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In April, the company completed the diesel hydrotreater conversion, which will ramp up to 8,000 bbl/d (120 million gallons per year) of renewable diesel production by the third quarter of 2021. The company will purchase 100% of the soybean oil production. Earlier post.). The project is expected to be completed in late 2022.

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Archer Daniels Midland Company announced today that ADM Polymer Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of ADM, will end its commercial alliance with Metabolix, Inc. Under the terms of their commercial alliance, ADM Polymer Corporation may provide PHA fermentation services for Metabolix during a three-year period following termination.

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million in additional financing from several investors, including the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations. The company plans to have demonstration trucks on the road by the end of 2021. The new funding will help ClearFlame deploy pilot Class 8 trucks with its patented technology.

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Researchers at Iowa State University are developing a new thermochemical system for the coproduction of ethanol and thermal energy, based on a new low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production. million grant from the Iowa Power Fund , a state program to advance energy innovation and independence. —Robert C.

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About 900 million gallons of ethanol produced at ADM’s dry mills in Columbus, Nebraska, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as well as its Decatur, Illinois, complex, is expected to be processed utilizing this technology, resulting in approximately 500 million gallons of SAF and other renewable hydrocarbons. —Gevo CEO Patrick Gruber, Ph.D.

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The teams will develop novel extraction chemistries and explore practical limits of yield, extraction efficiency, and purity to recover a selective list of critical elements from a feedstock representative of commercial and Department of Defense (DoD) e-waste. —Vishnu Sundaresan, RPOD program manager in DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office.

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announced that the company will be ready with multiple, commercially-viable autonomous drive (AD) vehicles by 2020. Nissan Motor Co., The full list of institutions currently involved with Nissan’s AD effort is: AIST?National

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The company’s goal is to be below $2 per gallon by the time of the commercial start-up of its Project LIBERTY (Launch of an Integrated Bio-refinery with Eco-sustainable and Renewable Technologies in Y2009) plant, a planned 25 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Earlier post.). per gallon.

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POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels says it has achieved a major breakthrough in cellulosic biofuels production at its Project LIBERTY plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa. The company has solved the critical challenge in pretreatment, overcoming what has been the primary hurdle to commercialization for producers around the world. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 15, 2009

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University have developed a unique method that uses sponge-like mesoporous nanoparticles to harvest biofuel oils from algae without harming the algae. The nanofarming technology promises lower production costs and shorter production cycles. Victor Lin.

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to supply a two-step biomass treatment process for the Project LIBERTY commercial-scale cellulosic bio-ethanol plant under construction in Emmetsburg, Iowa ( earlier post ). . In March, company officials, as well as Iowa Gov.

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The plant will be constructed by Fiberight, LLC, based in Blairstown, Iowa. Novel technologies such as enzyme recycling and cellulosic sugar concentration have been developed to control costs and the company has tested these processes on a commercial scale. Other funding comes from the State of Iowa.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Butamax Advanced Biofuels announced that the Fagen-owned facility Platinum Ethanol LLC of Arthur, Iowa and three other facilities have joined the Butamax Early Adopters Group ( earlier post ), indicating their interest in biobutanol production. Fagen, Inc. Butamax recently announced a collaboration with Fagen, Inc.

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is offering a conditional commitment for a $105- million loan guarantee to support the development of a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant. Project LIBERTY, sponsored by POET, LLC, will produce up to 25 million gallons of ethanol per year and will be located in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Earlier post.).

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Trestle Energy LLC, a low carbon fuel company working with ethanol producers across the Midwest, and Larksen LLC, a biomass company providing sustainably sourced agricultural residues to Midwestern power plants, will collaborate to commercialize a new Fuel Pathway Management Platform.

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He was a member of the board for several companies and organizations including Bank of New York Mellon , Irving Trust , the Edison Electric Institute , and the National Association of Manufacturers. While there, he suggested the company build more accurate calibration systems. He was appointed by U.S. He retired from there in 1992.

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Separately, Solazyme and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a leading global agricultural processor, signed strategic collaboration, manufacturing and market development agreements in which Solazyme and ADM will produce Solazyme’s tailored algal oils in ADM’s advanced fermentation plant at Clinton, Iowa. Solazyme, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Royal DSM and POET, LLC, one of the world’s largest ethanol producers, have formed a joint venture to commercially demonstrate and license cellulosic bioethanol based on their proprietary and complementary technologies. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. The integrated design, development, and production of highly complex systems, leveraging software, can speed ideas from the lab into commercial production, reduce costs, and shorten production lifecycles.

