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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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The first two plants are expected to be in Mississippi, with additional sites planned in Georgia and Texas. This project is designed to complement an earlier Mississippi agreement, which requires KiOR to build three plants in Mississippi before 2015. This project accelerates KiOR’s commercialization strategy.

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Velocys’ Bayou Fuels project set to produce negative emission fuels; partnering with Oxy

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a wholly owned subsidiary of Velocys plc, signed an agreement with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), to capture CO 2 from Velocys’ planned Bayou Fuels biomass-to-fuels project in Natchez, Mississippi, and securely store it underground in a geologic formation. Velocys, Inc.,

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China to be Site of First Commercial Implementation of TRIG Coal Gasifier

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The contract award marks China as the site for the first worldwide commercial implementation of the TRIG technology with the goal of producing low-emission, coal-based electricity. TRIG coal gasification technology was co-developed developed by Southern Company, KBR Inc., that is managed and operated by Southern Company.

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Waste Management Makes Strategic Investment in Waste-to-Fuels Company Enerkem

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The Enerkem process has four steps: feedstock pre-treatment; gasification; syngas conditioning; and conversion. The syngas is converted to products using a sequential catalytic conversion process. Its commercial-scale demonstration facility in Westbury, Canada, which was completed in 2009, reached 1,000 hours of operation.

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KiOR signs second offtake agreement for renewable gasoline and diesel blendstocks

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The companies have also signed a Testing and Optimization Agreement to optimize the compatibility of KiOR’s blendstocks with Chevron’s facilities. This is the second offtake agreement KiOR has signed for its Columbus, MS, facility, having announced an agreement with Hunt Refining Company in March of 2011. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Rentech Takes 25% Stake in Biomass Gasification Company

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Rentech, the developer of a Fischer-Tropsch process for the conversion of syngas derived from biomass and fossil resources into synthetic fuels, specialty waxes and chemicals, has acquired a 25% stake in ClearFuels Technology Inc. This joint demonstration is anticipated to lead to the final design basis for the commercial facilities.

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UPS updates 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric step vans with smaller genset engine for better fuel economy

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The trucks will be deployed in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Texas later this year. a Cincinnati-based company, was announced by Carlton Rose, UPS Global Fleet Maintenance and Engineering president at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach, Calif. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).