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ExxonMobil, MIT and Synthetic Genomics team publishes results of LCA on algal biofuels; potential for large reductions in GHG

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These include differences in processing configuration, technologies used in the production facility, key parameters such as algal biomass productivity and oil content, the system boundary definition, the co-products that are produced, the methodology used to value co-products, and the end-product (i.e., the functional unit) being assessed.

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ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics progressing in their algal biofuels partnership; preliminary results from lifecycle analysis

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At the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit in Minneapolis, Dr. Michael Matturro, Corporate Programs Laboratory Director for ExxonMobil, provided a brief overview of the scope of the work and described some preliminary results from a comprehensive lifecycle analysis of different algal biofuel production pathways being done by the two partners along with MIT.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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Iowa State University (Ames, IA) - Modular Catalytic Reactors for Single-Use Polyolefin Conversion to Lubricating Oils from Upcycled Plastics (LOUPs) – DOE Funding: $2,500,000. Partners include BASF, MIT, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Partners include Allonia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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