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Velocys receives FONSI from USDA for planned Mississippi biorefinery; wood waste to drop-in fuels

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Velocys plc announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the environmental assessment report for Velocys’ planned Bayou Fuels biorefinery in Natchez, Mississippi. Velocys technology is in use at ENVIA, the world’s first commercial smaller scale gas-to-liquids plant.

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Mullen secures $150 million financing deal, production Bollinger is a go

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Commercial EV manufacturer Mullen has scored a $150 million capital infusion that will allow it to expand its domestic and international sales efforts – and put Bollinger’s beefy electric trucks into series production. The Bollinger B4 is a cabover-style chassis cab with a 15,500 lb. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Velocys sells its second commercial license for FT renewable diesel and jet technology to Red Rock Biofuels

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The contract represents Velocys’s second commercial license, the first being to ENVIA for a gas-to-liquids plant. The biorefinery in Lakeview will convert 136,000 tons of forestry residue into 15 million gallons per year of renewable transportation fuels including diesel and jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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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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KiOR seeks to double cellulosic fuels production at Columbus plant; $50M in from Khosla for Columbus II

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is pursuing plans to double production capacity at its Columbus, Mississippi, facility through construction of a second facility incorporating KiOR’s commercially proven technology. KiOR has developed a proprietary catalytic pyrolysis process to convert non-food biomass into drop-in fuels. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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KiOR halts cellulosic fuels production at Columbus in Q1 to optimize production; need for R&D to boost yield and cut costs

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We do not believe that it is prudent to fund the production of cellulosic fuels out of Columbus at a significant loss to prices…these losses are driven by the operating state—low volume cannot absorb the cost of production.” We must drive yield toward and beyond 80 gallons per ton, while reducing product cost per gallon.”

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Cellulosic fuels company KiOR reveals “substantial doubts” about its viability; funding needed by 1 April

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The BFCC process operates at moderate temperatures and pressures to convert biomass in a matter of seconds into a cellulosic crude oil that can be refined using standard refining equipment into cellulosic gasoline and diesel. The focus of the commercialization efforts are with respect to our gasoline and diesel. Throughput.

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