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State of Hawaii to fund BioTork cellulosic biofuels project

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The State of Hawaii recently passed legislation to assist in funding a project that converts crops, crop residues, dedicated energy crops, and agricultural waste into biofuels and value-added co-products. Basing its efforts on the requirements of the Hawaii Zero Waste Program, BioTork entered into collaboration with the Daniel K.

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ClearFuels to Develop Co-Located Commercial-Scale Biorefinery for Renewable Jet or Diesel Production in Tennessee

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BNP Paribas will act as financial advisor in connection with assisting and supporting ClearFuels in securing financing arrangements for senior secured debt for the project. ClearFuels has begun project development of multiple commercial scale biomass-to-energy facilities in the southeastern United States, Hawaii and internationally.

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DeepGreen lifecycle analysis argues for sourcing EV battery materials from deep-sea polymetallic nodules

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100% reduction in solid waste. million square kilometers in the Pacific Ocean roughly 500 miles south of Hawaii. —Todd Cort, co-director of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and Cary Krosinsky, lecturer in sustainable finance at the Yale School of Management. 94% less stored carbon at risk.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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It was based in part on the Alohanet, a packet radio network developed at the University of Hawaii in the late 1960s. But Goldman was unable to convince the executive to whom Xerox’s Electro-Optical Systems division reported (whose background was accounting and finance) to allow a bid. I can’t imagine it not being exciting somewhere.”.

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