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a biomaterials and sustainable fuels company, in addition to being an investor. Flint Hills will also conduct commercial testing and scale-up of Edeniq’s Pathway platform. Edeniq recently announced the company has raised over $30 million in additional funding.

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a biofuels catalyst technology company ( earlier post ), will embark a $5.3 Catilin and its partner, Iowa State University - Center for Catalysis (ISU-CCAT), will provide key extraction, sequestration and conversion technologies. Catilin, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Broin said there is a role for policy-makers to play in overcoming the remaining hurdles to commercializing the cellulosic ethanol production process. POET has submitted an application for a loan guarantee with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and looks forward to prompt approval so the company can stay on schedule, Broin said.

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million goes to four projects intended to boost the productivity of sustainable algae, while cutting capital and operating costs of commercial-scale production. Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. Nearly $16.5 The projects include: Hawaii Bioenergy ($5 million DOE investment).

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The US National Science Foundation has awarded a one-year, $200,000 RAPID Response grant to synthetic biology company Modular Genetics , Inc. The US National Science Foundation has awarded a one-year, $200,000 RAPID Response grant to synthetic biology company Modular Genetics , Inc. In the paper, BIO cites Dr. P.

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SEA Electric an Australian-founded and California-based Global transport innovator company has received a massive order for 1,150 electric trucks which is said to be the largest in its history. According to SEA’s VP of sales and marketing Nick Casas this order is the company’s first order above 1,000 units.

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Since then, we’ve seen the company unveil a novel Class 3 box truck called the P7-B, lock in a battery supplier , and introduce an additional REE EV called the P7-C. It was two years ago at CES 2022 when the EV startup first introduced its modular P7 platform , designed with fleets in mind – particularly delivery operators in the US.

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Cobs are the feedstock for POET’s effort to commercialize cellulosic ethanol, Project LIBERTY, which will be built in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Project LIBERTY, which includes building the commercial plant, helping farmers and equipment manufacturers develop a feedstock infrastructure and other costs, will total about $250 million.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Cellic CTec3 allows the cost of producing ethanol from biomass to approach the level of corn ethanol and gasoline, according to the company. The first plants start commercial production of advanced biofuels this year. Both companies will use Cellic CTec3 in their operations and are set to begin production this year.

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“Alcoa 951” technology is being incorporated into the $300 million automotive expansion underway at Alcoa’s Davenport (Iowa) Works facility, scheduled for completion by the end of 2013. We’re excited to see it commercialized. The attractiveness of “Alcoa 951” lies in its repeatability and its simplicity, the company says.

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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced three winning startup companies—based on a public vote and an expert review—out of the 14 participating in the US Department of Energy (DOE) “ America’s Next Top Energy Innovator ” challenge. Initially, 36 start-up companies elected to participate in this first-of-its-kind effort.

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This agreement advances the Companies’ July 2009 Joint Research Agreement, which established anticipated yields and operating costs of using CleanTech’s cellulosic biomass feedstock in Fiberight’s Targeted Fuel Extraction process. The company brought a pre-commercial plant in Blairstown, Iowa on line in May.

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USDA has reached an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to provide a $91-million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Cool Planet to help the company finish construction on an advanced biofuel plant at the Port of Alexandria in Louisiana. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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This was primarily due to the classification of utility companies under state laws. In Iowa , the kWh tax has already been in effect since July 1, 2023. Similar to Iowa, Montana introduced a $0.03 In order to regulate public utilities, states must pass laws that define a public utility. kWh tax begins on July 1, 2025.

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Further, overcoming the corrosive degradation of these “artificial photosynthesis” systems remains a challenge and has thus far eluded commercialization. Our teams at the University of California, Santa Barbara and at the University of Iowa have been working diligently to achieve efficient renewable hydrogen production.

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This transaction positions Alcoa to capitalize on strong growth in the commercial aerospace sector. In addition, the Company announced plans to install advanced aerospace plate manufacturing capabilities in Iowa. Under the agreement, Alcoa will supply titanium parts for the fuselage, among other components.

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Porter Machinery Company; Honeywell Aerospace; Montana Tech of The University of Montana; and TechSolve, Inc.). The results from this project will enable the AM community to optimize advanced cellular structures for the design and manufacture of lightweight and strong AM parts, impacting multiple commercial sectors.

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A newly announced partnership between General Motors and the startup magnet company Niron Magnetics suggests a resounding “yes.” And nearly 90 percent of processed rare earths come from China, which means a supply-chain dependence that spooks car companies in the United States, Japan, Europe, and Korea.

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