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TCEQ grants air quality permits to Tenaska new-build carbon capturing coal plant in Texas; 85-90% capture

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The Commissioners of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) voted unanimously to grant the air quality permits necessary for the $3.5 Among the environmental features of the project is Tenaska’s commitment to use dry cooling technology to reduce Trailblazer’s water use by 90%. The project has also been awarded a $7.7-million

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DOE awards $10.6M to ROGUE to engineer energycane, Miscanthus to produce oil for biodiesel, biojet fuel

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6-million, million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in the US into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel. —ROGUE Director Stephen Long, an Ikenberry Endowed Chair at Illinois.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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The grants will fund projects such as retrofitting older school buses to improve air quality for children riding to school, upgrading marine propulsion and agriculture engines, and replacing long haul truck engines. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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DOE awards Donald Danforth Plant Science Center $16M to enhance energy sorghum

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a 5-year, $16-million grant to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world’s largest independent plant science institutes. It is among the most efficient crops in conversion of solar energy and use of water, making it an ideal crop to target for improvement.

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EPA awards $6.6M to universities for black carbon research

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million in grants to eight universities in support of black carbon research. EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program awarded nine grants to support research to study the role and effects of black carbon. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than $6.6

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ECS and Toyota North America announce 2016-2017 Fellowship winners for projects in green energy technology

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The winners are Professor Elizabeth Biddinger, City College of New York; Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Professor Joshua Snyder, Drexel University. The selected fellows will receive restricted grants of a minimum of $50,000 to conduct the research outlined in their proposals within one year.

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Applications open for ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship for innovative electrochemical research; alignment with Toyota’s needs

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Winners will receive a restricted grant of no less than $50,000 to conduct the research outlined in their proposal within one year. The proposed research theme must not overlap with other research grants or other funded research projects. Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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