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INEOS Bio JV Closes $75M in private financing under USDA loan guarantee program for advanced BioEnergy Center in Florida

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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. million dollar cost matching grant from the State of Florida.

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Algenol closes on additional $25M internal equity financing

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Algenol has recently commenced initial operations of a pilot commercial module at its Florida development campus, which builds on the successful launch of a demonstration project in India. The company is working to commercialize this technology and scale production of its products. We are very pleased to expand our investment into Algenol.

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Saft begins deliveries of first lithium-ion batteries produced by new Jacksonville plant

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Jacksonville, Florida. The 235,000-square-foot facility, which will employ 300 people once completely invested, was partly financed by a $95.5 million federal grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Saft has just started shipping the first Li-ion cells to roll off.

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Driving Fairness Among EV Charging

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For example, Florida House Bill 737 (2022) would have ended the current practice of letting the electric utility companies make customers pay for the financing of charging station development in 2024 and write rules to encourage competition and private investment. Conclusion. The electric vehicle industry is still in its early stages.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 Palm Tran, Florida: $320,000.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Moreover, developers must show that the project would make no economic sense without CDM funds and that documentation exists to demonstrate that these factors were considered by the company’s board of directors in their decision to pursue CDM financing. On-site blending pumps, in lieu of splash blending, are used for this test.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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If we followed Gainsville Florida’s lead and voted in feed-in tariffs people would be renting roof space to put up more solar. And now Gainesville, Florida has a real estate boom going on only it’s for roofs and not ground. He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” It’s expensive and my clients don’t finance.

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