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Iowa State University’s Bioeconomy Institute (BEI) opens opportunities in Iowa’s burgeoning bioeconomy, where our society looks to agriculture for fuel, energy, chemicals, and materials. More about BEI
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Letter to the Editor: Renewable Energy Improves System Resiliency
In a letter to the editor published in the Iowa State Daily, BEI Director Robert C. Brown argues for employing storable renewable energy that can be switched on at a moment’s notice.
Read article | Learn more about BEI’s Initiative in Agriculturally-based Carbon Removal
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New Video Illustrates BEI’s Autothermal Pyrolysis Efforts
Learn how autothermal pyrolysis works and what the Bioeconomy Institute is doing to commercialize the technology to convert biomass into fuels and chemicals in this new video. View video
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Peterson Wins Second Place in Poster Competition
Chad Peterson, a Ph.D. student at Iowa State, earned second place in the poster competition at tcbiomassplus2019.
Funding Opportunities
New opportunities for research in biorenewables.
BEI Researchers Studying Slow-Release Fertilizer to Feed Crops, Improve Water Quality
A research team from the Bioeconomy Institute is finding success in its search for valuable agricultural applications for biochar.
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New Edition of Thermochemical Processing Textbook Published
A new book edited by BEI Director Robert C. Brown, “Thermochemical Processing of Biomass: Conversion into Fuels, Chemicals, and Power Second Edition,” was released April 2019.