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Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

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The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is in charge of licensing the technology. Huber (2017) “Chemicals from Biomass: Combining Ring-Opening Tautomerization and Hydrogenation Reactions to Produce 1,5-Pentanediol from Furfural” ChemSusChem doi: 10.1002/cssc.201700178. Brentzel, Kevin J. Barnett, Dr. Kefeng Huang, Prof.

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7-state Midwest EVOLVE project to promote electric vehicles; Ford, GM, Nissan initial automotive partners

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The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest announced the launch of Midwest EVOLVE , a three-year project to promote electric vehicles in seven Midwestern states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The first events will be held in the spring of 2017.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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A study of a 2017 Toyota Mirai fuel cell by Argonne National Laboratory found fuel cell stack efficiency below 50% and fuel cell system efficiency dropping below 40% at high loads. Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. ID-Technologies, Fribourg, Switzerland. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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Study finds anthropogenic PM and dust undercutting global solar energy production

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With colleagues at the Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Michael Bergin, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University and lead author of the study, measured the decrease in solar energy gathered by the IITGN’s solar panels as they became dirtier over time.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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Its goal is to address key challenges of transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy, including battery storage integration, improving power quality, universal energy access, and increasing efficiency and reliability. In 2019 he joined the University of Twente , in Enschede, Netherlands, as a professor of electrical engineering.

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