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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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into renewable diesel in a US Department of Energy (DOE) funded biorefinery project. To process the soluble sugars that accumulate in the plants, the sorghum juice was first extracted from the stems and concentrated into sugar syrup by Ceres. Amyris modifies farnesene to become renewable diesel. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge.

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Tsinghua Researchers Find that Sugarcane Juice is a Good Fermentation Feedstock for Algal Biodiesel

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Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have shown that sugarcane juice is a good feedstock for biodiesel production, when used to support the growth of the alga Chlorella protothecoides by heterotrophic fermentation. Most algae are photoautotrophic, and grow using CO 2 as the carbon source and sunlight as the energy supply.

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California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

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Among the new pathways to be considered is the production of renewable diesel from Australian tallow at Neste Oil’s Singapore plant. g CO 2 e/MJ; for diesel fuel, it is 94.71 Neste Oil renewable diesel: 33.46 produces NExBTL non-ester renewable diesel (RD) from multiple feedstocks at its plant in Singapore. Earlier post.)

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Amyris adds additional production capacity through agreement with Paraíso Bioenergia

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Under the agreement, Amyris will construct fermentation and separation capacity to produce Amyris products and Paraíso will supply sugar cane juice and other utilities; Amyris will retain the full economic benefits enabled by the sale of Amyris renewable products over the lower of sugar or ethanol alternatives.

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ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

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gCO 2 e/MJ for diesel. The natural gas combustor is equipped with a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) supplies steam to support ethanol production. After the sugarcane has been crushed, the cane juice is filtered, treated with calcium hydroxide, decanted, and then sent to sugar production. gCO 2 e/MJ and 98.03

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

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Volvo also supplies a dual-mode charging cable, allowing you to charge slowly overnight with regular 120-volt household current or plug into your dryer’s or other 240-volt outlet to fill the battery in 2.5 Moving towards more juice. Charging is easy–with public stations or your home charger.

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The UK’s first 4 seater ‘all electric’ production car

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This is further supported by the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, who has announced his plan to introduce 25,000 ‘juice points’ (charging stations), for electric cars throughout the city. David Martell, Chief Executive, ECC plc, added, “We believe this is the first serious alternative to a petrol or diesel car.

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