DuPont and Broin, Sioux Falls, SD, announce a partnership to take the next steps needed to bring cost-effective ethanol.DuPont and Broin, Sioux Falls, SD, announce a partnership to take the next steps needed to bring cost-effective ethanol derived from corn stover to market. "We are pleased to partner with Broin, a company that is regarded as a technology expert in biorefining," said DuPont Exec VP/Chief Innovation Officer Thomas M. Connelly Thomas M. Connelly, Jr. was born in Toledo, Ohio in June of 1952. In 1974, he graduated from Princeton University with highest honors. The combination of his two degrees, Chemical Engineering and Economics was to serve him well in the future. . Since 2003, DuPont and the U.S. Department of Energy have jointly funded a four-year research program to develop technology to convert corn stover into ethanol. The Integrated Corn-Based BioRefinery (ICBR ICBR Internationale Commissie ter Bescherming Van de Rijn (Dutch: Internatal Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution) ICBR Islamic Center of Boca Raton (Florida) ) is aligned with DuPont's strategy to develop new innovations that can convert energy crops, such as grasses, and agricultural byproducts, such as straw and corn stalks, into biofuels and other renewably sourced materials. Partners in this research program include DuPont and its subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, the Diversa Corp, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. , Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. and Deere & Co. |
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