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MARCH 23, 2021

In recent years, a growing number of utilities responsible for clean water have moved from strict wastewater treatment to a broader model of water-resource management. With the right technology, it’s possible to convert wastewater into renewable power, along with chemicals, fertilizers, and reusable water.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6-million, —ROGUE Director Stephen Long, an Ikenberry Endowed Chair at Illinois. —Li-Qing Chen, an assistant professor of plant biology at Illinois.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Oxford Resource Partners, LP, a low-cost producer of high-value steam coal in Northern Appalachia and the Illinois Basin, and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. Miscanthus is a genus of high-yielding perennial grass that has shown promise as a sustainable source of renewable energy.

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MAY 21, 2011

In a paper in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining , Professor John Regalbuto, Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, describes what he calls “ a real sea change ” in the direction of US federal funding for biomass conversion into biofuels. —Regalbuto 2011. Regalbuto, J.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Early this year, CRI acquired exclusive global sublicensing rights for the IH 2 technology from Illinois-based Gas Technology Institute (GTI) where the technology was developed. GTI says that renewable gasoline (RG) produced by the IH 2 process results in more than 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum-based fuels.

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AUGUST 30, 2020

John Field, research scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Labat CSU, said that it has been a challenge for the biofuel industry to demonstrate commercial viability for cellulosic biofuels, created using nonedible parts of plants. Ikenberry Chair Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2010

TetraVitae Bioscience has completed a successful demonstration of its process to produce renewable n-butanol in a corn dry-mill pilot plant. n-butanol is an important intermediate in the coatings, plastics, personal care, and packaging industries. TetraVitae technology combines a proprietary organism and advanced process engineering.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high rare earth element (REE) concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region. Rare Earth Elements from Coal andCoal By-Products.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

This project aims to deliver stress-tolerant sorghum lines, addressing DOE’s mission in the generation of renewable energy resources. director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Danforth Center. —principal investigator Thomas Brutnell, Ph.D.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

A team from the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, with colleagues from the University of Birmingham and Aarhus University, have developed a nanosized bio-Pd/C catalyst for upgrading algal bio-oil. The Natural Environment Research Council, UK also supported this research. Bidhya Kunwar, Sam Derakhshan Deilami, Lynne E.

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JUNE 13, 2019

The teams are led by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as well as the University of Illinois, the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Texas and the University of Southern California. An exaflop is a billion-billion calculations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Even with necessary advances in biology and process efficiencies, the resource potential of microalgae biofuels will always be modest mainly due to the lack of sites having all the needed resources, in particular available CO 2 , according to a new detailed assessment from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 21 states will receive $100 million in grants through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) to add infrastructure needed to supply more renewable fuel to drivers in the US. Since announcing the program in May 2015, the US. State finalists and estimated pumps. North Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2012

The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) hosted an open house at its new Pilot-Scale IH 2 Plant in Chicago, Illinois to demonstrate the successful efforts to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. Earlier post.). gallon in commercial production.

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JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Resources. RFS2 becomes effective on 1 July 2010. billion gallons of ethanol.

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JUNE 4, 2018

ARPA-E developed this funding opportunity in close coordination with DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, and MEITNER teams will have access to department modeling and simulation resources as they develop their concepts. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Enabling Load Following Capability in the Transatomic Power MSR – $774,879.

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Cars That Think

MAY 12, 2023

Today solar is the third largest renewable-electricity sector behind hydropower and wind. Based in Berlin, the DGS supports the introduction of solar technologies and renewable energy resources into the power grid. He joined the University of Illinois in 1977 as a professor.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Topic 4: Bio-Restore: Biomass to Restore Natural Resources.

