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Algenol closes on additional $25M internal equity financing

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Algenol has recently commenced initial operations of a pilot commercial module at its Florida development campus, which builds on the successful launch of a demonstration project in India. BioFields’ most recent investment builds atop previous commitments to Algenol that began in 2007.

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EPA awards $5M to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) for cleaner big rigs

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The money, awarded through the SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program, will guarantee loans used to buy retrofitted used tractor-trailers at Rush Truck Centers throughout the South. The Clean Trucks Make Cents program will finance up to 100% of the purchase or lease of a pre-2007 tractor-trailer. Rush Enterprises, Inc.

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EIA: cellulosic biofuels will likely remain well below EISA targets

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However, although cellulosic biofuels volumes are expected to grow significantly relative to current levels, they will likely remain well below the targets envisioned in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Nor, despite the growth potential over the next several years, has the path to commercial biofuels been smooth.

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KiOR seeks to double cellulosic fuels production at Columbus plant; $50M in from Khosla for Columbus II

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Khosla Ventures incubated KiOR in 2007 and is the lead investor. We believe these improvements to both capital and operating costs will enable us to attain financing for the planned Natchez facility on terms more favorable to KiOR and less dilutive to its shareholders. Earlier post.). —Fred Cannon.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Moreover, developers must show that the project would make no economic sense without CDM funds and that documentation exists to demonstrate that these factors were considered by the company’s board of directors in their decision to pursue CDM financing. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: Mitigation.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. Broward County Transit, Florida: $2,000,000. Material is being financed and procured through the New York Power Authority. Palm Tran, Florida: $320,000.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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The South Korean government had established the institute in 1971 with financing from the United States Agency for International Development and had invited. Lim Hyung-Kyu: Lim studied PMOS devices under Kim and later became Samsung’s first overseas scholarship student (at the University of Florida). Frederick E. NAND Flash.”