Louisiana, Organization and Waste

Renewable Energy Group collaborates with Iowa State University on hydrotreater pilot plant for renewable diesel

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

REG converts waste and byproduct fats and oils into biodiesel and renewable diesel. This hydrotreater pilot plant will utilize the expertise of both organizations to better understand how various biomass feedstocks can play a role in the production of renewable fuels with a specific focus on renewable diesel.

Iowa

Iowa Renewable Diesel Universal

USDA to award $11M loan guarantee to Oregon biorefinery

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MARCH 28, 2016

The Novus plant will process agricultural waste into fuel, natural gas, organic fertilizer and other bio-based products. Novus will use waste from onion and potato processing plants, dairy manure, seasonal plant by-products and other waste supplied by local growers and processors as the primary feedstock.

Oregon

Oregon North Carolina Iowa Louisiana

Study shows uncovers how beetle gut microbes serve as reactor for fuel production

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MARCH 12, 2019

An adult passalid burrows its one-inch body through decayed wood that has been pre-processed by fungi, speeding up wood decomposition through its feeding activity and making the wood and carbon accessible for other organisms in the ecosystem. Credit: Javier Ceja-Navarro/Berkeley Lab). To understand the complex connections that make up the O.

Production

Production Fuel South Carolina Hydrogen

UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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MARCH 16, 2017

UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles.

Gas

Gas West Virginia Alternative Fuels Vehicles

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Lead organization. Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. The RII Track-2 awards support research while also requiring award recipients to invest in developing a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce—particularly of early-career faculty researchers. Description. Montana State University.

Water

Water Puerto Rico West Virginia Energy

Renewable fuels and biochar company Cool Planet closes on $100M Series D financing

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MARCH 31, 2014

The company broke ground on its first biofuel production facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, on 26 February 2014. The company has begun selling CoolTerra for use in commercial agriculture and recently signed an agreement with Organic Waste Solutions (OWS) for water treatment and remediation.

Financing

Financing Renewable Companies Fuel

Startup New Oil Resources commercializing hydrothermal process for conversion of biomass to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. Click to enlarge. James Catallo and Thomas Junk.

Oil

Oil Gasoline Commercial Conversion

NSF Awards RAPID Response Grant to Modular Genetics and University Collaborators to Develop Bio-Dispersants for Oil Spill Clean-Up

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AUGUST 28, 2010

and scientists and engineers at Columbia University, Iowa State University (ISU) and the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center to support work on production and testing of bio-dispersants that can replace the chemical dispersants currently used for oil spill management.

Universal

Universal Oil Grant Iowa

LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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JUNE 21, 2016

The Institute will focus on solving the cross-cutting manufacturing challenges that stand in the way of producing new synthetic tissues and organs—such as improving the availability, reproducibility, accessibility, and standardization of manufacturing materials, technologies, and processes to create tissue and organ products.

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Los Angeles Oregon Connecticut

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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MARCH 22, 2010

Independent verification may be an auditing function, to assure the reality and accuracy of the carbon offset for markets (buyers and sellers), regulations (emitters and regulators), and reports (emitters and reporting organizations). Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana.

Carbon

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions

DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

Archer Daniels Midland Company, a member of DOE’s Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium, will partner with other research organizations to demonstrate Dow ALSTOM’s advanced amine process to capture CO 2 from industrial flue gases and sequester the CO 2 in the Mt. (DOE Share: $1,719,464). Archer Daniels Midland Corporation.

Carbon

Carbon Industrial Industry Coal

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

the administrative organization that manages implementation of the program, has accomplished what many claim to be impossible with a very lean staff of just five individuals -proving that better governance does not necessarily mean bigger government or more bureaucracy. In fact, despite the seemingly complex task of implementing a U.S.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

EV Driven

Renewable Energy Group collaborates with Iowa State University on hydrotreater pilot plant for renewable diesel

USDA to award $11M loan guarantee to Oregon biorefinery

Study shows uncovers how beetle gut microbes serve as reactor for fuel production

UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

Renewable fuels and biochar company Cool Planet closes on $100M Series D financing

Startup New Oil Resources commercializing hydrothermal process for conversion of biomass to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

NSF Awards RAPID Response Grant to Modular Genetics and University Collaborators to Develop Bio-Dispersants for Oil Spill Clean-Up

LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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