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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. One of the catalytic conversion processes creates the high-octane gasoline blendstock. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Start-up commercializing NC State technology for drop-in biofuels; full commercial production targeted for 2016

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A parallel step to the fuel conversion is the separation of the by-product of hydrolysis, glycerol, from the sweet water. This step increases the energy efficiency of the process as well as minimizes waste streams. Then the glycerol is combusted to provide energy for the entire process. Step 3: Cracking and reforming.