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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. FUREC receives funding from the EU Innovation Fund, which is 100% financed by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). textiles, paper).

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Waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem raises C$280M, its largest financing round

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a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has completed a C$280-million (US$223 million) investment round—its largest to date. In addition to new investors BlackRock and Sinobioway, existing investors also participated in this financing. Canada-based Enerkem Inc., Earlier post.).

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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas. Vigeo Eiris, an arm of Moody’s Corp.,

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Waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem raised C$50 million in latest financing round

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Canada-based waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem Inc. million) financing, which brings total equity investment raised by Enerkem in 2013 to C$87 million (US$82.7 With its proprietary technology, Enerkem converts non-recyclable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely used chemical intermediates. gasification.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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The plant will feature SGH2’s technology, which will gasify recycled mixed paper waste to produce green hydrogen that reduces carbon emissions by two to three times more than green hydrogen produced using electrolysis and renewable energy, and is five to seven times cheaper. The facility will process 42,000 tons of recycled waste annually.

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Enerkem raises C$59M in latest financing round; Valero Energy joins, Waste Management increases investment

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Waste to biofuels and chemicals company Enerkem announced the closing of C$59 million (US$60 million) in financing. As part of this financing, Valero Energy Corp. joins existing investors Waste Management, Rho Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures and Cycle Capital, who have each invested in the new equity round.

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Enerkem raises C$15M in project equity financing for its commercial waste-to-biofuels facility in Alberta

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Waste Management and EB Investments are investing C$15 million (US$14.6 Total financing raised by Enerkem in 2011, both at the corporate and project subsidiary levels, now amounts to C$103 million. The Enerkem Alberta Biofuels facility will use the City of Edmonton’s landfill-bound waste to create renewable fuels and chemicals locally.

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