Transportation Fuels

ENGINEERING THE OPTIMIZED BIOFUEL CROP  UPDATED:  JANUARY 10, 2017PROJECT TITLE: Jet Fuel From Camelina Sativa: A Systems Approach | Developing a Dedicated High-Value Biofuels CropPROGRAM: Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO)AWARD: $8,556,904  | $3,751,152PROJECT TEAM: North Carolina State University (Lead); Metabolix  | University of Massachusetts (Lead); Washington State University; Metabolix

LIQUID TRANSPORTATION FUEL FROM ELECTRICITY AND CO2 UPDATED: JANUARY 27, 2017 PROJECT TITLE: Bioprocess and Microbe Engineering for Total Carbon Utilization in Biofuel Production PROGRAM: Electrofuels AWARD: $4,400,000 PROJECT TEAM: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lead), University of Delaware, & Harvard University PROJECT TERM: July 2010 – March 2014

FLAMELESS COMBUSTION: CHEMICAL LOOPING ETHANE TO ETHYLENE UPDATED: JANUARY 23, 2017 PROJECT TITLE: Electrogenerative System for Co-Production of Green Liquid Fuels and Electricity from Methane PROGRAM: OPEN 2012 AWARD: $4,665,228 PROJECT TEAM: EcoCatalytic (Bio2Electric, LLC) (Lead), North Carolina State University, Particulate Solid Research Inc., KBR, Inc.  PROJECT TERM: February 2013 – July 2017 

ENGINEERING THE OPTIMIZED BIOFUEL CROP  UPDATED: JANUARY 30, 2017PROJECT TITLE: Engineering Enzymes in Energy CropsPROGRAM: OPEN 2009AWARD: $3,914,527PROJECT TEAM: Agrivida (Lead), University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPROJECT TERM: January 2010 – March 2015PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI): Michael Raab

INTESTINE-STRUCTURED GAS STORAGE UPDATED:  OCTOBER 7, 2016PROJECT TITLE: Safe, Dense, Conformal, Gas Intestine StoragePROGRAM: Methane Opportunities for Vehicular Energy (MOVE)AWARD: $3,450,000PROJECT TEAM: Otherlab, Inc. (Lead)PROJECT TERM: September 2012 – March 2016PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI): Dr. Saul Griffith

CHEAPER, FASTER WASTE-GAS FERMENTERS  UPDATED: OCTOBER 18, 2016PROJECT TITLE: Process Intensification through Innovative Bioreactor DesignsPROGRAM: Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE)AWARD: $4,000,000PROJECT TEAM: LanzaTech (Lead); City University of New York; Louisiana State University; University of California, San Diego; San Diego State University; Michigan Technological University

DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-OUTPUT, LOW-INPUT ENERGY BEETS UPDATED: JUNE 9, 2016PROJECT TITLE: Development of High-Output, Low-Input Energy BeetsPROGRAM: OPEN 2012AWARD: $2,050,471PROJECT TEAM: Plant Sensory Systems, LLC (Lead), North Dakota State UniversityPROJECT TERM: March 2013 – March 2017PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI): Dr. Frank Turano

PRODUCING TERPENE BIOFUELS IN PINE TREES UPDATED: JUNE 6, 2016PROJECT TITLE: Commercial Production of Terpene Biofuels in PinePROGRAM: PETROAWARD: $6,917,276PROJECT TEAM: University of Florida (Lead); Arborgen, University of California-Berkeley, National Renewable Energy LaboratoryPROJECT TERM: January 2012 – June 2017PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI): Dr. Gary Peter

ADVANCED MATERIAL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPDATED: FEBRUARY 24, 2016 PROJECT TITLE: Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS)PROGRAM: OPEN 2012AWARD: $1,999,998PROJECT TEAM: Harvard University (Lead); Pennsylvania State UniversityPROJECT TERM: April 2013 – June 2016

DEVELOPING ACCESSIBLE NATURAL GAS COMPRESSION UPDATED: FEBRUARY 24, 2016 PROJECT TITLE: Vehicle-Integrated Natural Gas CompressorPROGRAM: MOVEAWARD: $3,600,000PROJECT TEAM: Onboard Dynamics (Lead); Oregon State University PROJECT TERM: October 2012 – August 2016