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| The State of Oklahoma has recently passed legislation creating the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center, authorizing $40 million over the next four years, to fund state research and development in bioenergy. The center was conceived by the state Secretary of Energy and a group of researchers from the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the Noble Foundation in order to exploit expertise and ongoing research over the entire value chain of switchgrass and other cellulosics to biofuels. The center's primary research program focuses on opportunities with greatest potential to help develop an in-state biofuels industry in areas such as cellulosic ethanol, pyrolysis of lignocellulosics, and gasification, with a secondary focus on extraction and conversion of vegetable oils and animal fats. This presentation will describe the process of creation of the center and its structure. |
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Entrepreneurship in Polymers for Energy and the Environment
1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Grand Salon 18, Oral
Division of Polymer Chemistry |