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OCTOBER 22, 2015

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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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Novvi’s renewable products and technology are recognized by the global lubricant market to deliver sustainable, high-performance solutions in a range of lubricant applications. .; and American Refining Group (ARG) earlier post ). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Boeing has completed the world’s first flight using “green diesel,” a renewable, drop-in hydrocarbon biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane with a blend of 15% NExBTL renewable diesel from Neste Oil and 85% petroleum jet fuel in the left engine.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Separately, Solazyme and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a leading global agricultural processor, signed strategic collaboration, manufacturing and market development agreements in which Solazyme and ADM will produce Solazyme’s tailored algal oils in ADM’s advanced fermentation plant at Clinton, Iowa. Solazyme, Inc., Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli strain to increase propane yield, although the amounts are still far too low for commercialization. coli bacteria.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Biofuels towards achieving the technical approval required for using new fuel types in commercial aircraft. A demo flight with the new fuel is planned in 12-18 months, with commercialization targeted for 2014. in Shanghai this year, and the first commercial operation will be in place in China by 2014.

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MARCH 1, 2015

Adipic acid, an industrial chemical conventionally derived from petroleum, is a multi-billion dollar global market, with major applications in nylon-6,6 fibers, engineering resins, polyester polyols for polyurethanes, and adipate ester plasticizers. Rennovia Inc., Rennovia Inc., Earlier post.) Founded in 2009, Rennovia Inc.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The number of São Paulo, Brazil city buses using a blend of Amyris Renewable Diesel, which is branded locally as Diesel de Cana (“sugarcane diesel”), has increased to 400 from 300. The blend of renewable diesel is produced from locally-grown sugarcane using Amyris’ fermentation technology.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Global Bioenergies and Clariant announced the first isobutene production from a wheat straw hydrolysate, in the industrial pilot of Pomacle Bazancourt. This hydrolysate was converted into renewable isobutene in Global Bioenergies’ industrial pilot operated by ARD in its Pomacle-Bazancourt facility.

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AUGUST 31, 2015

The global biofuels industry averaged 68% in utilization rate from 2005 to 2014, reached a high of 80.9% Despite the still apparent softness in capacity utilization, and the on-going softness in fossil fuel prices, global biofuels capacity will continue to grow from 55.1 Renewable diesel faces numerous barriers as well.

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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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JUNE 8, 2016

EPIC Fuels , a fuel supplier to the general and commercial aviation industries, provided expertise in fuel blending as well as technical and logistical support to Alaska and Gevo, Inc., a next generation biofuels company, to enable the first commercial flights using a blend of petroleum based fuel and Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ).

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MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. The authors reviewed more than 160 existing scientific scenarios on the possible penetration of renewables by 2050, alongside environmental and social implications; and then reviewed with four of these in-depth.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

megawatt ground-mounted solar array will be complete by the end of 2014 at its Lordstown Complex, home of the Chevrolet Cruze. The renewable energy produced by the array is enough to power nearly 1.5% With the Lordstown project, GM remains on track to meet a company goal of 125 megawatts of renewable energy deployed globally by 2015.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. The President’s Climate Action Plan contains a goal of doubling renewable energy generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources between 2012 and 2020. Contribute to international efforts to address global climate change. watt utility, $2.37/watt

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MAY 8, 2014

The Volkswagen Group continues to make progress on the way to its goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable automaker, according to its 2014 sustainability report. The Group now takes one-third of its electric power from renewable sources. of the global passenger car market. million, which equates to 12.8%

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JANUARY 23, 2014

2014) in which they report that composition of the washed S. Plants called halophytes show even more promise than we expected as a source of renewable fuel for jets and other vehicles. This project can have a global impact, since 97 percent of the earth’s water is ocean and 20 percent of the earth’s land is desert.

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MAY 26, 2015

Last week, Audi and its partner Global Bioenergies announced that the first batch of renewable isooctane—which Audi calls “e-benzin”—using Global Bioenergies’ fermentative isobutene pathway (sugar→isobutene→isooctane) had been produced and presented to Audi by Global Bioenergies. Earlier post.).