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JULY 3, 2016

A study by a team at University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign has found that, with currently achievable performance levels, synthetic fuels produced via the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 and the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process system are not economically and environmentally competitive with using petroleum-based fuel. —Li et al.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

million in funding for six projects as part of the Systems for Monitoring and Analytics for Renewable Transportation Fuels from Agricultural Resources and Management (SMARTFARM) program. Project descriptions: University of Illinois – Urbana. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (APRA-E) will award $16.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

Advanced Energy Economy, Energy Foundation, Illinois Citizen Utility Board, Natural Resources Defense Council, Plug-in America and Sierra Club worked with diverse stakeholder and business interests to draft the Accord. Electrified transportation should include, not only passenger cars, but also larger vehicles (e.g.,

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MARCH 16, 2012

EPA has informed the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) that the RFA Model E15 Misfueling Mitigation Plan would generally be sufficient to satisfy the partial waivers’ requirement for a misfueling mitigation plan. Renewable Fuels Association. and no more than 15% vol. Earlier post.). Model E15 Misfueling Mitigation Plan.

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JULY 18, 2012

The five projects—located in California, Illinois, and Connecticut—will track the performance and technical progress of innovative refueling systems at planned or existing hydrogen fueling stations to find ways to lower costs and improve operation. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $2.4

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 30, 2023

Similar to what is happening in the automotive world, farm machines will become more reliant on state-of-the-art technology with automation, satellite navigation, data collection, and making the move to electrification or renewable fuels. One of the leaders in farm machine technology is John Deere & Company , based in Moline, Illinois.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Explore This List of Helpful Resources for EV Charging Rebates and Incentives. While it was set to expire at the end of 2021, the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 renewed it for ten years. Plus, the energy is sourced from 100% renewable energy. Ameren Illinois. Austin Energy – Texas.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2014

million in research grants are awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006 focused on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing nonfood plant biomass for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. Patrick Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2015

New airborne measurements downwind from an Archer Daniels Midland fuel ethanol plant in Decatur, Illinois, show that ethanol emissions are 30 times higher than government baseline estimates. Over the past decade, because of the renewable fuel mandate, we have added 10 percent of ethanol to all the gasoline that is sold in the U.S.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

The investments are part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to develop domestic renewable energy and advanced biofuels. Switchgrass and other perennial grasses are promising candidates for bioenergy feedstocks; however, the genetic resources necessary to develop these species are currently limited. x giganteus (M.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2012

University of Illinois researchers have developed mats of Zn–Ti–O nanofibers that adsorb sulfur from raw fuels such as natural gas and coal/biomass-derived syngas much more effectively than traditional materials. The materials also sustain their initial reactivity and sulfur removal capacity over multiple regeneration cycles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

A policy analysis by two University of Illinois researchers argues that Congress should minimally modify, not repeal, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS is the first and only federal policy that directly mandates the use of renewable energy in the worthwhile effort to displace the use of fossil fuels for our energy needs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

This use of modified thioesterases to cause secretion of fatty acids was first described for Escherichia coli by John Cronan of the University of Illinois more than a decade ago. Such modifications ensure that the microbe’s resources are devoted to basic survival and lipid production. g of dry weight/liter). 10.1073/pnas.1001946107.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Real Time-Optimal Power Flow based Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS), $299,329. Beam Suntory, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

Research Development and Demonstration of Peak Load Reduction on Distribution Feeders Using Distributed Energy Resources for the City of Fort Collins (Fort Collins, CO) - $4,841,647. This will enable the city to reduce peak load electricity demand by at least 15 percent at distribution feeders and allow for expanded use of renewables.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2011

and the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign has developed a double-layered silicon-germanium nanotube array as an anode material for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. (d) Impedance plots for the Si NT and Si/Ge DLNT. Credit: ACS, Song et al. Click to enlarge. A team from Hanyang University (S. A remaining disadvantage of.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

a Fischer-Tropsch process company, plans to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. The carbon footprint of the plant is designed to be near zero as the fuels and power would be produced only from renewable feedstocks. Rentech, Inc. ,

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

A team from the University of Illinois and startup Dioxide Materials has developed an electrocatalytic system for the reduction of CO 2 to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis and thus an enabler for the conversion of CO 2 to synthetic fuels—at overpotentials below 0.2 Gas phase CO production is observed at an.

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JULY 8, 2015

In collaboration with the farming community of the Indian Creek Watershed in central Illinois, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) are finding ways to meet three agrarian land management objectives simultaneously: maximizing a farmer’s production; growing feedstock for bioenergy; and protecting the environment. 2015.04.012.

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