SVX awarded $2.8MM DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office grant as part of the Energy Storage Grand Challenge

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $187 million in funding, including $48 million of cost share, for 55 projects in 25 states to support innovative advanced manufacturing research and development. These projects address high-impact manufacturing technology, materials, and process challenges that advance the Trump Administration’s goal to

2021-05-14T08:33:29+00:00November 18th, 2020|

SVX awarded NSF SBIR Phase II grant

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will be in lowering the overall cost of lithium-ion batteries. Material cost reduction drives greater adoption of technologies using batteries such as electric vehicles and storage systems while increasing the use of renewables. Cathode material is a battery's

2023-02-07T20:36:49+00:00September 28th, 2020|

Department of Energy Selects SVX as One of Seven Projects to Accelerate Adoption of Performance-Advantaged Biofuels

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of seven projects totaling $1.94 million to conduct research and development to accelerate the adoption of performance-advantaged biofuel blendstocks. These fuels are derived from renewable feedstocks, and can deliver exceptional efficiency with low emissions. The seven projects will leverage National

2023-02-07T22:17:44+00:00September 22nd, 2020|

SVX awarded NSF SBIR Phase I grant

 SBIR Phase I: Development of Renewable Nanoparticle Platform for Green Energy Production and Storage Applications Read the article here.

2023-02-07T22:18:10+00:00September 20th, 2020|

SVX and Trucent announce a Joint Venture for the scale up of its unique MicroX technology.

Sylvatex Inc. and Trucent recently announced successful scale up and blending of MicroX renewable blendstock from an optimized distillers corn oil (DCO) to free fatty acid (FFA) hydrolysis process. The scale up followed completion of development, construction and operation of a pilot system that was undertaken as part of the

2023-02-07T22:19:07+00:00September 18th, 2020|

DOE Announces Companies to Partner with National Laboratories in Biofuel Blendstock Research, Development.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday its selection of seven research projects to receive funding for the development and acceleration of the adoption of performance-advantaged biofuel blendstocks. The projects, totaling $1.94 million in research expenses, will expand research on fuels derived from renewable feedstocks, which could deliver efficient energy without high

2023-02-07T22:19:35+00:00July 9th, 2020|

Sylvatex named to 50 Next Companies to Disrupt the World by Biofuels Digest

  Sylvatex was recently named by Biofuels Digest as one of the “50 Next Companies to Disrupt the World”. These companies were officially recognized at the NEXT party on October 31st, 2019, as part of ABLC NEXT, the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on Next-Gen Technology in San Francisco. Read the […]

2023-02-07T22:20:03+00:00November 18th, 2019|

Sylvatex and Trucent announce scale up of MicroX technology

Sylvatex and Trucent (formerly Valicor), who recently entered a Joint Venture Agreement together, have announced that the successful scale up and blending of Sylvatex’s MicroX renewable blendstock from an optimized distillers corn oil (DCO) to free fatty acid (FFA) hydrolysis process. This scale up follows the success of the development, […]

2020-11-03T18:21:16+00:00December 7th, 2018|

New ASTM Standard for Blendstock Fuels

ASTM International has approved a new standard for renewable bio-based blendstock fuels, like Sylvatex’s MicroX technology, that can be used as diesel fuel alternatives. “This new standard is needed because there is no relevant existing standard for this type of chemistry,” says Kristen Aramthanapon, technical advisor at Sylvatex, Inc. She […]

2023-02-07T22:21:27+00:00November 6th, 2018|