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Najafi, Energy Capital Investments to fund SolverdiNajafi Companies LLC, and its portfolio company, Energy Capital Investments LLC, will provide funding to Solverdi LLC, a Phoenix-based company that specializes in producing renewable fuel for the military and large industrial users. In return, the companies will obtain a majority interest in Solverdi.READ MORE Researcher builds solar collector for algae feedstockAn industrial technology researcher at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, is designing and building a solar collector that can be used to process and distribute light and heat to grow algae feedstock for biodiesel. The system will also produce solar and steam-generated electricity.READ MORE  Florida Syngas converts glycerol to powerFlorida Syngas LLC has been awarded $3,000 through the Florida Phase Zero program to create a Phase 1 proposal for the USDA's Small Business Innovation Research Program. The Phase Zero program is designed to help small businesses offset the costs of creating a proposal for the USDA's SBIR program.READ MORE REG's technology can produce biodiesel from algaeRenewable Energy Group of Ames, Iowa, has announced it has technology capable of producing biodiesel from algae oil. The company said it is working with several groups to commercialize algae production, but it is not producing algae itself. REG said it has adapted it multi-feedstock technology to refine oil from a variety of algae strains and produce biodiesel exceeding ASTM standards.READ MORE Kauderer Group Energy submits LOI for Ohio site The Kauderer Group Energy, a subsidiary of business and finance advisor The Kauderer Group, has submitted a letter of intent to broker the purchase of an 87-acre plot of land in Marion, Ohio, for the construction of a biodiesel production facility.READ MORE Pure Biofuels opens biodiesel facility in PeruPure Biofuels Corp. announced August 18 that it has opened its main biodiesel production facility at Port Calleo near Lima, Peru. The 52.5 MMgy facility will use jatropha and algae as its primary feedstocks.READ MORE Renewable Energy Products plant begins productionRenewable Energy Products LLC, a company formed by Energy Merchant Corp. two years ago to focus on biodiesel production and marketing, has announced its first 10 MMgy facility is on line. The facility is located on the former site of Powerine Oil Refinery in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.READ MORE Six companies receive BQ-9000 certificationSix new biodiesel producers and marketers have received the National Biodiesel Board's BQ-9000 quality assurance certification. According to the NBB, more than 75 percent of the biodiesel produced in the United States is now produced and marketed by companies that are BQ-9000 certified.READ MORE |
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