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OXIS Energy to build Li-S manufacturing plant in Brazil

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OXIS Energy and the Minas Gerais Development Company CODEMGE have signed a 15-year lease agreement with Mercedes Benz Brazil (MBB) to take possession of a plant located at the MBB manufacturing site in Juiz de Fora in southeast Brazil to build a Li-sulfur battery manufacturing operation.

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Raízen breaks ground on Iogen cellulosic ethanol facility in Brazil

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Iogen Corporation announced that Brazilian ethanol giant Raízen Energia Participações S/A has started construction of a commercial biomass-to-ethanol facility using Iogen Energy’s advanced cellulosic biofuel technology. Brazil Cellulosic ethanol' Iogen Energy is a joint venture between Raízen and Iogen Corporation. Earlier post.).

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Proterro and Bunge to conduct pilot study in Brazil of Proterro’s sucrose-production technology for ethanol production

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Biofeedstock company Proterro, the developer of a biosynthetic process to manufacture fermentable sugar ( earlier post ), and Bunge Global Innovation, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global agribusiness and food company Bunge Limited, will conduct a pilot study of Proterro’s sucrose-production technology in Brazil.

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Boeing opening aerospace research and technology center in Brazil; research focus includes biofuels

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Boeing will establish later this year Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil, an aerospace research and technology center in Sao Paulo, that will will serve as a hub for collaboration between Boeing and Brazilian R&D organizations, including government agencies, private-sector companies and universities.

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Raízen investing in cellulosic ethanol company Iogen; joint development of cellulosic ethanol project in Brazil

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Raízen Group, the world’s largest producer of sugarcane ethanol, has committed an initial investment to develop a commercial cellulosic ethanol project in Brazil with Canada-based Iogen Energy, operator of the longest-running cellulosic ethanol facility. commercialization at Raízen’s sugar cane ethanol facilities. Earlier post.)

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SG Biofuels teams With JETBIO and aviation stakeholders to deploy Jatropha for biojet fuel in Brazil

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SG Biofuels (SGB) has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of crude Jatropha oil as a source for aviation biojet fuel in Brazil.

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LS9 collaborating with MAN Latin America to test UltraClean renewable diesel in Brazil

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a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by microbes, has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. LS9, Inc., Earlier post.).

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