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DOE Turns Down V-Vehicle Loan Applications

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million from the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVMLP). million to re-equip and tool an existing manufacturing facility as VVC’s first regional assembly plant in Monroe, Louisiana. The first loan application was for $79.9 million to complete engineering integration with VVC’s 30 US suppliers.

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Syntroleum/Tyson JV plant opens; fats and greases into renewable fuels

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To date, the Geismar, Louisiana, plant has manufactured renewable diesel with a cloud point as low as minus 26°F and cetane as high as 88, more than twice that of the ASTM petroleum diesel specification. Dynamic Fuels is a 50:50 joint venture between Syntroleum and Tyson Foods. Earlier post.)

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Darling International and Valero Considering Forming a Joint Venture for Renewable Diesel

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Charles refinery near Norco, Louisiana. ConocoPhillips suspended the project in fall 2008 due to the deteriorating economy and a loss of federal tax credits. Tyson is continuing ahead with a second renewable diesel venture with Syntroleum in Louisiana. In 2007, ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods Inc. Earlier post.)

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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Of the roughly 57,000 households that received the EV tax credit in 2016, nearly 80 percent had at least a six-figure income. For Model Year 2016 (the most recent data available), domestic passenger vehicle manufacturers paid more than $77 million dollars for noncompliance with DOT’s CAFE standards.