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USDA, DOE pick projects for $8.3 million in Biomass genomics grants

The USDA and the DOE announced the 2007 Biomass Genomics grants yesterday. The awards are worth $8.3 million this year (last year they gave out $5.7 million) to eleven projects that will study how to better make biofuels from rice and switchgrass, get more yield from corn, and a lot more that's just a wee bit scientific ("Analysis of Small RNAs and miRNAs Associated with Abiotic Stress Responses in Brachypodium distachyon" anyone?). The DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) and the USDA's Cooperative State Research, ... Read more →

USDA and DOE award $17.5 million to biomass and biofuels projects Sebastian Blanco

It almost seems that biofuels are getting so many millions from the U.S. Government that that guy in the green dollar sign suit from late night TV should be driving around in a Jetta TDI with a ...

Update from USDA researcher on current state of airplane biodiesel research Sebastian Blanco

As I wrote the other day, the USDA has been working on jet biodiesel since at least 2001. I contacted one of the Ph.Ds in charge of the research, Robert Dunn, asking about an update for AutoblogGreen ...

USDA, DOE pick projects for $8.3 million in Biomass genomics grants 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The USDA and the DOE announced the 2007 Biomass Genomics grants yesterday. The awards are worth $8.3 million this year (last year they gave out $5.7 million) to eleven projects that will study how to better make biofuels from rice and switchgrass, get more yield from corn, and a lot more that's ...

USDA and DOE award $17.5 million to biomass and biofuels projects 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It almost seems that biofuels are getting so many millions from the U.S. Government that that guy in the green dollar sign suit from late night TV should be driving around in a Jetta TDI with a "Biodiesel: No War Required" sticker on it. This past Thursday, the USDA and the Department of Energy ...

Update from USDA researcher on current state of airplane biodiesel research 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

As I wrote the other day, the USDA has been working on jet biodiesel since at least 2001. I contacted one of the Ph.Ds in charge of the research, Robert Dunn, asking about an update for AutoblogGreen readers (because we fly from time to time, right) and he sent back a nice, succinct response. "The ...


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