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DOE awards $4M to two DME projects

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The funded projects include: University of Wisconsin Madison for “Efficiency Mixing Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion of Propane DME Blends”. Founded in 2010 to provide innovative energy solutions to reduce emissions, waste, and carbon impact, Oberon Fuels is the only company currently producing renewable DME commercially.

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AFE to Use Plasma Gasification of Waste in 25MW Power Project in Milwaukee

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Alliance Federated Energy (AFE) last week announced the development of “Project Apollo,” a $225-million, 25MW energy project located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. s (WPC) plasma gasification technology to process municipal and industrial wastes into syngas for use in power generation. Source: AFE. Click to enlarge. A hat-tip to George!).

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

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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Wisconsin Researchers Devise Process to Convert Biomass Intermediate Product into Drop-in Transportation Fuels Without Use of External Hydrogen or Precious Metal Catalysts

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. James Dumesic, have developed a process to convert aqueous solutions of ?-valerolactone GVL is produced by hydrogenation of levulinic acid, which can be produced, potentially at low cost, from agricultural waste by commercial-scale process. Credit: Bond et al., Click to enlarge.

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USDA awards $3M biorefinery grant to support conversion of lignin into renewable alternative for ABS Resin

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a subsidiary of Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc.,a The USDA has awarded a consortium including Attis Innovations, Inc., a $3-million grant to support the commercialization of its patented and patent-pending lignin conversion and refining technologies. and Advanced Lignin Biocomposites LLC.

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U Wisc. scientists develop new method to convert lignin to simple chemicals under mild conditions

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have disclosed a new method to convert lignin, an important component of biomass waste, into simple chemicals. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has filed a patent application on the process. —Shannon Stahl. Alireza Rahimi, Arne Ulbrich, Joshua J. Coon & Shannon S.

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Researchers Show New Piezeoelectrochemical Effect Can Scavenge Energy Wastes Such as Noise or Vibration to Generate Hydrogen Via Water Splitting

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Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a phenomenon—the direct conversion of mechanical energy to chemical energy—which they termed the piezoelectrochemical (PZEC) effect. H 2 and O 2 are produced by deforming a ZnO fiber or BaTiO 3 dendrite in water via oxidation-reduction reactions.

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