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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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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. The US tops the list of the richest oil shale reserves, accounting for more than 60% globally, with the most concentrated deposits located in the Green River Formation that lies in western Colorado, eastern Utah and southern Wyoming.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Financing Investments and Other Public Expenditures. Allowance value can be used to finance government expenditures of various kinds.

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