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Novozymes introduces its latest enzyme technology for cellulosic biofuels; performs 1.5x better than predecessor

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Fiberight will open a small-scale plant in Lawrenceville, Virginia, this year, and a plant producing 6 million gallons per year in Blairstown, Iowa, in 2013. By comparison, it requires at least 250 kg of a competing enzyme product to make the same amount of ethanol, according to Novozymes.

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Polystyrene-Biodiesel Blends for Energy Recovery from Waste Plastics

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Comparisons of NO x , CO, soot, and engine brake power using different PS blends with the factory-set injection timings. Researchers at Iowa State University are proposing dissolving waste polystyrene (PS) in biodiesel for use as a diesel engine fuel as a mechanism for energy recovery from the waste plastic. Credit: ACS. Credit: ACS.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

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Since I was attending the Detroit Auto Show, I could replicate my UK trip for comparison. My goal was to head north to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, then west to Fargo, ND, and back to Detroit via Iowa. Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. USDA has awarded conditional commitments for other plants in Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina and Oregon. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome

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and included the University of Arizona, Iowa State University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. Schnable of Iowa State University. The new maize sequence was produced by a consortium of researchers that was led by the Genome Sequencing Center (GSC) at Washington University in St.

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UC Davis ITS researchers take a detailed look at water consumption and withdrawal requirements for ethanol

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to 335 L/vehicle kilometer traveled (VKT) for Iowa and from 59 to 214 L/VKT for Nebraska. Comparison with fossil fuels. While a number of studies have tired to assess the water consumption required for ethanol production, the results differ by orders of magnitude, with estimates ranging from 1.1 —Mishra and Yeh.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

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Observations: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 A new premium contender If a car company ever wanted to buck a trend, Hyundai has done it by introducing an all-new sedan in a SUVworld. The Ioniq 6 is a pleasure to drive and even more-so to look at because of its head-turning design.

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