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Nextchem and Saola Energy partner to deliver renewable diesel technology

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NextChem, an Italian renewable energy technology company, is partnering with Kansas-based Saola Energy to support the production of renewable diesel from vegetable oils and residual fats. Companies handling waste oils and residual fats will have access to new opportunities in the market for second-generation renewable fuels.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. Other: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. DOE Funding: $1,499,987.

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DOE awards $27.5M to 16 water infrastructure projects

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The 16 projects selected by DOE will help provide sustainable water sources and affordable treatment options to industry, municipalities, agriculture, utilities, and the oil and gas sector. Evaluating flexible grid service for opportunities to generate biopower from wastewater.

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. Improving Water Management, Treatment and Recovery in Oil and Gas Production. More than 20 billion barrels of water are contaminated in the United States each year as a byproduct of unconventional oil and gas production. Edward Peltier. Jackson State University. Hongtao Yu.

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Researchers demonstrate sustainable integrated process for wastewater algae to biocrude via hydrothermal liquefaction

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A team at the University of Kansas has demonstrated the feasibility of an integrated wastewater algae-to-biocrude process using hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) that can sustainably cultivate algal biomass for biofuel production. Flow diagram of the solvent extraction and product recovery method used. Credit: ACS, Roberts et al.

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USDA and DOE award $47M in RD grants for biofuel, bioenergy and biobased product projects

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This three-year project will work to build a demonstration plant using two technologies to convert low-value byproducts and wastes from paper mills into higher-value sugar, oil, and lignin products. University of Kansas Center for Research , Lawrence, Kan., Domtar Paper Company, LLC , Fort Mill, SC, $7,000,000. Exelus, Inc.

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DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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About 85% of the CO 2 from the process stream will be captured and over 5 million tons sequestered into a depleted oil or gas field. C6 Resources, an affiliate of Shell Oil Company, will conduct the project in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. DOE Share: $3,014,666).

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