April 30, 2010

Two energy projects receive grants

BOULDER – About $9 million was awarded to University of Colorado at Boulder-related energy endeavors through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Boulder-based OPX Biotechnologies Inc., a company formed using technology developed at CU, was awarded $6 million while CU was awarded $3.14 million.

“Colorado universities and businesses continue to prove that they are leaders in developing cutting-edge technologies that reduce energy consumption and protect the environment,” Gov. Bill Ritter said in a statement.

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OPX was awarded the $6 million to develop microorganisms that produce low-cost biofuel from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The company will also explore catalysts that could convert microbial fuel into jet fuel, according to a press release.

To help accomplish the feat, OPX will partner with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Johnson Matthey Catalysts, a division of London-based Johnson Matthey Plc.

CU was awarded $3.14 million to create thin iconic liquid membranes that allow high rates of carbon dioxide to pass through, which is thought to reduce the size and cost of membranes needed in carbon capture, according to the release.

Led by chemical and biological engineering professors Richard Noble and Douglas Gin, the university will partner with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Electric Power Research Institute in California.

Both grants are among $106 million funded through 37 projects by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.

BOULDER – About $9 million was awarded to University of Colorado at Boulder-related energy endeavors through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Boulder-based OPX Biotechnologies Inc., a company formed using technology developed at CU, was awarded $6 million while CU was awarded $3.14 million.

“Colorado universities and businesses continue to prove that they are leaders in developing cutting-edge technologies that reduce energy consumption and protect the environment,” Gov. Bill Ritter said in a statement.

OPX was awarded the $6 million to develop microorganisms that produce low-cost biofuel from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The company will also explore catalysts that could convert…

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