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DECEMBER 15, 2012
University of Minnesota, $498,786. University of Minnesota, $349,996. AFRI is NIFA’s flagship competitive grant program and was established under the 2008 Farm Bill. University of Florida, $497,851. Boise State University, $493,210. University of Idaho, $499,009. University of Idaho, $350,000. University of Missouri, $499,447.
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OCTOBER 30, 2009
A consortium comprising researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with BioCee , a University of Minnesota start-up company as the commercialization partner, has been awarded $2.2 Wackett (2008) Microbial-based motor fuels: science and technology. Earlier post.). Lawrence P.
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AUGUST 11, 2010
Xcel Energy has released the preliminary results from its wind-to-battery (W2B) storage project in Minnesota, and termed the technology successful. In October 2008, Xcel began testing a one-megawatt sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery ( earlier post ) to demonstrate its ability to store wind energy and move it to the electricity grid when needed.
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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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AUGUST 21, 2009
In the US, the Alberta Clipper Pipeline will extend 326 miles from the US-Canadian border near Neche, North Dakota across northern Minnesota to an Enbridge terminal in Superior, Wisconsin. In early August, the Renewable Fuels Association launched a “They Said What?” The RFA “They Said What?”
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2009
2454) ( earlier post ) due for a vote in the House this week prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing indirect land use change (ILUC) metrics on biofuels in the new Renewable Fuels Standard ( earlier post ) for 5 years while research is conducted by the National Academies of Science on the issue. Amendment to H.R.
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JANUARY 6, 2010
—Amy Myers Jaffe, one of the report authors The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) mandates production targets for renewable fuels, mainly biodiesel and ethanol. The bill mandated ambitious production targets of 9 billion gallons of biofuels a year in 2008, rising to 36 billion gallons a year by 2022. Lifting the $0.54
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