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Yeast and plant fatty acids produce durable recyclable plastic; conversion into biodiesel

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Richard Gross, professor of chemical and biological science at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), has developed a method for producing a strong, highly ductile bioplastic using yeast and fatty acids of plant oils. Gross produced the monomer in a first-of-its-kind fermentation process, a fairly quick, low-cost method.

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Frost & Sullivan: market for lightweight materials in automobiles to reach $95.34B in 2017

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2010 global automotive materials market by revenue (top) and volume (bottom). High-performance Polymers (PA11, PA12, PA46, PPA, PPS, PEEK). Frost & Sullivan values the 2010 lightweight automotive metals market at $20,698.1 The company values the 2010 automotive plastics market at $17,305.7 Source: Frost & Sullivan.

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SK Energy and USABC to Evaluate SK Li-ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles

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SK Energy, Asia’s fourth largest energy provider and Korea’s first oil refining company, develops and manufactures lithium-ion battery separators (LIBS) as well as lithium-ion batteries for applications ranging from consumer electronics to transportation. SK Energy Investor Presentation (April 2010). Earlier post.).

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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Further, lightweight materials projects are sought that emphasize a combination of unique materials and processes to enable weight reduction of greater than 30% at a cost of less than $2.25 Sample topic areas that might address one or more of these barriers include: Lower cost carbon fiber through use of unconventional non?petroleum

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Cenovus Energys Total Bitumen Initially-in-Place Estimated at 137B Barrels; Oilsands Production Expected to Increase 5-Fold to 300,000 bpd by 2019

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Cenovus is an integrated oil company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with an enterprise value of approximately C$26 billion. Cenovus’s Greater Pelican Region also includes the current Pelican Lake polymer flood operation in the Wabiskaw formation and a potential future project in the Grosmont carbonate formation.

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Avantium Building YXY Pilot Plant for Furanics Biofuels and Materials

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Over the past years we have made tremendous progress to develop a low-cost production process to convert biomass into YXY building blocks. We believe that we have brought the technology to a point where we can be price competitive with existing plastics and fuels that are made out of oil. million) round by the end of 2010.

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DOE issues 4 funding opportunities totaling $78M for advanced biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts

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They include, but are not limited to, municipal sludges and biosolids, industrial, commercial, and residential food wastes, manure slurries, fats, oils, and greases, byproducts from ethanol production, and other feedstocks not suitable for food or feed uses. highway trucks, construction equipment, rail, marine, and home heating oil.

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