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Global Bioenergies obtains €4.4M loan to complete financing of demo plant, begins construction

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Global Bioenergies, a startup developing and commercializing a fermentation process that targets gaseous isobutene, has obtained a €4.4-million million) loan from a consortium of four French banks—BNP Paribas, Société Genéralé, CIC and Bpifrance—to complete the financing of its demo plant. million (US$4.7-million)

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Ballard participating in H2PORTS project to demo hydrogen as alternative fuel in European ports; FCmove-HD

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Ballard will provide the company's next-generation fuel cell module—the FCmove-HD, which is planned for commercial launch in mid-2019—to power the Reach Stacker. The H2PORTS project represents one more important step toward broad-based adoption of zero-emission fuel cell technology in the marine sector.

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California Energy Commission awards $5M to sugar beet ethanol biorefinery demo

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The California Energy Commission has awarded $4,998,399 to Mendota Bioenergy, LLC to support the design, construction and operation of an advanced biorefinery demonstration plant in the Mendota area (Fresno County), where sugar beets will be used to create advanced biofuel ethanol.

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SpaceX’s first NASA astronauts to receive Space Medal of Honor for Dragon test flight

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31, Demo-2 astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for bravery from @VP Kamala Harris. He was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 2000 and flew two Space Shuttle missions in 2008 and 2010. SpaceX) Behnken and Hurley were assigned to Dragon Demo-2 in 2018.

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Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) Awards C$5.5M for Cellulosic Ethanol and Xylitol Demo Plant

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million to SunOpta BioProcess Inc (SBI) and its partners to assist in designing, building and operating an integrated cellulosic ethanol plant and co-located xylitol production facility to be located in the Greater Toronto area. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded C$5.5 SBI is an 86% owned subsidiary of SunOpta Inc.

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Linc Energy Chinchilla UCG to Liquids Demo Plant Producing High-Quality Synthetic Hydrocarbons

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The first liquids were produced in October 2008, with improvements in operations over the past few months. The next goal is to refine and capture this knowledge and design and build a 20,000 barrel per day commercial GTL facility and that goal is progressing according to plan.” Peter Bond, Linc Energy CEO.

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European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Issues €89.1M Call for Proposals for 2010

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The JU publishes annual calls for proposals (from 2008-2013), on the basis of which funding is granted for research, technological development and demonstration projects. Demonstration activities in hydrogen production are prepared with a call for an efficient design for a large-scale hydrogen liquefaction plant. Earlier post.).

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