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Sweden Offers World-Class Cleantech Solutions For The Future Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Dec 12, 2008 Sweden is a world leader in bioenergy and renewable vehicle fuels, and is the fastest growing windpower market in Europe. There are excellent investment opportunities for Indian investors, as Sweden can offer innovative and sustainable cleantech solutions for the future. Major Swedish cities have integrated the planning of transport and traffic, water and sewage treatment, waste collection ... read more Replacing Corn With Perennial Grasses Improves Carbon Footprint Of Biofuels Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 12, 2008 Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where - and which - biofuel crops are used, University of Illinois researchers report this month. The researchers analyzed data from dozens of studies to determine how planting new biofuel crops can influence the carbon content of the soil. Their findings will appear next month in ... read more New Nexant Study Profiles Brazilian Biofuels Industry White Plains NY (SPX) Dec 12, 2008 A new ChemSystems Special Report published by Nexant - Brazil's Biofuels Industry: Outlook for a Global Leader - assesses the technical, commercial and policy status of existing and anticipated biofuel and biofuels-related activities in Brazil, and draws conclusions on opportunities and challenges in the industry. It also forecasts changes to come, considering critical elements of the ... read more Honeywell Supports Biofuel Demonstration Plant Kuopio, Finland (SPX) Dec 12, 2008 Honeywell has announced it will provide the process control and safety systems for a new NSE Biofuels Oy research facility in Varkaus, Finland. The demonstration plant will develop processes to produce renewable biofuels from wood residues. The resulting biofuels will help reduce greenhouse gases in the automotive transportation sector and help meet stringent European Union standards for ... read more Grant Secured For Biodiesel Study Havre MT (SPX) Dec 12, 2008 The Montana Agriculture Development Council awarded $50,000 in grant funding from the Montana Growth Through Agriculture (GTA) program to Great Plains - The Camelina Company. The funds will be used to conduct a feasibility study for an oilseed crushing plant in Montana. Great Plains is focused on developing Camelina sativa (camelina) as an oilseed crop for biodiesel production in Montana ... read more |
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Miami (UPI) Dec 4, 2008 Top officials at Brazil's state-run energy company Petrobras expect big things from President-elect Barack Obama next year, in particular a reduction of the tariff on Brazilian ethanol exported to the United States. The head of the Petrobras biofuel division, Alan Kardec Pinto, couched his call for lower tariffs on Brazilian ethanol in remarks on "environmental responsibility" clearly ... read more VIASPACE Targets Biofuel Market Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 VIASPACE has announced the Company is cultivating a new fast-growing hybrid grass to be used for production of cellulosic ethanol, methanol, biocrude and green gasoline. VIASPACE is taking a leadership position in the development of feedstock for sustainable biofuels, targeting the growing $25 billion global biofuels market. The Company is working to develop supply contracts with companies ... read more Indy Racing Turns Its Back On US Energy Des Moines IO (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 The American Future Fund (AFF) has launched "Race," a radio ad which urges Hoosiers to call the Indy Racing League (IRL) and tell them to continue using American ethanol in its race cars. In a multi-year deal announced on Nov. 18, the IRL named APEX-Brasil as the official ethanol supplier for the IndyCar Series. As a result, the Indy 500, an American institution, could be powered with ... read more Biofuel Plantations On Tropical Forestlands Bad For Biodiversity Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds. The study reveals that it would take at least 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost through forest conversion. And if the original habitat was ... read more GreenHunter BioFuels Resumes Production At Houston Biodiesel Refinery Grapevine TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Greenhunter Biofuels gas announced that startup of biodiesel production at the Company's biodiesel refinery in Houston has been initiated following repairs and recovery from Hurricane Ike. Located along the Shipping Channel in Houston, Texas, the Company's biodiesel refinery, one of the country's largest, sustained a direct hit from Hurricane Ike in mid-September of 2008. Plant debugging ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Statement from Toni Nuernberg, Executive Director, Ethanol Promotion and Information Council: I am proud to announce that the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) Board of Directors will be recommending a transition plan to EPIC's membership to join Growth Energy, a newly formed organization dedicated to the promise of agriculture and growing America's economy through cleaner ... read more Advanced Cellulose Ethanol Development Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 26, 2008 Swedish researchers at Taurus Energy, SEKAB, Chalmers Technical University and the University of Lund have signed an agreement on development and large scale implementation of a new improved bio-technical process for production of ethanol from lignocellulose feedstocks. The development is based on Taurus' yeast technology for fermentation of both six- and five-carbon sugars. Ethanol ... read more National Algae Association Meeting The Woodlands TX (SPX) Nov 24, 2008 The National Algae Association is growing at an astronomical rate. We are the first national trade association for the algae industry in the United States. Algae is renewable, does not affect the food channel and eats C02. Due to the high cost of oil, commercializing the algae oil industry is now on a fast track. Algae can be converted into fuels such as jet fuel, biodiesel, ethanol ... read more New Generation Biofuels Announces Test Burn Agreement Lake Mary FL (SPX) Nov 24, 2008 New Generation Biofuels has announced that it has entered into a Test Burn Agreement with Progress Energy Florida to demonstrate its proprietary biofuel technology in utility boiler applications. The Agreement calls for New Generation Biofuels to supply its biofuel for a test program that will be performed in early 2009 at Progress Energy Florida's Bartow Plant in St. Petersburg. ... read more Stratos Renewables Secures Land Agreements For Sugarcane Ethanol Production Lima, Peru (SPX) Nov 26, 2008 Stratos Renewables has announced that the company has secured enough land in the northern coastal region of Peru required for the production of up to 90 million gallons per year of sugarcane-based ethanol. Stratos intends to use this land for extensive sugarcane cultivation, milling and distillation into ethanol primarily for export. Peru has historically achieved some of the highest yields ... read more |
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