Eastern Illinois University opens biomass research facility

Biomass Magazine


By Eastern Illinois University | May 02, 2014


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University at Buffalo invests $15 million in interdisciplinary institute

Biofuels Digest


Meghan Sapp | May 8, 2014
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Brazil Providing $618 Million for Sugar-Based Ethanol Innovatio

Bloomberg News


By Justin Doom  Feb 18, 2014 8:51 AM CT


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Unique industry-academia networks in industrial biotechnology and bioenergy launched

phys.org

December 17th, 2013

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Owens named regional Sun Grant Center director

The Brookings Register

Posted: Tuesday, Oct 8th, 2013
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National research program targets bioenergy systems

Pulp&Paper Canada

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New facility to complete link between research and commercialization of advanced biofuels

Farm Industry News

Jun. 7, 2013

 

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Rousseff Aims $2.85 Billion at Energy Research: Corporate Brazil

Bloomberg

By Stephan Nielsen - Jun 3, 2013 9:57 AM CT

 

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University of Illinois to build $23 million biofuel research lab

Biomass Magazine

By Chris Hanson | May 31, 2013

 

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Work to begin this year on UI biofuels facility

The News Gazette

Tue, 05/28/2013 - 7:00am | Julie Wurth

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University of Illinois to Build Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory in College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: May 22, 2013

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Novozymes to boost R&D investments in cellulosic and bioag

Biofuels Digest
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Biodiesel algae: research suggests starvation diets damage health

Biodiesel Magazine
By The University of Sheffield
March 11, 2013

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Former energy secretary urges scientists to get more involved in setting energy policy

SNL.com

Monday, March 04, 2013 12:35 PM ET
By Kelly Harrington-Andrejasich

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Researchers look to unlock secrets of cellulose production

Biomass Magazine
By Holly Jessen
December 27, 2012

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USDA Grants Support Sustainable Bioenergy Production

USDA News Release

Release No. 0360.12

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 14, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $10 million in research grants to spur production of bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. Vilsack highlighted the announcement today with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee. The Secretary also pointed to a recent study released by Iowa State University (ISU), and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which finds that while the use of biobased products in automobile manufacturing is increasing, there are still many parts in the top-selling automobiles manufactured in the United States that may be replaced with biobased materials.

"USDA and President Obama are committed to producing clean energy right here at home, to not only break our dependence on foreign oil, but also boost rural economies," said Vilsack. "These projects will give us the scientific information needed to support biofuel production and create co-products that will enhance the overall value of a biobased economy. Today, with a strong and diversified U.S. agricultural sector, the American automobile industry has a greater incentive for expanding use of biobased products while supporting good-paying jobs here in the United States."

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Brazil Doubling Sugar-Cane Biomass Research Plan to $988 Million

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By Stephan Nielsen on September 19, 2012
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New Method for Associating Genetic Variation With Crop Traits

ScienceDaily (July 22, 2012) — A new technique will allow plant breeders to introduce valuable crop traits even without access to the full genome sequence of that crop. The technique, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, links important agronomic traits in crop plants with active regions of the genome. Instead of requiring knowledge of the crop's complete genome, it identifies only expressed genes.
"For many crop plants, markers are still lacking because of the complexity of some plants' genomes and the very high costs involved," said Professor Ian Bancroft, who led the study at the John Innes Centre. "We have succeeded in developing markers based on the sequences of expressed genes, widening the possibilities for accelerated breeding through marker assisted selection."

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Investment shift for algae biofuels to see market grow 43.1% annually

Renewable Energy Focus

30 July 2012

Algae biofuels technologies are ripe for double-digit growth potential over the short term, claims a new study.

According to energy research firm SBI, algae biofuels will post a compound annual growth rate of 43.1% that will lead the market to $1.6 billion in 2015

“Investment into algae biofuels is shifting as government grants, which were a major funding source in 2009 when over $100 million in funding from the US Department of Energy was distributed, is being replaced by strategic partnerships and slowly growing internal company revenues,” it says.

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Midwest drought propels biofuel research

The Daily Illini
Posted: July 29, 2012 - 11:39 PM

by Nora Ibrahim
Fires, drought and more than 4,000 broken temperature records have made the summer of 2012 particularly noteworthy. But the unshakeable heat has provided the impetus to push research in alternative fuel sources and bioenergy in a different direction.

 The Department of Energy awarded a $12.1 million grant toward research into drought-tolerant grasses as a sustainable bioenergy source. The five-year project will be headed by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis in collaboration with the University, the Carnegie Institution for Science, the University of Minnesota and Washington State University.

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