In Washington, a new study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows biorefineries can increase their financial returns by selling renewable propane versus using it as a processing fuel or as a hydrogen feedstock. The financial findings complement the proven carbon reduction benefits of renewable propane for the transportation, commercial, […]
In Colorado, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is advancing three key strategies to accelerate the production of climate friendly jet fuel: 1) Rapidly develop and scale biorefining processes for making drop-in, net-zero-emission SAF 2) Design resilient biorefineries that can flex with changing feedstock supplies and […]
In Colorado, for decades engineers have dreamed of programming organisms to sustainably produce ethylene, a chemical that is nicknamed “the king of petrochemicals” for its importance in plastics. Now, one hopeful pathway to this petrochemical is nearing reality, via a photosynthetic bacterium that is genetically specialized to turn sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) into ethylene. […]
In Colorado, perovskite materials may hold the potential to play an important role in a process to produce hydrogen in a renewable manner, according to an analysis from scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The NREL scientists analyzed an emerging water-splitting technology called solar thermochemical hydrogen (STCH) production, which can be potentially more energy […]
Alder Fuels’ Chief Technology Officer, Derek Vardon, shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC highlighting how they are seeing a future of gathering energy instead of drilling for it and how the solution for sustainable fuel is a load of rubbish – literally forest and agricultural residents and waste. Find out what the economies-of-scale savings […]
In Colorado, new patented technology from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory makes it possible to produce flocculants from biomass, providing an environmentally sustainable and cost-competitive alternative to chemicals currently made from petroleum. Mars Materials was granted an option for an exclusive license to use NREL’s renewable acrylonitrile technology in producing bio-based […]
We are now a few months into 2022 but there are still some changes going on with personnel moves in the bioeconomy. From Aemetis President Andy Foster elected to the Board of Opportunity Stanislaus to several BASF and Store Enso leadership changes, a new Finnair CIO and BrightNight CFO, it’s an exciting time to work […]
In Colorado, National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientists and collaborators stake the boundaries of producing chemicals and fuels from carbon dioxide, biomass, and renewable electricity with extensive data, broad analyses, and detailed models. “Essentially, we are talking about an intersection of electrification and utilization of low-carbon feedstocks like carbon dioxide and biomass,” said Joshua Schaidle, National […]
In Colorado, 10 times stronger than steel, nearly half the weight of aluminum, far stiffer than fiberglass—carbon fiber carries a package of advantages, yet is expensive and still needs perfecting to become economical for mass market vehicles. But thanks to NREL researchers and advances in biobased material design, recycling carbon fiber at an industrial scale […]
In Washington, D.C., National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers developed a public, online library of catalyst data, the Catalyst Property Database, which could be fertile ground for breakthroughs in catalytic technologies needed to turn renewable biomass or waste materials into sustainable transportation fuels and here are 3 ways the CPD can accelerate biofuels research. The tool […]
