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APRIL 17, 2015

Crude oil processing at La Mède will be halted at the end of 2016. Three of Total’s five refineries in France—Gonfreville in Normandy, Grandpuits in the Paris region and Feyzin near Lyon—demonstrated their ability to withstand the deteriorating economic environment in 2013 and 2014 and generate ongoing income streams.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Cool Planet Energy Systems, a renewable fuels and biochar company ( earlier post ), closed on its targeted $100 million Series D financing. Catalytic Conversion: Cool Planet has developed a number of proprietary catalytic conversion processes to convert these useful hydrocarbon components into different types of fuels.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

plans to produce and supply biojet and renewable diesel in Japan at commercial scale in the 2020s with support from the City of Yokohama, Chiyoda Corporation, Itochu Enex Co., drop-in hydrocarbon) renewable diesel production from Euglena since June 2014. Isuzu will evaluate the renewable diesel, and ANA will evaluate the biojet.

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JULY 21, 2015

Red Rock Biofuels LLC will produce approximately three million gallons of low-carbon, renewable jet fuel per year for FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation. and will convert approximately 140,000 dry tons of woody biomass into 15 million gallons per year of renewable jet, diesel and naphtha fuels. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the 5 winners of the 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, including biotechnology companies Amyris and Solazyme, Inc. Solazyme received the award for Greener Synthetic Pathways for its tailored oils produced from microalgal fermentation.

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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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JANUARY 23, 2014

bigelovii is a leafless, C3, succulent annual salt marsh plant that produces an oilseed on seawater irrigation in coastal desert environments; the oil from the seeds is suitable for biofuel production. its lignocellulosic biomass as well as the the oil) can be turned into biofuel effectively. These numbers indicate that S.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

In working to elucidate the chemistry of hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) for the catalytic upgrading of pyrolytic bio-oil to fuel-grade products, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have discovered that water in the conversion process helps form an impurity which, in turn, slows down key chemical reactions.

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JULY 29, 2015

UPS announced agreements for up to 46 million gallons of renewable diesel over the next three years, constituting a 15-fold increase over prior contracts and making UPS one of the largest users of renewable diesel in the world. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel.

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JUNE 4, 2013

AltAir will produce low-carbon, renewable jet fuel and other renewable products. United has collaborated with AltAir Fuels since 2009 and has agreed to buy 15 million gallons of lower-carbon, renewable jet fuel over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more. —AltAir CEO Tom Todaro.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

The company will also be responsible for the integration at the site as well as the operation and maintenance of the electrolyzer, which will be the first step for the industrial-scale production of synthetic methanol from renewables and industrial concentrated CO 2 from the Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GmbH.

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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Ensyn has initiated the generation and sale of its first RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers) under the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) ( earlier post ); Ensyn’s D7 cellulosic RINs have received QAP certification. Ensyn believes it is now the leading producer of cellulosic D7 RINs in 2014. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 18, 2014

A number of renewable jet and diesel fuels have been now developed that can be broadly classified as synthetic paraffinic kerosenes (SPKs). Remarkable progress has been made in the direct production of renewable fuels and oils by organisms including cyanobacteria, bacteria, algae, and yeast. earlier post , earlier post ).

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MARCH 10, 2014

Ensyn Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ensyn Corporation, has signed a contract with Memorial Hospital of North Conway, New Hampshire for the supply of RFO (Renewable Fuel Oil), Ensyn’s advanced cellulosic biofuel. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

As a very rough benchmark on yield, cellulosic gasoline and diesel company KiOR, which uses a different pathway for fuel production (the production of renewable crude from biomass followed by catalytic cracking to upgrade to fuels), calculates that one bone dry ton of woody biomass contains hydrocarbons approximately equal to 2.8 gallons US).

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MAY 4, 2014

BETO pursues a pathway approach for advancing R&D of converting biomass into renewable fuels and products. Biomass is rapidly heated in a fluidized bed reactor to yield vapors, which are condensed into a liquid bio-oil. This bio-oil is subsequently hydroprocessed to produce hydrocarbon biofuel blendstocks.

