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Federal, state dollars aid carbon storage research

 

A team of research institutions including Cornell University received $1.3 million to study the potential of storing gas emissions from power plants in underground rock formations.

The money comes from the U.S. Department of Energy. The initiative will also receive $250,000 in funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.


Carbon dioxide plant opens in Volney

 

A new carbon dioxide production plant is now running at the Sunoco ethanol facility in Volney.

Linde North America's carbon dioxide plant can produce 600 tons of the gas per day. The gas is captured from ethanol-production emissions, purified, and liquefied for sale to customers throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New England.


SRCTec CEO to step down

 

Mary Ann Tyszko, president and CEO of SRCTec, Inc., has resigned from her position, effective this week.

Tyszko has led SRCTec since it launched in 2006. SRCTec is the for-profit manufacturing subsidiary of nonprofit research company SRC. Tyszko resigned for personal reasons and to move on to new challenges, says Lisa Mondello, a spokeswoman for the company.


MedTech president to co-chair national alliance

 

MedTech President Heather Erickson is one of two new co-chairs of the State Medical Technology Alliance, a national network of associations representing medical-device companies.

Erickson's co-chair is Joseph Panetta, president and CEO of BIOCOM in Southern California. Syracuse-based MedTech is a trade association representing medical device and technology firms in upstate New York.


New IT security firm launches

Attendees at a Cyber Defense Institute (CDI) course train with one of the company’s programs. CDI was launched by two veterans of Syracuse University’s (SU) Center for Business Information Technologies (CBIT). The company offers consulting and training focused on security.Cyber Defense Institute offers security training and consulting

SYRACUSE — Two veterans of Syracuse University’s (SU) Center for Business Information Technologies (CBIT) have launched a new consulting and training firm focused on security.



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