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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. However, despite decades of effort, no lab-developed catalyst for achieving that conversion has been commercialized. A total of more than $1.6 million was awarded to 11 projects, each lasting up to two years.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Currently, NAM is building its first mass production site in the United States, which will produce 10,000 metric tons per year of battery grade synthetic graphite. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $500,000 grant to researchers at NC State University aimed at finding an energy efficient and environmentally friendly method for breaking down lignin into feedstock for the petrochemical industry. Approximately 1.3 —Dimitris Argyropoulos.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

The trade group is recommending a scalable low-cost loan/grant program, an emergency training program, and a reduction of the minimum project amount for the domestic manufacturing conversion grant program. The UAW strike began on September 15 and has idled workers at Ford, GM, and Stellantis plants across the United States.

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MAY 20, 2010

The University of Wyoming (UW) has received a $2 million grant from coal giant Peabody Energy to create the Peabody Energy Clean Coal Technology Laboratory in the UW Energy Resources Center in Laramie. This gift will be doubled by the Wyoming State Legislature matching fund.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

The LightningElectric battery conversion package is available for Ford Transit as part of Ford Motor Company’s eQVM program. Conversions and service are performed by Ford QVM-certified upfitters and dealers around the world. Vouchers and grants are available in some regions for zero-emissions vehicles. 2,000 – 3,000 lbs.

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JUNE 9, 2014

has received a Certificate of Conformity from the US Environmental Protection Agency applicable for diesel-to-natural gas engine conversions of all Mack E7 electronic engines up to model year 2006. We anticipate conversions of refuse collection trucks will comprise a large portion of the Mack E7 business. Omnitek Engineering Corp.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

million loan guarantee and a $97-million grant through the Department of Energy to support construction of the Hugoton facility. Abengoa Bioenergy licensed from Dyadic the use and modification of a microorganism that produces the enzymes required for the conversion of cellulose into sugars.). million liters) per year.

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JULY 24, 2012

says it has been granted Part 79 ( Title 40 CFR Part 79 ) registration for its Renewable Gasoline Blendstock 5 ( earlier post ) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Part 79 registration does not constitute endorsement, certification, or approval by any agency of the United States.

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JUNE 1, 2021

The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago. This makes conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfate more efficient. Despite these successes, sulfate levels in the atmosphere have declined more slowly than sulfur dioxide emissions, especially in wintertime.

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APRIL 8, 2015

million grant from the United States Department of Energy. Joining Huber on the UW-Madison portion of the grant are Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering James A. Part of a $13.4-million —George Huber.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

In September, Gevo received a $5-million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. Isobutanol can be produced from a variety of starch and sugar feedstocks, including corn. Earlier post.).

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JULY 28, 2010

The bill establishes within the Department of Energy a Natural Gas Vehicle and Infrastructure Development Program for the purpose of facilitating the use of natural gas in the United States as an alternative transportation fuel, in order to achieve the maximum feasible reduction in domestic oil use. The program will establish a $3.8-billion

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DECEMBER 6, 2014

million in grants to 220 producers (awards of less than $500 not listed) to support the production of advanced biofuels, and is awarding more than $4 million in additional grants that will advance the bioeconomy. South Dakota State University (SDSU) received $2.3 million through the Sun Grant Program.

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APRIL 15, 2010

million grant award to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center. The ClearFuels proprietary thermochemical conversion process is based on its advanced High Efficiency Hydrothermal Reformation (HEHTR) technology for biomass-to-syngas conversion (BTG). ClearFuels Technology, Inc., million of a $22.6

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MARCH 12, 2010

The Biomass Program works with industry, academia, and national laboratory partners on a balanced portfolio of research in biomass feedstocks and conversion technologies. Under the BPA, R.W.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

Researchers at West Virginia University will lead a team that will investigate ways to convert stranded gas resources into value-added liquid products that could reduce the United States’ demand for crude oil by up to 20%. He noted that microwave upgrading of fossil fuels has been an active research area at NETL.

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APRIL 9, 2015

million in grants and loans for 46 projects covering transportation, energy storage, biogas and efficiency programs, the California Energy Commission awarded nearly $9 million to three companies to encourage the manufacturing of heavy-duty electric vehicles and components in California. As part of its approval of more than $83.7 Earlier post.)

