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DOE awards $10 million to 5 projects for advanced biofuels and bio-based products

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The awards will support projects led by collaborative teams, including universities, national laboratories and private industry. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will partner with universities and industry, including the University of Kansas , to complete the project. Craig Venter Institute ( JVCI ) (up to $1.2

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Study Finds Regional Variations in Irrigation Practices Can Push Corn Ethanol Water Requirements 3x Higher Than Earlier Estimates; Need to Account for Regional Specifics in Mandates

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Top: County-level corn production and ethanol facilities in 2007. Bottom: EWe and TCW of each state as of 2007. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have estimated state-level field-to-pump water requirements of corn ethanol production across the US. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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The plan assumes carbon intensity will be reduced 10% from 2007 levels by 2023, with reductions beginning in 2014. The Midwestern Governor’s Association represents Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The final report on an LCFS was published in February 2011. British Columbia.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hourcar by Hymotion, August 2006 (Twin Cities, MN), contact info@hourcar.org Southern California Edison by EnergyCS, August 2006 (Los Angeles County) Manitoba Hydro by EnergyCS, August 2006, then converted by Hymotion, November 2007 (Winnipeg, Manitoba), contact jeinnes@hydro.mb.ca 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp. Jim Tech Ltd.

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