 commercial airlines has signed non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for negotiating purchases from two different producers of synthetic jet fuel: AltAir Fuels LLC and RenTech Inc..

Through their partnership with Audi's synthetic fuels programme, we may see the world's first fuels produced directly from atmospheric CO2 as early as -LSB-...]

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The two 2011 A3 TDI models were using RenDiesel, a synthetic fuel that's made from organic compounds and green waste that are most commonly found in landfills.

From the fuel that runs our cars to the synthetic fibres found in our clothes, oil is everywhere.

Andy, thank you for writing about synthetic liquid fuels made from dirty coal and other low grade fossil fuels.

The majority of clothing produced today is made from synthetic fabrics like polyester which is made from fossil fuel chemicals.

A detailed study by researchers from China and the US has concluded that Fischer - Tropsch synthetic liquid fuels (FTL) are typically less costly to produce when electricity is generated as a major coproduct than when the plants are designed to produce mainly liquid fuels.

Waste Management has made a strategic investment in Enerkem, a developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals from biomass and waste, as part of Enerkem's new... Read more →

Farms are often very large, highly specialized, and run like factories with large inputs of fossil fuels, pesticides and other chemicals, and synthetic fertilizers derived from oil.

From a purely pragmatic perspective, one could argue that the Republicans are simply looking out for taxpayer interests until you realize that their «don't buy it if it's more expensive» directive doesn't apply to synthetic fuels derived from coal and natural From a purely pragmatic perspective, one could argue that the Republicans are simply looking out for taxpayer interests until you realize that their «don't buy it if it's more expensive» directive doesn't apply to synthetic fuels derived from coal and natural from coal and natural gas.

These emissions are primarily released from the 2.2 billion gallons of fossil fuels used for gas - powered mowing and the manufacturing / application of synthetic fertilizers in the US each year.»»

But in March 2013, the company announced it was pulling out of a $ 600 million project to make motor fuels from algae, a joint venture with Synthetic Genomics Inc., less than six years after the project began in July 2007.

Organizers are concerned about Canada's relentless lobbying against a key piece of EU climate policy, the Fuel Quality Directive, which aims to reduce imports of highly polluting fuels such as tar sands and synthetic oil from coal into Europe.

The Rentech Process can also convert syngas from fossil resources into synthetic jet and diesel fuels, specialty waxes and chemicals.

The release of waste products from domestic and economic enterprises (burning fossil fuels, synthetic chemical use, trash production, etc.) alters the composition of the atmosphere, and gases and particulates related to these activities travel to all parts of the globe.