Carbon, Design, Nebraska and Water

DOE awarding ~$44M to seven carbon capture projects

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FEBRUARY 17, 2018

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected seven projects to receive approximately $44 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development through the funding opportunity announcement, Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies. Description. RTI International. Description.

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Carbon North Dakota Nebraska Coal

MSU-led regional team awarded $6M NSF grant to research biofuel, carbon capture technologies

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

A regional interdisciplinary team led by Montana State University has received $6 million from the National Science Foundation to address questions about whether biofuels and carbon capture technologies can be sustainably introduced into the Upper Missouri River Basin.

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Grant Montana Missouri Carbon

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

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Transforming High pH/High Alkalinity Cultivation through Beneficial Microbiomes and Improved Pond Design. Alkaline Carbon Capture and Expression-Streamlined Spirulina Cultivated in Air for Reliable Bioproducts, Oil, and Nutrition. University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Montana State University. Arizona State University. 2,035,602.

Waste

Waste Conversion Universal San Diego

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

Climate Change

Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate

Consortium for Algal Biofuel Commercialization releases final report on 6-year project

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MAY 11, 2016

The genetic tool kit developed for cyanobacteria is fully supported by an advanced web-based interface that allows in silico design of genetic tools. The group also developed a nutrient, water, and carbon mass balance model to assess best-practices and technologies for nutrient recycling.

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Commercial San Diego Universal Nebraska

DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected four projects for cost-shared research and development under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), DE-FOA-0002180, Design Development and System Integration Design Studies for Coal FIRST Concepts.

Coal

Coal Carbon Hydrogen Nebraska

NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

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JUNE 17, 2012

Schematic diagram of a shale gas well following hydraulic fracture treatment, with the relative depths of local water wells shown for scale. In addition, carbon capture and storage may have the potential for inducing seismic events, because significant volumes of fluids are injected underground over long periods of time.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Gas Water Oil

NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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JANUARY 8, 2010

In addition to program in support of the coal and electric power industries, the center has expanded over time to address issues in carbon capture and management, electrochemical energy storage, biomass energy and biofuels, and other renewable energy systems such as photovoltaic and thermoelectric power. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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Grant Kentucky Manufacturer Universal

DOE and USDA Award $6.3M for Genomics-Enabled Biofuels Research

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JULY 23, 2009

identification of the genes that control cell-wall composition, plant architecture, cell size, cell division, reproduction, nutrient uptake, carbon flux, etc.) could be used to design rational strategies for crop improvement and shorten the time required to domesticate these new crops. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, $390,000.

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Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

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APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Liska et al. Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Nebraska

Study casting doubt on GHG benefits of corn stover ethanol draws sharp criticism by other researchers; Liska responds

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

The study led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor Adam Liska, funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America. Liska et al.

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Climate Change Climate Nebraska Carbon

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Carbon Capture (5 projects). Water (1 project). Eagle Picher, Southeast Nonwovens, and the Edison Materials Technology Center, will develop ultra high capacity battery anodes for next generation Li-ion batteries (3x the state-of-the art) based on a novel low cost silicon-coated carbon nanofiber paper. CARBON CAPTURE.

Energy

Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

improved oilseed crop that uses carbon more efficiently than. Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the.

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DOE awarding ~$44M to seven carbon capture projects

MSU-led regional team awarded $6M NSF grant to research biofuel, carbon capture technologies

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

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Consortium for Algal Biofuel Commercialization releases final report on 6-year project

DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants

NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

DOE and USDA Award $6.3M for Genomics-Enabled Biofuels Research

Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

Study casting doubt on GHG benefits of corn stover ethanol draws sharp criticism by other researchers; Liska responds

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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