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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Topic Area 1: Pre-Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Algenesis Corporation, “Pre-Pilot Scale Production of Algae-based Jet Fuel and Polyurethane Monomers”, $4,987,974. The pilot will consist of a low cost, easy to operate, air blown gasifier coupled with LanzaTech’s second generation bioreactor (2GBR). Comstock Inc.,

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power. Infinia Corporation – Kennewick, WA – up to $3.0 PPG Industries, Inc. Cheswick, PA – up to $3.0

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Of the lead recipients, 24% are small businesses, 57% are educational institutions, 11% are national labs, and 8% are large corporations. Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. Engineering E.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. converted into a fuel mixture that is comparable to diesel or. The team will. field trials.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Actinide-Molten Fluoride Salt Property Measurement and Low-Level Detection, $1,500,000. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Blue Frontier, LLC (Parkland, Florida). Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). Kairos Power (Alameda, California).

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Renewable Energy Group acquires drop-in renewable fuels company LS9 for up to $61.5 million

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LS9’s proprietary technologies harness the efficiency of the fatty acid metabolic pathway of microorganisms to convert fatty acid intermediates into petroleum replacement products via fermentation of renewable sugars. The company owns and operates a demonstration production facility in Okeechobee, Florida. Earlier post.).

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