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UF/IFAS researchers develop new sorghum cultivars that could produce up 10.5 kL ethanol per hectare

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UF/IFAS scientists like sorghum because it can be cultivated twice a year in Florida, requires little fertilizer, uses water efficiently and can be drought resistant. Once researchers grew and harvested the sorghum, they took it to the UF/IFAS Stan Mayfield Biorefinery Pilot Plant in Perry, Florida. —Castro et al.

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J+ BOOSTER 2 portable EV charger review: More bang for your buck

Baua Electric

When Juice Americas launched its portable two-in-one EV charger , the J+ BOOSTER 2, in North America, Electrek was invited to review it. J+ BOOSTER 2 specs December 27, 2022: Juice Americas is the US subsidiary of Swiss-based Juice Technology AG. Photos: Juice Americas (Editor’s note: Product links are affiliate links.)

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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The pilot-scale project use both free (soluble) sugars and biomass (cellulosic) sugars from Ceres’ sweet sorghum hybrids grown in Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana and Tennessee. To process the soluble sugars that accumulate in the plants, the sorghum juice was first extracted from the stems and concentrated into sugar syrup by Ceres.

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Reimagined Jet Ski Brings EVs to the Beach

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The latest comes from Florida-based Pelagion, whose founder and chief executive, engineer Jamie Schlinkmann, was inspired by childhood adventures on a watersports icon: A 1973 Kawasaki Jet Ski. Putting that much juice underwater requires special attention to safety—the first concern many people have about electric watercraft. “If

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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US intelligence and defense agencies say such environmental changes can lead to energy insecurity, water and food shortages, and social instability. The distributed nature of a SABMF network reduces feedstock supply risk, does not burden local water supplies and maximizes rural development and job creation. Protection of IPRs.