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Tesoro to acquire renewable fuels company Virent

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Renewable fuels and chemicals company Virent and petroleum refiner and marketer Tesoro have reached an agreement for Tesoro to become Virent’s new strategic owner. The APR technology was discovered at the University of Wisconsin in 2001 by Virent’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Dr. Randy Cortright. Earlier post.).

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ExxonMobil, UW-Madison partner on biomass-to-transportation fuel research

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. This agreement continues ExxonMobil's commitment to partner with top universities and scientists to research and discover next-generation energy solutions.

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DOE awards $4M to two DME projects

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Oberon Fuels, the first company to produce renewable DME (rDME) in the US, is a supporting partner. The funded projects include: University of Wisconsin Madison for “Efficiency Mixing Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion of Propane DME Blends”. WM International Engineering L.L.C.

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Hyrax licenses ionic liquids hydrolysis technology from WARF

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Renewable cellulosic fuels and chemicals startup Hyrax Energy has licensed an ionic liquids hydrolysis technology developed in the laboratory of Ron Raines, a University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry professor and a Hyrax founder, from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation ( WARF ). Earlier post.)

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Glycos Biotechnologies Joins the NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals

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GlycosBio), an emerging biochemical company targeting metabolic engineering and microbiology innovations for the production of sustainable biochemicals, has become a member of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals ( CBiRC ). Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc.

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Solazyme and Amyris receive Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the 5 winners of the 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, including biotechnology companies Amyris and Solazyme, Inc. Breakthroughs in converting lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars will further increase this benefit. Professor Shannon S.

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DOE awards nearly $55M to advance fuel efficient vehicle technologies in support of EV Everywhere and SuperTruck

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Clemson University. The Curators of The University of Missouri. Analysis and Design Application Company. The project will design and demonstrate an innovative approach to utilize the engine cooling system in a simplified Rankine cycle that converts engine exhaust heat energy to useful work for heavy duty diesel engines (HDDE).

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