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Martin’s group at Iowa State will develop the new solid electrolyte separator; Martin has been exploring new glass compositions with very high ionic conductivities for some time. And Solid Power, led by Dr. Josh Buettner-Garrett, will oversee the commercialization of the completed battery.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a $105-million loan guarantee to support the development of one of the US’ first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants. Project LIBERTY, sponsored by POET, will be built in Emmetsburg, Iowa and is expected to produce up to 25 million gallons of ethanol per year. Earlier post.)

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MAY 31, 2023

Under the terms of the agreement, Dow is supporting the design of New Energy Freedom, a new facility in Mason City, Iowa, that is expected to process 275kt of corn stover per year and produce commercial quantities of second-generation ethanol and clean lignin.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The acquisition combines REG’s growing renewable fuels production and leading feedstock capabilities with Chevron’s large manufacturing, distribution and commercial marketing position. After closing of the acquisition, Chevron’s renewable fuels business, Renewable Fuels - REG, will be headquartered in Ames, Iowa. billion, or $61.50

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has secured $17 million in Series A financing, which will enable commercialization of the company’s innovative engine technology for the long-haul trucking, agriculture and power generation sectors.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The Iowa Power Fund Board approved the award of $14.75 million to assist POET in developing a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant capable of producing 25 million gallons per year. POET will use corn fiber and corn cobs in addition to their existing ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

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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MARCH 10, 2009

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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JUNE 24, 2010

Thomas Bobik, professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology at Iowa State University is heading an effort to redesign an enzyme for the bio-based production of isobutene, a gas that is currently used in the production of a variety of chemicals and in the manufacture of other fuel additives, adhesive, plastics and synthetic rubber.

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MAY 4, 2021

New initiatives this year include: An investment in Shell Rock Soy Processing, a joint venture that plans to construct a new soybean-processing facility in Iowa. A memorandum of understanding with Southwest Airlines to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel. The project is expected to be completed in late 2022.

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JUNE 18, 2021

million in additional financing from several investors, including the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations. ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a growing startup dedicated to the development of clean engine technology ( earlier post ), secured $2.5 In fact, it increases power by 25%.

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JUNE 14, 2022

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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AUGUST 28, 2013

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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OCTOBER 26, 2021

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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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

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 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award nearly $18 million to four innovative pilot-scale biorefineries in California, Iowa and Washington that will produce and test drop-in renewable biofuels that meet military specifications for jet fuel and shipboard diesel. The projects selected for negotiation are: Frontline Bioenergy LLC (up to $4.2

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

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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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

POET-DSM’s long-anticipated Project LIBERTY , the US’ first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant to use corn waste as a feedstock ( earlier post ), began production today. Once operating at full, commercial-scale, the biorefinery in Emmetsburg, Iowa will produce 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

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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JANUARY 16, 2021

Diesel-powered engines move most of the nation’s freight tonnage, and today nearly all highway freight trucks, locomotives, and commercial marine vessels are powered by diesel engines. Region 7 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska will accept applications requesting up to $1,500,000 in grant funds.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The others are Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. During the event, Dalrymple encouraged other commercial fuel providers throughout North Dakota to make room at their pump stations for E15. E15 blended gasoline is now available in four of North Dakota’s larger cities.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Iowa State University (ISU) researchers and their colleagues at the Iowa Energy Center have developed a novel process for converting cellulose and related materials to high-value chemicals with low molecular weights. The Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. has filed for a patent of the technology.

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APRIL 10, 2014

The adoption of Enogen in ethanol plants is accelerating, with six commercial contracts signed. Use of the ACE technology is scheduled to begin at QCCP’s ethanol plant in Galva, Iowa in May 2014. The introduction of ACE technology will further drive growth.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Achieving this target would require ethanol consumption in China, the largest motor vehicle market in the world, to at least quadruple within the next three years, according to an analysis by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University. Source: USDA FAS. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

The project goal is to understand how the fuel mix ignites and reacts in diesel engines used in commercial trucks. Before a new process such as this can be up-scaled for commercialization, a techno-economic analysis (TEA) is warranted. —Haibo Huang.

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JULY 8, 2011

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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JANUARY 24, 2012

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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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Alcoa will invest $190 million at its Davenport Works, Iowa, facility to expand its product offerings in the aerospace and industrial markets. On 8 October, Alcoa said it continues to project 2014 global aerospace sales growth of 8 to 9% driven by robust demand for both large commercial aircraft and regional jets.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Catilin and its partner, Iowa State University - Center for Catalysis (ISU-CCAT), will provide key extraction, sequestration and conversion technologies. The balance of the algal oil, which contains free fatty acids (FFA) and triglycerides, will be converted to biodiesel using Catilin’s commercially available T300 catalyst.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Alcoa’s fasteners will be used to assemble some of Airbus’s latest high-growth airplanes, including the A350 XWB, Airbus’ newest commercial airplane, and the A320neo. Alcoa’s fasteners fly on every Airbus platform. In addition, Airbus will use Alcoa’s fastening systems for longer-running platforms including the A330.

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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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JUNE 21, 2023

Texas’s determination will put a ton of force on alternative states to undertake Tesla’s NACS, stated Lew Cox, director of commercial construction at MD7, which is helping firms deploy chargers. Others states like California, Iowa and Michigan are reviewing the moving charging marketplace.

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After graduating, he joined Collins Radio—now Collins Aerospace —headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Army in 1950 after receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1949 from Iowa State University , in Ames. He briefly worked at Maytag and left the commercial appliance manufacturer to join Iowa Power and Light.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Comparative testing by a major commercial-vehicle engine builder, for example, showed polymer-coated bearings delivered distinctly better post-test wear results. Production of the new bearing system began this summer at a MAHLE facility in Atlantic, Iowa.

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