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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential. 2.0% (mostly woody biomass). Central East.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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The Southeast Regional Alternative Fuels Market Initiatives Program, which. gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. Alternative Fuels Markets in New England will work to diversify the. The Advancing Alternative Fuel Markets Adoption and Growth project in. petroleum reduction strategies.

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ITOCHU invests in Flint Hills/Benefuel biodiesel project in US

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The joint venture—Duonix, LLC—is actively developing the first project, which is a retrofit of the 50-million-gallon-per-year facility in Beatrice, Nebraska. Benefuel and FHR have an exclusive agreement to develop and operate US-based biodiesel projects using Benefuel’s ENSEL technology.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. Nebraska – Lincoln). automobile market. residential and commercial buildings, where there are. production units, storage units, and consumers (homes, buildings, microgrids, utility systems). new competitive energy markets which were not possible.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars. He states this as a positive of his program.

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