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Geely is committed to achieving the long-term goal of zero emissions mobility through a diverse suite of new energy solutions, including renewable methanol vehicle technology. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 30, 2014

However, despite decades of effort, no lab-developed catalyst for achieving that conversion has been commercialized. As a result of those variations and a changing climate, the impact of a technology depends on its time of use—dynamics that are not reflected in static climate metrics such as the global warming potential.

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APRIL 10, 2012

plans to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel company Byogy Renewables Inc., Alcohol is attractive as a feedstock for the production of renewable jet fuel partly because the steps required are currently in use at commercial scale in the petrochemical industry. Bloomberg reports that Qatar Airways Ltd. We believe.

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

EFT ) to promote EFT in the commercialization of technologies to produce sustainable fuels for aviation. EFT’s proprietary Advanced Fixed Bed (AFB) Fischer-Tropsch reactor and catalyst system can convert synthesis gas from virtually any carbonaceous feedstock into transportation fuels such as renewable diesel and sustainable jet fuel.

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MARCH 7, 2014

has signed a letter of intent to become the exclusive licensee of Gevo’s GIFT technology in Argentina to produce renewable isobutanol. In addition, Porta has designed and built two 250 m 3 /day ethanol plants for others and they are working on 2 more ethanol plants for 2014. Porta Hnos S.A.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

The South Korean government outlined a plan that includes increased subsidies for renewable power generation and for the purchase and use of residential hydrogen fuel cells for heating and power. Saemangeum tidal flat by 2014. commercial viability of wind turbines developed by Korean companies. Korean companies.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Global battery demand is expected to increase to around 14 times 2018 levels of 184 gigawatt hours, or GWh, to more than 2,600 GWh in 2030, according to a report by the World Economic Forum’s Global Battery Alliance. in 2004, which he sold to a private equity firm in 2014. SPARKZ, Inc.,

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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. It unleashes the potential of our renewable jet fuel for the commercial aviation market. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 1, 2012

In 2012-13, several advanced biofuel plants will open around the world, including Shengquan in China, Beta Renewables in Italy, GraalBio in Brazil and Fiberight in the United States.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The production launch of the Mercedes-Benz A-class in two plug-in hybrid models is a strategic milestone as part of our global electric initiative. Since 2012, battery systems for electric and electrified vehicles from Mercedes-Benz and smart as well as commercial vehicles are produced in Kamenz in the east of Germany.

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APRIL 18, 2012

IH 2 technology is a catalytic thermochemical process that promises to be a very cost-effective route to produce liquid transportation fuels from renewable resources. Pilot plant operation is a critical step along the IH 2 technology commercialization pathway, as it provides valuable information to confirm and refine commercial design.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Air Products will build and operate the world’s largest renewable energy plant in the UK using advanced gasification energy-from-waste (EfW) technology. Longer term, the potential generation of renewable hydrogen could be deployed for commercial use, such as fueling public transport. Work has already begun to prepare the site.

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

has developed a container-type energy storage system as a core energy product for ensuring the stable use of distributed renewable energy such as wind and solar power, while maintaining the power supply-demand balance. In the beginning of 2014, Hitachi plans to begin a demonstration test of this energy storage system in North America.

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JANUARY 23, 2016

In a first for commercial aviation, Air BP, together with Norwegian airport operator Avinor, and sustainable biofuel specialist SkyNRG, announced that all airlines landing at Oslo Airport can have jet biofuel delivered from the airport’s main fuel farm, via the existing hydrant mechanism.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Algal fuels producer Algenol has closed on a $25-million dollar investment from BioFields, a Mexican business group devoted to the development of renewable and clean energy projects. This new investment follows a previous investment of $40 million from BioFields in 2014.

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APRIL 25, 2015

earlier post ) as the supplier of bio-succinic acid used to produce a new range of innovative, bio-based polyurethanes for textile applications that Bayer MaterialScience has begun commercializing. Current adipic acid use in polyurethanes is 25% of the 3 million ton global market, representing 750,000 tons of annual consumption.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. Hybrids are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040. Without the projected gains in efficiency, global energy demand could have risen by more than 100%. Source: ExxonMobil.

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A version of the hydrogen plug-in hybrid shuttle bus, presented at SAE 2014 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). The Hawaii Natural Energy Institute is an organized research unit of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) of the University of Hawaii at M?noa

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