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AUGUST 8, 2011

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Bunge Global Innovation LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food company, have entered into a framework agreement for the formation of a joint venture entity focused on the production of triglyceride oils in Brazil. Solazyme, Inc.,

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JUNE 11, 2021

The Rome-headquartered Enel Group’s Brazilian renewable energy subsidiary, Enel Green Power Brasil Participações Ltda, has started commercial operations of the 716 MW Lagoa dos Ventos I and II wind farm in Brazil.

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JULY 8, 2011

a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by microbes, has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. LS9, Inc.,

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APRIL 3, 2012

Algae-based renewable oil company Solazyme, Inc. Algae-based renewable oil company Solazyme, Inc. Using standard industrial fermentation equipment, Solazyme can scale and accelerate microalgae’s natural oil production time to just a few days and at commercial levels. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 14, 2013

UK-based TMO Renewables (TMO) and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol. Biotech Brazil Cellulosic ethanol' 11(6):398-408. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2009.08.005.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Volkswagen Truck & Bus’s Brazilian commercial vehicle brand (Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus) will invest ~€420 million (US$448 million) over the next five years into the steady renewal of its product portfolio, modernization of its plant in Resende, and the development of its connectivity services. German companies think long-term.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

An overview of the direct sugar to hydrocarbon (DSHC) process for the production of renewable jet fuel. Renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. The anticipated partnership was announced during the first commercial flight with a renewable jet fuel in Brazil by the airline earlier today. Source: Amyris.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. In addition, Amyris announced its purpose-built industrial fermentation facility in Brazil has successfully begun production of Biofene, Amyris’s brand of renewable farnesene. has completed a $42.25 million private placement of its common stock.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Iogen Corporation announced that Brazilian ethanol giant Raízen Energia Participações S/A has started construction of a commercial biomass-to-ethanol facility using Iogen Energy’s advanced cellulosic biofuel technology. Brazil Cellulosic ethanol' Iogen Energy is a joint venture between Raízen and Iogen Corporation. Earlier post.).

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JULY 31, 2014

Amyris has partnered with Brazilian airline GOL to fly the industry’s first commercial flight with sugarcane-derived farnesane, the recently approved renewable jet fuel. The first flight, GOL flight 7725, departed from Orlando, Florida on 30 July 2014 and traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Earlier post.)

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JULY 9, 2014

Amyris has partnered with Brazilian airline GOL to begin the first international commercial route with a drop-in renewable jet fuel (farnesane) blend developed by Amyris and Total ( earlier post ).

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JUNE 25, 2009

Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility. opened the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas, Brazil. The facility, located in the midst of the sugarcane processing industry, secures the final development step before full commercial production of Amyris’s renewable fuels and chemicals.

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JUNE 20, 2013

An Airbus A321 aircraft powered by two Snecma CFM56 jet engines flew from Toulouse to Paris using a blend of renewable jet fuel produced by Amyris and Total. This was the second public demonstration flight with the Amyris-Total renewable jet fuel. This was the second public demonstration flight with the Amyris-Total renewable jet fuel.

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JULY 19, 2016

stake in Novvi LLC, a joint venture of Amyris and Brazil-based Cosan S.A. formed in 2011 to produce renewable base oils and lubricants from Amyris’ Biofene—Amyris’s brand of a renewable, long-chain, branched hydrocarbon molecule called farnesene (trans-ß-farnesene). American Refining Group (ARG) is taking a 33.3%

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Brazil’s largest airline, TAM Airlines; Curcas Diesel Brasil, a company promoting Jatropha curcas as the key feedstock for the global biodiesel industry; and Brasil Ecodiesel , the country’ largest biodiesel producer, will collaborate to conduct feasibility studies to implement an integrated project for the. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

a 50-50 joint venture that now holds exclusive rights and a license under Amyris’s intellectual property to produce and market renewable diesel and jet fuel from Amyris’s renewable farnesene. Renewable fuels developed by TOTAL and Amyris may deliver energy density and engine performance comparable to the best petroleum fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

SG Biofuels (SGB) has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of crude Jatropha oil as a source for aviation biojet fuel in Brazil.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

International oil and gas major Total and renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. signed agreements to expand their current R&D partnership ( earlier post ) and to form a joint venture to develop, produce and commercialize a range of renewable fuels and products. Amyris modifies farnesene to become renewable diesel.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

The facility also features an electricity cogeneration component allowing it to operate as a self-sufficient renewable energy producer. The Hugoton plant opening also marks the first commercial deployment of Abengoa’s proprietary enzymatic hydrolysis technology, which turns biomass into fermentable sugars that are then converted to ethanol.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Unilever have executed a commercial supply agreement for the first partnered Solazyme Tailored Algal Oil. The oil will be produced at the Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils facility, a joint venture of Solazyme and Bunge located at Bunge’s Moema sugar mill in Brazil. Solazyme, Inc.

