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USDA Announces Loan Guarantees For Three Cellulosic Ethanol Projects

January 21, 2011 by Mike Gregory
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that biofuels and biomass energy projects across America have been selected for funding to continue the Administration's support for the development of renewable fuels. Vilsack highlighted the various investments USDA made since he laid out a broad vision to spur rural revitalization through... [read more]

Coskata starts flex ethanol demo plant

October 15, 2009 by Doris de Guzman
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Coskata's start-up of its semi-commercial flexible ethanol plant in Madison, Pennsylvania, today showcases the world's first commercially-viable flex ethanol process, according to Coskata officials. The facility can have as much as 400 million gallons of capacity producing ethanol from numerous non-food based feedstocks such as wood... [read more]

GM’s woes: Bad news for clean energy

March 5, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Coskata, a much-touted biofuels company, is stalled. So, for the moment, is Compact Power, a U.S. maker of lithium-ion batteries. Why? Partly because of the global economic meltdown. Partly because both depend on General Motors. I’ll get to Coskata and Compact Power in a moment—their CEOs spoke today at the Wall Street Journal’s Eco:... [read more]

Tying Up Loose Ends on Coskata

August 25, 2008 by Robert Rapier
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While I am a skeptic by nature, I am a problem-solver as well. I always ask the people around me - and I try to practice this at all times - if you come across a problem, or envision that you will have a problem, try to envision a solution as well. Otherwise, you have simply created an obstacle. It's sort of like chess: Envision where... [read more]

Coskata: Dead Man Walking

August 17, 2008 by Robert Rapier
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Since the Coskata announcement that they were going to be able to produce ethanol for "under US $1.00 a gallon anywhere in the world" - documented here - I have gotten a number of requests for comments on the technology. After all, GM is on board! GM can't be wrong, can they? Vinod Khosla's enthusiasm couldn't be misplaced either, could... [read more]

Toyota to have 2010 plug-in; GM invests in cellulosic ethanol

January 13, 2008 by Tyler Hamilton
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I won't dwell here -- there are many announcements at the Detroit auto show and they'll get tonnes of coverage by other bloggers and reporters. But two, so far, have stood out for me. First, GM said it had invested an undisclosed amount in cellulosic-ethanol maker Coskata, one of Vinod Khosla's many biofuel investments. For details,... [read more]