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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

UNICA, Brazil’s Sugarcane Industry Association, has noted with potential concern that a current EPA proposal that would allow, among other things, biofuel producers to partially process renewable feedstocks at one facility and further process them into renewable fuels at another facility may unintentionally limit US access to sugarcane ethanol.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program today for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, and final volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2014 to 2017. In June, EPA had proposed 206 million gallons. In June, EPA had proposed 3.4

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JULY 30, 2015

UNICA is the largest representative of Brazil’s sugar, ethanol, and bioelectricity producers; its members are responsible for more than 50% of Brazil’s ethanol production and 60% of Brazil’s sugar production. Brazil’s investment in sugarcane ethanol. Brazil’s sugarcane ethanol producers are investing more than $3.5

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Jervois has an option to refine ICO cobalt concentrate at its 100%-owned São Miguel Paulista (SMP) refinery in São Paulo, Brazil, and is continuing its negotiations with third-party processors in countries allied to the US. ICO is located near the inactive Blackbird Mine Site—an EPA Superfund Site. Operating Costs.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted Ensyn Corporation ( earlier post ) Part 79 registration for its renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. The liquid RFO feedstock was produced at one of Ensyn’s commercial facilities and shipped to Brazil.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. The liquid RFO feedstock was produced at one of Ensyn’s commercial facilities and shipped to Brazil. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has raised the registered blend level of Amyris’s renewable diesel with ultra low sulfur diesel from 20% to 35%. This blend level is the highest awarded to date by the EPA for commercial sale of a motor vehicle renewable gasoline or diesel fuel, according to Amyris.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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JUNE 25, 2009

opened the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas, Brazil. In April, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially registered Amyris’s renewable diesel fuel, making it the first time a hydrocarbon-based fuel made from plant-derived resources (earlier post) has been registered for commercial sale.

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APRIL 3, 2019

RFS2 directed the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do a full GHG life-cycle analysis (LCA) for corn ethanol, including both direct and significant indirect sources of emissions. Searchinger et al. argued that including LUC emissions results in corn ethanol having a higher GHG profile than gasoline.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

The rest of the US is currently adopting LEV III standards or harmonized on Tier 3 EPA standards. China and Brazil have already adopted similar evaporative emission regulations. The European Union is evaluating comparable evaporative emission regulations and is expected to follow suit in coming years.

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JUNE 25, 2012

All cellulosic ethanol produced from sugarcane bagasse in KLE’s demonstration plant in 2011 has been shipped to Petrobras SA in Brazil; KLE recorded the first cellulosic ethanol RIN credits issued by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a testing exemption to Renergie, Inc. Hydrous ethanol is currently used in Brazil and Sweden, and hydrous E10-15 is currently being used under the European BEST project in the Rotterdam area. to investigate the in-vehicle use of different blends of hydrous ethanol.

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JULY 19, 2011

The leading commercial vehicle manufacturers in Brazil, led by Mercedes-Benz, have issued warranties for the use of 10% Amyris renewable diesel blends in Brazil. In 2009, the US EPA raised the registered blend level of Amyris’s renewable diesel with ultra low sulfur diesel from 20% to 35%. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the 5 winners of the 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, including biotechnology companies Amyris and Solazyme, Inc. Solazyme received the award for Greener Synthetic Pathways for its tailored oils produced from microalgal fermentation.

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MARCH 19, 2015

The EcoFit Single Module is designed to be up to 60% smaller and 40% lighter compared to the EPA 2013 solution it supersedes, all while improving emissions reduction performance. Cummins Emission Solutions, a subsidiary of Cummins Inc., Diesel Emissions Heavy-duty'

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

RFO from this facility is being sold to heating clients in the US Northeast under long-term contracts and spare capacity is being maintained to seed the market in advance of larger production units being developed in Canada, Brazil and the US.

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MAY 19, 2015

The system enables auxiliary and propulsion engines to meet EPA Tier IV and IMO Tier III regulatory requirements and provides precise and reliable delivery of liquid urea via a proprietary, high-performance injector design, a precision mechatronic fluid delivery pump, and customizable remote monitoring and controls.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

intends to acquire a 40% stake in the Boa Vista mill, an ethanol-producing mill owned and operated by the São Martinho Group, one of the largest and most efficient sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil. The São Martinho Group is one of the largest sugar and ethanol groups in Brazil, processing 13.3 Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Use of Hydrous Ethanol in Brazil. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has also officially registered Amyris’s renewable diesel fuel, the first time a hydrocarbon-based fuel made from plant-derived resources. Earlier post.) Earlier in 2009, Amyris completed its first successful demonstration drive using Amyris renewable diesel. Earlier post.). Resources.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

With wind and even solar power increasingly competitive with coal and natural gas without subsidies, with many utilities needing to meet renewable portfolio standards, and with new EPA rules forcing coal plant retirements, the impact of lower oil prices on renewable energy in the US is expected to be insignificant.

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JULY 18, 2016

There are multiple approaches to dehydration technologies, the most widely used (in Brazil and the US) being azeotropic distillation with cyclohexane; extractive distillation with ethylene glycol; and adsorption with molecular sieves (e.g., pressure swing adsorption (PSA) with pellet-form general-purpose zeolite).

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AUGUST 27, 2009

The demand for low-cost, two- and three-wheeled motorized vehicles is on the rise in emerging markets, such as China, India and Brazil. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also has enacted strict emissions rules for small engines. —Steve Nelson, global manager of automotive marketing at Freescale Semiconductor.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

World liquids consumption grows from 88 million bpd in 2011 to 113 million bpd in 2040, driven by demand in China, India, Brazil, and other developing economies. After 2015, the Brent price increases, reaching $163 per barrel in 2040, as growing demand leads to the development of more costly resources.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2009 : Testifying at a public hearing conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stanford University professor Mark Jacobsen urged the EPA to incorporate black carbon into calculations of greenhouse gases. 4 ] David Fogarty: APEC retreats from CO 2 target, Brazil pledges cut. ” [ 22 ]. [

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The X Series engines intended for Euro 6 applications share a similar platform with the X15 and X12 recently launched for the North American Class 8 truck market that meet the US EPA 2017 greenhouse gas (GHG) and fuel-efficiency standards.

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JUNE 10, 2011

The EPA and the US Department of Energy (DOE) should co-lead a new effort to review, and update as appropriate, the methane emission factors associated with natural gas production, transmission, storage and distribution. Analysis of the infrastructure demands associated with potential shift from coal to gas-fired power should be undertaken.

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APRIL 19, 2009

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