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ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $17M in Series A financing

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The company’s engine technology enables low-carbon, renewable fuels such as ethanol to be integrated easily into existing diesel engine platforms, offering a lower-emission, lower-cost solution than diesel fuel. —BJ Johnson, ClearFlame CEO and co-founder.

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6.8M gallons in new contracts for Redeem renewable natural gas

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The first phase of the project, which has been completed, delivers renewable compressed natural gas (CNG) through six new dispensers. million in grant funding to expand and upgrade the station. The Kansas City region remains committed to displacing diesel fuel with cleaner-burning CNG. The City has also received $1.1-million

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 The investments are part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to develop domestic renewable energy and advanced biofuels. Jianming Yu, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

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Researchers modify camelina to produce highest levels yet in transgenic plant oil of novel lipid acetyl-TAG; biofuel and industrial use

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3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols (acetyl-TAG) possess a particularly striking variation where the long-chain fatty acid at the sn-3 position of TAG is replaced by a two-carbon acetyl group. It also can be rotated with wheat and could become a biofuel crop for semi-arid regions, including western Kansas and Colorado. —Liu et al.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba).

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