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California Energy Commission awards $5M to sugar beet ethanol biorefinery demo

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The project is slated to use advanced enzyme and microbial techniques to convert 10,000 tons of sugar beets harvested throughout the year into 285,000 gallons of advanced biofuel ethanol. Sugar beets have been grown in the area for more than 100 years, and were processed at a local Spreckels Sugar plant until it closed in 2008.

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Alberta to Host Underground Coal Gasification Demo; Update on Linc Chinchilla UCG In Australia

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In 2008, Swan Hills Synfuels proposed a UCG project at a cost of C$400-600 million with a nameplate capacity of 3910,000 m 3 /d of syngas and 2,000 t/d of CO 2. Underground coal gasification (UCG) is an in-situ process using injection and production wells drilled from the surface, and enables the coal to be converted into a syngas.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He also designed a virtual world game from the ground up (since 2008, still a work in progress). In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. Alan has 30+ years in business development and marketing.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

Previously, land between airports had been represented by patches of color—green for forests, gray for urban, blue for water. Scot Bayless, the studio manager overseeing the team, says an early demo left Bill Gates stunned. In 1993, Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0 brought a new killer feature: textures. Textures offered new details.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He also designed a virtual world game from the ground up (since 2008, still a work in progress). In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. Alan has 30+ years in business development and marketing.

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This New Breed of Generator Can Run on Almost Any Fuel

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students a simple question: “What is the most efficient and practical way possible to convert chemical-bond energy into useful work?” The ammonia reacts with oxygen in air to produce nitrogen gas and water, and the resulting force pushes against the walls of the box. That’s the theory. headquarters to see it run.

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