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JULY 31, 2012

Under the enhanced collaboration, Total reaffirms its commitment to Amyris’ technology and dedicates its $82-million funding budget over the next three years exclusively for the deployment of Biofene, Amyris’ renewable farnesene, for production of renewable diesel and jet fuel. We are appreciative of Total’s ongoing support of Amyris.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

In these runs, Solazyme achieved commercial scale production metrics, exhibited linear scalability of its process from laboratory scale, and demonstrated the ability to run at this scale without contamination. This 100,000 metric ton annual nameplate capacity facility in Brazil is on schedule to begin operations in Q4 2013.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The companies also intend to expand the portfolio of oils to be produced out of their joint venture facility in Brazil. The expanded field and portfolio of oils would include certain tailored food oils for sale in Brazil, where Bunge is the largest supplier of edible oils through several of its retail brands. Solazyme, Inc.,

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AUGUST 15, 2011

has commissioned its third industrial-scale commercial facility—its first in the US—for the production of Biofene, its renewable farnesene. Amyris is scaling its production in Brazil, Europe and the United States through five production arrangements, including manufacturing agreements with Antibióticos S.A.,

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

and Cosan SA Industria e Comércio have executed a binding agreement to establish a joint venture for the worldwide development, production and commercialization of renewable base oils. Amyris designs these microorganisms to produce defined molecules for use as renewable chemicals and transportation fuels. Amyris, Inc.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The number of São Paulo, Brazil city buses using a blend of Amyris Renewable Diesel, which is branded locally as Diesel de Cana (“sugarcane diesel”), has increased to 400 from 300. The blend of renewable diesel is produced from locally-grown sugarcane using Amyris’ fermentation technology.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted Ensyn Corporation ( earlier post ) Part 79 registration for its renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. The liquid RFO feedstock was produced at one of Ensyn’s commercial facilities and shipped to Brazil. Robert Graham, CEO and Chairman of Ensyn.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. This approval follows the recently announced Part 79 approval of Ensyn’s renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Brazil-based GranBio announced a strategic alliance with NextChem, the subsidiary of Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont dedicated to the energy transition, to co-license its patented technology for the production of second-generation (2G) ethanol worldwide.

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APRIL 1, 2013

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. Amyris also has met the technical milestones at its production plant in Brazil to satisfy the conditions for a follow-on common stock investment of $5 million from its existing investor, Biolding Investment SA. —John Melo, Amyris President & CEO.

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APRIL 29, 2011

a renewable chemicals and fuels company, today announced the completion of the first industrial-scale facility for the production of Biofene, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. The production facility is located in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil at a facility owned by Biomin do Brasil Nutrição Animal Ltda., Amyris, Inc.,

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MARCH 4, 2021

The Government of British Columbia and Eagle Graphite confirmed release of the first tranche of grant funding in support of a 2-year program to develop and commercialize silicon-modified battery anodes made with graphite from Eagle’s Black Crystal graphite quarry and plant in Valhalla, British Columbia.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables have agreed to market, to demonstrate and to guarantee jointly cellulosic biofuel solutions. Beta Renewables will embed Novozymes’ enzymes in the PROESA technology and guarantee biofuel production costs upon start-up of customers’ cellulosic facilities.

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MARCH 6, 2010

Brazil’s 10-millionth flex-fuel vehicle was built on 4 March, according to the country’s National Association of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea). The next step is to take this technically proven and highly successful project to the rest of the world, since all major automakers in Brazil have a global presence.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

a renewable hydrocarbons company, announced that it has completed multiple runs of its fermentation process using its engineered yeast to produce Biofene, Amyris renewable farnesene, in 100,000 and 200,000 liter capacity fermentors. Amyris, Inc.,

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JULY 19, 2011

will begin supplying an expected 160 city buses in the Brazilian city of São Paulo with Amyris renewable diesel—a pure hydrocarbon drop-in fuel derived from sugarcane (known locally as Diesel de Cana). Amyris technology produces renewable farnesene (Biofene). Amyris modifies farnesene to become Amyris renewable diesel.

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JULY 25, 2011

has commissioned its second industrial-scale facility for the production of Biofene, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. Biofene may be sold directly into industrial applications or put through simple chemical finishing steps to form a broad range of renewable products including squalane, base oil and finished lubricants and diesel.

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