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NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The California Energy Commission staff will conduct a public workshop on 15 December to discuss three grant solicitations to be funded by the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Program (Program). Alternative and Renewable Fuel Infrastructure. A minimum of $46 million will be available from the three solicitations.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Converting biomass to renewable fuels via a pyrolysis pathway. The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. Imperium Renewables, and Mesa Engineering.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

million Air Force research grant to develop advanced jet fuels and combustion technologies. A major focus of the program will be on the development, validation and field testing of synthetic fuels from a variety of feedstock, to include biofuels from renewable domestic energy sources such as seed and plant oils, animal fats and algae.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Renewable chemicals company Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light. The acquisition of Liquid Light is an important step in our strategy to create and commercialize breakthrough technologies in renewable chemistry. It has filed more than 100 national patent applications of which more than twenty have been granted.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008).

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MAY 6, 2016

an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company founded in 2006, will acquire all the outstanding shares of Edeniq, a cellulosic ethanol technology company, in a stock plus cash merger transaction. Aemetis, Inc., Edeniq’s patented technology is commercially proven, with 29 of the company’s Cellunators installed in 6 US ethanol plants.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

It will serve as a bridge between traditional fossil fuels and emerging renewable fuels and technologies. million in the project and has received a $490,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration via ODOT for the LNG infrastructure. since 2008. since 2008. We are committed to this very important work.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

The Stockton, California plant was built in 2008 and has the capacity to produce 60 million gallons per year. million grant from the California Energy Commission as part of California’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. In June, Edeniq received a $3.9

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DECEMBER 6, 2014

million in grants to 220 producers (awards of less than $500 not listed) to support the production of advanced biofuels, and is awarding more than $4 million in additional grants that will advance the bioeconomy. million through the Sun Grant Program. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making $5.6

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MAY 28, 2009

year commercialization grant to apply Velocys’ microchannel reactor technology to hydroprocessing for transportation fuels. The grant is part of the Ohio Department of Development’s Third Frontier Project, a $1.6-billion, Improved Fischer-Tropsch Economics Enabled by Microchannel Technology (Velocys white paper, Sep 2008).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company based in California, has upgraded its 50 million gallon per year capacity biodiesel and refined glycerin production facility in Kakinada, India to produce high-quality distilled biodiesel. Aemetis, Inc.,

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AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. Smart Village provides grants for the initial investment to buy equipment, as well as mentoring and training.

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JUNE 22, 2018

ISOPROD project will replace isobutene of fossil origin with isobutene of renewable origin with a better environmental and energy balance. This payment from ADEME adds to the grant prepayment of the four new European projects recently announced. The objective is to avoid 2 kg of CO 2 per kg of bio-isobutene.

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JULY 15, 2011

The Drive website details a wide range of transportation projects, from producing renewable fuels, to installing new fueling and charging stations for electric cars and other alternative fuel vehicles, to training the workforce that supports the ever-evolving transportation industry.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

There are many benefits to using beetle-killed wood for renewable fuel production. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, National Renewable Energy Lab and Cool Planet Energy Systems. All grants are awarded over a period of five years, with continued funding contingent on annual project success.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

The Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) provides loan guarantees to entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of the growing opportunities in renewable energy provided by advanced biofuels. This 55-million gallon-per-year renewable biofuel project will use woody biomass to produce ethanol.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) to be made by USDA this month. USDA’s Biorefinery Assistance Program was authorized by Congress under the 2008 Farm Bill. It provides loan guarantees to capitalize on the growing opportunities in renewable energy provided by advanced biofuels. Earlier post.).

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JULY 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have engineered a patent-pending formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts. By using renewable soy oil as a 25% replacement for petroleum oil, Ford researchers more than doubled rubber’s stretchability and reduced its environmental impact.

