Nanotech

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Although acrylic acid is typically sourced from petroleum, Industrial Microbes The post DOE’s Agile BioFoundry and Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit Partner with Industrial Microbes to Scale Up Biobased Process appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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Nanotech

DECEMBER 7, 2023

On November 14, 2023, Representatives Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) and Zach Nunn (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation that would increase biofuel production and reduce energy costs. 6413) would increase funding for grants to support innovation in the biofuels and bioproducts industry.

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Department of Energy (DOE) announced on February 22, 2024, the release of a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), “Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Advanced Biofuels,” for up to $9.4 million for the development of advanced biofuels.

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Nanotech

MAY 6, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on April 23, 2024, that it is funding more than 700 clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels, and create jobs and new market opportunities for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers.

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Scientific American

DECEMBER 22, 2022

To realize the potential of biofuels, the industry needs to pay attention to how feedstock crops change soil carbon.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 9, 2024

Richer countries tend to use less of their crops for human food, and more for animal feed and biofuels. In poorer countries, supplies are tighter and they … Continue reading Richer countries often use much of their crops for animal feed and biofuels

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Nanotech

APRIL 30, 2024

million to address research and development (R&D) challenges in converting algae, such as seaweeds and other wet waste feedstocks, to biofuels and bioproducts that can decarbonize domestic transportation, industry, and communities. According to BETO, the FOA will award up to $18.8

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 21, 2024

Tracking individual enzymes during the breakdown of cellulose for biofuel production has revealed how several roadblocks slow this process when using plant material that might otherwise go to waste.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Biofuels can play a productive role when used at a sustainable level. Source EIA Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update ) Using more oils and fats for fuel instead of food and animal feed has consequences for competing users of these products and for the global agricultural system. Source US Energy Information Administration.

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Nanotech

JANUARY 31, 2024

business owners to increase the availability of domestic biofuels in 22 states and provide “cleaner, more affordable fuel options at gas station pumps as part of President Biden’s Bidenomics agenda to lower costs and invest in America.”

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New Scientist

JUNE 28, 2022

The G7 group of nations reportedly rejected a proposal from the UK and Germany to lower biofuel production, but the two European nations could still go it alone

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Inhabitant

JANUARY 23, 2023

The EPA has announced its intention to mandate more biofuel use as part of the U.S. In late December, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to increase the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the U.S. reaching its climate change mitigation goals. fuel supplies over the next three years.

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 12, 2022

ExxonMobil is expanding its interests in biofuels that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, acquiring a 49.9% The post ExxonMobil Expands Interest in Biofuels, Acquires Large Stake in Biojet AS appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. stake in Biojet AS.

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Earth 911

MAY 1, 2023

The post Earth911 Podcast: Yield10’s Oliver Peoples on Genetic Engineering’s Role in Regenerative Agriculture for Biofuels appeared first on Earth911. The future lies in our farmlands — as the fossil fuels industry fades, crops like.

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New Scientist

JULY 23, 2021

Microbes isolated from the stomachs of termites can decontaminate timber that's been treated with toxic preservatives, enabling it to be converted into biofuels more easily

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New Scientist

MARCH 14, 2022

The US and Europe can compensate for the loss of Ukraine’s grain exports by scrapping biofuel mandates, helping to avoid a food price shock

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Successful Green

APRIL 5, 2021

In a new study, environmental scientists at the University of Basel offer suggestions for how it can be extracted and used as an energy source in the form... The post Carbon-neutral biofuel from lakes appeared first on successful GREEN.

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Nanotech

MARCH 5, 2024

DOE states that the intended Mixed Algae Conversion Research Opportunity (MACRO) funding would address gaps in the use of carbon dioxide (CO2), conversion technologies, The post DOE Intends to Issue Funding to Support Mixed Algae and Wet Waste Feedstocks R&D for Biofuels and Bioproducts appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 24, 2021

service station over the past decade, you’ve put biofuel in your tank. by John DeCicco, University of Michigan If you’ve pumped gas at a U.S. Thanks to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, almost all gasoline sold nationwide is required to contain 10% ethanol – a fuel made from plant sources, mainly corn.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 10, 2022

The goal is that biofuels will fully power the airline industry by 2050. When United Airlines took off from Chicago for Washington, DC last December, it landed a significant development: the use of 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 19, 2024

With conventional vehicles likely to dominate the ground fleet for the foreseeable future, University … Continue reading Despite uncertainties, cellulosic biofuels still a win for ground transportation

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Nanotech

JULY 5, 2024

grown in the United States) agricultural commodities used as biofuel feedstocks.

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 12, 2022

ExxonMobil is expanding its interests in biofuels that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, acquiring a 49.9% The post ExxonMobil Expands Interest in Biofuels, Acquires Large Stake in Biojet AS appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. stake in Biojet AS.

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Recent test flights powered only by hydrogen or biofuels have been successful, but steep challenges remain before aviation can become carbon-free. To eliminate global aviation’s sizable carbon footprint, researchers are working on a range of alternatives to fossil jet fuel. Read more on E360 →

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Nanotech

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

million in funding for eight university and industry projects to develop biomass feedstocks to produce affordable biofuels and bioproducts that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Million to Support Production of Low-Carbon Biofuels and Bioproducts appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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Brag

MARCH 2, 2023

Hutton On February 16, 2023, Representative Randy Feenstra (R-IA) introduced a legislative package that includes bills regarding researching the potential of biofuels to power jet engines and developing a commercially viable fuel cell system for cars and trucks powered exclusively by biofuels.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 26, 2022

Researchers at Argonne … Continue reading New process recovers materials for reuse in batteries, biofuels. For example, car batteries are shredded at their end of life, which mixes together all of the components that previously were separated.

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Brag

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) announced on January 26, 2023, $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels for America’s transportation and manufacturing needs.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 13, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act is setting up a fight over the climate footprint of biofuels for aviation, with significant implications for the nation’s emissions trajectory, the U.S. transportation sector and rural communities.

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Brag

OCTOBER 20, 2022

According to EMSA, the report also features techno-economic analyses and includes risk-based case studies to evaluate the potential of biofuels for the maritime sector.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biofuel producer Poet cut the ribbon on its first Solar Farm at its Sioux Falls headquarters Wednesday, part of a goal of making its business have zero impact on the climate. Read the full story in the Argus Leader. Read more →

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Environmental Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Stephanie Lansing, professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland (UMD), is leading two new grants totaling $6 million from the US Department of Energy to develop sustainable products like biofuels and bioplastics from food waste. The post Dept. of Energy Awards $6 Million to Univ.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 5, 2024

And while scientists have found ways … Continue reading How leafcutter ants cultivate a fungal garden to degrade plants and provide insights into future biofuels Bio-based fuels, detergents, nutritional supplements, and even plastics are the result of this work.

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Yale E360

JUNE 19, 2023

New research using real-world data casts doubt on the energy efficiency of diesel alternatives that come from phytoplankton. Read more on E360 →

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 2, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding that will help slash carbon emissions and scale up the volume and efficiency of renewable biofuel. On May 14, the U.S.

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Brag

JANUARY 17, 2022

On December 28, 2021, EPA announced that it will hold a public virtual meeting to discuss biofuel greenhouse gas (GHG) modeling. EPA is soliciting information on the current scientific understanding of GHG modeling of land-based biofuels used in the transportation sector. The next steps EPA should take in this work area.

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Brag

APRIL 18, 2022

Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Home Front Energy Independence Act that would ban Russian oil and replace it with the use of biofuels produced in the United States. Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021.

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