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Behind the scenes look at Juiced’s low-cost 28 MPH RipRacer electric bike production in China

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San Diego-based Juiced Bikes unveiled and then launched its newest e-bike model, the RipRacer, last November. more… The post Behind the scenes look at Juiced’s low-cost 28 MPH RipRacer electric bike production in China appeared first on Electrek.

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Optinol estimates its biobutanol process can achieve energy cost parity with ethanol

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The net result is a high yield and commercially robust process to produce low cost butanol at a price competitive with ethanol. Low cost fermentation combined with low cost continuous extraction and low energy distillation processes provide the basis for a low cost commercially robust production platform.

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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

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It’s quicker than a Raptor, with standard 4x4 and independent rear suspension; a power frunk, enough juice to run your house for three days or power an awesome tailgate; and it will forever improve with over-the-air updates. America’s No. 1 auto brand is going zero emissions with America’s favorite vehicle.

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Cellulosic sugars company Edeniq raises more than $16M

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Edeniq owns and operates a fully integrated two ton per day pilot plant in Visalia, California, which is currently in operation converting cellulosic feedstock into low-cost cellulosic sugars. The plant is co-located with Usina Vale’s ethanol and sugar production suite in Sao Paulo State, Brazil.

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Edeniq and Usina Vale building bagasse-to-sugars and ethanol demo plant in Brazil

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The demonstration plant will produce cellulosic sugars from sugarcane bagasse, the fibrous by-product of sugarcane juice extraction. Cellulosic sugars will be converted into ethanol at the site, showcasing how sugarcane mills can increase ethanol production economically with Edeniq’s bolt-on technologies.

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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To process the soluble sugars that accumulate in the plants, the sorghum juice was first extracted from the stems and concentrated into sugar syrup by Ceres. As an energy crop, sweet sorghum is an impressive producer of low-cost, fermentable sugars. Earlier post.). —Spencer Swayze, Ceres director of business development.

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Raízen breaks ground on Iogen cellulosic ethanol facility in Brazil

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BNDES noted that this will be the first project that uses technologies for conversion of bagasse and cane straw at industrial scale that is fully integrated into the process of conventional ethanol, obtained from the juice of sugar cane (first generation). The technology being deployed has undergone extensive testing and validation work.

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