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Great Lakes ReNEW was one of just 10 Regional Innovation Engines awarded from a group of 700 initial applicants, 188 invited proposals, and 16 finalists. The project’s ambitious plan is to create a decarbonized circular “Blue Economy” that would leverage the region’s extraordinary water resources to transform the upper Midwest. The six-state, cross-sector collaboration will focus on recovering energy, nutrients and other critical materials from water and wastewater that includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.