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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. University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. North Carolina State University.

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NC State team develop medium voltage fast charger; up to 350 kW in next version

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Researchers at North Carolina State University have built an electric vehicle fast charger that is at least 10 times smaller than existing systems and wastes 60% less power during the charging process, without sacrificing the charging time. of the power is used to charge the vehicle, rather than being wasted as heat.

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2016 Billion Ton Report shows US could sustainably produce at least 1B tons biomass by 2040 for bioeconomy

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New to the 2016 report is novel assessments of potential biomass supplies from algae, from new energy crops (miscanthus, energy cane, eucalyptus), and from municipal solid waste. These renewable resources include agricultural, forestry, and algal biomass, as well as waste. billion tons under a high-yield scenario.

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Supercritical Ethanol Liquefaction of Swine Manure to Produce Bio-oils

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Researchers from North Carolina A and T State University have converted swine manure to bio-oils by using ethanol as a solvent in an autoclave in the reaction temperature range of 240-360 °C without any catalyst. Animal waste has tremendous energy potential. Bio-oils can be upgraded to transportation fuels.

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NC State Researchers Developing Ozonolysis Pretreatment for Energy Grass Feedstocks

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Researchers at North Carolina State University are developing an ozone-based pre-treatment technique (ozonolysis) to release sugars from the energy grass miscanthus for production into renewable fuels or chemicals with minimal generation of chemical waste streams and degradation of the carbohydrate components.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder tracking system and Renewable. gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. North Carolina State. University, North. Carolina Solar Center. The Alternative Fuel Implementation Team (AFIT) for North Carolina project.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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Selected projects are aimed at increasing the availability of alternative fuels and biobased products that are produced from a diverse group of renewable sources of biomass. University of Minnesota (St. Funding is provided through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and DOE’s Biomass Program. USDA Awards.

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