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Clean Energy to provide LNG to Hawaii Gas; additional agreements in trucking, transit and refuse markets

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The two-year contract extension is for an estimated 5 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) per year and is valued at over $10 million. Republic Services, an industry leader in US recycling and non-hazardous solid waste, will be switching its California-based fleet to Redeem Renewable Natural Gas.

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Joule and Red Rock Biofuels intend to merge; solar fuels plus biomass F-T

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The company is poised to begin construction of its first refinery located in Lakeview, Oregon in early 2016. The project is supported by a $70-million grant from the U.S. Flexible to utilize a variety of feedstocks, geographies, and climates, Joule’s processes offer scalability and volume at optimal cost.

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Gevo awarded $5M to develop cellulosic jet fuel; separate contract to supply alcohol-to-jet drop-in biojet fuel to USAF

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received a $5-million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. The award is a portion of a $40-million grant presented to the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance ( NARA ), a consortium led by Washington State University (WSU).

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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

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Additionally, other tree parts go to waste when only the trunk is used, making the process more inefficient and wasteful. For this study, trees in Jefferson, Oregon—one of the four study sites—were planted in rows close together in spring of 2012 and harvested less than two years later before the leaves had fallen.

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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 The DOT is making $48.1

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