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

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One of the catalytic conversion processes creates a high-octane gasoline blend stock that can be used in today’s standard automobiles requiring no change to existing conventional fuel distribution systems. The company broke ground on its first biofuel production facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, on 26 February 2014.

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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. Earlier post.). The Cool Planet process is widely tunable in the produced biochar/fuel ratio.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Renergie was formed on March 22, 2006 for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (“SABMFs”) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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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. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana. Each SABMF has a production capacity of five million gallons per year of fuel-grade ethanol.

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