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In 2011, 49% of the raw materials that Neste Oil used to produce its renewable fuel was certified—an increase of 28 percentage points on the figure for 2010, and nearly quadruple in terms of tonnage. Neste Oil aims to increase its usage of certified raw materials a further 10 percentage points on the 2011 figure during 2012.

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Neste Oil plans to use yeast and fungi to convert waste into oil for NExBTL feedstock. Neste Oil has completed the first phase of its project to build a pilot plant for producing microbial oil for use as a feedstock for NExBTL renewable diesel. It utilizes bioreactors similar to those used in the biotech and brewing industries.

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SG Preston, a Philadelphia-based bioenergy company, is partnering with IHI E&C , a Houston-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) subsidiary of Japan’s IHI Corporation , to develop and to construct a series of commercial-scale renewable diesel and jet fuel manufacturing plants, initially in the US Midwest and Canada.

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Under the enhanced collaboration, Total reaffirms its commitment to Amyris’ technology and dedicates its $82-million funding budget over the next three years exclusively for the deployment of Biofene, Amyris’ renewable farnesene, for production of renewable diesel and jet fuel. We are appreciative of Total’s ongoing support of Amyris.

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A subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation will provide financing to Diamond Green Diesel LLC, a previously announced joint venture project between Darling International and Valero Energy Corporation ( earlier post ), for the construction of its renewable diesel facility in Norco, Louisiana. Darling International Inc.

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Bio feedstock will be co-processed together with fossil materials increasing the renewable share of fuels and reducing up to 200,000 tons /year CO 2 emission without negatively affecting fuel quality. The benefits are numerous, as we produce more sustainable fuel, we will also help the circular economy by recycling waste.

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JUNE 22, 2012

Algae-derived biofuel will directly impact the generation of transportation fuels (biodiesel, ethanol, and petroleum), and as part of the future of renewable fuel it will also impact many environmental and economic resources. This knowledge is, however, changing rapidly, facilitated by research and industry and driven by economics.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2013

to nearly 12 years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling $9 million in renewable fuel credits which he falsely claimed were produced by his company, Clean Green Fuel, LLC. Hailey registered Clean Green Fuel with EPA under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program as a producer of biodiesel.

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The facility will convert more than 500,000 metric tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas (BioSynGas) every year, using Solena’s proprietary plasma gasification technology. The facility will also export more than 20 megawatts of baseload renewable power to the grid after powering the entire facility with clean electricity.

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As reported in 2012 by Masdar researchers, while halophytes such as Salicornia bigelovii have the potential to produce biofuel feedstocks such as oils from its seeds and sugars from its biomass, the high salinity of the plant have challenged the existing methods for production of cellulosic biofuels. These numbers indicate that S.

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Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. —2012 Sustainability Report. Earlier post.). MWh/vehicle.

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Researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake have developed a process for the synthesis of high energy density renewable fuels through the selective dimerization of α-pinene, camphene, limonene and crude turpentine using the heterogeneous catalysts Nafion, Nafion SAC-13, and Montmorillonite K-10.

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from 2012, down to an average 2.22 tonnes in 2012. tonnes in 2012. GM also increased renewable energy use in 2013 from 62.3 MW in 2012, on a target of 125 MW by 2020. One of the challenges we face is that our 2020 renewable energy goal was based on doubling solar capacity by 2015. Renewable energy.

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Global emissions of CO 2 have increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010 despite emission reductions in industrialized countries during the same period. Throughout the Kyoto Protocol period, industrialized countries have made efforts to change their energy sources mix.

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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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The award recognizes EPA Green Power Partners who distinguish themselves using on-site renewable energy applications, such as solar photovoltaic (PV) or landfill gas. The array is the largest system of its kind in the North American automotive industry and in the state of Tennessee. 2012 baseline. Earlier post.). 2018 target.

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Bio-based diesel products are advanced biofuels that are derived from biomass sources that include vegetable oils and wastes oils from renewable sources. The EPA also noted that the biodiesel industry is already producing at a rate consistent with an annual volume of about 1.3 billion gallons. billion gallons.

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The facility will produce eight million gallons (24 kta) of ethanol and six megawatts (gross) of renewable energy annually from renewable biomass including yard wastes and municipal solid waste, wood and vegetative wastes. Earlier post.).

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The plant will gasify waste biomass, and use a Fischer-Tropsch process to convert the resulting syngas to biojet fuel and bionaphtha. Bionaphtha is used as a blending component in gasoline and also as a feedstock for the petrochemicals industry. Nearly two thirds of this waste is currently burnt in incinerators or buried in landfill.

