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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, has opened a new office in Hoofddorp, in greater Amsterdam which will serve as the global hub for the growing Renewable Aviation business. Neste is now also launching Neste MY Renewable Diesel to climate-conscious fleet customers in the Netherlands.

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MARCH 28, 2016

with an $11-million loan guarantee through the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. The Novus plant will process agricultural waste into fuel, natural gas, organic fertilizer and other bio-based products. USDA hopes to finalize loan terms with Novus and Old West by summer.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award some $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels. Topic Area 1: Pre-Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Algenesis Corporation, “Pre-Pilot Scale Production of Algae-based Jet Fuel and Polyurethane Monomers”, $4,987,974.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and GKN Powder Metallurgy will validate and demonstrate the dynamic operation of a 520 kg hydrogen metal hydride storage subsystem integrated with the ARIES megawatt-scale hydrogen capabilities. NREL, Renewable Innovations, Inc., Award amount: $1,722,089). Award amount: $500,000).

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MAY 4, 2018

Velocys plc, a developer of microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) biorefineries, has received a “notice to proceed” action to commence manufacturing the FT reactors and catalyst for the Red Rock Biofuels LLC ( RRB ) biorefinery that will be located in Lakeview, Oregon. Velocys’ role will be as a licensor for its technology to the project.

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MARCH 29, 2021

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has joined the eFuel Alliance , an interest group dedicated to the industrial production of synthetic fuels based on hydrogen and CO 2 from renewable sources. —Ralf Diemer, Managing Director of the eFuel Alliance.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University with collaborators at the University of Oregon and Manchester Metropolitan University have developed a seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer. Resources D.H. Marin, J.T. Perryman et al. 2023.03.005

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AUGUST 26, 2013

A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. Source: Hurlbut et al.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the first loan guarantee USDA has made for the production of bio jet fuel. The end syngas product is very clean with zero sulfur content. Hydrotreating, hydrocracking and hydroisomerization upgrading steps are used to upgrade the combined HFTL and MFTL products into jet fuel.

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MAY 29, 2015

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest up to $100 million in a Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership to support the infrastructure needed to make more renewable fuel options available to American consumers. USDA will post a Notice of Solicitation of Applications in June.

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JULY 5, 2022

carbon capture and storage, on-site renewable electricity, co-processing). The Clean Fuel Regulations replace the current federal Renewable Fuels Regulations. billion Clean Fuels Fund, the CFR will create incentives for the increased domestic production of low-carbon-intensity fuels (such as ethanol). ethanol, bio-diesel).

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $10 million in research grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. Oregon State University, $349,624. environmental implications of direct and indirect land use change.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions.

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JANUARY 10, 2021

Researchers from Oregon State University College of Engineering, with colleagues from Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory, have used advanced experimental tools to provide a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that’s cleaner and more sustainable than deriving hydrogen from natural gas.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Emerging Fuels Technology , Inc (EFT) has executed a license agreement with Red Rock Biofuels LLC (RRB) under which EFT will provide its second-generation TL8a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to provide additional FT capacity for RRB’s biorefinery in Lakeview, Oregon.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

Oregon-based Fred Meyer Stores, a division of The Kroger Co. Fred Meyer will receive a total of 40 LNG trucks over the next several months, making Fred Meyer the first in Oregon to deploy a fleet of heavy-duty LNG trucks. It will serve as a bridge between traditional fossil fuels and emerging renewable fuels and technologies.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Joule, a pioneer in producing liquid fuels from recycled CO 2 , and Red Rock Biofuels, a leading developer of renewable jet and diesel fuel bio-refineries using the Fischer-Tropsch process, announced that they intend to merge. The company is poised to begin construction of its first refinery located in Lakeview, Oregon in early 2016.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance ( NARA ) will hold its first annual meeting in Missoula, Mont., Researchers, educators, economists and business leaders will gather to discuss progress made and future challenges to develop a residual woody biomass to jet fuel and valuable co-products industry in the Pacific Northwest.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

New geothermal power came on line in Kenya, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Turkey, and Mexico, as well as Oregon, Nevada and Utah in the United States. In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal. Ormat Technologies, and AltaRock Energy.

