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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Agilyx Corporation has secured a new round of Series C funding worth $25 million, led by new investor Keating Capital and joined by existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Saffron Hill Ventures, Waste Management, Total Energy Ventures International, an affiliate of Total S.A., Earlier post.). 10 pounds of plastic.

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APRIL 11, 2017

said that its first full-scale commercial waste-to-fuels facility, located in Edmonton, Alberta, has met all operational milestones set by its senior lender Integrated Asset Management (IAM). In less than five minutes, Enerkem’s technology turns household waste into 99.9% Enerkem Inc. pure liquid chemicals and biofuels.

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Waste Production Financing Canada 150

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MARCH 21, 2011

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced an innovative fund totalling at least £70 million (US$114 million) which will finance low carbon waste and recycling infrastructure. The London Green Fund is the first UK fund to combine European, public and private finance to invest in environmental infrastructure.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

Neste, the leading producer of renewable diesel, UK-based chemical recycling company ReNew ELP, and Australian technology developer Licella are collaborating in a development project to explore the potential of using mixed waste plastic as a raw material for fuels, chemicals, and new plastics. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 6, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $105-million loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, LLC to finance development of a facility to convert municipal solid waste into advanced biofuels. by Fulcrum, will fully fund construction of the municipal solid waste to renewable transportation fuel facility.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Start-up Liquid Light, a developer of process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide ( earlier post ), has closed a $15-million Series B financing. The financing was completed at a significant increase in company valuation.

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MAY 18, 2022

BMW i Ventures announced a lead investment in the Series A-1 financing round of Vancouver-based Mangrove Lithium. BMW i Ventures is joined by existing investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures. The platform technology is also being commercialized for the conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Global clean energy investment was $67.8 billion in the third quarter of 2018, down 6% from the same period last year, according to the latest Clean Energy Investment Trends report from research company Bloomberg NEF (BNEF). Public markets investment in clean energy jumped 120% to $3.1 billion, up 9% on a year earlier.

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JUNE 1, 2011

A subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation will provide financing to Diamond Green Diesel LLC, a previously announced joint venture project between Darling International and Valero Energy Corporation ( earlier post ), for the construction of its renewable diesel facility in Norco, Louisiana. Darling International Inc.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Waste Management has made a strategic investment in Enerkem, a developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals from biomass and waste, as part of Enerkem’s new financing round. The closing of this new round of financing, which generated C$53.8

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JANUARY 14, 2022

LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and renewable fuels producer, has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia ( earlier post ), through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. Suncor Energy Inc., LanzaJet produces SAF and renewable diesel from low-carbon, sustainable ethanol sources.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

million in the form of repayable advances, following last July’s achievement of a technical and financial milestone in the ISOPROD project funded by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), which involves Global Bioenergies, Cristal Union and L’Oréal around the IBN-One first plant project. million and IBN-One €0.5

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MARCH 31, 2014

Cool Planet Energy Systems, a renewable fuels and biochar company ( earlier post ), closed on its targeted $100 million Series D financing. Cool Planet’s sources of biomass include corn stover, wood chips, and fast growing, non-food energy crops such as miscanthus.

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JULY 1, 2010

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. CleanTech Biofuels, Inc.,

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AUGUST 18, 2011

INEOS Bio announced that its joint-venture project, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), has finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. Department of Energy (DOE) and a $2.5 Earlier post.) Fermentation.

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Florida Financing Renewable Waste 186

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JUNE 21, 2021

The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. million of grants from the California Energy Commission and Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Earlier post.) The Aemetis plant upgrades are supported by $16.7

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AUGUST 24, 2010

LanzaTech has shown 2,3-BD production from waste gas resources in an industrial setting. 2,3-BD can be readily converted to intermediaries like butenes, butadiene and methyl ethyl ketone that are used in the production of hydrocarbon fuels and a variety of chemicals including polymers, synthetic rubbers, plastics and textiles.

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Polymer Waste Building Fuel 199

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AUGUST 11, 2014

The State of Hawaii recently passed legislation to assist in funding a project that converts crops, crop residues, dedicated energy crops, and agricultural waste into biofuels and value-added co-products. The conversion process takes a few days to cycle in a heterotrophic environment—i.e.,

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Hawaii Waste Convert Financing 218

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award some $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels. Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment.

