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AUGUST 2, 2018

Fuel ethanol production capacity in the United States reached more than 16 billion gallons per year, or 1.06 million barrels per day (b/d), at the beginning of 2018, according to EIA’s most recent US Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report. Actual US production of fuel ethanol reached a total of 15.8 billion gallons (1.03

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JUNE 4, 2022

USDA is making payments to 195 biofuel production facilities to support the maintenance and viability of a significant market for agricultural producers of products such as corn, soybean or biomass that supply biofuel production. Its biomass-based diesel production suffered a market loss on almost 3.5 million gallons.

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

Methane pyrolysis technology company Monolith, a leader in clean materials production (e.g., Established via the Title XVII Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program, the loan will allow Monolith to expand its clean hydrogen and carbon black production facilities in Hallam, Nebraska.

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JULY 14, 2016

Sorghum is a promising feedstock for environmentally friendly fuels and chemicals that offer alternatives to petroleum-based products. The work was conducted by researchers from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Washington State University in Pullman, the USDA-ARS in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the University of Missouri, Columbia.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Fuel ethanol production capacity in the United States reached 15.5 million barrels per day (b/d), at the beginning of 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) most recent US Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report. Actual US production of fuel ethanol reached a total of 14.8 billion gallons (1.03

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The coal-rich Powder River Basin is also experiencing a turnaround in oil production, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Production has rebounded from a low of 38,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2009 to 78,000 bbl/d during first-quarter 2014. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 21, 2021

The joint venture is called Heartwell Renewables and will result in the construction of a new production plant and more than 50 jobs in Hastings, Nebraska. As part of the joint venture, Cargill will provide feedstock in the form of tallow, a rendered animal fat co-product following protein processing.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

The funding will help increase the use of biofuels derived from US agricultural products.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

million Valicor corn-oil separation system (COSS) at its Nebraska Energy LLC plant in Aurora, Nebraska. High production levels and excess inventories nationally have led to tight margins, particularly in Nebraska. Aventine Renewable Energy Inc. has installed a $2.4-million The system began operations in early January.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

ADM and Gevo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other low carbon-footprint hydrocarbon fuels. The US and the EU have set goals that together would support almost 4 billion gallons of annual SAF production in 2030, and more than 45 billion by 2050.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

of Nebraska and the chain of Jump Start stores have pumps would be affected. Not only do they improve air quality, but they create new markets for farm products, create good jobs, stimulate economic activity in rural communities, and lower fuel prices at the pump. Several of the petitioners, such as Jackson Express Inc.

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JANUARY 1, 2015

a midwest-based producer of ethanol and related co-products, have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pacific Ethanol will acquire all of Aventine’s outstanding shares in a stock-for-stock merger transaction. Pacific Ethanol, Inc., Aventine will be operated as Pacific Ethanol’s wholly-owned subsidiary.

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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. Should the Keystone XL project be denied, WCSB oil sands production could decline by 0.4

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Battelle is teaming with Rare Earth Salts ( RES ) on a project, “Recovery of High Purity Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Coal Ash via a Novel Separations Process,” to produce valuable rare earth oxides from coal fly ash, converting them to the high purities necessary for a saleable product.

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MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are home to a quarter of the US population and consume 30% of electric power generated in the US. Hydrogen can be used as an effective storage medium to increase utilization of these renewable energy resources.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Novozymes inaugurated its $200-million enzyme plant in Blair, Nebraska ( earlier post ), which will supply enzymes to some of the first advanced cellulosic biorefineries, as well as to the existing industry.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The others are Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Since 2005, North Dakota’s ethanol production capacity has increased from about 30 million gallons per year to about 377.5 E15 blended gasoline is now available in four of North Dakota’s larger cities. million gallons.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

violaceus plant’s biology and genetic makeup, researchers at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln noticed the February orchid seed oils were unusual. They called upon IUPUI bioorganic chemist Robert Minto, who specializes in identifying natural products and unknown compounds.

