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

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University of Alabama. Innovation and optimization of the Szego Mill for reliable, efficient, and successful up-scaling of the deacetylation and mechanical refining process for biofuel production. University of North Dakota. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. North Carolina State University.

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EERC and Tesoro Partner on $1M Project to Produce Refinery-Based Renewable Drop-in Fuels from Crambe and Other Oilseed Crops

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The EERC has already demonstrated the production of 100% renewable jet fuel via a thermocatalytic cracking and separation process that can directly replace petroleum derived jet fuel through a project with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Product-specific activities of the EERC-Tesoro project include: Jet Fuel.

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EERC Awarded Subcontract to Help Produce 100% Renewable Jet Fuel from Algae

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The Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce renewable jet fuel from algae. Sample production will be performed in the EERC’s liquid fuel demonstration facilities.

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DOE Lab, partners find high concentrations of rare earth elements in American coal basins

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Concentrations of rare earths at 300 ppm are integral to the commercial viability of extracting REEs from coal and coal by-products, making NETL’s finding significant in the effort to develop economical domestic supplies of these elements. Rare Earth Elements from Coal andCoal By-Products. dependent on foreign REE imports.

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Rocket Fueled with Renewable JP-8 Approaches the Sound Barrier

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Renewable jet propellant-8 (JP-8) fuel developed and produced by the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota powered a rocket built by Flometrics, Inc., a product engineering company specializing in fluid dynamics and thermodynamics based in San Diego, California.

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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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Awards are in three areas: Reprocessing and Conditioning of Coal/Biomass Mixtures for Simultaneous Co-Feeding Systems; Reactive Properties of Coal/Biomass Mixed Fuels; and Design Concepts for Co-Production of Power, Fuels and Chemicals. CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky.,

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Accelergy Licenses EERC Technology for Coal Biomass to Synthetic Jet Fuels Process

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Accelergy Corporation, an advanced coal-to-liquids company, has formed a strategic partnership with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota. The companies made the announcement at the 3 rd Algae Biomass Summit in San Diego. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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