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AUGUST 8, 2011

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Bunge Global Innovation LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food company, have entered into a framework agreement for the formation of a joint venture entity focused on the production of triglyceride oils in Brazil. Solazyme, Inc.,

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APRIL 3, 2012

Algae-based renewable oil company Solazyme, Inc. The facility will utilize Solazyme’s renewable tailored oil production technology, coupled with Bunge’s sugarcane supply and processing capabilities, to produce sustainable tailored triglyceride oils for use in oleochemical and fuel applications in the Brazilian domestic market.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Unilever have executed a commercial supply agreement for the first partnered Solazyme Tailored Algal Oil. The companies have been collaborating for five years on multiple projects with increasing levels of success culminating in this initial supply agreement. Solazyme, Inc.,

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MARCH 21, 2018

The sale includes all of Delek’s membership interests in AltAir Paramount, LLC which operates a 3,000 barrel per day renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel facility, Delek’s idled Paramount refinery, and associated pipelines and storage tanks. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Uzi Yemin, Chairman, President and CEO of Delek.

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APRIL 1, 2013

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. Amyris also has confirmed that Total will provide $30 million of funding to Amyris by July 2013, as anticipated in the revised collaboration agreement announced last year. Amyris is also using its technology platform to develop production processes to scale to commercial levels.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a reduction in the cellulosic biofuel and total renewable fuel standards (RFS) for 2014. Specifically, EPA is proposing a total renewable fuel target of 15.21 billion gallons; the final 2013 overall volumes and standards require 16.55 million gallons specified for 2013.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Bio-based succinic acid, a renewable and versatile chemical building block, is an alternative to petroleum-derived chemical building blocks such as adipic acid and 1.4-butanediol. The companies have been conducting research under a joint development agreement on bio-based succinic acid since 2009. butanediol. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 16, 2017

announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary has won a $6-million first contract to supply biodiesel to the India government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) in a public tender process. The plant was constructed in 2008 and was expanded to produce refined glycerin in 2013. Aemetis, Inc.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Neste Oil has joined the ITAKA (Initiative Towards Sustainable Kerosene for Aviation) project, which is being funded by the EU to support the commercialization and use of renewable aviation fuel comprising hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids in Europe. The 36-month ITAKA project has been granted approximately €10 million (US$13.3

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Southwest Airlines has signed an agreement with Red Rock Biofuels LLC ( RRB ) to purchase low carbon renewable jet fuel, made using forest residues that will help reduce the risk of destructive wildfires in the Western United States. In July 2013, Red Rock Biofuels was awarded $4.1 Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 3, 2011

which applies its industrial synthetic biology platform to provide renewable alternatives to select petroleum-sourced products used in specialty chemical and transportation fuel markets, has entered into a term sheet with Total Gas & Power USA SAS, an affiliate of Total S.A., Amyris, Inc., million versus $12.7 million versus $10.1

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. announced the first commercial shipment from its new plant in Brazil. Amyris’s first purpose-built industrial fermentation facility produces Biofene, Amyris’s brand of renewable farnesene, to be used in a range of specialty chemical and fuel applications.

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MARCH 17, 2017

will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel from up to 10,000 barrels per day (about 130 million gallons per year) to 18,000 bpd, using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining process technology ( earlier post ). is the largest commercial advanced biofuel facility in the United States. and Darling Ingredients Inc., Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Global Bioenergies has reached two milestones—the labscale performance and the industrial process scale-up—of its process to produce renewable isobutene, one of them more than 2 months in advance. million) directly allocated to the Company. This will be the last stage before large-scale commercial operations.

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MARCH 4, 2021

The Government of British Columbia and Eagle Graphite confirmed release of the first tranche of grant funding in support of a 2-year program to develop and commercialize silicon-modified battery anodes made with graphite from Eagle’s Black Crystal graphite quarry and plant in Valhalla, British Columbia.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the sustainable energy NGO Energy Vision released two case studies assessing the results of projects that were among the first to produce Renewable Compressed Natural Gas (R-CNG) vehicle fuel by using anaerobic digesters to capture the biogases from decomposing organic waste.

