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JULY 8, 2011

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.

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JULY 1, 2022

The cost of new-build onshore wind has risen 7% year on year, and fixed-axis solar has jumped 14%, according to the latest analysis by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Despite temporary cost rises for renewables, the gap to fossil fuel power generation continues to widen due to fuel and carbon prices rising even faster.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. In addition, Amyris announced its purpose-built industrial fermentation facility in Brazil has successfully begun production of Biofene, Amyris’s brand of renewable farnesene. has completed a $42.25 million private placement of its common stock.

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AUGUST 8, 2011

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Bunge Global Innovation LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food company, have entered into a framework agreement for the formation of a joint venture entity focused on the production of triglyceride oils in Brazil. Solazyme, Inc.,

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Volkswagen Truck & Bus’s Brazilian commercial vehicle brand (Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus) will invest ~€420 million (US$448 million) over the next five years into the steady renewal of its product portfolio, modernization of its plant in Resende, and the development of its connectivity services. German companies think long-term.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

An overview of the direct sugar to hydrocarbon (DSHC) process for the production of renewable jet fuel. Renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. The anticipated partnership was announced during the first commercial flight with a renewable jet fuel in Brazil by the airline earlier today. Source: Amyris.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

announced that commercial production of its renewable algal oils has begun at both Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)’s Clinton, Iowa facility, and the downstream companion facility operated by American Natural Products in Galva, Iowa (ANP). Solazyme, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

After concluding that Iogen had the most advanced technology for building co-located commercial plants at Raízen’s sugar cane ethanol facilities, Raízen committed, in July 2012, an initial investment to a project in Brazil with Iogen through their jointly owned Iogen Energy affiliate. Brazil Cellulosic ethanol'

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Bunge Limited, a leading global agribusiness and food company, has joined Solazyme’s Series D round as a strategic investor. Solazyme is an algal biotechnology company that produces renewable oils and biomaterials in standard fermentation facilities.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Algae-based renewable oil company Solazyme, Inc. Algae-based renewable oil company Solazyme, Inc. The company optimizes microalgae to produce oil profiles with different carbon chain lengths, saturation levels and functional groups to modify important oil characteristics. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This collaboration was initiated to develop and commercialize renewable isoprene, sourced from various biomass as an additional sustainable pathway to produce isoprene. Amyris will share its rights to commercialize the renewable isoprene technology developed under this collaboration with Braskem. Amyris Brasil Ltda.,

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Ensyn Corporation and Brazilian wood pulp company Fibria Celulose S.A. have formed a strategic alliance that includes the establishment of an equally-owned joint venture for the production of cellulosic liquid fuels and chemicals in Brazil, as well as a US$20-million equity investment in Ensyn Corporation by Fibria. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Brazil’s largest airline, TAM Airlines; Curcas Diesel Brasil, a company promoting Jatropha curcas as the key feedstock for the global biodiesel industry; and Brasil Ecodiesel , the country’ largest biodiesel producer, will collaborate to conduct feasibility studies to implement an integrated project for the. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Amyris Brasil, a wholly owned subsidiary of synthetic biology company Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. has entered into letter of intent agreements with three sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil—Bunge Limited, Cosan and Açúcar Guarani with the purpose of partnering for the production of high value renewable specialty chemicals and fuels.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. and Syngenta have extended a joint market development agreement in Brazil. The companies will move forward with their efforts to promote the use of both sweet sorghum and high biomass sorghum at Brazilian ethanol mills. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding for the formation of a joint venture to produce Biofene, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. Amyris is scaling its Biofene production in Brazil, Europe and the United States through various production arrangements.

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APRIL 14, 2013

UK-based TMO Renewables (TMO) and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol. Biotech Brazil Cellulosic ethanol' 11(6):398-408. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2009.08.005. 2009.08.005.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Separately, Solazyme and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a leading global agricultural processor, signed strategic collaboration, manufacturing and market development agreements in which Solazyme and ADM will produce Solazyme’s tailored algal oils in ADM’s advanced fermentation plant at Clinton, Iowa. Solazyme, Inc., Earlier post.).

