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January 2012 News

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NCERC News

Updated 01/27/12

• Check out our Director’s Notes for the latest NCERC news and updates.
• NCERC is now hiring! We’re looking for an Assistant Director for Biofuels Process Research. A job description and application instructions are available on the NCERC Careers page.
• Be sure to check out Where We Are to see the conferences and events NCERC staff will be attending in 2012!

Research and Academia

• E. Coli turns seaweed into ethanol
• U of I facility to demonstrate new technology in biomass conversion to crude oil
• Miscanthus: next source of ethanol?

Industry

• Corn stover has a future
• Renewable energy growth to outpace oil, gas through 2030, BP says
• What’s the state of America’s biofuel industry?
• DSM and POET to make advanced biofuels a reality by 2013
• NYT: Unlocking seaweed’s next gen crude: sugar
• American Ethanol, NASCAR partner plans
• Race is on to turn whisky by-products into biofuel
• US agriculture meeting airline, military fuel demands

Government

• Obama praises DOD’s energy leadership, stewardship
• Vilsack visits the Midwest
• Advanced Biofuels USA releases Farm Bill wish list
• Robocopter will keep tabs on Navy’s biofuels plants

Global and Trade News

• Cuban ethanol production may open up to foreign investment

NCERC News

Updated 01/19/2012

• NCERC Director John Caupert was recently featured on St. Louis Public Radio to discuss the future of the ethanol industry following the recent expiration of federal tax credits on the NPR Podcast The Future of Ethanol.
• It is with great pleasure that we announce Eric Beasley has accepted the position of Research Engineer at NCERC. Eric previously served as an Operating Coordinator at the Center. Congratulations, Eric!
• NCERC is now hiring! We’re looking for an Assistant Director for Biofuels Process Research. A job description and application instructions are available on the NCERC Careers page.
• Be sure to check out Where We Are to see the conferences and events NCERC staff will be attending in 2012!

Research and Academia

• OriginOil, DOE work on algae conversion
• U.S. Energy Department backs plan to produce algae crude oil

Industry

• Ferrari FF converted to run on bio-ethanol packs 875 hp
• Ethanol, distillers grain important exports for North Dakota
• Fuel testing reveals higher octane in ethanol
• LanzaTech buys Range Fuels facility
• People worth knowing in biofuels, Part I

Government

• Vilsack takes biofuels, energy security message to Hawaii

NCERC News

updated 01/12/12

• NCERC is now hiring! We’re looking for an Assistant Director for Biofuels Process Research. View job description and application instructions. 

Research and Academia

• Social innovation in biofuels using elephant droppings
• Research unveils ethanol’s role in future fuel efficiency

Industry

• The litmus test: Eight projects for 2012 will test perceptions, reality for advanced biofuels
• Cellulosic ethanol production soon to catch up
• Ethanol transforms US farms and our economy

Government

• MO Ag Director says ethanol will survive loss of subsidies
• Ethanol producers now face future without a subsidy
• Illinois corn growers react to end of ethanol subsidy

Trade and Global News

• Who’s in the lead? Algae around the world