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Blue Marble Biomaterials launches first zero-waste chemical biorefinery

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A photobioreactor and algae perform the “water recycling”; the pelletized solid waste material will be used in the gasifier. has launched the first zero-waste chemical biorefinery in the US in Missoula, Montana. If we have fixed feedstock [such as the waste spent grain], we have price stability.

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

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Montana State University.

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Univ. of Montana launches partnership with Blue Marble for commercial products from algal biomass

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Two geoscience faculty members at The University of Montana (UM) have started a partnership with Blue Marble Biomaterials to produce commercial products from algal biomass. Our goal will be to tap into Blue Marble’s carbon dioxide waste stream and then turn that CO 2 into algal biomass. Additional strains come from soil.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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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. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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BuG ReMeDEE project seeks to use extremophile bacteria to convert methane to biofuels, biopolymers and electricity

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Establish a consortium for sustained collaborations among university partners in South Dakota, Montana, and Oklahoma in the field of methane regulation in extreme environments. This, the deepest mine in North America, began filling with water following its closure in 2002. As the water receded, Rajesh Sani, Ph.D.,

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Linc Energy taking stake in aboveground gasification company; potential CTL introduction in US

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Linc says the Pyromex process produces good quality syngas with almost no CO 2 gas emissions, and without the need for the consumption of high volumes of water or power. PowerHouse now offers integrated waste and biomass-to-energy systems on a turnkey basis. —Peter Bond, Linc Energy CEO.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont. Optimized rock-fluid models will incorporate the seismic signatures of (1) saturation scales and free versus dissolved gas in a CO 2 -water mixture, (2) pore pressure changes, and (3) CO 2 -induced chemical changes to the host rock. University of Miami Rosenstiel School , Miami, Fla.

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