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Solazyme announces successful commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery in Peoria, Illinois

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Solazyme has been running routine fermentations at commercial scale since 2007 and began running fermentation operations at the Peoria facility in Q4 2011. Solazyme has been operating at semi-commercial scale through contract manufacturers since 2007. Solazyme, Inc. Solazyme uses heterotrophic microalgae—i.e., Solazyme, Inc.

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DOE to invest $30M to further H2 and fuel cell technology as industry continues strong growth

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Fiscal year 2017 funding will also be targeted at the development of low-cost, high-strength precursors for carbon fibers that can be used in vehicular hydrogen storage vessels.

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INEOS Bio Begins Advanced Waste-to-Ethanol Plant Feasibility Study

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million) grant from the Regional Development Agency One North East and the Department for Energy and Climate Change. The INEOS Bio process for ethanol production—developed by BRI, which INEOS acquired in 2007—comprises three main steps: Gasification of the prepared organic carbon material using oxygen to produce synthesis gas.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

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EUREKA MOMENT After a 2007 visit to the Elmina Slave Castle , a former slave-trading depot in Ghana, Johnson had what she calls a “eureka moment.” The issue with a money-transfer protocol is that it needs to be fast and low-cost. She also has a consulting company, SKJ Visioneering , in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

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Maxwell Technologies to participate in EU ElectroGraph program to investigate use of graphene in supercapacitors; first industrial evaluation of graphene in ultracaps at device level

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The research has received funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007-2013) under grant agreement Nº266391. For vehicle applications, it is desirable to have devices with high energy density, high power density, long cycle and shelf life, and low cost.

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California Energy Commission awards almost $1.6M for energy research projects; $600K to Seeo for solid-state Li-ion grid-storage battery system

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Seeo was founded in 2007 with an exclusive license to advanced technology from LBNL, and with initial funding from Khosla Ventures. The remaining projects are from PIER’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) program. These grants are capped at $95,000. This technology would increase efficiency and lower production costs.

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CleanFUEL USA partners with Freightliner on new 8.0L propane LPI medium-duty engine

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million grant to support the project’s development. PERC identifies more than 13 million vehicles worldwide in 2007 as propane-fueled.) provides a pathway for LPG production if low-cost DME is available in specific locations, and. Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) approved a $3.9 infrastructures (e.g.,

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