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Sapphire Energy and Linde Group to commercialize hydrothermal treatment technology used to upgrade algae into crude oil

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This growing partnership builds upon Linde’s and Sapphire Energy’s agreement to develop a low cost, CO 2 management system for open pond, algae-to-fuel production, which was previously announced in May 2011. Today, this Green Crude Farm is operating year-round and producing barrels of crude oil daily.

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Maxwell Technologies to receive more than $500K in funding for collaborative energy storage programs

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at Calgon’s Columbus, Ohio facility, with a goal of establishing a domestic source of high-performance, low-cost carbon for ultracapacitors. Maxwell will receive more than $300,000 for collaborative R&D programs with Connecticut-based battery manufacturer Yardney Technical Products, Inc.,

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Oxford Resource Partners and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. Launch Miscanthus Biomass Pilot Project on Reclaimed Mine Land in Ohio

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Oxford Resource Partners, LP, a low-cost producer of high-value steam coal in Northern Appalachia and the Illinois Basin, and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. Oxford is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. As of 31 December 2009, Oxford controlled 91.6 Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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Waterproof sensors that track flooding As part of the Sunny Day Flooding Project, Katherine Anarde, assistant professor in North Carolina State University’s Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Group [right] and another researcher install low-cost water-level sensors in storm drains.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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She is a vice president for knowledge enterprise at Ohio State University , in Columbus. One identified priority was research to develop low-cost coatings for buildings and roads to reduce heat effects and increase self-cooling. The climate change task force released its report last month.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to capture the maximum levels of wind energy and support a cost-competitive US offshore wind industry. .; UTRC; Wolf Robotics.

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$3M Award Supports Production of New Multi-tasking Fuzzy Fiber Nanomaterial; Energy Applications

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This means we can produce the material at a low cost, and it also means we can produce pieces big enough to cover an aircraft. Khalid Lafdi. Lafdi and his team have been producing 500 feet of 12-inch-wide fabric per day at a pilot plant in UDRI’s Shroyer Park Center.