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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Amyris received the Small Business award for its renewable hydrocarbon farnesane for use as diesel and jet fuel. Farnesene is a building block hydrocarbon that can be converted into a renewable, drop-in replacement for petroleum diesel without certain drawbacks of first-generation biofuels. Professor Shannon S.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. University of Wisconsin at Madison. 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. Global Algae Innovations. 10,000,000. Dioxide Materials.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea has demonstrated the feasibility of using proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) reactors electrocatalytically to reduce biomass-derived oxygenates into renewable fuels and chemicals.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison led by James Dumesic have developed a catalytic process to convert cellulose into liquid hydrocarbon fuels (diesel and gasoline), using a cascade strategy to achieve the progressive removal of oxygen from biomass, allowing the control of reactivity and facilitating the separation of products.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Through these processes, fuel cells produce electricity to power electric motors in vehicles and other applications, emitting water as the only by-product. Platinum-based, nano-sized particles are the most effective materials for promoting reactions in fuel cells, including the ORR in the cathode.

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MARCH 11, 2015

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an innovative hydrogen-producing photoelectrochemical cell (PEC), using solar-driven biomass conversion as the anode reaction. Examples include the reduction of water to give H 2 and the reduction of CO 2 to give carbon-based fuels such as methanol and methane.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Molar carbon selectivities for different renewable petroleum refinery feedstocks obtained by hydrocycloaddition and hydrodeoxygenation of condensed furfural–acetone mixtures. These renewable feedstocks can be further processed in existing petroleum refineries to make common refinery products. Source: Olcay et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 17, 2013

GVL could also be useful as a “green” solvent or a building block for creating renewable polymers from sustainable materials. Also, the source of hydrogen atoms is hydrogen gas, which is not very soluble in water. The source for the hydrogen atoms is 2-butanol, which can be obtained easily from renewable biomass sources.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

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 million total project cost.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

Virent is developing two bio-derived jet fuel products using its Bioforming process (catalytic conversion of carbohydrates in a water solution): Hydrodeoxygenated Synthesized Kerosene (SK) consisting of C 9 -C 16 paraffins and naphthenes and Hydrodeoxygenated Synthesized Aromatic Kerosene (SAK) consisting of C 9 -C 11 aromatics.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Macroalgae can be utilized as a feedstock for domestic transportation fuels, chemicals and other commercial products without competing with food crops for land and water. Finally, the team seeks to demonstrate a prototype harvester that could be adapted to renewable power sources. Marine Biological Laboratory – Woods Hole, MA.

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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). The red arrows represent streams that are recycled. Butene can be converted into liquid fuels by oligomerization reactions. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural fertilizer have been found to promote excess growth of algae in water bodies—a problem that’s common across North America and in many areas of the world. In some cases, decomposition of algae consumes much of the oxygen in the water. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 19, 2015

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $55 million in funding for 18 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s two newest programs: Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) and GENerators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

The study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and the University of Minnesota is an early signal that the growing use of the new nanoscale materials used in the rechargeable batteries that power portable electronics and electric and hybrid vehicles may have unforeseen environmental consequences. —Hang et al.

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JULY 26, 2012

Through the joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) , USDA and the DOE are working to develop economically and environmentally sustainable sources of renewable biomass and increase the availability of renewable fuels and biobased products. University of Wisconsin ($7 million). 1,496,000.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

Raven SR plans to use INNIO’s Jenbacher engines [60 Hz] with a “Ready for H2” option to produce renewable energy. The collaboration with Raven’s technology offers a strong renewable hydrogen alternative to electrolysis, using less electricity and no need for fresh water. Earlier post.). Olaf Berlien, President and CEO of INNIO.

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JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. How PHEV provides Smooth Transitions from fossil fuel to renewables.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step, low-temperature, non-enzymic pathway from lignocellulosic biomass to furans, specifically 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), a promising alternative biofuel. With a boiling point of 92-94 °C, DMF is also less volatile than ethanol (bp 78 °C) and is immiscible with water.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2024

Along with colleagues from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Ames Laboratory , and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, we have been studying advanced motor concepts as part of the U.S. It’s analogous to passing moving water through a funnel: The water moves faster in the narrow opening.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and Public Works, Wisconsin: $210,000. Madison Metro Transit, Wisconsin: $150,000.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. Total DOE award: $14,994,183.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Madison, Wisconsin). DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). Retech Systems LLC (Buffalo, New York).

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APRIL 10, 2010

The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions.

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