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Penn State, FSU team develops low-cost, efficient layered heterostructure catalyst for water-splitting

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A team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst consisting of synthesized stacked graphene and W x Mo 1–x S 2 alloy phases that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.

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Biofeedstock company Proterro hits milestones with bioreactor for sucrose produced via cyanobacteria; commissioning pilot plant

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Kasdin also said that Proterro is in the process of commissioning a pilot plant in Florida and has completed a preliminary design, layout and associated cost estimate for a demonstration-scale plant. Using CO~2, sunlight and water, Proterro lowers the cost of sugar production to around $0.05/lb —Kef Kasdin.

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University of Florida IFAS, Buckeye Technologies and Myriant Partner on Research and Demonstration Cellulosic Biorefinery

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The project will seek to combine several technologies developed by Dr. Lonnie Ingram at the University of Florida. facility and will be built with the aid of $20 million allocated by the Florida Legislature. Buckeye Technologies Inc., The plant will employ cellulosic ethanol production technology now licensed to Verenium Corp.

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Proterro and Bunge to conduct pilot study in Brazil of Proterro’s sucrose-production technology for ethanol production

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The Bunge pilot plant will replicate the operations of Proterro’s US pilot plant in Orlando, Florida, where four photobioreactors are currently deployed. —Proterro CEO Kef Kasdin. Proterro’s photobioreactor, cyanobacteria and its entire sugar-making process have been granted patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Tesla Model Y fleet to be used in Tampa’s DASH ride-sharing program

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The program is expected to start in October, and it is poised to offer low-cost rides to passengers. Shaun Drinkard, the Interim President of Tampa Downtown Partnership, is optimistic about the upcoming program, as noted in a Florida Politics report.

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XL Hybrids partners with Knapheide Manufacturing to expand hybrid electric powertrain availability

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developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet vehicles ( earlier post ), has an agreement with The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, a commercial vehicle equipment provider in North America, for the installation and distribution of its products. XL Hybrids, Inc., Earlier post.).

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

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University of Florida. Advanced Low-Emission Residential Fluid-Bed Biomass Combustor. Scalable CO 2 electrocatalysis technologies. Project title. Federal share. Topic 1:Scale-Up of Bench Applications. University of Alabama. EXCHANGE: Expanding the Conversion of Habitat in the Northern Great Plains Ecosystem. NTRE Tech LLC. 2,431,05.

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