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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. is an example of the use of this program. In 2011, USDA provided Sapphire Energy a $54.5-million

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Mississippi Approves $75M Loan to Catalytic Pyrolysis Startup KiOR for Biomass to Renewable Oil Plant

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The product, the company says, can go through existing crude refineries and be used to make standard gasoline or diesel fuel. The first site will be built in Columbus, Mississippi and could open by the end of 2011. KiOR will get no subsidies or state support until it has formed a partnership with a major oil company to refine it.

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Biobutanol companies merge: Green Biologics with butylfuel

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It is a superior blend stock as well, and can be blended with diesel as well as other biofuels, such as biodiesel, ethanol and isobutanol. The merged GBL will be a globally managed company focused on the production of C 4 chemicals and advanced fuels from renewable feedstocks, primarily from waste and by-product agricultural sources.

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Rentech Planning to Build Biomass to Synthetic Fuels and Electric Power Plant in California

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a Fischer-Tropsch process company, plans to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. That plant was built in partnership with the US Department of Energy, Battelle Columbus Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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ARPA-E awards $32M to 10 new projects to improve connected and automated vehicle efficiency

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Vehicle demonstration will leverage the Smart City infrastructure in Columbus. Since stop-and-go operation wastes a large amount of energy, optimizing these maneuvers for an urban transit bus presents significant opportunities for improving energy efficiency. The Pennsylvania State University. 2,800,000.

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