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APRIL 21, 2010

A paper on their initial results was published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. An assessment of the energy content of each distillate fraction. The additive shifts the distillation curve for diesel fuel to lower temperatures, with most of the additive removed from the mixture by the 40% distillate volume fraction.

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JUNE 10, 2011

The US Department of Energy is awarding up to $36 million to fund six small-scale projects in California, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, that will advance the technology improvements and process integration needed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and other valuable bio-based chemicals. Genomatica, Inc. (up

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MAY 4, 2010

Reaction pathway for conversion of GVL to liquid transportation fuels. These C 18 –C 27 compounds are in the molecular weight range suitable for jet and diesel fuel applications. Overall, we estimate that it is possible to produce approximately 50 kg of C 9 –C 18 alkenes from 100 kg of GVL retaining more than 90% of its energy content.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $12 million to fund three small-scale projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, and North Carolina that aim to commercialize novel conversion technologies to accelerate the development of advanced, drop-in biofuels and other valuable bio-based chemicals. Virent Energy Systems, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Virent Energy Systems, Inc. The demonstration plant, located at Virent's facilities in Madison, Wisconsin, is the latest step in a joint biogasoline research and development effort, announced by both companies in March 2008. Luis Scoffone, Vice President of Alternative Energies at Shell. Virent’s BioForming platform technology.

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MAY 4, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected six cost-shared University Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls research and development projects totaling up to $13 million in DOE funding, subject to annual appropriations. Team members include the University of Wisconsin (principal investigator), Caterpillar, Inc.,

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JULY 26, 2012

The US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) will award $41 million investment to 13 projects to drive more efficient biofuels production and feedstock improvements through genomics. Five projects newly selected will help to replace the need for gasoline and diesel in vehicles. University of Wisconsin ($7 million).

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AUGUST 10, 2011

The US Department of Energy will award more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of a range of advanced vehicle technologies. Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC—NREL. Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. Advanced fuels and lubricants. Grantee Description.

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JULY 17, 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion.

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JUNE 24, 2010

USDA’s report identifies numerous biomass feedstocks to be utilized in developing biofuels and calls for the funding of further investments in research and development of: Feedstock; Sustainable production and management systems; Efficient conversion technologies and high-value bioproducts; and. Decision support and policy analysis tools.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. Metropolitan Energy Information Center’s Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project.

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MAY 4, 2009

The US Department of Energy will grant up to $13million in funding to six cost-shared University Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls research and development projects. University of Wisconsin : Selected for negotiation of an award for a project that will perform research and development on advanced combustion technologies.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Schematic representation of the integrated conversion of hemicellulose and cellulose portions of lignocellulosic biomass to furfural and GVL, using a portion of the GVL as a solvent and the remainder for conversion to butene oligomers as hydrocarbon. 80%) from direct conversion of hemicellulose in corn stover. Alonso et al.

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JULY 17, 2015

Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. It solves the storage problems faced by the electric utility companies in absorbing and adapting to the highly variable power and energy generated by solar and wind.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Strategy for the conversion of solid cellulose to liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Dumesic and his team earlier had reported a process for the catalytic upgrading of levulinic acid to 5-nonanone—a hydrophobic intermediate that can be catalytically upgraded to diesel and jet fuels—with the intermediate formation of ?-valerolactone

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JANUARY 12, 2011

A team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison led by Dr. James Dumesic has developed an improved, streamlined process for the conversion of biomass to butyl esters and γ-valerolactone (GVL). Dumesic and his colleagues had earlier reported on the conversion of GVL to gasoline, jet and diesel fuel components.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

However, the authors noted, the production costs of these intermediates are high due to high energy consumption in separation and their relatively low availability. they can only be used as substitutes for diesel fuel or additives of jet fuels. valerolactone using a solid acid catalyst. doi: 10.1039/C4GC01792G.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Virent Energy Systems Inc. BIRD (Binational Industrial Research and Development) Energy is a program for US-Israel joint renewable energy development funded by the US Department of Energy, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, and the BIRD Foundation. The grant supports almost half of the $2.1

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