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US Departments of Agriculture, Energy partner to award $4.9M for bioenergy research

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The awards focus on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing non-food plant biomass for the production of fuels, such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. University of Idaho. million in research grants is awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006; DOE is providing $2.9

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National Labs Developing Methodology for Estimating Real World Fuel and Electricity Consumption of Plug-in Hybrids Based on Dynamometer Data

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Because of limited purpose-built PHEV availability, these vehicles are production hybrid vehicles modified with aftermarket PHEV conversion kits). This works well for blended PHEVs that have lower electric power capabilities. Source: Gonder et al. Click to enlarge.

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