$6 million goes towards universities working on biofuels and carbon capture technologies

October 8, 2017 |

In Wyoming, University of Wyoming agricultural economists will generate models of what economies in the Upper Missouri River Basin might look like if raising biofuels and carbon capture technologies were implemented. UW is part of the four-year, $6 million National Science Foundation project working with Montana State University and the University of South Dakota to determine if changes in commodity production and capturing carbon are sustainable, or even feasible, in the basin. Each university is getting $2 million for the projects.

MSU will study agriculture and biofertilizers, food security, clean energy, and water supply and quality. USD will focus on land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services assessment. The goal is to decrease atmospheric carbon — perhaps even remove more than is going in — through alternative agricultural and energy approaches, such as biofuels, and above- and below-ground carbon sequestration.

Category: Fuels

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