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MAY 16, 2022

The VERBIO Nevada (Iowa) Biorefinery began producing renewable natural gas (RNG) on an industrial scale in December 2021. Alliant Energy delivers the energy from the production at the facility to its natural gas customers in Iowa. The plant in Nevada (Iowa) is our first plant in the USA.

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JUNE 14, 2022

We have brought together companies with complementary capabilities, assets, and customer relationships to make Chevron one of the leading renewable fuels companies in the United States. Since then, the company has become one of the largest biofuels producers by volume in the United States. Earlier post.)

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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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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

After closing of the acquisition, Chevron’s renewable fuels business, Renewable Fuels - REG, will be headquartered in Ames, Iowa. The transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is expected to close in the second half of 2022. Total enterprise value of $2.75

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MAY 4, 2021

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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JUNE 4, 2020

the North American operating arm of UK-based Ricardo plc and specialists in advanced propulsion, software and thermal management, signed an agreement to partner with Iowa-based Excel Engineering, which includes the sale of Ricardo’s Michigan engine testing and prototype facility. For Excel, the Diagonal, Iowa company acquires a 30,000 sq.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

The announcement includes investments in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Wisconsin. In Ohio, United Dairy Farmers Inc.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

stoichiometric) air-fuel ratio, the company explains. Previously, ClearFlame has received $4 million in non-dilutive and grant funding from the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and others. —BJ Johnson, ClearFlame CEO and co-founder.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Recently, TdVib LLC , a company based out of Boone, Iowa, signed a license agreement for the technology with Iowa State University Research Foundation, which handles patenting and technology transfer activities for Ames Laboratory. —Dan Bina. Nlebedim and Prodius have been working on the technology for a few years.

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JUNE 18, 2021

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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JANUARY 30, 2014

announced that commercial production of its renewable algal oils has begun at both Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)’s Clinton, Iowa facility, and the downstream companion facility operated by American Natural Products in Galva, Iowa (ANP). Solazyme, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, the states with the lowest levels of EV adoption—Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, West Virginia and North Dakota—have gone in the opposite direction, with adoption rates declining on average in the first half of 2023.

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MAY 2, 2017

has secured financing of up to $20 million from First Midwest Bank for the $24-million capacity-expansion project at the company’s Ralston, Iowa biodiesel refinery. This would match the capacity at the company’s other Iowa biorefineries in Mason City and Newton. Renewable Energy Group, Inc.

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JUNE 14, 2022

The selected teams include Arizona State University, Iowa State University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the following approaches: Arizona State University, teamed with TG Companies LLC, will develop an improved hydrometallurgical process based on a combination of selective leaching and electrowinning.

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MARCH 20, 2017

Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing company Arconic (formerly part of Alcoa before Alcoa split itself last year into two entities—Alcoa focused on the raw aluminum operation and Arconic on products into industries such as automotive) announced a multi-year supply deal with Toyota North America.

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JULY 9, 2012

France-based Global Bioenergies, an industrial biology company developing sustainable routes to light olefins ( earlier post ), has opened a branch facility in Ames, Iowa. We have known from the start that our unique processes would require a global company.

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APRIL 22, 2014

The company started by marketing 30,000 gallons of biodiesel in 1996; last year, it sold more than 258 million gallons. The company also committed itself to research and development as well as continuous improvement, allowing it to streamline the production process and broadly expand the variety of raw materials used to make biodiesel.

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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.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Among the awards Secretary Vilsack announced: In Iowa, Kimmes Enterprises LLC will use a $510,500 grant to replace four E15 dispensers and four ethanol storage tanks at three fueling stations located in Carroll, Rockwell City and Baxter. This project is expected to increase annual sales of ethanol by approximately 635,000 gallons.

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MAY 2, 2012

Lincolnway Energy of Nevada, Iowa; and Corn, LP of Goldfield, Iowa are the latest additions to the EAG. has built more ethanol capacity than any other company and is working with Butamax to retrofit ethanol facilities for biobutanol production. Both ethanol plants are ICM/Fagen-designed facilities constructed by Fagen, Inc.,

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Teslarati

APRIL 4, 2023

By October 2022, the Supercharger Voting program was launched, with the company urging those with Tesla accounts to cast their votes. Musk then pondered if it would be better to conduct an online poll about the Supercharger Network’s next locations. These would likely change, of course, since the Spring 2023 Supercharger has just started.

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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. million.

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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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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.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 10, 2021

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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AUGUST 18, 2020

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State University, Deere and Company, Green Electronics Council. Iowa State University, Danfoss. Iowa State University, John Deere & Company. Western Michigan University, Idaho National Laboratory, Graphic Packaging International, WestRock Company.

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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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JANUARY 27, 2017

a leading cellulosic and biorefining technology company, and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency has approved Little Sioux Corn Processors’ registration of its 150 million gallon per year Marcus, Iowa, ethanol plant for cellulosic ethanol production. Edeniq, Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

REG, based in Ames, Iowa, is a leading North American biodiesel producer, with eight active refineries in four states that have a combined nameplate production capacity of 257 million gallons. (REG) broke ground on a $13.2-million

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Following its debut, we reported that Hyundai Motor Group, parent company of Genesis, was planning to begin US EV production with hopes that the government would pass a subsidy bill to support local manufacturing. I started at a level 2 ABB charger in Dixon, IL to get back to 80% – enough to get me to a fast charger in Bettendorf, Iowa.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels will build an on-site enzyme manufacturing (OSM) facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa, pending state and local approvals. Built on the strengths of both companies, the joint venture’s mission is to make cellulosic bio-ethanol competitive with corn bio-ethanol. —POET President and COO Jeff Lautt.

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JUNE 4, 2012

a biomaterials and sustainable fuels company, in addition to being an investor. Edeniq recently announced the company has raised over $30 million in additional funding. Flint Hills Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, is a leading refining and chemicals company.

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JUNE 2, 2016

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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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The winning consortium, led by EWI and headquartered in the Detroit-area includes the following members: 34 Companies: ABS; AEM; ALCOA Technology; Boeing; Comau; Easom Automation; EWI; Fabrisonic; Flash Bainite Steel; GE; Honda North American Services; Huys; Infinium; Inc.; ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

DuPont will produce the cellulosic ethanol at the company’s new biorefinery, currently under construction in Nevada, Iowa. It was a natural decision for us to take this next step forward with Procter & Gamble in an area which is so critical for each of our companies—sustainable technologies for processes and products.

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DECEMBER 19, 2015

—Vijay Swarup, vice president of research and development for ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company. ExxonMobil has also established partnerships with MIT, Princeton, Michigan State, Northwestern, Stanford and Iowa State University, among others.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 4, 2024

Wisconsin’s largest solar farm, which features 830,000 bifacial solar panels on trackers, is in Iowa County, west of Madison. We Energies’ sister company, Wisconsin Public Service, owns 100 MW, and MGE owns 50 MW of the first phase. In winter, the sun reflects off the snow onto the rear panels.

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