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30 November 2009
A cutting-edge technology development centre planned for Hull will help to grow the UK’s economy and enhance its reputation as a world-class centre for innovation and research, Lord Mandelson said during a visit to the region. Energy industry giant BP and sustainable science solutions company DuPont have joined forces to form Kingston Research Ltd, which [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
The future of Waste, November 19, Amsterdam
10 November 2009
A public dialogue organised by the Club of Amsterdam on November 19th
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Registration:18:30-19:00, Conference: 19:00-21:15
Location: WTC – World Trade Center, Metropolitan Boardroom of Amsterdam In Business, D tower 12th floor, Strawinskylaan 1, 1077 XW Amsterdam
What is ‘waste’? Waste is the result of production and consumption of material goods. Only a short while ago, [...]
Category: Bio energy, Events
RWE npower renewables signs Biomass plant deal
28 September 2009
A new state-of-the-art biomass facility has moved a step closer to reality with the signing of a multi-million pound deal. RWE npower renewables concluded a contract with papermaker Tullis Russell to supply its paper mill at Markinch, Fife with heat and electricity from a new biomass-fuelled co-generation plant. The plant will have an installed capacity [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
China’s Largest Chicken Waste Biogas-to-Energy Plant operational
26 September 2009
GE Energy announced today that its ecomagination-certified Jenbacher biogas engines have begun powering China’s largest chicken waste biogas-energy plant. The plant, which began operating in July, supports China’s national economic and environmental goals to increase local energy reliability and improve air and water quality.
The Minhe Animal Husbandry facility’s three-megawatt (MW) chicken waste biogas power generation [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
BP and Martek Biosciences to Deliver Advanced Biodiesels
2 September 2009
BP and Martek Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq: MATK), today announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to work on the production of microbial oils for biofuels applications. The partnership combines a broad technology platform and operational capabilities to advance the development of a step-change technology for the conversion of sugars into biodiesel.
Under the terms [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
GDF SUEZ begins construction of 800 MW biomass and coal power station in the Netherlands
22 June 2009
GDF SUEZ, through its subsidiary Electrabel, has begun construction of an 800 MW combined biomass/coal fired power station in Rotterdam. The project represents a total investment of € 1.2 billion, giving a significant boost to regional employment and economic development over the next few years. It forms part of a wider investment programme that will [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
WBA welcomes G8, G5 and EU:s joint statement on energy strategies
6 June 2009
World Bioenergy Association (WBA) welcomes the recent statement from the energy ministers of the G8, G5, EU, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and South Africa where they emphasise the importance of boosting investments in bioenergy and calls for a diversified global energy system.
(http://www.g8energy2009.it/pdf/Session_I_+EC.pdf)
Kent Nyström, President of WBA, says in a comment that [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy, Politics
Sugarcane Ethanol Industry Eager to Implement U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard
5 May 2009
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomed today’s White House announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finally publish proposed rules to implement the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). UNICA confirmed that it would submit formal, detailed comments to the EPA in coming weeks.
UNICA President & CEO Marcos Jank said from Brazil that his [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
One of the World’s Largest Waste Gas-to-Energy Projects unveiled
30 April 2009
One of the world’s largest landfill gas-to-energy projects was formally unveiled in Istanbul April 25 by Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The landfill gas project, owned by Ortadoğu Enerji Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş., was developed as part of a national initiative to reduce the environmental impacts of solid waste facilities and use the landfills’ [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
More farms in Europe, North America using organic waste to generate onsite power
25 April 2009
With the international community seeking to expand the development of different types of renewable energy, more farmers in North America and Europe are using GE Energy’s ecomagination-certified Jenbacher engines to generate onsite power from biogas created from converted animal waste and other agricultural organic materials.
In the European Union (EU), where agriculture is responsible for 9% [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
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