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MAY 14, 2020

Botryococcus features an exceptionally high growth rate and high hydrocarbon oil content; IHI’s fuel is based on the hydroprocessing of oil from Botryococcus braunii (Bb oil). The gas mixture is separated and cleaned to produce pure syngas, and it is then converted to long carbon chain waxes through the FT Synthesis Process.

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MARCH 18, 2015

Flagship Ventures is investing in Red Rock Biofuels, which is commercializing a Fischer-Tropsch-based process for the conversion of woody biomass into renewable, drop-in diesel and jet fuels. Also in 2014, Southwest Airlines agreed to purchase approximately 3 million gallons per year of Red Rock’s low carbon, renewable jet fuel.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

In a study investigating the effect of the water and free fatty acid (FFA) content in waste chicken fat from poultry processing plants on the production of renewable diesel (not biodiesel), researchers in Thailand have found that both higher FFA and water content improved the biohydrogenated diesel (BHD) yield. —Kaewmeesri et al.

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

expects that, given current and anticipated operations through the remainder of the year, its Columbus, Mississippi facility will produce approximately 410,000 gallons of renewable fuel during the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing full year production total from the facility to approximately 920,000 gallons. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 13, 2014

The current execution plan for 2014 is to focus exclusively on bringing the plant to its nameplate basis, and further to develop yield and process efficiency through R&D. KiOR is a significant factor in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) calculation of cellulosic fuel volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

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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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JULY 11, 2017

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil), India’s flagship national oil company and LanzaTech signed a Statement of Intent to construct the world’s first refinery offgas-to-bioethanol production facility in India. The basic engineering for the 40-million liter per year (10.6

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals. Charging infrastructure.

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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. The timeline to market is short, with commercial introduction expected in early 2014. Earlier post.). billion gallons. gallon in commercial production.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

The Algenol fuel production process is designed to convert 1 tonne of CO 2 into 144 gallons of fuel while recycling CO 2 from industrial processes and converting 85% of the CO 2 used into ethanol, gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. The algal bio-oil can be used to produce biodiesel, renewable diesel, or other bio-oil-derived products.

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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. million gallons per year of renewable jet fuel by mid-2014.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

The company will produce 20 million gallons of renewable fuel per year employing its Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) technology. RTP uses a fast thermal process to convert non-food-based feedstocks into biobased fuels. Ensyn will convert 440 dry tons of woody biomass into a renewable fuel oil (RFO) product.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas. —Christopher Knittel.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has begun construction in Hawaii of a demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into renewable drop-in transportation fuels via a rapid pyrolysis process integrated with a catalytic upgrading process. UOP, Ensyn and Envergent. In 2009, UOP and Ensyn Corp.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

announced that the US Army has successfully flown the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a 50:50 blend of Gevo’s ATJ-8 (Alcohol-to-Jet)—a renewable, drop-in alternative fuel for JP8 derived from isobutanol. Three pathways to SPK: FT (left); hydrogenated oil (center); ATJ (right). Bio-isobutanol company Gevo, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Meanwhile, sabinene contributes to the spiciness of black pepper, is a principal component of carrot seed oil, and occurs at a low concentration in tea tree oil. Sabinene (CAS: 3387-41-5), a perfume additive, is being explored as the components for the next generation aircraft fuel. coli strain.

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MAY 12, 2015

Global Bioenergies has successfully converted renewable resources first into gaseous isobutene via fermentation, which was then subsequently catalytically oligomerized into a mix of fuel-range liquid hydrocarbons, including iso-octane. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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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 ”. Kior said that if it is unsuccessful in finalizing definitive documentation with Khosla on or before 1 April 2014—i.e., Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Volpe Center, to accelerate commercial availability of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable drop-in aviation fuel. These alcohols are then converted, using technology from LanzaTech’s partner Swedish Biofuels, to jet fuel that is fully equivalent to petroleum jet fuel, or that can be blended with petroleum. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 12, 2012

The Directorate for Engineering is now seeking proposals (NSF 12-559) for awards totalling up to $12 million for FY 2012, 2013, and 2014, pending availability of funds. Within the US alone, almost 12 million barrels of oil are consumed per day in ground transportation vehicles that are powered by the internal combustion engine (ICE).

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