Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2014

Miscanthus, a perennial grass with vast potential to produce biomass, would deliver even better yields than once thought in Iowa, according to research by agronomists at Iowa State University. The paper found that the miscanthus hybrid had low mortality rates when faced with harsh Iowa winters. Nicholas N.

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Iowa USA 2014 Hybrid 246

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Engineers at Iowa State University have developed a hybrid process that combines bio- and electrocatalysis to convert glucose into bio-based unsaturated nylon-6,6—which has the advantage of an extra double bond in its backbone that can be used to tailor the polymer’s properties. Hybrid conversion of glucose into UPA-6,6.

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Iowa Hybrid Conversion Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2012

University of Wisconsin ($7 million). University of Hawaii ($6 million). Michigan Technological University. Michigan State University. Oregon State University. University of Texas, Austin. This project will utilize dairy manure as a source of fiber and fertilizer. Lead organization. Description.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2011

Soil quality, water quality, and possibly even farm profits will all benefit by using a perennial cover crop on corn fields that allows for similar yields to traditional farming methods, according to Iowa State University research. And Kentucky bluegrass is out in every lawn in Iowa. Click to enlarge.

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Kentucky Iowa Grant Water 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Iowa State University. Iowa State University will develop a new process to create glassy solid electrolytes (GSEs) that allow for long lifecycle batteries, an important goal for the energy storage community. Pennsylvania State University. University of Colorado Boulder. University of Colorado Boulder.

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Li-ion Polymer Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Water (1 project). If successfully developed, this transformational new energy storage technology would greatly reduce the cost of hybrid and electric vehicles. Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Earlier post.) Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). Vehicle Technologies (5 projects). ENERGY STORAGE.

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2011

Brown at Iowa State University propose the evaluation of four economies in well-to-wheels (WTW) analysis of automotive transportation—primary energy consumption, GHG emissions, water usage, and cost of vehicle operation—in a paper published in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. Gifford, J.

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Economy Transportation Iowa Vehicles 218