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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is investing $3.3 million in FBRI Research

Woody Biomass Conversion to Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Ft. Belvoir, VA: $3.3 million The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will invest $3.3 million to advance wood to jet fuel technology at the Technology Research Center (TRC) of the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute at the University of Maine. The technology is based on FBRI’s […]

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FBRI receives over 3 million dollars to study wood to jet fuel technology.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will invest more than $4 million to help diversify and grow the Maine economy, which includes new funds designed to aid the forest sector, announced U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine in a news conference at the University of Maine July […]

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SenatorsCollins-Klobuchar-King Biomass Amendment Passes Senate

Press Release Biomass Amendment Feb 3 2016 Specifically, the amendment would require the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to jointly ensure that federal policy relating to forest bioenergy is consistent across all departments and agencies and that the full benefits of forest biomass for energy, […]

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FBRI hosts the Bangor Region Leadership Institute on January 7th, 2016

About 30 community members spent a day in the Technology Research Center as part of the Bangor Region Leadership Institute (BRLI). BRLI is an intensive, regionally-oriented leadership development program designed to give potential and emerging leaders the skills, knowledge, and on-going support they need to succeed in the greater Bangor community.  It is designed for outstanding […]

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New Forest Service Expert to be placed in Orono

The USDA Forest Service is working with the University of Maine, through Forest Bioproducts Research institute (FBRI) and Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), to station a new Forest Service expert in Orono, ME. This position is with the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory’s Engineering Composites Science Research Work Unit, and is located in […]

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Medway Middle School girls visit TRC and learn about forest bioproducts

As one of the schools participating in the Sustainable Energy Leaders of the Future (SELF) project funded by the Engineering Information Foundation, 15 Eighth grade girls and two teachers from Medway Middle School, Machais visited Technology Research Center (TRC)  in Old Town and UMaine campus. They spent a day learning about the use of Maine […]

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