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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.

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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. —John Melo, Amyris President & CEO.

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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 of US fuel. Total renewable fuels. billion gallons. Earlier post.) Advanced biofuel.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

International oil and gas major Total and renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. signed agreements to expand their current R&D partnership ( earlier post ) and to form a joint venture to develop, produce and commercialize a range of renewable fuels and products. Earlier post.).

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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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JULY 19, 2011

will begin supplying an expected 160 city buses in the Brazilian city of São Paulo with Amyris renewable diesel—a pure hydrocarbon drop-in fuel derived from sugarcane (known locally as Diesel de Cana). Amyris’s sugarcane-based diesel will help meet the city’s target of reducing fossil fuel use in the public transit system.

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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. Amyris Brasil S.A. Also involved in the trial are Daimler and Petrobras. Earlier post.).

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JULY 19, 2016

stake in Novvi LLC, a joint venture of Amyris and Brazil-based Cosan S.A. formed in 2011 to produce renewable base oils and lubricants from Amyris’ Biofene—Amyris’s brand of a renewable, long-chain, branched hydrocarbon molecule called farnesene (trans-ß-farnesene). American Refining Group (ARG) is taking a 33.3%

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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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JUNE 25, 2010

The parties have agreed to the terms under which Shell may purchase the renewable hydrocarbon fuel from Amyris, including pricing relative to a defined biodiesel price index. The companies intend to cooperate to obtain the necessary European approvals for use of this fuel. Amyris modifies farnesene to become Amyris diesel.

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MAY 3, 2012

Liquid fuel and chemical production from sweet sorghum. into renewable diesel in a US Department of Energy (DOE) funded biorefinery project. Amyris is presenting a summary of the results at the 34 th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans, Louisiana. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge. Amyris, Inc.

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MARCH 21, 2011

a distributor of industrial and automotive aftermarket products and lubricants, plan to form a joint venture for the production, marketing and distribution of finished renewable lubricants for the North American market. The joint venture would market and sell lubricants employing Amyris’s synthetic renewable base oils derived from Biofene.

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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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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Farnesene is an isoprenoid molecule that forms the basis for a wide range of products varying from specialty chemical applications to transportation fuels such as diesel. When used as a fuel precursor, farnesene can be hydrogenated to farnesane, which has a high cetane number (58). Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Use of Hydrous Ethanol in Brazil. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol.

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Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Are you aware of the most commonly used fuel in automobiles? The answer is petroleum fuels. The fossil fuels are highly significant in the global economy. The worlds’ energy requirements are mostly meet by these petroleum fuels.

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The charging processes use power from certified renewable sources. —Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG The first Porsche Charging Lounge in the world is heated and air-conditioned by a heat pump that operates without fossil fuels. By the start of next year, 400 kW per charging point should be possible.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

Renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. announced that its farnesene plant in Brazil has achieved the production run rate of 1 million liters (264,000 gallons US) over a 45-day period. Our farnesene plant in Brazil is operating well, meeting our technology, volumetric and cost targets.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

and Cosan SA Industria e Comércio have executed a binding agreement to establish a joint venture for the worldwide development, production and commercialization of renewable base oils. Amyris designs these microorganisms to produce defined molecules for use as renewable chemicals and transportation fuels. Amyris, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Unilever have executed a commercial supply agreement for the first partnered Solazyme Tailored Algal Oil. The oil will be produced at the Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils facility, a joint venture of Solazyme and Bunge located at Bunge’s Moema sugar mill in Brazil. Solazyme, Inc.,

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AUGUST 15, 2011

has commissioned its third industrial-scale commercial facility—its first in the US—for the production of Biofene, its renewable farnesene. Amyris is scaling its production in Brazil, Europe and the United States through five production arrangements, including manufacturing agreements with Antibióticos S.A., Amyris, Inc.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Boeing, Embraer and the Sao Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP) plan to collaborate on long-term aviation biofuels-related research and development, a move that represents another major step toward the creation of a sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Brazil.

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APRIL 29, 2011

a renewable chemicals and fuels company, today announced the completion of the first industrial-scale facility for the production of Biofene, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. The production facility is located in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil at a facility owned by Biomin do Brasil Nutrição Animal Ltda.,

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MARCH 22, 2011

Renewable hydrocarbons company Amyris, Inc. a renewable energy company producing sugar, ethanol and electricity headquartered in São Paulo State, Brazil. Amyris expects to begin contract manufacturing production this year in Brazil at Biomin GMBH; in the US with Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc.,

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JULY 1, 2013

During the Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil last week, Thomas Apostolos, President of Ricardo, Inc, presented a technology approach in which an engine using Ricardo’s Extreme Boosted Direct Injection (EBDI) ( earlier post ) achieved diesel-like fuel efficiency from a spark-ignited engine. —Thomas Apostolos.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

and Salisbury Partners, LLC for Glycotech to provide chemical processing at Salisbury’s Leland, NC facility to convert Amyris’s Biofene, or renewable farnesene, into finished products for a wide range of applications. When used as a fuel precursor, farnesene can be hydrogenated to farnesane, which has a high cetane number (58).

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

The facility also features an electricity cogeneration component allowing it to operate as a self-sufficient renewable energy producer. This would have been simply impossible without the establishment of the Renewal Fuel Standard. — Manuel Sanchez Ortega, CEO of Abengoa.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

a renewable chemicals and biofuels company. Butanol is also a superior biofuel and can directly replace gasoline as a fuel. Butanol also has the potential to be upgraded to aviation jet fuel, a $50 billion market driven by increasing global interest on reduction of carbon emissions. which became Green Biologics, Inc.

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Similar to what is happening in the automotive world, farm machines will become more reliant on state-of-the-art technology with automation, satellite navigation, data collection, and making the move to electrification or renewable fuels.

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Airships were introduced in the first half of the 20 th century before conventional aircraft were used for the long-range transport of cargo and passengers. The open-access paper is published in the journal Energy Conversion and Management: X. Hydrogen is a good energy carrier and a valuable energy storage alternative.

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MAY 15, 2014

Further, the study compares 450 ppm LDV CO 2 glide paths derived using only vehicle efficiency improvements against those derived using both vehicle and fuel actions. Holding vehicle efficiencies, powertrain shares and fuel characteristics constant at 2010 levels, they then considered the effect of only vehicle actions.

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As a result of this combination, the JV is ideally positioned to be a leading provider of storage solutions for electric vehicles and energy storage applications in India and will also contribute to developing solutions to increase the amount of renewable energy that is used and reduce India’s dependence on fossil fuels.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted six new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications to the LCFS public comment web site: corn ethanol; molasses ethanol (from Brazil); palm fatty acid distillates (PFAD) to biodiesel; and landfill gas to LNG, L-CNG, and CNG. gCO 2 e/MJ fuel. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

per gallon US) subsidy and fuel excise and value-added tax exemptions, and ( b ) a prospective future scenario with no form of government support measures. the lack of a key non-food feedstock that can be grown on such lands is the major constraint on the expansion of fuel ethanol production in China. … Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

These LNGs are expected to produce 25% fewer greenhouse gas emissions compared to the older trucks and use 95% less diesel fuel than the vehicles they replace. The Westport technology uses natural gas as the main fuel with a small amount of diesel delivered at high pressure to the combustion chamber.

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