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SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Iowa State University (ISU) researchers and their colleagues at the Iowa Energy Center have developed a novel process for converting cellulose and related materials to high-value chemicals with low molecular weights. The Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. These products were unexpected, so we never looked for them.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Altogether, the five-year program will deliver more than $136 million in research and development grants to public and private sector partners in 22 states. The grants announced by Vilsack in Seattle today came through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

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JANUARY 20, 2012

The plant will be constructed by Fiberight, LLC, based in Blairstown, Iowa. The TFE process separates, cleans and processes organic and hydrocarbon fractions then converts the organic fraction into cellulosic biofuel, the hydrocarbon fraction into plant energy and electricity, and the inert fraction into recyclables or beneficial products.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the first loan guarantee USDA has made for the production of bio jet fuel. The end syngas product is very clean with zero sulfur content. Hydrotreating, hydrocracking and hydroisomerization upgrading steps are used to upgrade the combined HFTL and MFTL products into jet fuel. Fulcrum matched this DoD grant with $4.7

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

million funding increase to an existing grant to ethanol producer POET. Cobs are the feedstock for POET’s effort to commercialize cellulosic ethanol, Project LIBERTY, which will be built in Emmetsburg, Iowa. The additional funds will be used to develop the feedstock infrastructure for cellulosic ethanol production. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects that use: EPA-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations.

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

Newton, Iowa is the preferred site for the project, but final site selection details have not been completed. According to an AP report, about one-fourth of first-year production would use poultry fat for feedstock. Click to enlarge. Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. ERS) received a $2.5 Earlier post.). and Materia Inc., Resources.

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Under the RFS program, a small refinery may be granted a temporary exemption from its annual Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) if it can demonstrate that compliance with the RVOs would cause the refinery to suffer disproportionate economic hardship. —NBB CEO Donnell Rehagen.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding 20 grants for FY 2009 in two research areas on natural systems: biosensing and bioactuation (12 awards); and obtaining hydrocarbons from biomass and microorganisms (8 awards). roseum for the production of desirable hydrocarbons. Optimizing fuel production, from algae to biorefinery.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Only public libraries in IEEE Region 4 currently are eligible for an SKPL grant. Currently all 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library have the kits, as do libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The number of libraries applying for SKPL grants has grown.

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MAY 29, 2015

Specifically, USDA will administer competitive grants to match funding for state-led efforts to test and evaluate innovative and comprehensive approaches to market higher blends of renewable fuel, such as E15 and E85. USDA has also worked with agencies to strengthen markets for bio-based products.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

The total project cost for the 25 million gallon per year biorefinery is estimated to be $390.5 Earlier post.). USDA’s Biorefinery Assistance Program was authorized by Congress under the 2008 Farm Bill.

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JULY 6, 2017

We are proposing new volumes consistent with market realities focused on actual production and consumer demand while being cognizant of the challenges that exist in bringing advanced biofuels into the marketplace. The Iowa Corn Growers Association called the proposed conventional biofuels requirement of 15 billion gallons “ good news.”.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

He was accepted, and the academy sponsored his postgraduate studies at Iowa State University , in Ames. He was granted his first U.S. He was known as a servant leader and tirelessly dedicated his time, talent, and treasure to making IEEE stronger and more productive. in biomedical engineering in 1962. patent for the technology.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

In Iowa , the kWh tax has already been in effect since July 1, 2023. Similar to Iowa, Montana introduced a $0.03 The Department of Revenue may grant dealer-users permission to report annually, subject to specified criteria. 6, supplemental or substitute forms of gas sources as defined in § 56-248.1,

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JANUARY 26, 2012

The approach is to sculpt precisely the stator and rotor surfaces, thus affecting the electromagnetic field in the air gap so that the production of electromechanical torque is increased. The transformative value of this approach rests in its generality, being applicable to rotating machines of any power rating, material, or type.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 Ames Transit Agency, Iowa: $1,600,000.

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APRIL 21, 2014

The study, led by assistant professor Adam Liska, was funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, and used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. —Liska et al.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

A team from Iowa State University and ConocoPhillips, Biofuels R&D performed a techno-economic study examining the fast pyrolysis of corn stover to bio-oil with subsequent upgrading of the bio-oil to naphtha and diesel range fuels. Fuel product value estimates are $3.09 Capital costs for these plants are $287 and $200 million.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

million, multi-institutional research effort to improve sorghum as a sustainable source for biofuel production. Funded by the US Department of Energy, this five-year grant takes a comprehensive approach to better understand how plants and microbes interact, and to learn which sorghum germplasm grows better with less water and nitrogen.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Grant: $4,000,000). DOE grant: $1,999,447). Earlier post.) Earlier post.) A second set of ARPA-E funding opportunities will be announced in the late Fall.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

EPA is granting 31 small refinery RFS exemptions for the 2018 compliance year, as well as 6 denials. For 2011 and 2012, 24 small refineries were granted an exemption under this provision. EPA may grant the extension if it determines that the small refinery has demonstrated disproportionate economic hardship.

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JULY 6, 2019

billion ethanol-equivalent gallons for 2020 is based on EPA’s production projection—0.12 Since President Trump took office, the EPA has more than quadrupled the number of RFS waivers it has granted. If the EPA continues to grant retroactive waivers, the RVO numbers are meaningless and the EPA is not following the law.

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APRIL 10, 2010

population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and one-third of all U.S. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). Firms can reduce emissions by substituting low-GHG fuels for other fuels, or by undertaking other changes in the methods of production.

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