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Mississippi Approves $75M Loan to Catalytic Pyrolysis Startup KiOR for Biomass to Renewable Oil Plant

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KiOR, developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, will receive a $75-million state-backed loan from Mississippi to bring the first three of its full-scale production facilities to the state. The first site will be built in Columbus, Mississippi and could open by the end of 2011.

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US Geothermal Power Could Top 10 Gigawatts, New Industry Report Says

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Mississippi. At the high end, that would be enough baseload power to supply about 20% of California's total electric power in 2008—or enough generating capacity to supply the power needs of about 7.2 State # of projects Potential MW. California. New Mexico. Washington. unspecified. and 7,109.9 million people.

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Enerkem To Receive Funding from Alberta Energy for Edmonton Waste-to-Biofuels Facility

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Enerkem’s Edmonton biofuels project was announced in 2008 and received its environmental permit in 2009. It will also directly contribute to meeting the provincial and federal renewable fuel standards by producing enough ethanol locally to fuel 400,000 cars per year, running on a 5% ethanol blend. Earlier post.).

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USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products

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Mississippi State University, $273,120. AFRI is NIFA’s flagship competitive grant program and was established under the 2008 Farm Bill. Boise State University, $493,210. University of Idaho, $499,009. University of Idaho, $350,000. Michigan State University, $349,695. University of Minnesota, $498,786. University of Missouri, $499,447.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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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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15 Air Carriers Sign Non-Binding MOUs on Synthetic Jet Fuel Purchases with Two Providers: AltAir and RenTech

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The new specification constructs a framework to enable the use of multiple alternative fuels (including both non-renewable and renewable blends) for aviation, and targets complete interchangeability with conventional fuels produced to specification D1655. Earlier post.).

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Study Concludes That Use of Cellulosic Feedstocks to Meet US Biofuel Requirements Will Still Likely Result in Expansion of the Gulf Dead Zone

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The findings suggest that an aggressive nutrient management strategy will be needed to reach the goal of a 5,000 km 2 areal extent of hypoxia set forth by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force even in the absence of biofuels, given current production to meet food, feed, and other industrial needs. Earlier post.).