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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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Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. One of the catalytic conversion processes creates the high-octane gasoline blendstock. Earlier post.).

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Oregon State University. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. Conversion of 2,3-Butanediol to Biojet Fuel: Scale-up and Technoeconomic Analysis of Energy-Efficient Separations and Fermentative Diol Production.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. USDA’s Agricultural Research Laboratory (ARS) in Corvallis, Oregon will assess biochar quality for soil uses, including returning carbon to forest. RTI International and partners at POET Research, Inc.

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USDA to invest up to $100M to boost infrastructure for renewable fuel use; seeks to double number of higher blend ethanol fuel pumps

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Through its Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), for example, USDA is incentivizing more than 850 growers and landowners farming nearly 48,000 acres to establish and produce dedicated, non-food energy crops for delivery to energy conversion facilities. USDA has also worked with agencies to strengthen markets for bio-based products.

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Unraveling Electric Car Insurance Costs in 2023

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The state that requires the deepest pockets for EV insurance is Florida, demanding an average of $313 per month. Mississippi, conversely, presents the largest gap, with an extra $79 per month on average required to insure an EV over a traditional vehicle. What sets Tesla’s insurance apart is its premium calculation.

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USDA approves $99M, 80% loan guarantee to Chemtex to support development of cellulosic ethanol from energy grasses

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Conversion from Coastal Bermuda to high yielding energy grasses, including miscanthus and switchgrass, will provide Chemtex a cost-effective biomass feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production and area swine farmers with increased economic opportunity as well as the land stewardship benefits of enhanced effluent management.

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NOAA: US Experienced Above-Normal Temperatures and Below-Normal Precipitation in April

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Only three states (California, Nevada and Oregon) had cooler-than-average temperatures in April. Conversely, Florida had its coolest, while South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas’ average temperature ranked among their 10 coolest. Conversely, it was Oregon’s tenth-wettest April on record.