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VENTURE FOR CLIMATETECH ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL COHORT AT NREL INDUSTRY GROWTH FORUM

Companies will receive tools, training, talent, and the non-dilutive funding necessary to begin building a company around their climate solution. April 22, 2021

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Interesting Articles

Scientist Offer Companies a Novel Chemistry for Greener Polyurethane

Groundbreaking formulation enables renewable, nontoxic polyurethane- a potential drop-in solution for companies’ products. Sept. 24, 2020

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News Release: R&D 100 Awards Honor Six NREL Innovations

R&D World magazine this week presented the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with four of its annual R&D 100 Awards for research innovations. In addition to the R&D 100 Award winners, two more NREL technologies were given Special Recognition Awards. Oct 2, 2020

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Would You Like Coffee with That?

In addition to exploring the energy potential of kitchen grease, Phil Pienkos has been thinking about what happens to the coffee grounds that go into your morning cup of joe! Read his thoughts on a potential second life for the discarded remnants of America’s favorite caffeinated beverage.

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10 Reasons Why Algae Are Interesting: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes for Carbon Capture Reuse and Sequestration

 Fully renewable polyurethanes from unsaturated lipids and protein-derived amine cross linkers?  Check out this Slide-Guide from NREL’s Philip Pienkos presentation at ABLC NEXT in San Francisco where he shares the latest developments in NIPUs, otherwise known as Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes. Jan 7, 2020

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Startup founded by ex-NREL researcher close to commercializing non-isocyanate polyurethane technology

In Colorado, a startup founded by an emeritus researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has moved closer to commercializing technology he helped develop at the U.S. Department of Energy facility. April 6, 2021

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The Algae Foundation

We see a future that embraces algae as an essential solution for a sustainable and healthy planet. Our mission is to create that future through education, mentoring, and public outreach and engagement. 

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