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DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from CO 2 storage sites. Once treated, the clean water could be re-used for beneficial purposes, including supplemental cooling water at a power station.

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Biofeedstock company Proterro hits milestones with bioreactor for sucrose produced via cyanobacteria; commissioning pilot plant

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Kasdin also said that Proterro is in the process of commissioning a pilot plant in Florida and has completed a preliminary design, layout and associated cost estimate for a demonstration-scale plant. Using CO~2, sunlight and water, Proterro lowers the cost of sugar production to around $0.05/lb —Proterro CEO Kef Kasdin.

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Proterro and Bunge to conduct pilot study in Brazil of Proterro’s sucrose-production technology for ethanol production

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The Bunge pilot plant will replicate the operations of Proterro’s US pilot plant in Orlando, Florida, where four photobioreactors are currently deployed. Proterro’s photobioreactor, cyanobacteria and its entire sugar-making process have been granted patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Earlier, an existing coalbed methane well operated by El Paso Exploration & Production had been converted for CO 2 injection, and four wells drilled to monitor reservoir pressure, gas composition, water quality, and the CO 2 plume. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2018), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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University of Florida. Topic 7: Scalable CO2 Electrocatalysis. EXCHANGE: Expanding the Conversion of Habitat in the Northern Great Plains Ecosystem. Mississippi State University. PoSIES: Populus in the Southeast for Integrated Ecosystem Services. Evaluation of Energycane for Bioenergy and Sustainable Agricultural Systems (EC-BioSALTS).

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Blue Frontier, LLC (Parkland, Florida). Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Mesofluidic Inline Separation for Produced Water Treatment, $246,979.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Broward County Transit, Florida: $2,000,000. Palm Tran, Florida: $320,000. Rock Island Metro, Illinois: $600,000.

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