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China to expand production and use of ethanol; 2020 E10 mandate would make China 3rd largest ethanol consumer

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Achieving this target would require ethanol consumption in China, the largest motor vehicle market in the world, to at least quadruple within the next three years, according to an analysis by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University. Source: USDA FAS. Click to enlarge. billion gallons US.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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From synchronous machines to fast response power electronics That article was an update of a 2004 article that Vittal coauthored as a member of a joint task force formed by the IEEE Power & Energy Society and CIGRE , an international association of power system professionals, headquartered in Paris.

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Renewable Energy Group to acquire Imperium Renewables

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Based in Ames, Iowa, REG is the leading North American producer and marketer of biomass-based diesel, with 10 active biorefineries across the US and a nationwide production, distribution and logistics system. Seattle-based Imperium Renewables began developing proprietary technology and processes in the production of biodiesel in 2004.

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Corn Ethanol Producer POET Enters Green Chemical Sector with New Zein Co-Product

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POET’s research into zein started in 2004 through collaboration with the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Ill. POET recently started up a pilot-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, which uses corn cobs as feedstock, and will commercialize the process in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Cereal Chem. 79(1):1–18.