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B and W To Replace University Of Missouri's Coal-Fired Boiler With Biomass-Fueled UnitBarberton OH (SPX) Jun 28, 2010 Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group (B and W PGG) has signed a contract to replace a coal-fired boiler on the University of Missouri campus with a biomass boiler that will generate steam and electricity from clean, renewable biomass fuel. B and W PGG is a subsidiary of The Babcock and Wilcox Company. B and W PGG will design, engineer and supply a 150,000 pound-per-hour bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boiler designed to burn chipped hardwoods and various local opportunity fuels near the universi ... read more |
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Brussels (AFP) June 10, 2010EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger on Thursday called for higher goals for biofuels use, while vowing an effective certification system to avoid hurting the environment with the fuel crops. "I think the 10 percent objective should be raised," he told reporters in Brussels Thursday, referring to one of the goals included in the European Union's climate agreement aimed at cutting greenh ... more 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2010A bacteria that lives in hot springs in Japan may help solve one of the mysteries of the early evolution of complex organisms, according to a study publishing next week in PLoS Biology. It may also be the key to 21st century biofuel production. Biochemists Alan Lambowitz and Georg Mohr began investigating Thermosynechococcus elongatus, a cyanobacterium that can survive at temperatures up t ... more 
Murcia, Spain (SPX) Jun 11, 2010In the quest for alternatives to soybeans, palm, and other edible oilseed plants as sources for biodiesel production, enter an unlikely new candidate: A fungus, or mold, that produces and socks away large amounts of oils that are suitable for low-cost, eco-friendly biodiesel. That's the topic of a study in ACS' bi-monthly journal Energy and Fuels. Victoriano Garre and colleagues point out ... more |
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NASA seeks green aircraft proposalsWashington (UPI) Jun 2, 2010 NASA officials say they are soliciting proposals for studies designed to identify advanced vehicle concepts and enabling technologies. The proposal solicitation for commercial airliners to fly more economically, quieter and cleaner by 2025 is the first of several expected under NASA's "Research Opportunities in Aeronautics" announcement for 2010, released Wednesday. The total potential value of the research contracts is $36.6 million, and proposals are due by July 15. Officials will sele ... read more |
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