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DOE awards ~$34M to 11 projects to advance waste and algae bioenergy technology

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The selected projects will: Research and develop waste for energy conversion ($20 million). Topic Area 1: Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste to Enable Production of Conversion-Ready Feedstocks. University of Maryland: College Park. Lehigh University. North Carolina State University. Arizona State University.

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

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University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Global Algae Innovations. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. AMP Robotics.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The founding members of the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group include: Achates Power, San Diego, CA. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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DOE awards $18M to six projects for algae-based biofuels; targeting <$5/gge

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However, barriers related to algae cultivation, harvesting, and conversion to fuels and products need to be overcome to achieve the Department’s target of $3/gge for advanced algal biofuels by 2030. Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), Duke University. Duke University will receive up to $5.2

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

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Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations Inc., MicroBio Engineering, Inc. MicroBio Engineering, Inc.,

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

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. 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., San Diego, Calif.

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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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This technology is being investigated in a parallel project together with RWTH Aachen University researching the viability of different DME generation methods, looking at conversion efficiency, estimated fuel prices and infrastructure aspects. —Andreas Schamel, Ford’s director Global Powertrain Research & Advanced Engineering.

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