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NASEM announces provisional committee for new study on life cycle analyses of low-carbon fuels

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Low carbon fuel standards, such as the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard and the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, are major US programs for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels. Thomas, PhD, Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology. Scown, PhD, University of California, Berkeley. Jennifer B.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. Georgia Institute of Technology. Decontamination of Non-recyclable MSW and Preprocessing for Conversion to Diesel. University of California - San Diego. 10,000,000.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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Such a conversion has never been done, but the report is another sign that the idea is gaining momentum—if with the slow steps of a baby needing decades to learn to walk. “A Conversion backers say the process has benefits for everybody involved. On 13 September, the U.S. However, there is one project that has made some headway.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. University of California Riverside, “Scale-up Demonstration of Hybrid Catalytic Biorefining of Biomass to Sustainable Aviation and Marine Fuels”, $2,000,000. Viridos, Inc., “Pre-pilot

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DOE awarding $15M to 3 algae-based biofuel and bioproducts projects

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The three projects selected, located in California and Florida, will include multi-disciplinary partners to coordinate improvements from algal strain advancements through pre-processing technologies (harvesting, dewatering, and downstream processing) to biofuel intermediate in order to reduce the production costs of algal biofuels and bioproducts.

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DOE awards $10 million to 5 projects for advanced biofuels and bio-based products

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Two of these projects will develop cost-effective ways to produce intermediates from the deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass, while three projects will propose new conversion techniques to transform biomass intermediates into advanced biofuels and bioproducts. Texas AgriLife Research (up to $2.4 Lygos (up to $1.8

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DOE awarding up to $13.4M for 5 projects for advanced biofuels and bioproducts

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Two of these selections will address research efforts on the efficient conversion of biogas (a mixture of gases generated from the biological breakdown of organic material) to valuable products other than power. million to develop a conversion process demonstrating the production of muconic acid from biogas. American Process, Inc.

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