Category: Bioenergy and Bioproducts
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Posted on April 16, 2013
A CALS-trained teacher brings bioenergy research into high school classrooms
As students in Craig Kohn’s class at Waterford Union High School can tell you, you don’t need a grant or Ph.D. to do scientific research. […]
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Posted on April 15, 2013
U.S. Department of Energy renews GLBRC funding
CALS bacteriologist Tim Donohue, director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, discusses the accomplishments and goals of the GLBRC . The U.S. Department of […]
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Posted on March 13, 2013
“Brown gold”: Project turns dairy farm into cellulosic bio-refinery
Driving the search for renewable fuels and chemicals has been the realization that petroleum stores are rapidly dwindling. Now, in the heart of Wisconsin, a […]
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Posted on February 25, 2013
Optimizing harvest of perennial grasses for biofuel
This video features Kevin Shinners, professor of biological systems engineering, explaining his biofuel-related research, particularly the methods he’s developing to optimize harvesting and processing of switchgrass […]
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UW-Madison team’s factsheet and video kick off new series on producing switchgrass for biofuel
A new factsheet and video created by a University of Wisconsin-Madison team are the first in a series of materials covering the production of biofuel feedstocks derived from […]
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Posted on December 3, 2012
Bacteria found in cow rumens could be harnessed to process biofuel
What do biofuels look like on the Wisconsin landscape? Some might think of corn or switchgrass. But what about that herd of cows? What you […]
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Posted on October 25, 2012
Licensing agreement between startup Hyrax and WARF to accelerate commercial development
A licensing agreement for a novel renewable chemical and biofuel production method between Hyrax Energy and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation promises to accelerate commercial […]
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Posted on October 15, 2012
GLBRC helps bring bioprospecting lab to high schoolers
In this video, Waterford Union High School teacher Craig Kohn takes us through his hands-on bioprospecting laboratory activity that involves concepts from bioenergy, chemistry, biology, […]
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Posted on October 9, 2012
Energy from Wisconsin cow manure could replace a coal plant
According to a recent Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI) study, Wisconsin can be a national leader in bioenergy production using waste from the state’s prosperous agriculture […]
- Posted on July 23, 2012