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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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Solar-Concentrating Photovoltaic Mirrors Arizona State University will develop a curved mirror made of solar cells to collect both direct and diffuse sunlight for conversion to electricity and heat. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earlier post.). MicroLink Devices.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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The NSF grant will address challenges that remain before the renewable strategy can be applied practically on a commercial scale. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Yuanyue Liu, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

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BP renews commitment to MITEI with second $25M pledge

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BP is renewing its commitment to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) through an agreement to provide another $25 million for continued energy research over the next five years, bringing the company’s total program funding to $50 million.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The awardees are: LanzaTech, Inc. Stanford University.

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Joule Biotechnologies Introduces Its Technology for Producing Renewable Transportation Fuels

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Joule Biotechnologies uses proprietary, highly-engineered product-specific organisms to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Such yields would far eclipse productivity levels of current bio- or renewable fuels. There is no question that viable, renewable fuels are vitally important, both for economic and environmental reasons.

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Joule Biotechnologies Secures Site for Renewable Solar Liquid Fuels Pilot Plant

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Joule, a bioengineering startup, is developing its Helioculture technology—a system that leverages highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO 2 to usable transportation fuels and chemicals. Founded in 2007 by Flagship Ventures, Joule is privately held and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Anellotech to deliver kilogram-scale samples of biomass-derived benzene and toluene to partners for downstream development

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Anellotech’s core technology—catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) for Biomass to Aromatics—is based on research performed in Professor George Huber’s research laboratory at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst ( earlier post ) and on process and catalyst developments by Anellotech.

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