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MATHESON executes long-term hydrogen supply contract with Vertex for renewable diesel production

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MATHESON , the US affiliate of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation ( NSHD ), has signed a long-term supply agreement to meet hydrogen requirements for a 75,000 bpd refinery in Mobile, Alabama owned by Vertex Energy. Conceptual design of the HyCO Facility has been completed and engineering has been progressed.

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Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

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Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. will deliver to the grid by the end of 2020.

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BlueFire Renewables Signs 15-Year Feedstock Supply Contract for Cellulosic Ethanol Facility

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Cellulosic biofuels company BlueFire Renewables, Inc. —Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Renewables, Inc. Cooper Marine Timberlands (CMT), with several chip mills in operation in Mississippi and Alabama, is a member company of Cooper/T.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Honda will also further pursue the utilization of local resources, which includes strengthening our collaboration with CATL for the supply of batteries. Renewable Energy Efforts in North America. Honda further commits to supplying its operations with 100% renewable energy and has begun taking steps to achieving this goal.

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Li-Cycle starts operations at its first European lithium-ion battery recycling facility

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Germany represents the largest market for both battery manufacturing scrap and the expected supply of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries in Europe. Li-Cycle’s Germany Spoke leverages existing infrastructure with access to clean renewable energy and key transportation outlets.

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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into renewable diesel in a US Department of Energy (DOE) funded biorefinery project. The pilot-scale project use both free (soluble) sugars and biomass (cellulosic) sugars from Ceres’ sweet sorghum hybrids grown in Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana and Tennessee. Amyris modifies farnesene to become renewable diesel.

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Agrisoma expanding partnership with Univ. of Florida on biojet fuel in US; Carinata seed

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is expanding its partnership with the University of Florida (UF) to advance the supply of biojet fuel in the United States. The five-year project will adopt a techno-economic-socio approach focused on: Alleviation of physical, environmental, economic and social constraints of regional feedstock intensification along the supply chain; and.

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