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MARCH 23, 2010

Virent Energy Systems, Inc. and Shell have successfully started production at the first demonstration plant converting plant sugars into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol. Luis Scoffone, Vice President of Alternative Energies at Shell. Virent’s BioForming platform technology. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

It showed that while electric vehicles provide the greatest impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions for most of the country, especially on both coasts and in the south, significant parts of the Midwest had the opposite result, with lightweight gasoline-powered vehicles achieving a greater reduction.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

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MAY 4, 2010

Reaction pathway for conversion of GVL to liquid transportation fuels. Overall, we estimate that it is possible to produce approximately 50 kg of C 9 –C 18 alkenes from 100 kg of GVL retaining more than 90% of its energy content. Source: Alonso et al. Click to enlarge. valerolactone (GVL). Earlier post.). Alonso et al.

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MAY 4, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected six cost-shared University Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls research and development projects totaling up to $13 million in DOE funding, subject to annual appropriations. Team members include the University of Wisconsin (principal investigator), Caterpillar, Inc.,

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MAY 15, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 15 research projects through ARPA-E’s “Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy” (ECOSynBio) program to decarbonize biorefining processes used across the energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors. National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

The US Department of Energy will award more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of a range of advanced vehicle technologies. Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC—NREL. Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. Advanced fuels and lubricants. Grantee Description.

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JULY 26, 2012

The US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) will award $41 million investment to 13 projects to drive more efficient biofuels production and feedstock improvements through genomics. Five projects newly selected will help to replace the need for gasoline and diesel in vehicles. University of Wisconsin ($7 million).

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JULY 17, 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Researchers in China have generated gasoline fuel with a research octane number of 95.4 valerolactone (GVL)—the highest octane number reported for biomass-derived gasoline fuel—using an ionic liquid catalyst. The obtained gasoline was rich in trimethylpentane (isooctane), with the RON of 95.4. from biomass-derived ?-valerolactone

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JULY 17, 2015

Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. It solves the storage problems faced by the electric utility companies in absorbing and adapting to the highly variable power and energy generated by solar and wind.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. Metropolitan Energy Information Center’s Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Strategy for the conversion of solid cellulose to liquid hydrocarbon fuels. The new paper describes the extension of this route from solid biomass (cellulose) to liquid hydrocarbon fuels (diesel and gasoline) by developing a cascade approach. 2010) Conversion of cellulose to hydrocarbon fuels by progressive removal of oxygen.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

A team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison led by Dr. James Dumesic has developed an improved, streamlined process for the conversion of biomass to butyl esters and γ-valerolactone (GVL). Dumesic and his colleagues had earlier reported on the conversion of GVL to gasoline, jet and diesel fuel components.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Using consolidated bioprocessing, a team of researchers at the US Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), led by Dr. James Liao of UCLA, has for the first time produced isobutanol—an alcohol that is more attractive for transportation use than ethanol—directly from cellulose using a genetically engineered microbe.

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AUGUST 14, 2015

Isobutanol is attractive because its energy density and octane values are closer to those of gasoline; it is useful not only as a direct replacement for gasoline but also as a chemical feedstock for a variety of products. While the previous genetically engineered microbe achieved conversion results of 0.6 Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Conditions are optimized for the conversion of carbohydrates into HMF (1 step) and DMF (2 steps). Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step, low-temperature, non-enzymic pathway from lignocellulosic biomass to furans, specifically 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), a promising alternative biofuel. Credit: ACS.

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