Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have engineered a new synthetic biopathway that can more efficiently and cost-effectively turn agricultural waste such corn stover and orange peels into a variety of useful products ranging from spandex to chicken feed. The study was published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology.
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MARCH 23, 2021
With the right technology, it’s possible to convert wastewater into renewable power, along with chemicals, fertilizers, and reusable water. They are based out of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.
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FEBRUARY 15, 2022
million of funding to a Rio Tinto-led team to explore carbon storage potential at the Tamarack nickel joint venture in central Minnesota. Carbon mineralization uses natural chemical reactions to convert captured carbon dioxide into rock and store it underground. The US Department of Energy has awarded $2.2
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Gevo successfully adapted its patented technologies to convert cellulosic sugars derived from wood waste into renewable isobutanol, which was then further converted into Gevo’s Alcohol-to-Jet fuel (ATJ) fuel. Gevo produces isobutanol, ethanol and high-value animal feed at its fermentation plant in Luverne, Minnesota.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2020
Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Regents of University of Minnesota. Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services. Pilot Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Deployment for Municipal Solid Waste Collection. Waste Not, Want Hot? General Motors LLC.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
The NARA project envisions developing a new, viable, aviation fuel industry using wood and wood waste in the Pacific Northwest, where forests cover almost half of the region. The company also successfully converted the cellulosic isobutanol into isobutylene and paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel).( Earlier post.). DLA contract.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2009
(Englewood, CO) up to $1,780,862: to develop a yeast fermentation organism that can cost-effectively convert cellulosic-derived sugars into isobutanol, a second-generation biofuel/biobased product. University of Minnesota (St.
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