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KiOR signs second offtake agreement for renewable gasoline and diesel blendstocks

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CLE’s purchase of products is contingent on, among other things, satisfaction of product specification criteria and RIN certification of the products as cellulosic biofuels under the US Renewable Fuel Standard. KiOR expects to begin production at its Columbus facility in the second half of 2012. Earlier post.)

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KiOR signs offtake agreement with Hunt Refining Company for renewable fuels

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developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass ( earlier post ), has signed an offtake agreement with Hunt Refining Company, which has agreed to purchase renewable gasoline and diesel blendstocks and fuel oil produced at KiOR’s first commercial facility to be located in Columbus, MS.

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One EV enthusiast leads to anothe

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The organization grows My first connection came when folks from the Columbus non-profit Clean Fuels Ohio saw my Facebook page. Later, I was invited by a local Montgomery County Commissioner, who was focusing efforts on sustainability, to a Zoom call with the team responsible for county vehicle purchasing.

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One EV enthusiast leads to another

Electric Auto Association

The organization grows My first connection came when folks from the Columbus non-profit Clean Fuels Ohio saw my Facebook page. Later, I was invited by a local Montgomery County Commissioner, who was focusing efforts on sustainability, to a Zoom call with the team responsible for county vehicle purchasing.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Our customers purchase their vehicles on spreadsheets, Waters explained. We .  will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The 100 m.p.g.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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