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Velocys receives FONSI from USDA for planned Mississippi biorefinery; wood waste to drop-in fuels

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Velocys plc announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the environmental assessment report for Velocys’ planned Bayou Fuels biorefinery in Natchez, Mississippi. Velocys technology is in use at ENVIA, the world’s first commercial smaller scale gas-to-liquids plant.

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Arbor Renewable Gas evaluating West Baton Rouge for $800M renewable gasoline and green hydrogen plant

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Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass sourced from Louisiana and Mississippi timber operations. Arbor Gas recently announced a similar project in Beaumont, Texas. —Arbor Gas CEO Timothy Vail.

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Vast lithium reserves discovered in Arkansas, says USGS  – Charged EVs

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The lithium could be extracted from brine co-produced during oil and gas operations, providing an opportunity to extract a valuable commodity from what would otherwise be considered a waste stream, the USGS said. to 19 million tons (4.63 million metric tons) of lithium in Smackover Formation brine in southern Arkansas.

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Waste Management Makes Strategic Investment in Waste-to-Fuels Company Enerkem

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Waste Management has made a strategic investment in Enerkem, a developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals from biomass and waste, as part of Enerkem’s new financing round. Tim Cesarek, managing director of Organic Growth at Waste Management.

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ENVIA suspends operations at Oklahoma City GTL plant

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The Board of ENVIA Energy (ENVIA) has decided to suspend operations at the Oklahoma City gas-to-liquids plant ( earlier post ) and to undertake a review of strategic alternatives in order to preserve the value inherent in the facility. The ENVIA plant uses Velocys Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce premium wax, diesel and naphtha.

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Enerkem To Receive Funding from Alberta Energy for Edmonton Waste-to-Biofuels Facility

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a waste-to-biofuels and advanced chemicals company, has been selected by Alberta Energy to receive C$3.35 million) in funding from the Biorefining Commercialization and Market Development Program for its future Edmonton waste-to-biofuels facility, operated under the name of Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB). Enerkem Inc.,

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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