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Jul 20, 2009
Tanzania to develop sisal biogas
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Jul 20, 2009
Biofuel made from paddy rice is now being sold at a petrol station pump in Niigata, Japan.
The National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations Zennoh (JA Zennoh) began sales of the biofuel, a mixture of petrol and bioethanol made from rice for animal feed, on 17 July.
An annual ethanol production of about 1,000 kilolitres is expected from some 2,250 tonnes... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2009
Indian Railways is planning to introduce biodiesel and compressed natural gas (CNG) as locomotive fuels in an attempt to cut down on pollution says.
Currently, the railways uses diesel and electricity, which is an indirect pollutant as a bulk of the country’s power capacity is coal-fired.
‘Successful trials have been carried out by using 10% blend of biodiesel on... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2009
Just weeks after a predicted bust, UK-based energy crop developer D1 Oils has reached a conditional agreement with BP to acquire BP's 50% interest in D1-BP Fuel Crops, its joint venture with BP for the planting of jatropha.
D1 will thereby to take back sole ownership the global planting assets and interests of the joint venture.
In June the company announced it... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2009
Texas, US-based Terrabon is working on a renewable green petrol fuel, identical to ordinary petroleum-based fuel, which can be made from organic material like cornstalks.
Terrabon has been testing a technology known as MixAlco. Developed by scientists at Texas A&M University, it uses an acid fermentation process that can convert biomass into chemicals that can be... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2009
While many ethanol producers are going down, California-headquartered GreenHouse Energy is going bottoms-up.
The producer is teaming-up with Karl Strauss Brewing Company to convert spent beer yeast into ethanol fuel.
Together, the two companies and the state are part of the GreenHouse Developmental Pilot Program, a distribution model being introduced first in Southern... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2009
For the year ended 30 April 2009 Canadian cellulosic ethanol developer Lignol made a loss of $6.2 million (€4.4 million) compared to a loss of $4.6 million in fiscal 2008.
The company has spent more on research and development attributed to the construction and start-up of operations of the company’s new fully integrated pilot plant and expansion of research and... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2009
In the US a lawsuit to clean up 75,000 gallons of ethanol that leaked following a train derailment in Rockford, Illinois, on 19 June has found a railway company responsible.
Canadian National Railway and its subsidiary Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad, will be required by Illinois to perform the environmental cleanup of ethanol in surrounding soil and nearby waterways.... [Read More]
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Jul 20, 2009
It’s been 22 years since crime-fighting Robocop cleaned up the dirty Detroit streets. Now a new ‘greener’ robot has entered the scene.
A steam-powered, robot designed for the Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, has been programmed to fuel itself on biomass.
Maryland-based Robotic Technology’s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR)... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2009
In the US the Renewable Fuels Association has called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take the immediate interim step of moving to an E12 blend while it waits for the EPA to rule on the E15 waiver request.
The EPA is not required to do so until 1 December 2009.
Increasing the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s fuel supply is both scientifically... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
The proposal for an international fund to cut greenhouse gas emissions costs could remove biofuels subsidies.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has proposed the creation of an international $100 billion (€70 billion) annual fund to distribute to developing nations to cut GHG costs, but also recommends a cut in biofuel subsidies.
Brown recommends that subsidies for agriculture... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
Alternative energy technology company Solix Biofuels has announced that it will complete construction and begin operations at its Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility after concluding its Series A funding (where?)
Colorado, US-based Solix, a specialist in the large-scale commercialisation of microalgae-based fuels, has gained investment of $16.8 million (€11.9 million)... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
Floridian biofuel start-up Ag-Oil plans to build a $20 million (€14.2 million) pilot-scale biodiesel production facility with the potential to produce 15 million gallons a year on Delray Beach.
The biorefinery will use a patented technology to convert jatropha seeds, algae and related by-products into biodiesel fuel.
The company, the recipient of a $2.5 million state... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2009
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has announced a number of clean energy projects, including biogas, and funding in the developed world.
REEEP provided €667,500 in seed funding for eight new finance projects to accelerate the clean energy market in these countries.
Microfinance facilities are a way to open up access to energy services for... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2009
Energy company Cello Energy has received a court order to pay $10.4 million (€7.4 million) over allegations the firm fraudulently claimed it could produce cheap fuel from hay, waste wood and other material.
A jury ruled that Cello Energy, owned by a former head of the Alabama Ethics Commission, was liable for breach of contract with New York-based paper company Parsons... [Read More]
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