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JULY 31, 2012

Under the enhanced collaboration, Total reaffirms its commitment to Amyris’ technology and dedicates its $82-million funding budget over the next three years exclusively for the deployment of Biofene, Amyris’ renewable farnesene, for production of renewable diesel and jet fuel. We are appreciative of Total’s ongoing support of Amyris.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Brazil-based GranBio announced a strategic alliance with NextChem, the subsidiary of Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont dedicated to the energy transition, to co-license its patented technology for the production of second-generation (2G) ethanol worldwide. Currently, the company has the capacity to produce around 30 million liters (7.9

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JUNE 25, 2009

Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility. opened the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas, Brazil. The facility, located in the midst of the sugarcane processing industry, secures the final development step before full commercial production of Amyris’s renewable fuels and chemicals.

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APRIL 1, 2013

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. Amyris also has met the technical milestones at its production plant in Brazil to satisfy the conditions for a follow-on common stock investment of $5 million from its existing investor, Biolding Investment SA.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The number of São Paulo, Brazil city buses using a blend of Amyris Renewable Diesel, which is branded locally as Diesel de Cana (“sugarcane diesel”), has increased to 400 from 300. The blend of renewable diesel is produced from locally-grown sugarcane using Amyris’ fermentation technology.

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MAY 28, 2010

Bayer CropScience and the CTC —Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira, the Center for Sugarcane Technology, São Paulo, Brazil— intend to enter into a broad cooperation on the research and development of biotech sugarcane varieties. The CTC is recognized as the largest sugarcane technology center in Brazil and one of the most renowned in the world.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Novozymes, an international enzymes and microorganisms company, has entered two new research partnerships in Brazil. The second partnership, with Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in Latin America, is focused on developing large-scale production of polypropylene from sugarcane. —Steen Riisgaard, CEO of Novozymes.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

a renewable hydrocarbons company, announced that it has completed multiple runs of its fermentation process using its engineered yeast to produce Biofene, Amyris renewable farnesene, in 100,000 and 200,000 liter capacity fermentors. Amyris, Inc.,

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JANUARY 23, 2012

UK-based industrial biotechnology company Green Biologics Limited (GBL) merged with US-based butylfuel Inc., a renewable chemicals and biofuels company. Biofuels remains a strategic driver for GBL, with the company’s immediate market focus on butanol and C 4 chemicals. which became Green Biologics, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted Ensyn Corporation ( earlier post ) Part 79 registration for its renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. The liquid RFO feedstock was produced at one of Ensyn’s commercial facilities and shipped to Brazil.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. This approval follows the recently announced Part 79 approval of Ensyn’s renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JULY 25, 2010

and the city of São Paulo, Brazil have begun a pilot project in which three urban public bus transport will be supplied with 5% renewable diesel produced from sugarcane feedstock. Three others will be fueled by 100% renewable diesel. The company recently entered an off-take agreement with Shell. Amyris Brasil S.A.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The new business, Greenergy Brazil headquartered in Sao Paulo, has been established to meet increasing demand for UK RTFO and EU Renewable Energy Directive compliant bioethanol. In 2010 traded volumes are expected to exceed 600,000 m 3 , of which approximately 50% will be supplied by Greenergy into the UK market.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a reduction in the cellulosic biofuel and total renewable fuel standards (RFS) for 2014. Specifically, EPA is proposing a total renewable fuel target of 15.21 Total renewable fuels. billion gallons; the final 2013 overall volumes and standards require 16.55 Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Edeniq, a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, has raised more than $16 million in equity. The equity investment was led by I2BF Global Ventures, an existing investor; Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Angeleno Group, Flint Hills Resources Renewables, The Westly Group, Cyrus Capital, and Nimes Capital also continued to support Edeniq.

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JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule setting the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2018 under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program. Renewable Fuel Volume Requirements. Renewable fuel (billion gallons). —EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

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MAY 6, 2011

a renewable oils and bioproducts company, announced a two-year joint development agreement (JDA) with Bunge Limited to develop microbe-derived oils utilizing Brazilian sugar cane feedstock. Development will take place at Bunge’s facility in Moema, Brazil, and at Solazyme’s laboratories in South San Francisco and Campinas, Brazil.

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DECEMBER 25, 2020

Battery anode company Talga Group Ltd completed an A$25-million (US$19-million) placement to fund the Electric Vehicle Anode (EVA) pilot plant as part of the development of the Vittangi Anode Project located in northern Sweden. Most of the world’s reserves are in China, with other key nations India and Brazil.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Brazil’s largest airline, TAM Airlines, and Airbus have conducted the first Jatropha-based biofuel flight in Latin America, using an Airbus A320. The biofuel, processed by UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, was a 50% blend of locally-sourced Brazilian Japtropha-based bio-kerosene and conventional jet fuel.

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