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New enzyme technology boosts corn ethanol yield up to 5%, oil extraction by 13%; 8% energy savings

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Enzymes convert the starch in the mash to sugar, which can then be fermented to ethanol. Avantec and Spirizyme Achieve convert starch to sugar more efficiently than any other enzyme product on the market, according to Novozymes, while Olexa works by freeing up oil bound in the corn germ.

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Siemens Energy to Supply Advanced Coal Gasification Technology to Taylorville Energy Center; 50% CO2 Capture

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billion project, has signed equipment contracts and licensing agreements with Siemens for four SFG-500 gasifiers that will convert Illinois coal into substitute natural gas. TEC is in advanced development, with the front end engineering and design (FEED) work required by the Illinois Clean Coal Portfolio Standard law under way.

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Emerald Biofuels licenses UOP/Eni Ecofining process to produce 85M gallons per year of renewable diesel from biofeedstocks

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Emerald is an Illinois-based transportation fuel company that focuses on building renewable diesel refineries that produce environmentally friendly transportation fuels at prices competitive to petroleum-based fuels. In 2008, Honeywell’s UOP partnered with Ensyn Corp.

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DOE Selects Tenneco for Fifth ATVM Loan; $24M for Fuel Efficient Emission Control Components

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Tenneco, which is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, is the first component manufacturer to receive a conditional loan commitment under the Department’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program. The Department of Energy (DOE) has entered into a $24 million conditional loan commitment with Tenneco Inc.

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NEMA releases summary report on Advanced Batteries Café; focus on plug-in vehicles and stationary storage

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on the Advanced Batteries Café , hosted in cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on 1 September 2010, in Rosemont, Illinois. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has released a report by Energetics Inc.

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Energy Biosciences Institute Adds Microbially Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery Project

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More than two dozen scientists from the University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will participate in the investigations. In May 2008, EBI announced an initial set of 49 research projects for funding during the first year of EBI’s 10-year program.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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