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Solazyme announces successful commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery in Peoria, Illinois

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announced the successful commissioning of its first fully integrated biorefinery (IBR) in Peoria, Illinois, to produce algal oil. Solazyme has been running routine fermentations at commercial scale since 2007 and began running fermentation operations at the Peoria facility in Q4 2011. Solazyme, Inc.

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BP establishing $100M international research center for advanced materials for energy and industrial applications

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The spokes and other founder members are the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2009 the start-up company Permasense, providing wireless corrosion and non-destructive monitoring technology, was formed based on BP-funded research. The EBI was launched in 2007.

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GAO report finds DOE not actively considering any applications for Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program

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The ATVM loan program was established in 2007 by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) to provide up to $25 billion in loans for projects to produce more fuel-efficient passenger vehicles and their components. The fiscal year 2009 continuing resolution provided the ATVM loan program with $7.5 billion in loan authority or $4.2

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US Corn and Soybean Supply Prospects Increase; Record Yields

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The US forecast yield is record large and expected production is only slightly smaller than the record crop of 2007. Prices will continue to be influenced by these supply factors over the next few weeks, according to Darrel Good, University of Illinois economist. US corn exports during the current marketing year are projected at 2.2

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Study Concludes That Use of Cellulosic Feedstocks to Meet US Biofuel Requirements Will Still Likely Result in Expansion of the Gulf Dead Zone

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Fertilizer applied to cornfields in the central US—including states such as Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin—is the primary source of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi River system, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico. Scott Matthew (2009) Impact of Biofuel Crop Production on the Formation of Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

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NOAA: Warmest Global Ocean Surface Temperatures on Record for July

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The combined average global land and ocean surface temperature for July 2009 ranked fifth-warmest since world-wide records began in 1880. The global ocean surface temperature for July 2009 was the warmest on record, 1.06 °F (0.59 °C) above the 20 th century average of 61.5 °F This was the 40 th wettest July in the 1895—2009 record.

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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A 2009 Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Governors of the eleven states committed the states to developing a program framework and conducting an economic analysis of the potential impacts of the program. The plan assumes carbon intensity will be reduced 10% from 2007 levels by 2023, with reductions beginning in 2014.

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