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

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Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. Georgia Institute of Technology. Decontamination of Non-recyclable MSW and Preprocessing for Conversion to Diesel. University of California - San Diego.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Georgia Tech will develop a new approach to internally cool permanent magnet motors. Developments from the project may be useful for other energy conversion technologies, such as ammonia production and high-temperature direct liquid fuel cells. University of California, San Diego.

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DOE awarding $15M to 3 algae-based biofuel and bioproducts projects

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The three projects selected, located in California and Florida, will include multi-disciplinary partners to coordinate improvements from algal strain advancements through pre-processing technologies (harvesting, dewatering, and downstream processing) to biofuel intermediate in order to reduce the production costs of algal biofuels and bioproducts.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Novel chemical looping process for conversion of natural gas to pure hydrogen, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Novel thermal process for conversion of CO2 to CO using metal ferrite oxygen carriers, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.

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DOE Investing Up to $78M Investment in Two Consortia Targeting Algae-Based and Biomass-Based Bio-Hydrocarbon Fuels and Infrastructure; $1.6M for Ethanol Blends Fueling Infrastructure

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These activities will accelerate the ability to overcome several key barriers identified in the Algal Biofuels Roadmap, including: feedstock supply (strain development and cultivation); feedstock logistics (harvesting and extraction); and conversion (production of fuels and co-products). Low-cost one-step syngas to distillates.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA) - Production of high-performance biodegradable polyurethane products made from algae precursors – DOE Funding: $2,000,000. Partners include BASF and University of Georgia. Partners include 3M, Archer Daniels Midland, and Diageo.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation plans to develop and test MIL-101(Cr)-based sorbents in the form of powders, in composite polymer/MOF fibers and on the surface of monoliths. IWVC, LLC plans to design, manufacture, and field test a combined water and CO 2 DAC system at a field site located on the San Diego State University Brawley campus.

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