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JULY 16, 2009

million as one of 21 DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy grants through the Geothermal Technologies Program. A new study by NYU Stern found that geothermal and wind energy are more efficient, and are yielding greater returns on the R&D invested in them, than most other renewable energy alternatives. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 11, 2011

The agency granted the funding in September 2010. The GoBiGas-project is a project for the large-scale production of renewable methane by gasification of biomass and low-quality forestry material. The first project granted was Volvo Cars’ development of the C30 battery electric vehicle.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

million funding increase to an existing grant to ethanol producer POET. The grant increases will play a key role in establishing corn cobs as a viable commodity and setting the stage for corn cob harvesting across the United States, according to POET. since November 2008. since November 2008. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 18, 2013

Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company, announced the successful start-up at its flagship bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myriant commercialized D(-) lactic acid in 2008 for the production of polylactic acid (PLA), which is used to make biodegradable plastic.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Bressler made his initial discovery in 2004 with funding from an NSERC Discovery grant. The new CEO of Forge Hydrocarbons is Tim Haig, the entrepreneur who started BIOX, Canada’s biggest and most successful renewable fuel plant, based on a then-breakthrough technology he acquired and commercialized from the University of Toronto.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will award some $25 million to four projects to research and development of next-generation renewable energy and high-value biobased products—such as biofuels—from a variety of biomass sources. The Department of Energy will make additional awards through this program. Ceramatec, Inc.,

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) via the US Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center to develop and demonstrate technology that will produce renewable jet fuel from isobutanol supplied by Gevo, Inc. —Jim Rekoske, vice president and general manager for Renewable Energy & Chemicals at Honeywell’s UOP.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

US Environmental Protection Agency Grants Testing Waiver. In February, 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie, Inc. 2008) Hydrous Ethanol for Gasoline Blending: New Science Promises Cost and Energy Savings , 17 th International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels, 13-16 October 2008, Tiayuan, China. Earlier GCC post.] Brewster, S.C.,

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AUGUST 18, 2010

The Soperton Plant will initially use woody biomass from nearby timber operations, but plans to experiment with other types of renewable biomass as feedstock for the conversion process, including herbaceous feedstocks like miscanthus and switchgrass. In January 2009, Range was awarded an $80-million loan guarantee from USDA.

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MARCH 5, 2010

The proceeds from the $80 million bond will be used to partially finance the first two phases of construction of Range Fuels’ first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant using renewable and sustainable supplies of non-food biomass near Soperton, Georgia.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

SB 1383 reduces the emission of super pollutants (also known as short-lived climate pollutants) and promotes renewable gas by requiring a 50% reduction in black carbon and 40% reduction in methane and hydrofluorocarbon from 2013 levels by 2030. The law is in addition to California’s existing raft of climate legislation. and other pollutants.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

Support was provided by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Office. and funded through Argonne National Laboratory by the US Department of Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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MARCH 9, 2009

mPhase is developing its Smart NanoBattery as part of a Phase II STTR Grant that was awarded by the United States Army in 2008. When the battery is activated, the electrolyte passes through the membrane and contacts the electrodes, initiating the electrochemical reaction.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

The renewable energy captured by the project’s primary solar energy system will help power the production of fuel-efficient small cars, including Ford’s all-new Focus and Focus Electric going into production in 2011, and a next-generation hybrid vehicle and a plug-in hybrid vehicle coming in 2012. Electric vehicle battery charging.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

365,133 (US$475,000) of the grant will be used to fund project activities at Ilika. Since 2008, Ilika has been working with Toyota on the development of novel battery chemistries. The Ilika Stereax roadmap focuses on three main battery requirements: miniaturization; capacity in a small footprint; and increased performance.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

In October 2008, Xcel began testing a one-megawatt sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery ( earlier post ) to demonstrate its ability to store wind energy and move it to the electricity grid when needed. The project received a $1 million grant from Xcel Energy’s Renewable Development Fund.

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MAY 5, 2009

The announcement came in conjunction with the EPA’s release of its notice of proposed rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard ( earlier post ), and the Department of Energy’s announcement of $787.5 million in funding to be awarded to advanced biofuels research and commercialization projects ( earlier post ).

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MAY 20, 2009

Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB) has successfully completed the necessary environmental regulatory process and has been granted a permit to commence construction of a commercial facility to produce biofuels and green chemicals from sorted municipal solid waste in Edmonton, Alberta. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

This technology has been patented (Patent US07132247) by the University of Minnesota, which has granted BioCee the exclusive rights to this patent. NSF awards SBIR grants to small businesses for novel research with a potential for commercialization. Wackett (2008) Microbial-based motor fuels: science and technology. Lawrence P.

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