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Vega Biofuels has entered into a joint venture agreement to manufacture green energy products from industrial hemp. The joint venture (JV) company includes Vega Biofuels and Oregon, US-based Now Corp., and it will operate under the name Vega Now from the Now Corp.'s property in Colorado. The two companies will be working together to test industrial hemp as a feedstock to produce various green…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the final volume requirements for bioethanol under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016. In addition, the final volume requirements for biodiesel for 2014 and 2017. The EPA has increased the required levels from its earlier suggestion in June, and hopes that the rule will boost renewable fuel production and…
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Monsanto and Novozymes have announced a new acreage target for 2025 that will guide the companies’ microbials business for the next decade. The two partners in The BioAg Alliance are develop new microbial solutions for global agriculture and project that their products will be used on 250-500 million acres globally by 2025, equivalent to 25-50% of all US farmland. Currently the…
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HSBC has pledged to commit $1 billion (€937m) to a green bond portfolio which will invest in high quality liquid assets in the form of green, social, or sustainability bonds. These bonds will be aligned with the Green Bond Principles and will be used to fund projects in sectors such as clean transportation, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate change adaption, as well as SME…
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Precision Energy Services (PES), a US-based renewable energy technical services provider, has been awarded a contract to engineer, supply, and provide technical support for the installation, commissioning, and start-up of a second paper mill sludge-to-energy system for Atlantic Packaging in Toronto, Canada. Atlantic Packaging, which owns and operates three paper facilities in the greater Toronto…
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KSB Aktiengesellschaft, a German pumps and valves manufacturer, will present a new kind of low-speed submersible mixer for use in biogas production and waste water treatment.  The new Amaprop 1380 can serve as a back-up mixer, scum breaker, or flow accelerator and it can be used alone or in combination with larger mixers.  The new mixer for biogas plants has a hard-wearing propeller…
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Energy ministers from the G20 countries and heads of international organisations affirmed their commitment to renewable energy at the first-ever G20 Energy Ministers Meeting in Istanbul on 2 October. The high-level participants endorsed an 11-point communiqué, including the adoption of a renewable energy toolkit, which provides options for G20 countries to take a long-term, integrated, and…
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The UK renewable energy company Drax has pulled out of a £1 billion (appr. €1.4 billion) project to introduce carbon capture technology to cut emissions. The company says it remains committed to fulfilling its current work on a carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility and technology development project (FEED), but once completed, would not be investing further and will withdraw as…
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EcoConnect CIC, the UK’s green industry business network, is looking for the next wave of low-carbon technology stars who will secure the finalist places at its Cleantech Innovate showcase, taking place on 11 February, 2016, in London. The event offers early stage companies the opportunity to pitch live to an audience of investors, buyers, industry specialists, and support…
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Viessmann, a German manufacturer of heating, industrial, and refrigeration systems, has begun marketing synthetic natural gas (SNG) produced from surplus renewable electricity by means of a biological power-to-gas method for the first time in the world. The first plant of its kind to produce this type of SNG went into operation at the beginning of March this year, and since June Viessmann has…
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EcoEnergy Scandinavia, a Swedish renewables developer, has signed a memorandum of understanding to construct a 100MW biofuels plant in Ukraine. The development and initial phase of construction will require an investment $120 million (€106.4 million), according to the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration (DRSA). The Investment Centre at the DRSA has proposed three sites for the…
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Turboden, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and provider of organic rankine cycle (ORC) turbogenerators for distributed power generation employing renewable sources and waste heat, has signed an order with Starwood, producer of medium density fibreboard (MDF), for a new cogeneration plant in Bursa, Turkey. The Turboden ORC system will produce 5.5MW of electric and 29.5MW thermal of…
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The UK government is being taken to court by two energy companies, who accuse the government of not providing adequate notice before announcing the removal of the climate change levy (CCL) exemption this August. The companies, Infinis and Drax, claim the 24-day notice period given by the Department of Treasury was not sufficient for them to adapt their businesses accordingly. Drax, who has…
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Canada’s wood pellet exports grew by 1% to a total of 781,083 tonnes in the first half of 2015 when compared to the same time period last year, data from Statistics Canada shows. Increased deliveries to the UK, Canada’s number one wood pellet export target, offset declines in shipments from Italy and South Korea, the data shows. Canadian H1 pellet exports to the UK totalled at 587,205…
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