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Coskata touts two years of operation of its semi-commercial biomass and MSW to ethanol facility

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a developer of technology for the production of advanced biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials, achieved two years of successful operations at their cellulosic ethanol semi-commercial facility in Madison, Pennsylvania this month. Coskata, Inc.,

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Pennsylvania Awards Axion Power $800,000 to Demonstrate PbC Batteries in Hybrids, PHEVs and EVs

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The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. The tankers will collect waste vegetable oil from 750 of Ettline’s customers and deliver it to a processor for conversion to SVO. Energy Cooperative Association of Pennsylvania. Advance Materials Corp.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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USDA’s report identifies numerous biomass feedstocks to be utilized in developing biofuels and calls for the funding of further investments in research and development of: Feedstock; Sustainable production and management systems; Efficient conversion technologies and high-value bioproducts; and. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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Light-weighting materials : Five projects awarded to accelerate commercial availability of lighter weight vehicles using advanced materials that dramatically reduce vehicle weight while maintaining the highest safety standards. The Pennsylvania State University. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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The Pennsylvania Partnership for Promoting Natural Gas Vehicles project. gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. other fleets; create vehicle conversion inspection criteria; and train and. the use of alternative fuels; and coordinating standards for fuel quality. Delaware Valley.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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This system will use waste heat to treat a wide variety of waste streams at manufacturing facilities. process will reuse more than 50% of the facilities’ wastewater, decrease wastewater discharge, and recover significant amounts of industrial waste. Technology; University of California Santa Barbara; and The Pennsylvania State.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). RTI International will work with ADM, Albemarle and ConocoPhillips to develop a novel single-step catalytic biomass pyrolysis process with high carbon conversion efficiency to produce stable bio-crude oil with low oxygen content. WASTE HEAT CAPTURE. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Water (1 project).

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