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PBF considering $550M investment to convert idled refinery unit to renewable diesel production

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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and PBF Chalmette Refinery Manager Steven Krynski announced that the company is studying the possible conversion of an idled refinery unit into a renewable diesel production complex. The company also is expected to utilize the state’s Quality Jobs and Industrial Tax Exemption programs.

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Bloom Energy inaugurates high-volume electrolyzer production line

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The technology’s significant capabilities for hydrogen production are being demonstrated in partnerships with Xcel Energy and Idaho National Labs to harness nuclear and steam power, and will be demonstrated with LSB Industries, Inc. to decarbonize industrial and agricultural sectors.

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Man sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for selling $9 million in fraudulent renewable fuel credits

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to nearly 12 years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling $9 million in renewable fuel credits which he falsely claimed were produced by his company, Clean Green Fuel, LLC. Hailey registered Clean Green Fuel with EPA under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program as a producer of biodiesel.

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Air Liquide expands CO2 liquefaction operations in California; source from ethanol plant

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Air Liquide Industrial U.S. The plant joins Air Liquide’s five other industrial gas liquefaction plants in California. The new 450-ton facility, located in Tulare County, will capture carbon dioxide gases from an ethanol plant owned by Calgren Renewable Fuels, LLC. Those plants are located in: Delaware City, Del.;

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Researchers find new high-yield route for producing key plastic ingredient from biomass

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Renewable process for production of p-Xylene from glucose. The plastics industry currently produces p -xylene from petroleum; the new renewable process creates exactly the same chemical from biomass. Dauenhauer says this is a major breakthrough since other methods of producing renewable p -xylene are either expensive (e.g.,

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. RFS2 becomes effective on 1 July 2010. In 2009, the United States produced 10.75

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ARPA-E awarding $33M to 10 projects for natural gas pipeline retrofitting: REPAIR

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Structural Materials-aided Advanced Renewal Technology for REPAIR (SMART REPAIR) - $5,000,000. University of Delaware Center for Composite Materials. REPAIR teams are developing technologies to address deficiencies while also working toward a 10-to-20-times reduction in cost per mile.

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