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JULY 31, 2012

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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JUNE 29, 2015

Volkswagen of America announced the successful completion of its Renewable Diesel Evaluation Program in collaboration with Solazyme and Amyris. Initial analysis found that advanced renewable fuels in the test offered comparable performance to standard crude-based diesel fuel blends while producing less CO 2 emissions on average.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Acritaz will work with Cool Planet to use biomass raw materials local to the region that include palm plantation waste products such as empty fruit bunches, wood, and bark waste to make renewable, cellulosic fuels for the Asian market. Acritaz will work to commit $60 million to the first facility before the end of 2013.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

Chemical company BASF has decided to exit the current R&D collaboration with Novozymes and Cargill to develop a bio-based process for producing 3-hydroxypropionic (3-HP) and acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. The two companies have initiated efforts to find a new commercialization partner.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

California Governor Jerry Brown’s Office and state agencies issued a 2013 Zero-emission Vehicle (ZEV) Action Plan. Support local government efforts to prepare communities for increased PEV usage and the coming commercialization of FCEVs. Support demonstration and commercialization of ZEV-related technologies by California companies.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Farnesane is a Direct Sugar to Hydrocarbon (DSHC) bio-kerosene developed jointly by Total and the US-based biotech company Amyris, which in April of this year received RSB (Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) Certification. Earlier post.) The tests showed that blending can improve fuel emission characteristics.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The President’s Budget for FY 2013 provides $27.2 Total outlays for FY 2013 are estimated to be $34,963 billion, compared to the estimated $40,561 billion in outlays for FY 2012. research, technology development, and commercialization. research, technology development, and commercialization. These funds are. rail network.

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MAY 27, 2015

Industria e Comercio, unveiled two new 100% renewable base oil—the main component of motor oils—products: a renewable polyalphaolefin (PAO) Group IV and a renewable version of its NovaSpec Group III+ base oil. The new base oil products add to Novvi’s growing portfolio of renewable oils. and Cosan S.A.

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MARCH 19, 2014

In its Form 10-K (annual report) filed with the SEC on 17 March, cellulosic renewable fuels company KiOR said it has “ substantial doubts about [its] ability to continue as a going concern ”. The production of commercial volumes of our cellulosic gasoline and diesel will require the construction of other commercial-scale facilities.

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JANUARY 1, 2022

In addition, RNESL will also invest £25 million (US$34 million) as primary investment as growth capital to accelerate commercial roll out. Scalability – utilises existing lithium-ion manufacturing infrastructure and is already proven with multiple commercial manufacturing partners. Fast charge/ discharge capability. billion ($73.8

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MARCH 12, 2011

Premium Renewable Energy (Malaysia) Sdn. has selected Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, to perform the engineering design for a project that will use Envergent’s RTP Rapid Thermal Processing technology ( earlier post ) to convert palm biomass to renewable heat and electricity.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Sustainable chemicals company Genomatica has raised an additional $45 million dollars. New investors include VantagePoint Venture Partners, the largest investor in this new round; Bright Capital, the venture arm of RU-COM group, a diversified business group based in Russia; and Waste Management. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

These incentives are offered by the federal government, state governments, local jurisdictions, and electric utility companies in hopes of boosting the installation volume of EV chargers across the nation. To aid in the rollout of all of this infrastructure, funding is made available to commercial EV charging station projects.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

In December 2013, Cannon had said that KiOR would operate the Columbus plant “ on a limited campaign basis only ” to verify the impact of improvements. In December 2013, Cannon had said that KiOR would operate the Columbus plant “ on a limited campaign basis only ” to verify the impact of improvements. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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MAY 2, 2012

These new, renewable and biodegradable bio-based dielectric insulating fluids offer increased fire safety due to higher flash points and provide additional functionality that may improve the operating efficiency and extend the useful life of transformers, according to the partners. Solazyme, Inc. Solazyme, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

the first company to announce plans to commercialize biogas-based dimethyl ether (DME) fuel production in North America ( earlier post ), announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Oberon’s biogas-based DME for inclusion under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Oberon Fuels Inc., Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

At that time, Mascoma, Valero, and Mascoma’s operating subsidiary, Frontier Renewable Resources LLC, jointly owned with natural resource management company, J.M. Construction of the Kinross facility is anticipated to start in the next three to six months and is expected to be completed by year-end 2013.

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MARCH 17, 2016

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) updated its annual survey of US non-starch ethanol and renewable hydrocarbon biofuels producers. biorefinery development, production capacity, feedstock use, and technology pathways) that have occurred since the publication of the original 2013 survey. Renewable hydrocarbons.

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MAY 6, 2011

a renewable oils and bioproducts company, announced a two-year joint development agreement (JDA) with Bunge Limited to develop microbe-derived oils utilizing Brazilian sugar cane feedstock. To further align the incentives of both parties, the two companies also entered into a Warrant Agreement. Solazyme, Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

This commercial scale storage system, built on Yume-shima Island, Osaka, will begin operating in February 2014. Sumitomo Corporation created the joint venture company, 4R Energy Corporation , in collaboration with Nissan Motor Co., in September 2010, to address the secondary use of EV lithium-ion batteries. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 16, 2014

With the release of the newly revised ASTM D7566-14 standard for jet fuel, Amyris and Total have begun to prepare to market a drop-in jet fuel that contains up to 10% blends of renewable farnesane. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Source: CAAFI. Click to enlarge. Sugar can also be transformed into hydrocarbons through a catalytic process.

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