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Ineos Bio JV breaks ground on advanced waste-to-fuel commercial biorefinery in US

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Ineos New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), a joint venture between Ineos Bio and New Planet Energy, broke ground on the $130-million, commercial-scale Indian River BioEnergy Center in Vero Beach, Florida. The BioEnergy Center will convert yard, vegetative and household wastes into cellulosic ethanol and renewable power for the local community.

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INEOS Bio JV awards Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to AMEC for BioEnergy Center in Florida

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INEOS Bio’s joint venture (INEOS New Planet BioEnergy) has awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to build its bioenergy facility in Southeast Florida to AMEC of Tucker, GA. AMEC was selected following an extensive evaluation process of qualified global EPC firms. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Blue Sun Energy, ARA Inc. and Chevron Lummus Global achieve production milestone for renewable drop-in fuels

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and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) achieved a key development milestone with their 100 barrel/per day (4,200 gallon/per day) demonstration-scale Biofuels ISOCONVERSION (BIC) facility in St. A US patent was granted to ARA in 2010 on the CH process. Blue Sun Energy, ARA Inc. Joseph, Missouri. Earlier post.) — Rob Sues, CEO of ARA.

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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

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Funding for the program came from a seed grant through the IEEE New Initiatives Committee. I’ve had the privilege of seeing EPICS in IEEE in many countries,” he adds, “and enjoyed the globalizing benefit that the program brought to all parties involved.” Together they founded EPICS in IEEE as an IEEE Educational Activities program.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The grants will go to projects in 17 states. The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. of Central FLorida, Univ. of Florida, Univ. of South Florida). NREL, UCSD, Univ.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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On 24 February 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie a first-of-its-kind waiver for the purpose of testing hydrous E10, E20, E30 & E85 ethanol blends in non-flex-fuel vehicles and flex-fuel vehicles in Louisiana. 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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Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time. 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.

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