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Gevo plans to install alcohol-to-hydrocarbon process pilot unit at Luverne Facility; SAF, renewable premium gasoline

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Gevo plans to install an alcohol-to-hydrocarbon process pilot unit at its facility located in Luverne, Minnesota.

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Researchers develop dual cellular-heterogeneous catalyst technology to produce olefins from plant sugar

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A team of researchers from the US NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has demonstrated the use of a dual cellular–heterogeneous catalytic strategy to produce olefins from glucose. Wang et al. —Paul Dauenhauer, co-author.

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New technology for simpler, more efficient production of “stubborn” metal and metal oxide thin films

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Now, University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering researchers have developed a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a “stubborn” group of metals and metal oxides to be made into thin films. —William Nunn, first author.

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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). —Sammy Houssainy, co-author.

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U Minn seeking to license new process to produce isoprene from biomass at high yield; green tires

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Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a new high-yield process—a hybrid of fermentation followed by thermochemical catalysis—to produce renewable isoprene from biomass.

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The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

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With an initial focus on 26 Tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, the Upper Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Charging Community Network has quickly doubled the number of Native lands and states covered, having a long-term goal of connecting as many of the 574 sovereign Tribal nations in this country as possible.

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Gevo and Sweetwater Energy sign MoU for lignocellulosic feedstocks to produce cellulosic alcohols and sustainable aviation fuel

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regarding the use of sustainably sourced agricultural residues and woody biomass as a feedstock for producing cellulosic alcohols and energy-dense renewable liquid hydrocarbons. Gevo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sweetwater Energy , Inc., We’re very excited to work with Gevo.

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