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USDA establishes four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas

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Acreage in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be designated to grow giant miscanthus, a sterile hybrid warm-season grass that can be converted into energy to be used for heat, power, liquid biofuels, and bio-based products.

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

Louis, Missouri chapter. From the beginning of his work to make vehicles electric, Jack believed the way to do it was to encourage individuals to convert their own vehicles to electric and show them to others,” said GEVA President Wayne Garver. Of course, this was while he was manufacturing and distributing parts for conversions.”.

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BAF Expands CNG Build Capacity Through Steelweld Relationship

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BAF Technologies, a leading provider of natural gas vehicle upfits, is partnering with Steelweld Equipment Company to augment its conversion capacity in the United States. BAF will leverage Steelweld’s locations in Missouri, Texas and Southern California. Earlier post.).

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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The project will develop a new device called the Galloping Hydrokinetic Energy Extraction Device that will convert fast-moving river currents into an oscillating motion that will drive a dielectric elastomer generator (DEG). The goal is to develop an optimal generator for current energy conversion. DOE Funding: $160,000.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass. Braun, University of Missouri, Columbia. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

Cars That Think

And there they would have stayed without a chance conversation and assistance from some very capable librarians and archivists. The authors outlined two general strategies to convert human speech into a digital signal: voice-waveform digitization methods and vocoder methods. Surely, its staff would know how to handle a flexi disc!