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Fulcrum to build second waste-to-fuels plant in Gary, Indiana

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Fulcrum BioEnergy has selected Gary, Indiana as the location of its Centerpoint BioFuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel. Once operational, the Centerpoint plant will divert and process approximately 700,000 tons of waste from the Greater Chicago area.

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Abengoa to begin building municipal solid waste to fuels plant for Fulcrum

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Abengoa has received Notice to Proceed on Fulcrum BioEnergy’s plant that will produce biofuels from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States with gasification technology. Abengoa will be responsible for the engineering, design, construction and commissioning of the project.

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Fire at Tesla’s Fremont factory contained, no injuries reported

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Fremont firefighters responded to a two-alarm commercial in a two-story building at Tesla’s Fremont factory. Additionally, Tesla employees who were in the impacted building were evacuated at the time of the fire. Tesla Semi exec shares key program and Nevada factory details What are your thoughts?

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Tesla plans to ramp up Tesla Semi deliveries to PepsiCo

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However, Tesla is still only producing the electric truck in low volume as it expands Gigafactory Nevada to build a new high-volume production line. The engineer quickly addressed the previously mentioned delays with Tesla Semi (via ACT ): Now, I know, as alluded to, there’s been some questions on timing.

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US DOE to award nearly $18M to 4 biorefinery projects for mil-spec renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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The pilot-scale biorefinery projects selected today will use a variety of non-food biomass feedstocks, waste-based materials, and algae in innovative conversion processes. The projects selected for negotiation are: Frontline Bioenergy LLC (up to $4.2 The projects selected for negotiation are: Frontline Bioenergy LLC (up to $4.2

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California submits final report to state legislature; findings and recommendations

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Although the United States has large reserves of lithium in all forms, in January 2022 the only operational US supply of lithium is a brine facility in Nevada using lithium evaporation ponds. Provide capacity building funds, such as grants, and other resources (e.g.,