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Mascoma Announces Feedstock Processing and Lignin Supply Agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures; Chevron Working on Converting Lignin to Hydrocarbon Fuel Components

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Mascoma Corporation has entered into a feedstock processing and lignin supply agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), a division of Chevron USA, Inc. Chevron and lignin for fuels. Chevron says tests have shown that this produced water does not inhibit the lignin conversion. Earlier post.)

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Fortistar and Paloma Dairy begin construction on RNG facility that will produce 1.6M GGE of fuel annually

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million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) of vehicle fuel annually for the Class 8 trucking sector—enough fuel to move 10 million miles of freight. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits will be sold to Chevron under a long-term agreement. Financing was provided by Live Oak Bank. The new facility will produce 1.6

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Lux Research provides snapshot of oil majors’ investments in alternative fuels; BP leads investment frequency

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Lux Research has investigated the trends of corporate financing of alternative fuels from oil majors, based on a non-exhaustive database of more than 1,000 deals and partnership engagements from 2000 through September, 2014. Total and Chevron are the most active corporate investors in the fermentation domain.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. by Bill Cooke.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. By contrast, at 25 miles per $3 gallon of gasoline, those miles cost 12 cents each. by Henry Hewitt for Oilprice.com.

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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The program will fund interdisciplinary research in six key areas: resource development; uses; environmental impacts and climate change; global markets and finance; policy and regulatory reform; and geopolitical impacts. Such fuels could lower greenhouse gas emissions from transportation compared with gasoline and diesel fuel.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

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The taxpayer is financing the American automakers’ survival and their future. The National Hydrogen Association (members include Chevron, GM, Shell, Toyota, Honda, CARB and UC Davis), the California Hydrogen Business Council, and the US Fuel Cell Council are not happy with Chu’s cuts. In the past industry ultimately called the shots.

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