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USDA providing $405M in conditional loan guarantees for three biorefinery projects

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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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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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Governors of 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Agree to Work Together Toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuels; Timeline for Developing a Potential Low Carbon Fuel Standard for Region

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The Commonwealth’s Clean Energy Biofuels Act, signed in July 2008, also required Massachusetts to seek an agreement with its fellow RGGI member states to implement a LCFS on a regional basis. The states are collaborating with the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM).

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

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Pennsylvania State University, $348,959. AFRI is NIFA’s flagship competitive grant program and was established under the 2008 Farm Bill. University of Missouri, $499,447. Lincoln University, $94,258. Montclair State University, $349,963. Duke University, $349,084. Oregon State University, $349,624. Temple University, $149,977.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Pennsylvania State University. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In total, the EFRC initiative represents a planned DOE commitment of $777 million over five years.

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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This year’s Index finds that 2017 marked the first time that a greater portion of California’s power mix came from renewable sources such as wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels. Between 2008 and 2017, total VMT increased 5% in California, but declined in Pennsylvania (-6%) and New York (-8%).

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

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To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Felix Kramer, CalCars.org, at Plug In 2008 in San Jose / photo by Creative Greenius (c) 2008.

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