Jun 6, 2012
New REG biodiesel terminal almost online in New Mexico
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Jun 6, 2012
Asia Bioenergy Technologies (ABT) has said after tax losses for year ending January 2012 has been due to impairments in the biodiesel sector.
The audited loss after tax and minority interest was MYR19.95 million (€5.02 million), which was a variation of MYR7.3 million (57.7%) above the audited loss after tax and minority interest of MYR12.65 million.
ABT said the... [Read More]
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May 31, 2012
A proposed biomass combustion plant in Trafford, UK has been ‘minded for approval’ by The Environmental Agency (EA).
Low carbon energy provider Peel Energy’s plant, known as the Barton Renewable Energy Plant, were rejected by the local authority last year, but in a recent statement the EA said:
‘Following a rigorous assessment process, we are minded... [Read More]
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May 31, 2012
Bioinnovation company Novozymes has inaugurated a $200 million (€161 million) enzyme plant in Nebraska, US to help advance the biofuels market.
Novozymes claims the plant will specialise in developing ‘world-leading’ enzymes to advance both existing and advanced biofuel markets. The facility will create 100 job positions and 400 construction jobs.
‘Advanced... [Read More]
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May 30, 2012
A new program launched by the Australian Pork Cooperative Research Centre is to focus on maximising the value of captured emissions from the pork industry.
The capture, production and use of methane from piggery effluent treated in covered anaerobic lagoons will be the main priority for the Pork CRC Bioenergy Support Program. Research will also be conducted into making... [Read More]
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May 29, 2012
Global investment company Goldman Sachs is set to invest $40 billion (€31.8 billion) in renewable energy projects over the next ten years.
Despite that figure being lower than the $4.8 billion it put into clean technology companies worldwide in 2011, Goldman Sachs allegedly see the earning potential in growing economies such as China, Brazil, India and Europe.
The... [Read More]
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May 28, 2012
US renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company Gevo has begun start-up of what it is calling the world’s first commercial biobased isobutanol production plant.
Based in Luverne, Minnesota Gevo broke ground on the project a year ago and reached its goal of initiating production of biobased isobutanol at commercial level within 12 months.
‘The... [Read More]
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May 25, 2012
Energy from waste provider Covanta Energy has signed an agreement with trade union GMB Union to work together on future UK facilities.
The partnership will see each company mutually support each other through the development and operation of Covanta’s facilities, with commitments to safety, the environment and Covanta’s workforce’s right to GMB representation... [Read More]
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May 25, 2012
Construction has started on a new biological research facility based at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), New Mexico this month.
US senator Tom Udall spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony and praised New Mexico’s past and future contributions to the nation’s renewable energy efforts.
‘The LANL has always pioneered discoveries to protect our nation... [Read More]
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May 24, 2012
Aberdeen City and Shire, Scotland has seen its biomass capacity double over the past two years up to 20MW of heat generation.
Nine new projects across the region now means it has 200 operational wood fuel boilers, with local wood fuel production to meet this demand in excess of 130,000 green tonnes equivalent.
Of the new projects, the Kemnay Golf Course marked its centenary... [Read More]
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May 24, 2012
The opening of its first sustainable cooking fuel facility in Mozambique, Africa occurred this month.
Owned by Cleanstar Mozambique (CM), a company formed by Novozymes and Cleanstar Ventures in 2010, the facility will produce 2 million litres per year of ethanol-based cooking fuel from surplus cassava supplied by local farmers that follow CM’s sustainable farming... [Read More]
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May 24, 2012
A new bioenergy alternative for the future is being created by researchers at the University of Birmingham, UK.
By creating clean hydrogen from food waste this research hopes to provide answers to the questions concerning whether the mass production of bioethanol using sugarcane is a long-term sustainable solution, particularly in countries like Brazil.
‘Bioethanol... [Read More]
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May 23, 2012
Investment consortium Real Ventures (RV) has been given more time to streamline its proposed wood-burning biomass power station on the Isle of Wight, UK.
Despite winning preferred bidder status from the Isle of Wight Council in 2010, a 12 month extension of that status was granted at a cabinet meeting on 22 May to allow RV more time to prepare a thorough environmental... [Read More]
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May 23, 2012
Metal producing company Harmony Gold Mining is planning renewable energy plants in the north of South Africa.
As well as a solar power plant, Harmony has been looking into the feasibility of growing crops for a biofuels plant that may be built in South Africa’s central Free State province.
The reason for these projects is because Harmony is assessing ways of generating... [Read More]
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May 22, 2012
Investment company Future Capital Partners (FCP) has secured both senior debt and government underwriting for a proposed ethanol plant in Grimsby, UK.
The Belgian Export Credit Agency, the Office National De Ducroire (ONDD), has underwritten the senior debt for its £210 million (€259.5 million) bioethanol project. In addition FCP has also confirmed that a major... [Read More]
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May 21, 2012
UK-based biogas and clean energy provider Ener-G has opened new offices in Romania to expand its presence.
The move will bring together the Ener-G Technologii Energetice (ETE) team with power engineering consultancy Enalt, in which Ener-G is a majority shareholder.
Following its establishment three years ago Ener-G claims that ETE now has several major landfill gas generation... [Read More]
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May 18, 2012
Waste gasification provider Cocurrent BioEnergy is aiming to develop a waste-to-energy facility in West Virginia, US.
In an interview given with a local newspaper, Cocurrent said the plant would treat batches of unsorted municipal solid waste using its gasification technology to create synthetic gas that would heat water, create steam and generate electricity.
Sources... [Read More]
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