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ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $2.5M to advance diesel-free truck demonstration; ethanol-fueled MCCI

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million in additional financing from several investors, including the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations. Historically, clean-burning fuels, and those that are easy to make from waste CO 2 streams or syngas, have failed to ignite using MCCI. In fact, it increases power by 25%.

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CleanTech Biofuels, Fiberight to Create Municipal Solid Waste to Cellulosic Ethanol Demonstration Plant

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an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy and bio-based chemical production, will install its demonstration vessel at Fiberight LLC’s cellulosic ethanol pilot plant in Lawrenceville, Va. The company brought a pre-commercial plant in Blairstown, Iowa on line in May.

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POET Planning for 3.5B Gallons of Cellulosic Ethanol in 2022

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billion gallons of production capacity will come from transferring the technology to other forms of biomass such as wheat straw, switchgrass and municipal waste. Broin said there is a role for policy-makers to play in overcoming the remaining hurdles to commercializing the cellulosic ethanol production process. Jeff Broin.

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Novozymes introduces its latest enzyme technology for cellulosic biofuels; performs 1.5x better than predecessor

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The first plants start commercial production of advanced biofuels this year. With our new product, Cellic CTec3, and the first plants starting commercial production, this is a huge step forward in the transition from an oil-based economy to a bio-based economy. Both plants will convert municipal solid waste into biofuel.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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As each of the following stages heat and compress the biomass, it will outgas commercially viable bio-intermediary compounds that are then taken off to catalytic reaction chambers. Construction of the initial plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2015 with commercial operations beginning in early 2016. Earlier post.).

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). Financing Investments and Other Public Expenditures. Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions.

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