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Fulcrum to build second waste-to-fuels plant in Gary, Indiana

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Fulcrum BioEnergy has selected Gary, Indiana as the location of its Centerpoint BioFuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel. Once operational, the Centerpoint plant will divert and process approximately 700,000 tons of waste from the Greater Chicago area.

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Abengoa to begin building municipal solid waste to fuels plant for Fulcrum

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Abengoa has received Notice to Proceed on Fulcrum BioEnergy’s plant that will produce biofuels from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States with gasification technology. The plant will be located in the State of Nevada and will have the capacity to produce 10 million gallons of biofuels per year, to be used in the aviation sector.

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Federal Court declines to vacate ROD for Lithium Americas Thacker Pass project but remands to BLM for consideration of waste issue

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The US District Court, District of Nevada has declined to vacate the issuance of the Record of Decision (ROD) by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for Lithium Americas’ proposed Thacker Pass lithium mining project ( earlier post ) located in Humboldt Country, Nevada. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv., 4th 1202 (9th Cir.

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US DOE to award nearly $18M to 4 biorefinery projects for mil-spec renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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The pilot-scale biorefinery projects selected today will use a variety of non-food biomass feedstocks, waste-based materials, and algae in innovative conversion processes. The projects selected for negotiation are: Frontline Bioenergy LLC (up to $4.2 The projects selected for negotiation are: Frontline Bioenergy LLC (up to $4.2

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DuPont and Procter & Gamble partner to use cellulosic ethanol in Tide laundry detergent; replacing corn ethanol

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DuPont will produce the cellulosic ethanol at the company’s new biorefinery, currently under construction in Nevada, Iowa. The new Tide Cold Water will re-purpose more than 7,000 tons of agricultural waste a year. Click to enlarge. —James Collins, Senior Vice President, DuPont.

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Departments of the Navy, Energy and Agriculture award $210M in contracts for 3 drop-in fuel biorefineries; more than 100M gallons/year

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The companies receiving Phase 2 investment for the construction and commissioning of biorefineries are: Emerald Biofuels: To build an 82-million gallon per year (gpy) refinery on the Gulf Coast using waste fats to create military grade fuel. Fulcrum BioEnergy: To build a 10-million gpy refinery in McCarran, Nevada.

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PNNL, Moselle to advance using magnetic nanoparticles to capture lithium, cesium from brines

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Currently, the global supply chain for these elements relies heavily on dated extraction processes that are energy-intensive, consume a lot of water, and create toxic waste. If successful, the group would like to build a pilot-scale plant in New Zealand. The work has been approved and will get underway in Spring 2021.