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USDA approves $5M payment to Kansas biofuel production facility

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The completed project will utilize waste energy resources from a local cattle feedlot to replace almost 90% of the fossil fuels currently used by Western Plains Energy at its Oakley, KS, ethanol plant, which produces 50 million gallons of ethanol annually. It is scheduled to become fully operational in 2013.

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CPKC orders 3.6MW of Ballard fuel cells for expansion of hydrogen locomotive program

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Ballard Power Systems received an order for additional fuel cell engines from Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). Further development on range across temperature variations, heavy hauling, fine tuning auxiliary load to avoid waste, increased number of hours on current and additional units will support continued technological evolution.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. Other: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. DOE Funding: $1,499,987.

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $2.5M to advance diesel-free truck demonstration; ethanol-fueled MCCI

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million in additional financing from several investors, including the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations. Historically, clean-burning fuels, and those that are easy to make from waste CO 2 streams or syngas, have failed to ignite using MCCI.

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Abengoa opens cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton; 1st commercial deployment of Abengoa enzymatic hydrolysis

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Abengoa held the grand opening of its cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, located about 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Dodge City. The Hugoton cellulosic ethanol plant covers 400 acres, more than 380 of which will be used to store biomass from local farmers. Click to enlarge. million liters) per year.

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Nextchem and Saola Energy partner to deliver renewable diesel technology

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NextChem, an Italian renewable energy technology company, is partnering with Kansas-based Saola Energy to support the production of renewable diesel from vegetable oils and residual fats. Companies handling waste oils and residual fats will have access to new opportunities in the market for second-generation renewable fuels.

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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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This is equivalent to planting 17,000,000 trees, removing 228,000 cars off the road or recycling 374,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; UPS fueling stations in Albuquerque, N.M.; Atlanta, Ga.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Commerce City, Colo.; Orleans, La.;

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