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This completes the approval process for projects selected in ARPA-E’s Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) ( earlier post ) and Renewable Energy to Fuels Through Utilization of Energy-Dense Liquids (REFUEL) ( earlier post )programs. Giner, Inc.: REFUEL SBIR/STTR. Molecule Works, Inc.:

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

This project aims to deliver stress-tolerant sorghum lines, addressing DOE’s mission in the generation of renewable energy resources. director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Danforth Center. —principal investigator Thomas Brutnell, Ph.D., Sorghum is very resilient to drought and heat stress.

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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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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Two of these selections will address research efforts on the efficient conversion of biogas (a mixture of gases generated from the biological breakdown of organic material) to valuable products other than power. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory will receive up to $2.5

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JUNE 29, 2012

An international team led by University of Minnesota chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis reports in the journal Science on a prototype of a new catalyst made of orthogonally connected microporous zeolite nanosheets ( earlier post ). Credit: U of Minn. Click to enlarge. Korea and Sweden.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory wanted to understand how insect pollinators respond to utility solar farms planted with native grasses and wildflowers. The two solar farms were planted with native grasses and wildflowers in early 2018.

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JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. RFS2 becomes effective on 1 July 2010. Decision support and policy analysis tools.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Accelerating Alternatives for Minnesota Drivers project will provide safety and technical assistance and training related to Plug-in Vehicle (PEV) and natural gas fueling infrastructure; establish the Minnesota Natural Gas. vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. Project lead. Description.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

A consortium comprising researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with BioCee , a University of Minnesota start-up company as the commercialization partner, has been awarded $2.2 Earlier post.). The bioreactor will use biocatalytic coatings—bacteria embedded in a thin latex coating.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted the peer review of the renewable fuel standards lifecycle analysis—including significant indirect emissions, such as from indirect land use changes— online. Earlier post.) At the time, Administrator Jackson announced the lifecycle analysis would be peer-reviewed.

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MAY 15, 2021

As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The awardees are: LanzaTech, Inc. Stanford University.

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MARCH 16, 2012

This full analysis considered feedstock production, shipment of the feedstock to the refinery, refining/conversion, shipment of the fuel to the refueling station, and vehicle operation. For gasoline, the study reflects the US context in which crude oil is to a large extent imported and refined domestically.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The project “Maximizing Conversion of Biomass Carbon to Liquid Fuel” (0938033) will be led by Rakesh Agrawal, with colleagues Mahdi Abu-Omar, Nicholas C. Fundamental discoveries from this project will uncover links between the physical and chemical structure of biomass to the conversion process. Quick conversion of biomass.

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JUNE 26, 2009

2454) ( earlier post ) due for a vote in the House this week prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing indirect land use change (ILUC) metrics on biofuels in the new Renewable Fuels Standard ( earlier post ) for 5 years while research is conducted by the National Academies of Science on the issue. Amendment to H.R.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Selected projects are aimed at increasing the availability of alternative fuels and biobased products that are produced from a diverse group of renewable sources of biomass. University of Minnesota (St. Funding is provided through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and DOE’s Biomass Program. USDA Awards.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Further, the system was designed for one-way power, not for distributed renewable-energy devices sending power back into the system. Xcel Energy in Minnesota, for example, has already started to upgrade distribution transformers because of potential residential EV electrical-load issues. This situation is not true universally.

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

The BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment funding opportunity is jointly funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office. Partners include Allonia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Paul Metropolitan Council, Minnesota: $1,100,000. Productive Alternatives/Transit Alternatives, Minnesota: $845,000.

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 16 projects for a combined $35 million in funding under the new program “Renewable Energy to Fuels Through Utilization of Energy-Dense Liquids (REFUEL)”. Earlier post.) hydrogen or electricity). REFUEL Projects. Organization. Gas Technology Institute.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Ten of these projects are new while the rest received renewed funding based both on their achievements to date and the quality of their proposals for future research. Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

million for two major research and development (R&D) initiatives that will support the expansion of renewable transportation fuels production. The investments in Advanced Biofuels Technology Development are for further R&D of thermochemical conversion catalysts and processes that will produce gasoline, diesel and/or jet fuel from biomass.

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North Carolina Renewable Fuel Transportation 231

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels. combustor of a natural gas turbine, facilitating its conversion into a. efficiency of gas conversion into fuels and chemicals, generating electricity in the process. Biocatalyst for Small-Scale Conversion. Ceramatec, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

National Renewable. University of Minnesota. BCT) Metastable Fe-N Anisotropic Nanocomposite Magnet—A Path to Fabricate Rare Earth Free Magnet A joint University of Minnesota and Oak Ridge National. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. resulting in reduced cost for renewable solar electricity.

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JANUARY 7, 2023

In Kansas, the average customer paid $4 per month on their utility bill for transmission costs 10 years ago, but that has climbed to $20 per month today, and is likely to go higher as billions are spent on new transmission lines to support renewable energy. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Renewable Power (4 projects). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. RTI International will work with ADM, Albemarle and ConocoPhillips to develop a novel single-step catalytic biomass pyrolysis process with high carbon conversion efficiency to produce stable bio-crude oil with low oxygen content.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Tesla Roadster Drives Coast to Coast in 15 Days Electric Auto Association Chapters and Tesla Owners Group Unite to Provide Cross Country Support for Renew America Roadtrip by Stan Hanel (LVEVA), assisted by J. chillin' in the Las Vegas warmth of 110-degrees day, 27 July 2009. The long journey over the vast U.S.

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