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

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Topic 4: Bio-Restore: Biomass to Restore Natural Resources. University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Topic 7: Scalable CO2 Electrocatalysis.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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For example, some states are located near abundant hydroelectric supplies, while others contain abundant coal resources. The greatest percentage increase was in Nebraska at 16.0% (6.6 Each state’s energy system reflects circumstances specific to that state, EIA noted. The greatest absolute decline was 58.8 million tonnes (18.3%).

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Researchers Identify Protein That Concentrates CO2 in Algae

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Researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska have identified one of the key proteins in microalgae responsible for concentrating and moving carbon dioxide into cells. CO 2 is used in photosynthesis in plants to manufacture sugars required for plant growth. Martin Spalding. Deqiang Duanmu, Amy R. Miller, Kempton M.

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DOE Regional Partnership Begins Core Sampling for Large-Volume Carbon Sequestration Test

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With plans to inject over two million tons per year of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), the project—an international collaboration that includes Spectra Energy, the Province of British Columbia, Natural Resources Canada, the PCOR Partnership, and DOE—will also be one of the largest carbon sequestration projects in the world.

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

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The plant will be hosted at one of two Nebraska Public Power District sites, where opportunities for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration have been investigated and where the need for low-carbon power and hydrogen is imminent. The principal biomass to be used is corn stover, prevalent in Nebraska where the plant will be located.

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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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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. The uncompressed input data totalled ?3

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

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Nebraska – Lincoln). solar resources to produce precursors to synthetic fuels (e.g. develop processes that use water and recycled CO2 as the. use of renewable resources. energy resources (primarily wind and solar power) and storage. Northeastern University. Arnold Magnetic. Technologies. Corporation, Columbia.

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