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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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The BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment funding opportunity is jointly funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office. Partners include Allonia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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Ontario Government selects Rentech’s renewable jet project for long-term supply of biomass from Crown forests

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The Province of Ontario (Canada) has selected Rentech’s proposed Olympiad Renewable Energy Centre (Olympiad Project) in The Township of White River (White River), Ontario, for a proposed supply of up to 1.1 The project will also produce 43 million liters (13 million gallons) annually of renewable naphtha, a chemical feedstock.

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NREL develops novel method to produce renewable acrylonitrile; carbon fibers from renewable biomass

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Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and their colleagues have devised a novel catalytic method to produce renewable acrylonitrile (ACN) using 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), which can be biologically produced from sugars. Conceptual process diagram for renewable ACN production from biomass sugars.

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ClearFuels to Develop Co-Located Commercial-Scale Biorefinery for Renewable Jet or Diesel Production in Tennessee

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have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel. The renewable energy facility will be co-located with Hughes Hardwood’s wood component products manufacturing facility in Collinwood, Tennessee. Earlier post.).

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Petrostar and Maverick Synfuels execute MOU for gas-to-methanol venture in Canada

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Maverick Synfuels develops and commercializes thermochemical technology that converts low-value and renewable feedstocks into high-value fuels and chemicals. Maverick currently operates demonstration plants in Florida and Colorado.

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Audi says A3 TDI performed flawlessly in extended drive on Rentech FT fuel

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The RenDiesel fuel used on this drive was produced from natural gas at Rentech’s demonstration plant in Colorado. RenDiesel can also be made from synthetic gas produced from biomass and waste resources. The Audi A3 TDI has an EPA average highway fuel economy rating of 42 mpg on traditional clean diesel fuel.

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DOE to award remaining $19.7M to Rentech and ClearFuels integrated bio-refinery project

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million of a $23-million grant to complete construction of a demonstration scale biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Colorado, and to integrate and operate it with Rentech’s Product Demonstration Unit (PDU) for the production of renewable synthetic fuels from biomass. Rentech, Inc. Earlier post.).

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