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AUGUST 1, 2013

million goes to four projects intended to boost the productivity of sustainable algae, while cutting capital and operating costs of commercial-scale production. Based in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii Bioenergy will develop a cost-effective photosynthetic open pond system to produce algal oil. Nearly $16.5

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Supplies Fuel San Diego Hawaii 218

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JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Arkansas North Carolina Energy New York 218

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is collaborating with Oorja Protonics , a developer and manufacturer of direct methanol fuel cell technology ( earlier post ) on a two-year project to deploy and demonstrate methanol fuel cells for power pallet jacks in four commercial wholesale distribution centers.

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Fuel Kansas City Kansas Renewable 225

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JUNE 24, 2010

Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass. Woody biomass, oil seed, grasses, cereal crop residue.

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Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island 210

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APRIL 16, 2009

Charging consumers to more accurately reflect the actual cost of a product--in this case energy--will lead consumers to change their behavior, smart-grid advocates say. We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources.

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Wind Grid Green Electric Cars 34

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APRIL 10, 2010

Today, this cap-and-trade program is considered one of the most efficient and cost-effective environmental initiatives ever implemented. Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Factors Determining Abatement Costs.

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