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Stora Enso to build biomass-to-sugars demo plant in Louisiana

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Following its recent acquisition of the US-based biotechnology company Virdia (formerly HCL CleanTech) ( earlier post ), Stora Enso is investing €32 million (US$ 43 million) in a demonstration and market development plant to be built at Raceland, Louisiana, USA.

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Alon USA receives go ahead for Bakersfield, CA rail terminal and refinery project; Bakken light crude

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Alon USA Energy, Inc. In 2011, the Alon Bakersfield Refinery resumed refining in numerous process units to convert gas oil produced by its affiliated refinery in Paramount, California into finished fuels. Alon USA Energy, Inc., Bakken Crude. the routes over which the crude oil will be transported.

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US Refiner Converting Fleet to Hybrids and Diesels

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Independent refiner Alon USA Energy, Inc. has launched a new initiative to convert its 170-vehicle fleet to hybrid and clean diesel vehicles. Alon USA Energy, Inc., Vehicles at the event were provided by Boardwalk Volkswagen, Sam Pack’s Five Star Ford and Sewell GMC.

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DOE to award up to $11.3M to advance innovative geothermal energy technologies

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight projects in five states—California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Texas, and Utah—to receive up to $11.3 Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), up to $997,000. Terralog Technologies USA, Inc. Monrovia, California), up to $541,000.

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Sundrop Fuels partners with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for inaugural drop-in biogasoline plant

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a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), is partnering with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for its inaugural biogasoline production facility near Alexandria, Louisiana ( earlier post ). The HTW process can convert a broad range of feedstocks—including biomasses or municipal waste—into syngas.

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