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Each combination of enzymes will be tested on pretreated agricultural waste that can first be converted into sugars and then into bio-based products and advanced biofuels. Once the new screening process is proven, it can be used to rapidly develop tailored cost-effective enzyme solutions for specific industrial biorefineries.

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The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert six megawatts of input power, will utilize renewable electricity for electrolysis, producing oxygen and hydrogen, the latter which could one day power fuel-cell vehicles. This power-to-gas technology opens up new possibilities for sustainable mobility and tomorrow’s energy industry.

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Sweden-based Preem has developed a renewable diesel from tall oil in a process that first esterifies the tall oil through the addition of methanol, then distills the tall oil is distilled in a vacuum to separate the raw tall diesel from the tall oil pitch. Lars Peter Lindfors, Neste Oil’s Senior Vice President, Technology.

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The USDA is extending for five years its agreement to work with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other partners to help develop a viable biofuel for the aviation industry. The new agreement, which includes partners from the commercial aviation sector, follows the initial success of the 2010-2012 “Farm to Fly” initiative.

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86 Renewable energy is another solution.

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USDA funding will be used to construct a 55,000 square foot facility that will produce cellulosic ethanol by converting municipal solid waste and other industrial pulps into advanced biofuels, as well as using conventional renewable biofuel derived from seed corn waste. million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year.

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from 2,213 kWh in 2012 and down 12.5% The Group now takes one-third of its electric power from renewable sources. The Volkswagen Group published its first Scope 3 Inventory for CO 2 emissions as part of the 2012 Group Sustainability Report. below the figure for the base year of 2010. By 2018, “Think Blue.

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Butadiene is a major chemical building block for the petrochemical industry and is presently produced primarily as a by-product of ethylene cracking. It is developing processes to produce sustainable chemicals using feedstocks including conventional sugars; sugars from cellulosic biomass; and syngas made from municipal solid waste.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

UK-based industrial biotechnology company Green Biologics Limited (GBL) merged with US-based butylfuel Inc., a renewable chemicals and biofuels company. The effective date for the all-equity merger was 1 January 2012. which became Green Biologics, Inc. which became Green Biologics, Inc.

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Shell invested in multiple rounds and formed a JV with Iogen, but terminated the JV in 2012. It also partnered with Virent on biomass catalytic conversion to produce renewable gasoline, and Cellana (HR BioPetroleum) on algae biofuel. Shell shifted its shares in Codexis to Raizen, its ethanol JV with Cosan.

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Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of renewable biojet fuel that will also look into ways for production and supply, with the support of Airbus. Earlier post.)

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The global biofuels industry averaged 68% in utilization rate from 2005 to 2014, reached a high of 80.9% in 2012, and climbed slightly back to 60.4% Novel fuels and feedstocks will drive the biofuels industry forward at a much more rapid 17% and 22% CAGRs through 2018, respectively. in 2007, dropped to a low of 56.9%

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The BioEnergy Center, located near Vero Beach, Florida, is a commercial-scale project that will produce eight million gallons (24kta) of advanced biofuels and six megawatts (gross) of renewable power annually from renewable biomass including local yard, vegetative and household wastes. Fermentation.

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With the reduction in on-road black carbon, regulators are turning to focus on off-road mobile, fuel combustion in the industrial and power sectors, and woodstoves and fireplaces. This aligns with the federal government’s current goal of reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations by 40–45% below 2012 levels by 2025.

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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). by Bill Cooke. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Earlier post.). Cap and Trade Disappointment.

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This project allows EIFER to research steam electrolysis technology, which has been tested and evaluated at the cell and stack level in our laboratories for several years now, at the systems level as part of its industrial application. Sunfire is working to bring renewable energies into the mobility sector in an efficient way.

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increase above the 2012 enacted. Total outlays for FY 2013 are estimated to be $34,963 billion, compared to the estimated $40,561 billion in outlays for FY 2012. It maintains support for research, development, and demonstration of renewable. nuclear waste that supports the implementation. These funds are. reactors R&D.

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using a blend of 95% petroleum jet fuel and 5% sustainable green diesel, a renewable drop-in bio-hydrocarbon fuel meeting ASTM International’s standard for Diesel Fuel Oils (D-975). made green diesel is another positive step toward reducing our industry’s use of fossil fuel. Boeing’s Green Diesel concept, in three slides.

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