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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen partner on renewable isooctane for specialty fuel applications

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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen, world market leader in alkylate gasoline for two- and four-stroke small engines, have entered into a partnership on renewable isooctane ( earlier post ) for specialty fuel applications. billion (US$3.8 billion (US$3.8

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Chrysler to Double Its Model Count with a New EV

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And, no, it’s not likely to be the Airflow – at least not the concept car which was looking all but production-ready over two years ago. Hedging its own bets, Chrysler is calling the concept reveal an “advance look at one potential path” to the brand’s all-electric future. Saul Goodman would be proud.

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Ionic Materials raises $65M in Series C; polymer electrolyte for solid-state batteries

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It’s no surprise that so many of the leading companies in the battery industry and their key customers are working to incorporate the Ionic Materials polymer in their next-generation products. The many innovations in electrochemistry that the polymer unlocks will change the future of renewable energy.

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NREL report estimates gasoline produced from biomass could cost about the same as ethanol

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In the MTG process, dimethylether (DME), the dehydrated derivative of methanol, is reacted over a ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst, on which the chain growth of molecules is sterically hindered, thus allowing only production of gasoline and lighter material. The two product streams are LPG and gasoline. per gallon ($0.41 per liter) and $1.49

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Two Genomic Research Projects in British Columbia Tackle Issues in Emerging Forestry Biofuels Industry

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The experience curves will be broken down to better understand the impacts of each process stage (pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and fermentation) as well as the production of by-products on the costs of generating biofuels using the bioconversion platform. million (US$7.2-million) Carl Douglas.

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Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

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Company bosses are said to be keen to put this system into production but no firm decisions will be made until the cost of batteries is reduced." Nissan has been slower than Toyota and Honda to embrace petrol-electric hybrids, seeing a brighter future for vehicles running entirely on electricity.

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EPA Proposes New Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard to Implement Requirements of EISA; GHG Reduction and Indirect Land Use Change Effects Included

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a To be determined by EPA through a future rulemaking, but no less than 1.0 b To be determined by EPA through a future rulemaking. The second option assesses emissions impacts over a 100 year time period and discounts future emissions at 2% annually. —EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. billion gallons. 0% discount rate).

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