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PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

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—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. It addresses the need to convert biocrude, a mixture of carbon-based polymers, into biofuels. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process.

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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The products in red would be produced by synthetic biocatalysts, while those in black—ethanol, acetic acid, and 2,3 BDO—can be produced by the LanzaTech native microorganisms. Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. Source: LanzaTech.

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WSU Tri-Cities researchers receive $50K NSF grant to test market potential for lignin pathway for biojet

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Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of their new pathway for biojet from biomass waste. Butler from the University of Washington for the business aspects of the project. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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Many biofuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and other products derived from organic material (biomass), are almost exclusively produced via fermentation. Carbon-Negative Chemical Production Platform - $4,160,262.57. Acetate as a Platform for Carbon-Negative Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals - $3,421,197.10.

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Global Bioenergies to collaborate with Audi on development of drop-in bio-isooctane

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The process is designed to be used downstream from multiple sugar production pathways: sugar, starch and cellulose. Coincident with the announcement of the GBE-Audi collaboration, SAE is holding its second High Octane Fuels Symposium (HOFS) in Washington, DC. GBE’s first, and most advanced program, is the production of bio-isobutene.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Use fundamental knowledge about the interactions between catalysts and plant cell walls to design improved processes for the conversion of biomass to energy, fuels, or chemicals. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM). Purdue University.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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The US Departments of Agriculture and Energy selected projects for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Projects selected for award include: BIOFUELS AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9

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