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MAY 29, 2015

Specifically, USDA will administer competitive grants to match funding for state-led efforts to test and evaluate innovative and comprehensive approaches to market higher blends of renewable fuel, such as E15 and E85. States that are able to provide greater than a one-to-one ratio in funding will receive higher consideration.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a 5-year, $16-million grant to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world’s largest independent plant science institutes. It is among the most efficient crops in conversion of solar energy and use of water, making it an ideal crop to target for improvement.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., has developed a novel, patented power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA). Ideal Power Inc.,

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Here, we’ll be applying it to a brand new feedstock, natural gas, which is recognized as being critically important to the United States. We’ll be leveraging our decades of experience in producing biofuels and lipids, which in the past we’ve typically done via algae. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Conversely, as air quality has improved due to regulations and technology innovations, scientists have been able to track improvements in children’s health. The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grants 1R21 ES025870, P30 ES007048, 1UG3OD023287 and T32 ES013678). —Carrie Breton. Howe, Sandrah P.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

The main effort in proposals must be directed toward full-scale demonstration of integrated feedstock supply chain systems that can deliver the volume of high quality, affordable, high impact feedstocks required by commercial biorefineries over a significant geographic area in the United States. 80/DT) by 2017.

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JUNE 11, 2013

The United States Senate passed a five-year farm bill—the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (S.954)—containing 860 growers in 12 states plant 59,000 acres of new energy crops a year with the assistance of Biomass Crop Assistance Program, according to the Biotechnology Industry Association (BIO).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Under the MOU, Hughes Hardwood will supply 1,000 dry ton per day of wood product for conversion into approximately 16 million gallons of synthetic jet or diesel fuel and 4 million gallons of naphtha per year, as well as approximately 8 MW of excess renewable power. million conditional grant from the US Department of Energy.

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MAY 3, 2012

The DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), at its Colorado pilot-scale biochemical conversion facility, converted the biomass from Ceres’ hybrids into cellulosic sugars, which Amyris subsequently fermented into renewable farnesene. The grant included a sub-contract award to Ceres. These secondary products are derived from.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

This is the first large-scale advanced bioenergy project in the United States to finalize its financing in the latest round under the USDA government program to commercialize biorefinery technology. In 2009, the project was awarded a $50 million cost matching grant from the U.S. Earlier post.)

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JULY 7, 2011

Zymetis holds four granted patents and more than ten pending patents on the Z-microbe, a marine organism that was originally discovered consuming plant cellulose at a high rate in the Chesapeake Bay. AE Biofuels, Inc. earlier post ) has completed the acquisition of Zymetis, Inc., Zymetis, Inc.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

In 2009, the number of private cars owned in China exceeded the United States, resulting in it being the world’s largest auto market. Establishment of a biofuel industry in China is therefore an attractive solution to manage the problems of environmental pollution, energy independence and rural development within the transport sector.

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JANUARY 28, 2012

The new units are anticipated to deliver fuel efficiency over a conventional truck of up to 50% annually, depending upon the use of the truck. The Lake Mills Unit of Wisconsin Public Power, Inc. is also putting a new Terex TCX60 with a fiberglass body on a Navistar chassis to work constructing and maintaining the utility grid.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

million in grant funding from the City of Chicago and the Department of Energy to help defer the costs of station construction and acquiring new CNG taxi vehicles. of Dallas, TX, a leading provider of natural gas vehicle systems and conversions for taxis, limousines, vans, pick-up trucks and shuttle buses.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

ClearFuels recently was selected to receive up to $23 million as a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Colorado and integrate it with Rentech’s existing Product Demonstration Unit. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

is working with CHOREN , a Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) technology company, to optimize energy crops for thermochemical conversion to advanced low-carbon biofuels. The two-year bioenergy project is funded in part by a grant from the US Department of Energy. Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. Ceres ARPA-E Award. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 13, 2009

In addition, a Notice of Intent (NOI) was issued by the DOE on 18 February 2009 to provide grants based on $2 billion in stimulus funding under the Advanced Battery Manufacturing Initiative (ABMI), a cost share grant program for the manufacture of advanced battery systems in the United States. Ener1 purchased $21.3

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Under the terms of the licensing agreement, AutoPort has been granted non-exclusive rights in the area of commercial fleet vehicles. The company currently is completing four vehicles for the State of Delaware and expects to have the first 100 vehicles produced in the next 12 to 18 months, he said. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 29, 2009

In addition, the Department of Energy announced $777 million in grants to establish 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers. ARPA-E is a new Department of Energy organization modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

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