Jan 25, 2017
DuPont swings to profit in Q4
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Jan 24, 2017
Oman has tremendous potential to be a leading exporter of energy based on renewable sources, an industry expert has said.
David Rooney, director of sustainable energy research at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast spoke at an event on renewable energy and biofuels organised by the Independent Learning Centre at SQU, according... [Read More]
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Jan 24, 2017
California-based synthetic biology specialist Synthetic Genomics and oil giant ExxonMobil announced that they have extended their agreement to conduct joint research into advanced algae biofuels after making significant progress in understanding algae genetics, growth characteristics and increasing oil production.
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics have been jointly... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
A UK sustainable energy company is the first ever to have successfully converted actual landfill gas into usable diesel fuel with no fossil fuel additives, during recent trials.
Renovare Fuels, which has its headquarters in London, claims to have developed technology to produce middle distillate hydrocarbons with a selectivity of 55%.
The bi-products of flue gas... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
UK-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has secured funding of £896,000 (€1m) for state of the art equipment to be installed within the industrial biotechnology and biorefinery facilities at Wilton, UK.
The targeted investment of £538K from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is matched with £358K of UK Catapult funding to stimulate... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
Chinese and Cuban firms have teamed up to sign agreements in order to strengthen renewable energy ties.
The agreements were inked at a three-day renewable energy forum, which took place in Cuba. According to Xinhua.com, the form analysed cooperation strategies to expand the development of renewable energy in Cuba.
Both countries are interested in developing the renewable... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
China’s exports are steadily falling as a share of gross domestic product in a decline that could soon make the country less reliant than India on sales abroad, according to the Financial Times.
The shift highlights the growth in the Chinese domestic economy, which could make Beijing better able to withstand trade tensions under US president Donald Trump, who has... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2017
The Prince of Wales has urged world leaders that the strategy to address climate change “must be urgently scaled up, and scaled up now”.
In the foreword for a new Ladybird book that he has co-authored on the subject, he said that long-term weather patterns were the greatest threat to the planet.
The Penguin-produced book entitled Climate Change will be published... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
Neste and Bioenergy La Tuque have started R&D cooperation with the objective of studying the potential of using forest residues as a raw material in biofuel production.
Based in La Tuque, Canada, the cooperation supports Neste's goals to expand the raw material selection available and increase the use of waste and residues.
Currently, the company is capable of using... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
US renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company Gevo has announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the pathway for isobutanol produced at Gevo's Luverne, Minnesota plant to be an advanced biofuel under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Programme.
This is the first time that the EPA has approved a pathway for an advanced biofuel... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
Velocys, a UK-based gas-to-liquids (GTL) company, that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) establishing a strategic alliance with Morimatsu Jiangsu Heavy Industry, a subsidiary of Morimatsu Industry Co.
The AIM-traded firm said Morimatsu will be its preferred supplier of module engineering and fabrication services for its plants. It said the agreement... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
In her most important speech as UK Prime Minister yet, Theresa May has said that the final Brexit deal with the EU will mean the UK leaving the European single market.
May said the UK’s Brexit plans "cannot mean membership of the single market".
She said: "Being out of the EU but a member of the Single Market would mean complying with the EU's rules and regulations... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2017
Roberto Rinaldi FRSC, a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to fund his world-leading work on lignin valorisation.
According to Imperial College, these highly competitive grants are awarded to “outstanding early career researchers” to help... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2017
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued new analysis on the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn-based ethanol.
The analysis, conducted by ICF, found that typical corn-based ethanol achieves a 43 percent greenhouse gas reduction when compared to 2005-era gasoline, and by 2022, corn-based ethanol is projected to increase to a 50 percent greenhouse gas reduction... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2017
US President Barack Obama has urged the US to take bolder action in tackling climate change in his last presidential speech.
In his farewell address, delivered on 10 January in Chicago, Obama said: “We’ve led the world to an agreement that has the promise to save this planet. But without bolder action, our children won’t have time to... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
Global clean energy investment fell by 18% to $287.5 billion (€269.7bn) in 2016, dragged down by sharp falls in equipment prices and slowdown in key Asian markets.
According to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), Chinese investment totalled at $87.8 billion, down 26% from the 2015 record high of $119.1 billion, while Japan invested a meagre $22.8... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
The European Commission’s (EC) proposed phase-out of conventional biofuels by 2030 threatens to remove one of the EU’s best options for reducing greenhouse gases and decarbonising transport, energy experts told MEPs.
As the European Parliament gets ready to consider the controversial Renewable Energy Directive II proposal to phase out conventional biofuels... [Read More]
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