Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2017
Economic appeal, relative to alternative land uses, is a sine qua non for landowners to be willing to convert their lands to bioenergy crop production. A further, overarching principle is that there is no best crop for all locations. Rather, one must consider trade-offs with respect to desired outcomes.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2012
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin led by Dr. James Dumesic report on the use of a biphasic reaction system using γ-valerolactone (GVL) as a solvent for the deconstruction of cellulose to produce levulinic and formic acids, which can be later converted to biofuels. Energy Environ. doi: 10.1039/C2EE22111J.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2011
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $12 million to fund three small-scale projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, and North Carolina that aim to commercialize novel conversion technologies to accelerate the development of advanced, drop-in biofuels and other valuable bio-based chemicals. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 23, 2013
it needs to be converted into a form that plants can use. However, there is only one recorded sighting of this bacterium, which grows in toxic environments. However, the lost bacterium has a unique nitrogenase that could fix nitrogen in oxygen-rich environments, eliminating the requirement for oxygen limitation.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2012
In recent years, nanoparticles of metals such as platinum, iridium and palladium supported on metal oxide surfaces have been considered as catalysts to convert biomass into alternative fuels as efficiently as possible. —Jeffrey Elam. They also have demonstrated size and shape selectivity for the nanobowl catalysts.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2015
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is retrofitting 36 school buses with technologies to cut soot and reduce idling. Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District is replacing three school buses and four agriculture engines and converting three irrigation pumps to clean burning electric.
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2012
University of Wisconsin ($7 million). Fiber will be converted to ethanol, manure used for fertilizer, and oil from the crops will be converted to biodiesel used in farm equipment. The project goal is to develop closed-loop systems with new product streams that benefit the environment. University of Hawaii ($6 million).
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