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KiOR receives fuel registration from EPA for renewable diesel

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a next-generation renewable fuels company, has been granted Part 79 (Title 40 CFR Part 79) registration for its Renewable Diesel Blendstock 5 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In July, KiOR had received Part 79 registration for its Renewable Gasoline Blendstock 5. KiOR, Inc., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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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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ADM, Gevo sign MoU to produce up to 500M gallons of sustainable aviation fuel

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The MoU contemplates the production of both ethanol and isobutanol that would then be transformed into renewable low carbon-footprint hydrocarbons, including SAF, using Gevo’s processing technology and capabilities.

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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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US DOE awards KiOR loan guarantee supporting a more than $1B biofuels project; drop-in fuels from wood biomass

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a developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, has received a term sheet for a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program supporting a more than $1-billion biofuels project. KiOR, Inc., Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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USDA announces availability of $181M to support development of advanced biofuels projects

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Sapphire Energy’s “Green Crude Farm” in Columbus, N.M., In continuous operation since May 2012, the plant is producing renewable algal oil that can be further refined to replace petroleum-derived diesel and jet fuel. Other fuel derived from cellulosic biomass. is an example of the use of this program.

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Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 parter on co-processing of algae crude oil with conventional crude

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The goal is to complete fuel certifications to ready Sapphire Energy’s renewable crude oil for wide-scale oil refining. This new relationship with Sapphire Energy complements other Phillips 66 renewable fuels collaborations in academia and other sectors to convert a range of sustainable feedstocks into transportation fuels.

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