Improving biofuels from oilseeds main goal of new $12.8 million DOE grant
Making aviation biofuels from non-food crops is the goal of a new Department of Energy-funded project that includes significant WSU contributions.
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WSU Extension Energy Program Shares in Grant to Update Building Energy Codes
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington is one of six states that will share in $2.6 million in grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to update state building codes to improve energy efficiency standards. The Washington State University Extension Energy Program in Olympia will work with the state Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development […]
WSU Receives Grant for Hanford Cleanup Research
PULLMAN, Wash. — Markus Flury, Washington State University professor of soil physics, and Jim Harsh, WSU professor of soil chemistry, and colleagues from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, have received a three-year $1 million grant from the […]
Growing Better Biofuel Feedstock Focus of $840,000 USDA Grant to WSU
PULLMAN, Wash. – Developing plants that include more of what it takes to replace petrochemicals in fuels, plastics and other applications is the focus of an $840,000 USDA grant awarded to Washington State University Regents Professor Norman G. Lewis.
MEDIA ADVISORY: USDA To Announce Biofuels Research Grant at Pullman
PULLMAN, Wash. – Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be on the Pullman campus of Washington State University the morning of Thursday, April 10, to announce the award of a nearly $1 million grant for biofuels research being conducted by WSU Regents Professor Norman G. Lewis. The media availability will begin at 10:30 […]
New WSU Center to Improve Building Energy Efficiency
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State University Extension Energy Program has received a grant to establish one of two regional information centers in the nation to accelerate application of proven energy efficiency technologies in buildings. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a total of $4.1 million to WSU and to the University of Central Florida […]
WSU Scientist Part of Multi-Million-Dollar DOE Center for Bioenergy Research
PULLMAN, Wash. – Norman G. Lewis, director of Washington State University’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, will play a role in the multi-million-dollar bioenergy initiative recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy. DOE last week announced it will invest up to $375 million in three new Bioenergy Research centers as part of President Bush’s initiative […]