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$1.3B methanol plant slated for South Louisiana

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, South Louisiana Methanol (SLM) CEO Barry Williamson and Todd Corp. Group CEO Jon Young announced that South Louisiana Methanol LP will invest $1.3 The South Louisiana Methanol site will be the largest of its kind in North America. James Parish. ZEEP) and New Zealand-based Todd Corp.

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US Geothermal Power Could Top 10 Gigawatts, New Industry Report Says

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At the high end, that would be enough baseload power to supply about 20% of California's total electric power in 2008—or enough generating capacity to supply the power needs of about 7.2 State # of projects Potential MW. California. Mississippi. New Mexico. Washington. unspecified. and 7,109.9 MW of power to the US geothermal energy output.

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European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

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2008, 54% in 2006 and 65% in 2005); in 2007, the industry growth rate was. slight decrease compared to 2008 due to the reorganization of the sector, EBB said. 50 000 tonnes between March 2008 and March 2009. Differential Export Taxes (DET) maintain a large differential between an export tax on crude soybean oil of.

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Darling International and Valero Considering Forming a Joint Venture for Renewable Diesel

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Charles refinery near Norco, Louisiana. ConocoPhillips suspended the project in fall 2008 due to the deteriorating economy and a loss of federal tax credits. Tyson is continuing ahead with a second renewable diesel venture with Syntroleum in Louisiana. In 2007, ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods Inc. Earlier post.)

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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by enacting a carbon tax or setting emission limits for each source type (“command-and-control)—the option to use offsets is generally discussed in the context of a cap-and-trade regime. A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. a first-of-its-kind waiver for the purpose of testing hydrous E10, E20, E30 & E85 ethanol blends in non-flex-fuel vehicles and flex-fuel vehicles in the State of Louisiana.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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It’s one thing for the American public to directly subsidize electric vehicles through tax incentives. Of the roughly 57,000 households that received the EV tax credit in 2016, nearly 80 percent had at least a six-figure income. The parties could not reach a solution and decided to end discussions. The George W.