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Renewable fuels and biochar company Cool Planet closes on $100M Series D financing

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Cool Planet Energy Systems, a renewable fuels and biochar company ( earlier post ), closed on its targeted $100 million Series D financing. The company broke ground on its first biofuel production facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, on 26 February 2014.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I spent 33 years in the automobile business, the equivalent of 96 human years. Having worked for car dealerships, manufacturers, an auction house, and an auto finance company, I’m convinced there is no other industry that attracts& such a diverse cast of characters. & These are their stories. Customers absolutely adored him.

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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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USDA has reached an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to provide a $91-million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Cool Planet to help the company finish construction on an advanced biofuel plant at the Port of Alexandria in Louisiana. An additional project financed from these funds will be announced later this month.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Moreover, developers must show that the project would make no economic sense without CDM funds and that documentation exists to demonstrate that these factors were considered by the company’s board of directors in their decision to pursue CDM financing. On-site blending pumps, in lieu of splash blending, are used for this test.

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KORE will get conditional OK for $850M U.S. mortgage for EV battery plant

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This system now trade in $412 billion in low-interest loans to firms onshoring the build of fuel-efficient automobiles and their elements. This system helped identify electrical automakers Tesla and Fisker Automobile. “That IP agreement is one-directional,” the respectable mentioned.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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For example, automobile firms have an incentive to invest in energy efficiency because consumers value fuel efficiency. Auction revenues may be used for the public good by allocating the allowance value to: households as dividends; financing investments and other public expenditures; and.

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