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$26.4B DOE FY 2010 Budget Request Cuts Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles; With Recovery Act Funding Boosts Support for PHEVs, Biomass and Biorefineries

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FY 2010 Budget requests are in green, the FY 2009 additional appropriation (Recovery Act funding) is in red. President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2010 $26.4 decrease against the FY 2009 Appropriation of $33.7 However, the FY 2010 budget complements the $38.7 The FY 2010 budget request is $2,318.6

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U Minn seeking to license new process to produce isoprene from biomass at high yield; green tires

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In 2010, for example, Dr. Joseph McAuliffe from Genencor noted that: An intensive search has been underway for years for alternative sources of isoprene, in particular those from renewable resources such as biomass. Initiated in 2009, the CSP has focused on transforming how plastics are made and unmade through innovative research.

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Initial field test results of genetically modified poplar shows ethanol yield up 81% over non-modified trees

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Lignin, a plant polymer that holds together the fibers in wood, physically hinders the breakdown of these fibers into glucose – the basis of ethanol production. To make the conversion of wood into bio-ethanol more efficient, scientists from VIB selected trees with a reduced production of lignin.

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Startup New Oil Resources commercializing hydrothermal process for conversion of biomass to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

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New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. We use hot water to depolymerize the cellulose, lignins, lipids and other polymers contained in the biomass. James Catallo and Thomas Junk. James Catallo, Todd F. Shupe, Jay L.

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Mascoma Announces Feedstock Processing and Lignin Supply Agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures; Chevron Working on Converting Lignin to Hydrocarbon Fuel Components

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CTV is developing proprietary technology and catalysts for the conversion of lignin into hydrocarbon components for transportation fuels. Chevron has filed applications for two patents on processes to convert lignin to a hydrocarbon feedstock via hydroprocessing; both applications were published on 3 September 2009.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. awards are subject to FY 2010 to FY 2013 appropriations. Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Purdue University.

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Fuel cell funding to be cut in 2010 Budget

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Though President Barack Obama is planning to increase investment in a number of areas relating to green cars in his fiscal year 2010 $26.4billion budget, he will also scale back in a number of areas including moving away from funding vehicular hydrogen fuel cell technologies. It requests a 21.8

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