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Audi testing find e-ethanol and e-diesel produced by Joule often perform better than conventional counterparts

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Joule’s Helioculture platform uses engineered microorganisms directly and continuously to convert sunlight and waste CO 2 into infrastructure-ready fuels, including ethanol and hydrocarbons (n-alkanes) that serve as the essential chemical building blocks for diesel. Audi is testing different blends of the e-fuels as well as 100% fuel.

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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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Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Early last month, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA had issued a conditional commitment on a $105-million loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery in Nevada to produce renewable jet fuel from municipal solid waste.

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Joule secures first of multiple sites for solar fuel production; expects costs as low as $20/bbl for renewable diesel (including subsidies) at full-scale production

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Joule says Lea County ideally meets it requirements for production, including high solar insolation, access to non-potable water and waste CO 2. Schematic comparison between direct photosynthetic (top) and algal biomass (bottom) processes. Joule Unlimited, Inc., —Bill Sims, President and CEO of Joule. Source: Robertson et al.

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