Development of Cyanothece as a New Model Organism for Photobiological Hydrogen Production

11 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Louis Sherman

The objective of this proposal is to develop the cyanobacterium Cyanothece as a model organism for photobiological hydrogen production. Members of the genus Cyanothece are unicellular oxygenic …

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Thermochemical Biomass Liquefaction and Fuels Production

11 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Douglas Elliott

Direct liquefaction pathways for fuels production from biomass are under development. The pyrolysis-based pathways include both fast pyrolysis at atmospheric pressure and pyrolysis in a pressurized …

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Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation

11 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Daniel J. Cosgrove

CLSF is a DOE-EFRC comprised of a unique mix of plant and microbial molecular biologists, chemists, physicists, material scientists, engineers and computational modelers who are working in teams to …

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Impact of Water and Nitrogen on Biomass Production and Ecosystem Services

11 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Jeffrey J. Volenec

A convergence of agriculture and energy is occurring worldwide that has tremendous implications for food and energy security. Production of biomass for energy will lead to unprecedented changes in …

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Frontiers in Bioenergy: Symposium 2010

11 Jun 2010 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Maureen C McCann

By 2030, the global demand for energy will have increased by 50% based on the predicted human population increase, even ignoring compounding factors of climate change, urbanization and increasing …

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DOE Energy Frontier Research Center: C3Bio

11 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Maureen C McCann

The Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) is a DOE-funded Energy Frontier Research Center, which aims to develop transformational technologies to maxim­ize the …

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An NSF Perspective on Advanced Biofuels

10 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): John R. Regalbuto

Federal funding for biofuels has undergone a sea change in the last three years, from an almost exclusive focus on cellulosic ethanol, to current emphasis on hydrocarbon fuels from lignocelluloses …

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DOE Energy Frontier Research Center: IACT

09 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Chris Marshall

The Institute for Atom-efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT) is a DOE/BES Energy Frontier Research Center. In a partnership among world-class scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, …

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Keynote – How Shall We Choose? Making Useful Comparisons Between Petroleum Alternatives

08 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Bruce Dale

The world is beginning a long, and certainly painful, transition between the fossil energy sources, particularly petroleum, that have powered our economic growth over the last couple of centuries, …

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Second Generation Biofuels: Economic and Policy Issues

08 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Wallace E. Tyner

This presentation will cover the major economic and policy issues confronting second generation biofuels. There are three major sources of uncertainty for potential investors in second generation …

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Sustainable Fuel for Aviation

08 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael B. Lakeman

The aviation industry is committed to achieving carbon-neutral growth by 2020 and aims to reduce carbon levels by 50% by 2050 relative to 2005. Boeing is supporting these goals by working to …

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Biofuels as Replacement for Traditional Petroleum Based Fuels

08 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Edward Lyford-Pike

Internal Combustion engines are designed to operate on specified fuels which meet a detailed set of criteria. Successful deployment of biofuels in engines will require an integrated approach of …

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Aviation Fuel Research: Bridging the Technological Gap to the End User

08 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): David Stanley

Fuels development work continues on several fronts, and demonstration flights using some of the test fuels have emphasized the short term success of these efforts, and have served to promote future …

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Taming the Beast with Chemistry: Harnessing High Value Organics (HVOs) from Biomass

08 Jun 2010 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Mahdi Abu-Omar

Synthesizing catalysts and understanding their mechanistic chemistry for catalytic conversion of biomass and biomass-derived compounds will be discussed. I will present examples for making HVOs …

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