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MARCH 29, 2012

a leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States. a leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States. The four Pacific Ethanol plants have a combined annual production capacity of approximately 200 million gallons.

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JUNE 13, 2012

The announcement provides the opportunity to expand the use of non-food, energy crops for liquid biofuels and to help meet state mandated Renewal Portfolio Standards (RPS). REPREVE Renewables, based in Georgia, also is the sponsor of the project’s accompanying environmental assessment. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers BCAP.

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JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

OilPlus combines thermal, mechanical, and chemical treatments to improve the recovery of corn oil, a valuable co-product that can be used for feed and other bio-industrial products. million grant from the California Energy Commission as part of California’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program.

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JUNE 24, 2010

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. Region States Feedstocks Potential production capacity Land use.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

The Cool Planet plant will produce approximately 8 million to 10 million gallons of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks (reformate), as well the biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water.

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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. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. Oregon State University. Production of Algae Biofuel and Bioproducts with CO 2 Direct Air Capture. Project title.

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MARCH 5, 2010

and InEnTec LLC, plans to develop a plasma gasification facility at Waste Management’s Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, Oregon. The clean syngas may then be converted into transportation fuels such as ethanol and diesel, or industrial products such as hydrogen and methanol.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

A study by a team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has found that the amount of sugars contained within cellulosic biomass from bioenergy crops that can be converted into fuels is of equal economic importance to the yield.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Source: Beta Renewables. Once operational, the facility is expected to convert 600,000 tons of energy grasses per year into an estimated 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol using the Beta Renewable’s PROESA enzymatic hydrolysis process. Click to enlarge. Earlier post. In June, Chemtex was awarded $3.9

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MARCH 22, 2018

Refineries and fuel importers can reduce carbon intensity by either selling fuels that have lower carbon intensity or by purchasing credits generated by sellers of lower-carbon fuels, such as electricity, renewable natural gas, ethanol, biodiesel or renewable diesel. million gasoline-powered cars from the state’s roads in one year.

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JULY 13, 2016

These renewable resources include agricultural, forestry, and algal biomass, as well as waste. They encompass the current and future potential of biomass, from currently available logging and crop residues to future available algae and dedicated energy crops—all useable for the production of biofuel, biopower, and bioproducts.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

The company is expected to decide sometime this year, with production beginning in 2028. Thomas, Ontario, with production starting in 2027. The Honda Clarity, an awkwardly proportioned electric sedan, was launched in California and Oregon a few years back but was axed pretty soon after that due to low sales.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

ReVolt, based in Stäfa, Switzerland, has selected Portland, Oregon as the location for its US headquarters and manufacturing center. By locating in Oregon, the company will be eligible, and intends to apply for, Business Energy Tax Credits from the Oregon Department of Energy for battery research and production.

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MAY 17, 2011

a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals, has signed a long-term binding term sheet with GreenWood Tree Farm Fund (GTFF), managed by GreenWood Resources (GWR), to supply hybrid poplar woody biomass for its first commercial cellulosic biorefinery. ZeaChem Inc., Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

This represents the second highest increase in geothermal power capacity over a calendar year since the production tax credit (PTC) was extended to geothermal in 2005, and a 5% percent increase over 2011 year-end data. In 2012, seven new geothermal projects and additions came online in three different states.

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MAY 14, 2010

The DOE grant will be used to construct and operate the cellulosic ethanol production capability that will be added to the core ZeaChem technology, which will produce ethyl acetate, the chemical precursor to ethanol. ZeaChem Inc., Earlier post.) ZeaChem Inc.

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APRIL 13, 2016

During the PFL 720 sessions at last year’s Congress, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai. Melaina, Aaron Brooker, Yuche Chen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory. “A Earlier post.).

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