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USDA and Blue Biofuels collaborate to optimize yields of king grass for cellulosic ethanol production

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The USDA ARS and BIOF are cooperating to develop production methods which can be used to increase the productivity of land in Florida formerly used for orange production prior to the devastation of the industry by citrus greening. Both the USDA ARS and BIOF will supply resources needed for the project.

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SQUID-5 provides imagery of complex 3D seafloor features with high accuracy and geolocation

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Since the successful test there, the system has been deployed for USGS coral reef scientific mapping in the US Florida Keys in 2021 and 2022. A digital elevation model (DEM) was created from underwater images collected at Eastern Dry Rocks coral reef near Key West, Florida, in May 2021 using the SQUID-5 camera system. Jonathan A.

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Gevo signs letter of intent with Highlands EnviroFuels to license isobutanol technology for Florida plant; sugar cane and sweet sorghum

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Highlands will build a commercial-scale “Brazilian-style” syrup mill in Highlands County, Florida, which would have a production capacity of approximately 200,000 metric tons of fermentable sugar per year. Gevo currently operates its first biorefinery in Silsbee, TX, in collaboration with South Hampton Resources Inc.,

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U Florida team using fungi to extract cobalt and lithium from waste batteries

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A team of researchers University of South Florida is using naturally occurring fungi to drive an environmentally friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from tons of waste batteries. The demand for lithium is rising rapidly, and it is not sustainable to keep mining new lithium resources. —Jeffrey A.

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Twin Rivers (CA) Unified School District receives 10 additional LionC electric school buses

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The Sac Metro Air District, California Air Resources Board and Twin Rivers School District have collaborated on funding 63 zero-emission school buses in the region to date, with an additional 90 pending delivery in 2021. The buses each have a range of 125 miles and will eliminate on average 230 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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QuantumSphere and University of South Florida Exceed 2010 DOE Goals for Solid State Hydrogen Storage

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and the University of South Florida announced that they have exceeded the 2010 Department of Energy (DOE) goals for solid state hydrogen storage. QuantumSphere, Inc. In a two-year materials discovery program funded by QuantumSphere, Inc., Elias Stefanakos and Yogi Goswami.

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Researchers demonstrate continuous detonation in rotating detonation rocket engine with H2/O2

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A team from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has demonstrated continuous detonation in a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) ( earlier post ) powered by H 2 /O 2 propellants. The propellant injectors incorporate 72 opposing H 2 and O 2 jets in an aligned impingement configuration.

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