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UT Austin researcher awarded $15M for switchgrass traits studies

Green Car Congress

A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin will receive two grants totaling $15 million to study switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ), with a focus on how it can become a sustainable source of bioenergy. Additionally, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a four-year grant of $4 million to Juenger and his team. hallii var.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

Green Car Congress

The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass.

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Electrify Your Fleet Faster With Incentives and Rebates

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In Missouri, for instance, Ameren Missouri offers incentives to nonresidential customers that install Level 2 or DC fast charging stations. Companies with electric fleets in the state would also avoid the cost of annual or biannual emissions inspections since Missouri exempts electric vehicles from this requirement.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In 1947 scientists at Bell Labs, which owed its existence to a government-granted monopoly, invented the transistor, the essential ingredient that in time led to the integrated circuit and the microprocessor. Bell Labs licensed the technology to all comers. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66 40.40% Unisys Corporation 1.49 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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