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NREL and Ecopetrol in $2.3M CRADA agreement to optimize conversion of waste biomass to ethanol

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The US Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working with Ecopetrol, the largest oil company in Colombia, to process the residue from sugar cane and palm oil harvesting into fuel ethanol for blending with gasoline. Colombia has an abundance of biomass in the form of sugar cane.

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Ampal Signs Option Exercise Agreement to Acquire 25% in Ethanol Project in Colombia

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pursuant to which it has exercised an existing option to convert Ampal’s existing $22.249 million loan ($20 million plus accrued interest) into a 25% equity interest in a sugarcane ethanol production project in Colombia being developed by Merhav. Colombia requires 10% ethanol blending in gasoline distributed in Colombia.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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Military personnel from Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Republic of Philippines, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom will also participate. The end product is more like a mixture of 50% gasoline, 40% distillates, 10% LPG, and potentially C 4 chemicals, things like that. Earlier post.).

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