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03/11/2010
10:00 PM
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NV Energy & WM Sign 3-MW PPA
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NV Energy and Waste Management (WM) have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the sale of renewable energy produced from a 3-megawatt (MW) landfill gas-powered project to be located southeast of Reno at WM's Lockwood Landfill. The facility is expected to be generating renewable energy by late 2011.
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03/10/2010
10:00 PM
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POET plans to cut water use to 2.33 gallons per gallon of ethanol in five years
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 POET plans to decrease water use in the production of ethanol by 22 percent over the next five years in the first goal of its sustainability iniative, Ingreenuity. If successful, it will cut the company's water used per gallon of ethanol from an average of 3 gallons to 2.33, an annual water savings of one billion gallons.
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03/10/2010
10:00 PM
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US Senate Votes to Reinstate Crucial Biodiesel Tax Credit As Part of Jobs Bill
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The U.S. Senate this week passed a bill containing the reinstatement of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit, a critical piece of policy for the industry that had been allowed to expire at the end of 2009. The American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, included H.R. 4213, the Extenders Package which contains the extension of the US $1 per gallon biodiesel production tax credit. The bill calls for the tax credit to be retroactive to January 1 and runs out on December 31, 2010.
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03/09/2010
10:00 PM
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SAIC Awarded US $21M Bioenergy Contract
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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, R.W. Beck, has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Golden Field Office to support The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Biomass Program. The agreement expires September 30, 2015 and has a ceiling value of $21 million.
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