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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. Researchers will design self-healing polymers that can stretch to accommodate large volume changes in the battery during charge and discharge. modified plants.

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VTT Launches European NEMO Project for Cellulosic Ethanol

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The production of ethanol by fermentation consists of four stages: the pre-processing of the raw material; the conversion of carbohydrates from polymers into sugar; the fermentation of sugar into ethanol using microbes; and the distillation of ethanol. Source: Universita Degli Studi di Milano. Click to enlarge. million (US$11.7

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