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A Hawaii company has received $23 million in stimulus funds to work on a biorefinery project in Commerce City.
Clearfuels Technology Inc. will be working to produce renewable diesel and jet fuel from woody biomass. The company says the project will bring 43 construction jobs to the city and 11 additional jobs at the facility.
Lakewood-based ZeaChem Inc. also received funding: $25 million to support construction of the company’s first cellulosic biorefinery in Oregon.
The Energy Department announced Friday that a total of 19 renewable-fuel projects would receive $564 million in federal stimulus funds.
