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JUNE 24, 2010

Thomas Bobik, professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology at Iowa State University is heading an effort to redesign an enzyme for the bio-based production of isobutene, a gas that is currently used in the production of a variety of chemicals and in the manufacture of other fuel additives, adhesive, plastics and synthetic rubber.

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JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule setting the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2018 under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program. Renewable Fuel Volume Requirements. Renewable fuel (billion gallons). —EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Flint Hills Resources Renewables, LLC, a leading US ethanol producer, will become a customer of Edeniq, Inc., Flint Hills Resources Renewables expects further adoption of Edeniq equipment to provide bolt-on technologies needed to extract sugar from a wide range of cellulosic (non-food) feedstocks to create cellulosic ethanol.

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JULY 29, 2015

UPS announced agreements for up to 46 million gallons of renewable diesel over the next three years, constituting a 15-fold increase over prior contracts and making UPS one of the largest users of renewable diesel in the world. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel.

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JULY 17, 2012

Knittel/Smith results for implied gasoline price effects from elimination of ethanol for 2010 using Du/Hayes model and pooled-sample estimates. Put simply, the empirical results merely reflect the fact that ethanol production increased during the sample period whereas the ratio of gasoline to crude oil prices decreased.

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MAY 29, 2015

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest up to $100 million in a Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership to support the infrastructure needed to make more renewable fuel options available to American consumers. USDA will post a Notice of Solicitation of Applications in June.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, has signed an agreement with ASA Ethanol Holdings, LLC to buy two ethanol plants that had been previously owned by VeraSun Energy Corporation. The purchase of the plant from Renew gives us additional production capacity. and Albion, Neb.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2018

To help make use of the excess stock, China in September 2017 announced a plan for nationwide use of E10 gasoline by 2020, up from 11 trial provinces. The 2017 plan also calls for China to shift renewable fuel production to commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol by 2025.

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JUNE 26, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program that would set the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2019, as well as the biomass based diesel volume standard for calendar year 2020.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline. The Cool Planet plant will produce approximately 8 million to 10 million gallons of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks (reformate), as well the biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 8, 2011

Project LIBERTY, sponsored by POET, LLC, will produce up to 25 million gallons of ethanol per year and will be located in Emmetsburg, Iowa. million gallons of gasoline annually and fulfill more than 25% of the projected 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard Requirement for biomass-based cellulosic ethanol. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 16, 2012

EPA has informed the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) that the RFA Model E15 Misfueling Mitigation Plan would generally be sufficient to satisfy the partial waivers’ requirement for a misfueling mitigation plan. The partial waivers allow fuel and fuel additive manufacturers to introduce gasoline-ethanol blends containing grater than 10% vol.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Independent studies as well as Iowa State University research sponsored by POET, have shown that this amount of residue removal will not cause significant nutrient loss. A third party study commissioned by POET has shown that fuel from Project LIBERTY has greenhouse-gas intensity 111% below gasoline. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

It also partnered with Virent on biomass catalytic conversion to produce renewable gasoline, and Cellana (HR BioPetroleum) on algae biofuel. On the other hand, Chevron invested in Codexis and LS9 with its concentration on genetic engineering; LS9 was acquired by Renewable Energy Group in early 2014.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Cellic CTec3 allows the cost of producing ethanol from biomass to approach the level of corn ethanol and gasoline, according to the company. Fiberight will open a small-scale plant in Lawrenceville, Virginia, this year, and a plant producing 6 million gallons per year in Blairstown, Iowa, in 2013.

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APRIL 22, 2010

That volume would represent more than 20% of the cellulosic ethanol mandated in the US Renewable Fuel Standard. Today, the US effectively has a 90% mandate for oil in the gasoline supply. With regular gasoline limited to a 10% blend and a lack of higher blend infrastructure, there is no market for cellulosic ethanol.”.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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JUNE 29, 2015

During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. By contrast, at 25 miles per $3 gallon of gasoline, those miles cost 12 cents each. by Henry Hewitt for Oilprice.com.

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

Iowa State University will bring its expertise in biorenewable technologies and pilot plant operations to the country’s 10th Manufacturing USA Institute. In addition, she said the Iowa State team has already pulled in multiple partners willing to help commercialize distributed biorefineries. of Adel; and the Iowa Energy Center.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

The two cross-functional groups will seek to break down critical barriers to the commercialization of algae-based and biomass-based advanced renewable transportation fuels. Louis, MO), NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts.

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JULY 26, 2012

Through the joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) , USDA and the DOE are working to develop economically and environmentally sustainable sources of renewable biomass and increase the availability of renewable fuels and biobased products. Iowa State University.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The researchers’ ultimate objective is to develop more efficient catalysts and new reactor designs for converting solid biomass directly into gasoline-range hydrocarbons while generating electricity. Shanks of Iowa State University, in collaboration with Basil J. Nikolau, and Tom Bobik of Iowa State, Govind S.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Iowa State University. The Department of the Army is contributing an additional $2.2 Description. Federal funding. General Motors. HRL Laboratories, LLC.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Ames Transit Agency, Iowa: $1,600,000. VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

A team from Iowa State University and ConocoPhillips, Biofuels R&D performed a techno-economic study examining the fast pyrolysis of corn stover to bio-oil with subsequent upgrading of the bio-oil to naphtha and diesel range fuels. per gallon of gasoline equivalent ($0.82 Capital costs for these plants are $287 and $200 million.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

This, they assert, erroneously treats all uses of bioenergy as carbon-neutral, renewable energy regardless of the source of the biomass, and could create strong economic incentives for large-scale land conversion as countries around the world tighten carbon caps. Earlier post.). —Melillo et al. Biofuels industry reaction.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

Following years of debate, the EPA said earlier this month it will study the possibilities of cutting the amount of ethanol in the United States' gasoline supply. Since 2007, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has required growing amounts of ethanol to be blended into U.S.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Tesla Roadster Drives Coast to Coast in 15 Days Electric Auto Association Chapters and Tesla Owners Group Unite to Provide Cross Country Support for Renew America Roadtrip by Stan Hanel (LVEVA), assisted by J. Georg also enlisted the help of University of Iowa computer programmer/engineer Karen Pease.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Renewable Power (4 projects). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Sun Catalytix Corporation will develop a unique technology to split water into hydrogen and oxygen under benign conditions to enable storage of intermittent renewable solar and wind energy for around-the-clock use.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Instead, it proposes and seeks comment on adjustments to the way that annual renewable fuel percentages are calculated. The agency proposes to use this value to adjust the way renewable fuel percentages are calculated.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

The estimated volume of gasoline and diesel exempted is 13,420 million gallons; the estimated renewable volume obligations (RVO) exempted is 1,430 million RINs. —Geoff Cooper, President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). —Curt Mether, President of the Iowa Corn Growers Association.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

This step is a result of EPA challenges with the implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It also offered new income opportunities for farmers improving the rural economy; created a use for crop residue; and encouraged commercialization of advanced biofuels that have 85-95% less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline.

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