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MARCH 23, 2021
million to 16 water infrastructure projects. Modern technology has the potential to reduce energy use in aging water infrastructure, particularly in wastewater treatment, which demands up to 2% of domestic electricity use each year. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $27.5
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. Most nuclear plants around the world today are large light-water reactors, with capacities well over a gigawatt—quite a bit more than typical coal plants. On 13 September, the U.S.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 4, 2013
Converting a corn ethanol plant to produce biobutanol requires changes to the fermentation step (mainly a new microorganism) and to alcohol recovery from the fermentation. Fermentation to convert the sugars to iso-butanol using a proprietary microorganism. Source: Butamax. Click to enlarge. of the hydrocarbon gasoline.
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2013
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are proposing a novel strategy that simultaneously identifies (a) the most desirable biomass-derived chemical products for an application of interest, such as fuels, and (b) the corresponding synthesis routes. less fuel and cooling water) and capital (e.g., Credit: ACS, Marvin et al.
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JUNE 15, 2013
MARAD recently completed a study—reported in the February 2013 “ Status of the US-Flag Great Lakes Water Transportation Industry ”—that focused on the feasibility of using natural gas on the Great Lakes as well as converting existing steamships. (In Identify similar regulations for in-water bunkering.
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MARCH 20, 2015
Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District is replacing three school buses and four agriculture engines and converting three irrigation pumps to clean burning electric. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2009
(Englewood, CO) up to $1,780,862: to develop a yeast fermentation organism that can cost-effectively convert cellulosic-derived sugars into isobutanol, a second-generation biofuel/biobased product. The self-contained process uses minimal water and no acids or chemical additives. University of Minnesota (St. USDA Awards.
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