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DuPont selects Murex as marketing partner for cellulosic ethanol from Nevada, Iowa plant

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DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) has selected Murex LLC to market the cellulosic ethanol produced from its 30-million-gallon-per-year plant in Nevada, Iowa. DuPont has made substantial investments in renewable fuels and has committed more than $200 million to the Nevada biorefinery, which will utilize corn stover. Earlier post.)

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USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

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USDA is negotiating three additional loans for biorefineries in Iowa, North Carolina and Oregon. These loans would provide financing to produce renewable fuels from woody biomass, municipal solid waste and energy grasses such as switch grass, miscanthus and arundo donax. INEOS New Plant Bioenergy, located in Vero Beach, Fla.,

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USDA to Award $1.9M to Ethanol Producer to Shift to Biomass Power

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Ethanol producer Lincolnway Energy, LLC, based in Nevada, Iowa, will receive a $1.9 Biorefineries that were in existence when the Bill was enacted, 18 June 2008, are eligible to apply. million payment award from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reimburse the firm for costs to modify a boiler to burn wood and other biomass.

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USDA approves conditional $232.5M loan guarantee commitment to ZeaChem cellulosic biorefinery

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9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) to be made by USDA this month. USDA’s Biorefinery Assistance Program was authorized by Congress under the 2008 Farm Bill. It provides loan guarantees to capitalize on the growing opportunities in renewable energy provided by advanced biofuels. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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The Cool Planet plant will produce approximately 8 million to 10 million gallons of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks (reformate), as well the biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water. Earlier post.).

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US DOE Awards POET Additional $6.85M for Feedstock Infrastructure for Cellulosic Ethanol

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Cobs are the feedstock for POET’s effort to commercialize cellulosic ethanol, Project LIBERTY, which will be built in Emmetsburg, Iowa. since November 2008. The second, expected next year, is estimated to provide an additional $13.15 Earlier post.) Operations are scheduled to begin in late 2011. Earlier post.).

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DSM and POET form major JV for cellulosic bioethanol; POET to decline $105M DOE loan guarantee

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Independent studies as well as Iowa State University research sponsored by POET, have shown that this amount of residue removal will not cause significant nutrient loss. In November, 2008, the company started operating a cellulosic bio-ethanol pilot plant at its research center in Scotland, South Dakota. Earlier post.)