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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The investments are part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to develop domestic renewable energy and advanced biofuels. The potential benefits of this research range from decreasing oil consumption to increasing options for American farmers. Mockler, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St.

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Iowa State to manage biorefinery projects for new Manufacturing USA Institute

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Pyrolysis as traditionally practiced involves quickly heating biomass without oxygen to produce a biochar for fertilizer and a liquid bio-oil for energy. The so-called autothermal process increases the rate that biomass can be converted to products, allowing construction of smaller and simpler reactors suitable for modular systems.

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