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 Dalian, China (SPX) Nov 05, 2009 
China Industrial Waste Management has announced construction and regulatory progress related to the Build-Operate-Transfer ("BOT") municipal sludge treatment and disposal facility in Dalian, China (the "Project") that is being developed by the Company's subsidiary Dongtai Organic Waste Treatment Co. Ltd. ("Dongtai Organic"). The Company announced that six of the Project's 12 fermentation ... read more
Georgetown SC (SPX) Nov 05, 2009BioCentric Energy Holdings has confirmed a merger agreement with Renewed World Energies, an established closed loop photo-bioreactor manufacturer and ALGAE production facility based in Georgetown, South Carolina. Dennis Fisher, CEO of BioCentric (BEHL) stated, "After extensive talks, and comparative data exchanges between the two companies it became apparent that major synergetic ... more
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Manhattan KS (SPX) Nov 04, 2009Two Kansas State University engineers are assessing systematic production methods that could make the costs of algae oil production more reasonable, helping move the U.S. from fossil fuel dependency to renewable energy replacements. The idea by K-State's Wenqiao "Wayne" Yuan and Zhijian "Z.J." Pei is to grow algae in the ocean on very large, supporting platforms. The National Science Found ... more 
Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2009A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which is much more ethanol-tolerant than the bacteria in which these structures are normally found. The yeast cellulosome could enable efficient one-step "consolidated bioprocessing" by maximizing the ... more 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Nov 2, 2009European palm oil buyers who are refusing to purchase expensive eco-friendly palm oil were named and shamed Monday by environmental campaigners WWF International. Only 10 out of the 59 major retailers and manufacturers surveyed in an industry scorecard have lived up to their commitments to buy "sustainable" palm oil which is manufactured according to strict standards, it said. At an indu ... more |
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Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (AFP) Oct 22, 2009Cinta, a baby orangutan found lost and alone in a vast Borneo palm oil plantation, now clings to a tree at a sanctuary for the great apes, staring intently at dozens of tourists. She is one of the casualties of the boom in palm oil -- used extensively for biofuel and processed food like margarine -- which has seen swathes of jungle felled in Borneo, an island split between Malaysia and ... more 
Washington (AFP) Oct 22, 2009US experts warn that rules governing biofuel production encourage deforestation and mean the technology is therefore a "false" method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In a study to be published Friday in the US journal Science, a group of 13 scientists called for the rules, which contain a loophole exempting carbon dioxide emitted by bioenergy regardless of its source, to be overturned. ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 23, 2009The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce the industry's carbon footprint. Paul Steele, who heads IATA's environmental initiatives, told reporters in New Delhi biofuel would be certified "by the end of next year". Certification is widely regarded as a first technical step that ... more |
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