Illinois
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Information about biofuels and bioenergy in the state of Illinois in the United States.
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Events
- 10 January 2008, Champaign-Urbana: 5th Annual U of I Bioenergy Feedstock Symposium (Themes: bioenergy, feedstocks)
- 9-10 October 2008, Chicago: Platts 3rd Annual Cellulosic Ethanol and Biofuels. (Themes: cellulosic ethanol, technologies, feedstocks)
- 12-16 February 2009, Chicago: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Annual Meeting. (Themes: science, sustainability, technology).
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News
- Biofuel Ethanol Investment: Illinois Pacesetter August 2008, from Green Technology, Governor Blagojevich announced investment in biofuel production.
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- Argonne, UChicago researchers pursue grasses as Earth-friendly biofuel, 21 July 2008 by WebWire: "While crops with high starch or sugar contents -- most notably corn grain and sugarcane -- are the focus of current bioenergy applications, botanists have also seen potential in perennial grasses."
- "As part of an effort to develop a new collection of alternative fuels," scientists from the "U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have planted seven different combinations of native Midwestern prairie grasses [on a] 13-acre site at Fermilab’s campus" in Illinois.
- "DOE began to consider perennial forage crops as possible sources of alternative fuels during the oil crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s."
- The researchers "are seeking to determine which grasses produce high yields of harvestable biomass while also pumping the most carbon underground through root growth. When roots die and decompose, some carbon is sequestered in soil organic matter, and nutrients such as nitrogen are recycled to sustain future plant growth."
- The research is part of the DOE "Consortium for Research on Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems" (CSiTE)."[1]
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