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Fulcrum BioEnergy demonstrates integrated process to convert MSW to jet and diesel; $4.7M DoD grant to begin plant engineering

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Fulcrum’s fully-integrated processes for converting MSW to jet fuel, diesel and ethanol have been proven and demonstrated at Fulcrum’s demonstration facility located in Durham, North Carolina. million grant by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to begin engineering and development on a plant to produce jet fuel.

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Cummins Westport begins production of ISL G Near Zero NOx natural gas engine; first commercially available near zero NOx MidRange engine

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CWI) announced that orders are being processed and production of the ISL G Near Zero (NZ) NO x natural gas engine ( earlier post ) has commenced. CWI natural gas engines have met the 2010 EPA standard for particulate matter (0.01 The ISL G NZ can operate on compressed, liquid, or renewable natural gas (RNG). Earlier post.).

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USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

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million grant by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to begin engineering and development on a plant to produce jet fuel. Fulcrum matched this DoD grant with $4.7 million of its own capital to provide funding to complete the engineering and development. In 2013, Fulcrum was awarded a $4.7-million

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Kroger division takes delivery of first 11 of 40 Freightliner LNG heavy-duty tucks; replacing diesel

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The trucks are equipped with the Cummins Westport ISX12 G engine and Westport iCE PACK systems for LNG storage. and as far north as Longview, Wash. The trucks are manufactured at Freightliner’s North Carolina plant. It will serve as a bridge between traditional fossil fuels and emerging renewable fuels and technologies.

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UGA/NCSU team engineers hyperthermophilic bacterium to produce industrial chemical building blocks from CO2 and H2; ARPA-E project

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Researchers at the University of Georgia and North Carolina State University have used a unique temperature-dependent approach in engineering a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus to be able to use CO 2 and hydrogen to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid, one of the top 12 industrial chemical building blocks.

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Velocys establishes strategic alliance with TRI for gasification systems for BTL plants

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TRI’s multi-feedstock demonstration plant in Durham, North Carolina has run for more than 10,000 hours, and has successfully shown that the syngas it produces is well-suited to the FT process and upgrading to ASTM-certified fuels. The agreement is not exclusive on either party.

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NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

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Our goal is to optimize this technology so that it is cost-competitive, renewable, can be produced domestically and is environmentally friendly. —Dr. Bill Roberts, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State and primary investigator of the grant. Dunaliella. Source: Texas A&M. Click to enlarge.

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