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JUNE 13, 2009

An Illinois start-up, Biofuels Manufacturers of Illinois (BMI), is targeting the use of field pennycress ( Thlaspi arvense ), also known as stinkweed, as a biodiesel crop. BMI saw the first commercial harvest of pennycress recently in central Illinois.

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He went on to earn a master's degree in computer science in 2008, also from Loyola. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "I wanted to figure out a way to combine my interests in both engineering and medicine.". and a Ph.D.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Decades later, the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack determined as early as 2008 that the U.S. covering portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Extensive implementation of extraction technology from 2008 to 2012 has seen the industry record a nearly five-fold increase in corn oil production, according to a study by the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

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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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Mitsubishi was one of the first major automakers to announce plans for a mass-produced electric car and even had a working prototype out testing as far back as 2008 in the form of the first generation i-MiEV.

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MAY 9, 2012

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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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin): EPA is requesting proposals between $500,000 and $2,500,000. Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has awarded nearly 700 grants across the US. Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington): EPA is requesting proposals between $300,000 and $800,000.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

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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MARCH 10, 2011

an international maker of stator technology used in hybrid and electric automobiles, filed a $110-million lawsuit today in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Remy, Inc. Tecnomatic S.p.A. ,

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MARCH 22, 2009

The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Battery Cell Manufacture, which formed in December 2008 ( earlier post ), seeks to develop one or more manufacturing and prototype development centers in the United States, which will be shared by Alliance members. Initial funding would come from money provided by ARRA 2009 ( earlier post ).

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DECEMBER 24, 2015

These research and development efforts have helped reduce automotive fuel cell costs by more than 50% since 2006 and by more than 30% since 2008. At the same time, fuel cell durability has quadrupled and the amount of expensive platinum needed in fuel cells has decreased by 80 percent in the last decade. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 18, 2009

originally announced their intent to jointly study the feasibility of a large-scale renewable pipeline project in February 2008. The proposed common carrier pipeline system would gather ethanol from production facilities in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to serve terminals in major Northeastern markets.

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APRIL 1, 2009

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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DECEMBER 8, 2010

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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JULY 27, 2022

After graduating from Chicago State in 1972 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Dongarra went on to pursue a master’s degree in computer science at the Illinois Institute of Technology , also in Chicago. In 2008 he received the first IEEE Medal of Excellence in Scalable Computing. Entrepreneurial Spirit.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Rafiee joined Rensselaer in 2008, following an internship at the City University of Hong Kong and earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical and manufacturing engineering from the University of Tabriz in Iran.

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MAY 13, 2022

The IEEE Life Fellow, who served as 2008 IEEE president, has been a member ever since. Bahman Hoveida joined IEEE as a student member at the suggestion of one of his electrical engineering professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. to support the next generation of electrical engineers.

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JULY 21, 2009

This investment will add to the $17 million in funds the Department had awarded these projects in 2008 following a competitive award process. Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). The Perfect Power Prototype for the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL) - $5,405,583.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Fertilizer applied to cornfields in the central US—including states such as Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin—is the primary source of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi River system, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico. In some cases, decomposition of algae consumes much of the oxygen in the water. Earlier post.).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 23, 2008

LA Times, December 20, 2008. December 20, 2008 U.S. The alliance took its message to Congress this week, as staffers from at least four House members from Illinois took part in a conference call with the group. Here is the complete text of the article - in case the link goes bad: [link]. Battery Makers Work to Power Up.

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OCTOBER 24, 2020

With an economic downturn, one would expect electricity use to drop across the board as it did during the 2008 financial crises. The areas with the highest rate of Americans working from home also saw the highest increase in residential use—New England, Illinois and California. Electricity consumption by customer class.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Midwestern Governor’s Association represents Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The European Commission amended the European Fuel Quality Directive 98/70/EC in December 2008, to include the de-carbonization of transport fuel. Midwestern Governor’s Association.

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JUNE 4, 2009

ORNL is working with a number of university partners (Texas A&M University, University of Wisconsin, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Alabama, University of Michigan, Dearborn) on the project, as well as Delphi on the catalyst side, a not-for-profit R&D institution, and an unnamed OEM.

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JULY 21, 2009

The $47million will support existing projects that are advancing demonstration-scale smart grid technologies and adds to the $17million that was awarded by the Department to these projects in 2008. So what are the projects that will benefit?

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The BP-sponsored Energy Biosciences Institute funded the research carried out at Illinois. —University of Illinois professor Roderick Mackie. —University of Illinois professor Roderick Mackie. The cow's been doing that for millions of years.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

Published surveys of the ethanol industry showed that 2008 ethanol plants use 30% less energy to convert corn to ethanol than 2001-era plants. 2010) “2008 National dry mill corn ethanol survey.” Technology Innovation at the Biorefinery. The use of fossil energy at the biorefinery is a significant contributor to the CI of ethanol.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

billion to Ford Motor Company to transform factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio to produce more fuel efficient models. The loan for Ford Motor Company is the first to be finalized since the program was appropriated in the fall of 2008. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has closed on its loan offer of $5.9

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Microsoft Flight Simulator: A History youtube.com A passion for flight Bruce Artwick studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yet he found time to pursue a dream many teenagers think about but few fulfill: He learned to fly.

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APRIL 21, 2009

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Though costs are now high, we believe automakers could sell PHEVs for only $2,000-$5,000 more than current hybrids. Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types. So far, most start as hybrids.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Illinois Institute of Technology with City of Chicago, MicroSun Technologies and Commonwealth Edison, Ford Escape Hybrid by All Cell Technologies (March 2007), Chicago, IL, contact: kcampbell@cityofchicago.org , alhallaj@iit.edu , sveupet@gmail.com. Peter Mullen, PHEV 2008 Prius by Hybrids Plus , Nov 2007, (Boulder, CO for Seattle resident).

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JUNE 11, 2009

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Felix Kramer, CalCars.org, at Plug In 2008 in San Jose / photo by Creative Greenius (c) 2008.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

See also www.PHEV3A.com ) EVJerry was very familiar with roadtrip conditions along the way as he had previously driven the “Spirit of DC” while visiting all 48 continental State Capitols and 54 EAA Chapters in both the USA and Canada from April 2008 to April 2009.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Researchers from the University of Illinois Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics calculated that increasing the use of ethanol to 10 percent in gasoline saved US consumers $7 billion between 2008 and 2016. billion per year.

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APRIL 10, 2010

The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008. Since September 2008, RGGI has raised $583 million for the states in these quarterly auctions of permits with between 65 and 70 percent of cap-and-trade proceeds going back into the clean energy economy. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5 Another six U.S.

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Some of the benefits, many of which had been rolled back as concessions during the 2008 financial crisis, are also sticking points. Meanwhile, Stellantis reportedly criticized the UAW for putting the future of the Belvidere Assembly Plant (located in Illinois) in jeopardy by striking.

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