The money will go towards 12 new projects related to biomass and bioenergy production.

Cornell University is awarding a total $1.4m to 12 new university projects. The money is invested via the David R. Atkinson Centre for a Sustainable Future’s Academic Venture Fund.

The projects will focus on various aspects of biomass, bioenergy production and agriculture. One of the projects will aim to produce bioenergy from manure. Scientists are hoping to develop a treatment process to extract the maximum amount of energy, including biogas, liquid biofuels, electricity and thermal energy, from manure as well…