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DOE awards ~$34M to 11 projects to advance waste and algae bioenergy technology

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Biomass feedstocks can be produced by municipal solid waste (MSW) streams and algae and converted into low-carbon fuels that can significantly contribute to the decarbonization of transportation sectors that face barriers to electrification, such as aviation and marine. University of California: San Diego. Federal share.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion.

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DOE to award up to $36M to support small-scale projects for drop-in biofuels and bioproducts

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million, San Diego, California): The proposed project aims to reduce energy, capital, and operational cost for algal fermentation processes. million, Oxford, North Carolina): This project will develop and demonstrate process improvements for pretreatment, conversion to sugars, and subsequent conversion of those sugars to fuels. (up

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US Navy completes sea trial with ARA’s 100% drop-in renewable diesel fuel

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The SDTS took on approximately 18,000 gallons of ReadiDiesel in San Diego, California. The test period lasted approximately 12 hours along the Southern California Coast, while enroute from San Diego to Port Hueneme. ReadiDiesel is a 100% renewable biofuel. Earlier post.).

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California Energy Commission awards $750K to Electricore to study standardization of plug-in vehicle batteries

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This project includes $150,000 in match funding from San Diego Gas & Electric. Anaergia Services of Carlsbad received $395,121 to demonstrate a process which will convert green waste into renewable natural gas. The conversion process will also produce biochar, a soil amendment that can be used for agricultural purposes.

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BP to Acquire Vereniums Cellulosic Biofuels Business for $98.3M; Verenium retaining Enzyme Business

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BP and Verenium Corporation announced an agreement for BP Biofuels North America to acquire Verenium’s cellulosic biofuels business, including the facilities in Jennings, LA and San Diego, CA, for $98.3 The ability to transition out of the San Diego, CA facility over the next two years. million payment from BP; $10.8

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NASA’s Artemis I Revives the Moonshot

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Roger Launius , who served as NASA’s chief historian from 1990 to 2002 and as a curator at the Smithsonian Institution from then until 2017, tells of a conversation he had with John Casani , a veteran NASA engineer who managed the Voyager, Galileo and Cassini probes to the outer planets. “I Who hasn’t?”

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