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Envergent Technologies has announced that Italian power company Industria e Innovazione has selected the Envergent RTP rapid thermal processing technology for the development of a facility to convert biomass into pyrolysis oil for renewable power generation. Industria e Innovazione and Envergent have signed an agreement to pursue development of an RTP facility to convert a mix of pine ... read more
Dalian, China (SPX) Nov 05, 2009China 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 ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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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 
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 |
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Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Oct 26, 2009 Brazil has embarked on a controversial plan to raise biofuel content in its diesel production amid concerns the country's edible oils market may face supply pressures as a result. Biofuel that is added to diesel is usually extracted from castor beans, soybeans and other oilseeds. The risk of feedstock for the domestic oil market being diverted to the new fuel was cited by biofuel expert ... more 
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 |
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