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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. Bai worked as a research assistant in the Bose lab in Arts & Sciences from 2015-2020. We hope that it can be a steppingstone for future sustainable solar fuel production. —Wei Bai. Ranaivoarisoa, T.O.,

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St.

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$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

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Plants need nitrogen to grow, and by 2015, more than 190.4 Some plant-like bacteria (cyanobacteria) are able to fix nitrogen using solar energy via specialized cellular machinery. Researchers led by Washington University in St. Louis biologist Himadri B. Louis; and Costas D. Team members are Himadri B.

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Punching above its weight

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Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. Louis, and north of Florida. If you want to have an in-depth discussion about EVs, solar installation, or anything environmental, you don’t need the usual 5-minute pre-conversation.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Because the charging stations will utilize Jacksonville Electric Authority's Solar Smart Power program, the buses will truly have zero emissions. This project is unique in that the buses will be charged during the day to take advantage of the renewable energy made available by the abundant solar and wind energy available on the island.

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