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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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USDA to provide $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels; municipal solid waste to ethanol

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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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USDA to award $11M loan guarantee to Oregon biorefinery

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The Novus plant will process agricultural waste into fuel, natural gas, organic fertilizer and other bio-based products. Novus will use waste from onion and potato processing plants, dairy manure, seasonal plant by-products and other waste supplied by local growers and processors as the primary feedstock.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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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. This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Early last month, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA had issued a conditional commitment on a $105-million loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery in Nevada to produce renewable jet fuel from municipal solid waste. An additional project financed from these funds will be announced later this month.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. The Unlocking Private Sector Financing for Alternative Fuel Vehicles and. The Advancing Alternative Fuel Markets in Florida project will develop. fueling infrastructure across Florida. fueling infrastructure across Florida. Gas Technology.

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Clean Energy to build new CNG stations for multiple transit agencies and large school district; agreements with trucking, refuse and others

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The 15-year contract will be funded through financing secured by the District and is a joint-partnership between the North Kansas City School District, Clean Energy and Midwest Bus Sales, based in Bonner Springs, KS, which will supply the District’s new CNG school buses.

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