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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and colleagues have engineered a new strain of the yeast S. As a result, their xylose-converting strain consumed glucose and xylose faster and produced more ethanol than the wild type strain.

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APRIL 8, 2015

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory will explore ways to produce renewable plastic precursors and other substances from biomass with a recently announced $3.3-million million grant from the United States Department of Energy. Part of a $13.4-million

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. Total DOE award: $14,994,183. The project also includes construction of a B20 station.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a phenomenon—the direct conversion of mechanical energy to chemical energy—which they termed the piezoelectrochemical (PZEC) effect. We have successfully verified a direct conversion of mechanical energy to chemical energy. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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JANUARY 4, 2011

The grant supports almost half of the $2.1 HCL CleanTech’s concentrated hydrochloric acid-driven hydrolysis technology builds on a proven industrial process, improving the economics of converting lignocellulosic biomass into refined sugars, de-acidified lignin and tall oils. Virent Energy Systems Inc. million total project cost.

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JULY 17, 2015

He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. 16 ] Watson, Grant and Andrew A. Virtually any car, truck or bus can be made or redesigned as a long-range PHEV. 10 ] US DOE Argonne National Laboratory’s GREET model. [

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