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MAY 4, 2011

The bill also has the original co-sponsorship of Senators Mike Johanns of Nebraska, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Al Franken of Minnesota, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, and Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Ethanol already represents nearly 10% of the US fuel supply.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Innovation and optimization of the Szego Mill for reliable, efficient, and successful up-scaling of the deacetylation and mechanical refining process for biofuel production. Conversion of 2,3-Butanediol to Biojet Fuel: Scale-up and Technoeconomic Analysis of Energy-Efficient Separations and Fermentative Diol Production. Project title.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Butamax Advanced Biofuels announced that the Fagen-owned facility Platinum Ethanol LLC of Arthur, Iowa and three other facilities have joined the Butamax Early Adopters Group ( earlier post ), indicating their interest in biobutanol production. to retrofit ethanol facilities to biobutanol production. Fagen, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

A multi-institutional team led by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reports that it can increase sugarcane’s geographic range, boost its photosynthetic rate by 30% and turn it into an oil-producing crop for biodiesel production. They increased oil production in sugarcane stems to about 1.5%.

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JULY 16, 2014

a cellulosic sugar producer ( earlier post ), has signed a letter of intent with China-based Global Bio-chem Technology Group Company Limited to develop and to commercialize processes to convert corn stover to industrial sugars for use in the production of chemicals, fuels, and other bio-based products. Edeniq, Inc.,

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The research was funded in part by the Nebraska Corn Board and through the Hatch Act (University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division). Additional support for the project was provided by the State of Nebraska Transportation Services Bureau and The Shop, Inc. Cost per mile. Source: Hanna et al. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Since its was launched, Abengoa’s cellulosic ethanol pilot production plant in Babilafuente, located in the Biocombustibles de Castilla y León (BCyL) plant in Salamanca, Spain, has completed more than 5,500 hours of operations with a yield of 200 liters (43 gallons US) per tonne of straw, fermenting exclusively from the cellulose.

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JUNE 6, 2011

The Keystone pipeline is approximately 1,316 miles in length and transports crude oil from the US-Canadian Border in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois and includes an extension running from Jefferson County, Nebraska to Cushing, Oklahoma. From North Dakota, the pipeline runs south through South Dakota and Nebraska.

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JUNE 24, 2022

battery production.” “Ford Motor Company is committed to making Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) more sustainable and affordable for our customers by localizing the complex battery supply chain network, creating recycling options for end-of-life vehicles, and increasing U.S. ” I’d love to hear from you!

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AUGUST 18, 2015

As reported in a paper in Plant Biotechnology Journal , this successful metabolic engineering and subsequent field production of the modified camelina crop marked the highest accumulation of the unusual oil achieved so far in transgenic plants. One of the team’s goals is to make commercial products using oils from the engineered plants.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

LAICA plant, and anhydrous product (99.5% The dehydration stage CI calculated in this analysis is added to the existing Low Carbon Fuel Standard LCFS CIs for the three Brazilian sugarcane ethanol pathways (average baseline production; electricity export; mechanized harvesting and electricity export). Trenton Agri Products.

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MAY 11, 2016

CAB-Comm focused on three key aspects of algal biofuels production: development of genetic tools, crop protection, and nutrient utilization and recycling. CAB-Comm has since made these tools publicly available through the Life Technologies catalog, where more than 150 algae products are now listed and available for world-wide distribution.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The six sites have a combined ethanol production capacity of 670 million gallons per year. Under the proposed Bid Procedures, VeraSun is seeking to sell all of its production facilities and operations in separate or combined transactions. The “Marion Group” consists of the production facility in Marion, South Dakota.

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APRIL 9, 2009

Researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska have identified one of the key proteins in microalgae responsible for concentrating and moving carbon dioxide into cells. CO 2 is used in photosynthesis in plants to manufacture sugars required for plant growth.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

million tax credit toward the construction of its enzyme manufacturing facility in Blair, Nebraska. Novozymes this year will begin producing enzymes for commercial, large-scale production of advanced biofuels. Finished biofuel and products. Most recently, the company received a $28.4 Secondary treatment. Primary digestion.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

Producing bioenergy crops on marginal lands—farmland suboptimal for food crops—could help meet energy goals while minimizing competition with food production. This study is especially timely as high commodity prices are driving conversion of marginal lands to annual crop production, reducing future flexibility.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Region 7 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska): EPA is requesting proposals between $300,000 and $1,500,000. Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects that use: EPA-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations.

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APRIL 28, 2011

While a number of studies have tired to assess the water consumption required for ethanol production, the results differ by orders of magnitude, with estimates ranging from 1.1 to 335 L/vehicle kilometer traveled (VKT) for Iowa and from 59 to 214 L/VKT for Nebraska. —Mishra and Yeh.

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