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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MARCH 26, 2014

Waste gas streams captured from industrial factories can be directly converted on-site to low-carbon liquid fuels and chemicals by adding a LanzaTech facility at the source, offering the potential to reduce global CO 2 levels while accessing multi-billion dollar commodities markets.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

The running total is 122 manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations spanning Asia, Europe, and South and North America that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all waste from daily operations. Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly.

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GM Colombia Waste Michigan 225

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APRIL 12, 2019

Brightmark Energy , a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, closed a $260-million financing package for the construction of the US’ first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant, which will be located in Ashley, Indiana.

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Waste Financing Commercial Indiana 268

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MAY 11, 2011

In office building applications, Global 500 multinational Bouygues Construction engaged Ennesys to study the integration of waste water algae production in two building projects in the Greater Paris region, each at the scale of a million square feet (80,000 m 2 and 150,000 m 2 ).

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Mariner Building Fuel France 186

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JUNE 15, 2012

Shengquan starts production of cellulosic ethanol from its commercial-scale facility month; the production will be cost-competitive with conventional ethanol, as the cellulosic ethanol feedstock is a waste product from Shengquan’s current production, the companies said. Shengquan has invested $100 million in the facility.

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Supplies Denmark Production China 281

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Buying carbon credits means investing in emission reduction projects that require carbon offsetting financing in order to take place. Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel is produced 100% from waste and residue raw materials. Instead of escaping into the air, LFG can be captured, converted and used as a renewable energy resource.

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MAY 1, 2014

million, $740,000 will go to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA), which provides financial assistance to projects aimed at reducing pollution and waste and encouraging the use of renewable energy.

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APRIL 25, 2012

Using Novozymes enzymes, Shengquan will now convert corncob residues from furfural production into fermentable sugars and then into ethanol for solvents and other purposes. The figures would be even higher if biomass from forestry residues, household waste and energy crops was included. This would create 2.9

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Commercial Polymer Gasoline Financing 210

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

M&G Group is scheduled to open a facility in Crescentino, Italy, producing 13 million gallons of ethanol per year from wheat straw, energy crops, and other locally available feedstocks. Both plants will convert municipal solid waste into biofuel. The biomass is first broken down into a pulp.

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Waste Iowa Gasoline Virginia 210

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MAY 18, 2011

Transforming agricultural waste into biofuel in India could meet up to 59% of the country’s demand for transport gasoline while creating up to one million jobs, according to a new study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, commissioned by enzyme company Novozymes. billion liters (4.57 billion gallons US) per year of gasoline.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The inaugural Sundrop Fuels plant will use sustainable forest waste combined with hydrogen from natural gas to produce up to 50 million gallons annually of biogasoline. Sundrop Fuels, Inc., Sundrop Fuels drop-in advanced biofuel is designed to cost as much or less than petroleum-based transportation fuels.

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JULY 8, 2011

The funds will be used to start the industrialization of the company’s process to convert renewable resources into isobutene, a gas which can be converted into liquid fuels and various polymers. straw) into isobutene, one of the key building blocks of the petrochemical industry. distillation). distillation).

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MAY 5, 2010

Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) has developed a new hybrid electric drive train comprising a small axial-type, multi-fuel AVEC engine ( earlier post ), an AVEC generator/motor and an all new electric clutch. The electric clutch is composed of AVEC permanent magnets and coils and is engaged when the two come in proximity.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. Breakthroughs in battery technology, carbon sequestration, and other energy technologies that result in a five-fold improvement over current technology could literally change the world. It takes longer.”

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Climate Hydrogen Los Angeles Climate Change 96

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The renewable energy facility will be co-located with Hughes Hardwood’s wood component products manufacturing facility in Collinwood, Tennessee. BNP Paribas will act as financial advisor in connection with assisting and supporting ClearFuels in securing financing arrangements for senior secured debt for the project. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Valero Energy Corporation, the US’ largest independent oil refiner, has invested in cellulosic biofuels and consolidated bioprocessing company Mascoma Corporation ( earlier post ). Valero Energy Corporation is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products and power.

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JUNE 9, 2009

a renewable oil production and algal synthetic biology company has closed a $57-million Series C financing round, bringing total funding to more than $76 million. Braemar Energy Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners led the financing round and were joined by other new investors including VantagePoint Venture Partners.

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JULY 21, 2010

New Zealand-based waste gas and syngas to fuels company LanzaTech ( earlier post ) has attracted US$18 million in Series B financing from investors led by China-focused venture capital firm Qiming Ventures. LanzaTech uses proprietary bacteria to convert industrial waste gases into fuels and chemicals. Gary Reischel.

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