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DOE Co-Optima report identifies top ten bio-blendstocks for efficiency in boosted SI engines

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Six of these blendstocks had the fewest significant practical barriers to adoption and use: di-isobutylene; ethanol; isobutanol; n-propanol; isopropanol; and a fusel alcohol blend. All the top-performing blendstocks showed potential to be produced at a competitive cost. —Top 10 Bio-Blendstocks.

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DOE Co-Optima researchers identify 6 high-potential blendstocks

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Sponsored by DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office and Bioenergy Technologies Office, Co-Optima partners include NREL, Argonne, Idaho, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia National Laboratories.