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The U.S. Energy Bill signed at the end of 2007 increased the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to 36 billion gallons by 2022. But with the rising cost of consumer goods, this mandate has come under fire recently as the primary reason land is being used to grow crops for fuel instead of for food production.
Camelina, an oilseed crop in the same family as mustard, offers a solution for reaching this biodiesel production goal by providing a sustainable, low-input biofuel feedstock option that does ... [more]
GE Energy Financial Services and Grupo Corporativo Landon have announced they will invest about US $350 million (€225 million) in Fotowatio, one of Spain’s largest solar power project developers. Fotowatio owns, operates and is developing almost 960 megawatts of solar projects in the fast-growing solar power markets of Spain, Italy and the United States. Existing investors in Fotowatio comprise investment fund Qualitas Venture Capital and Fotowatio’s management.
“By facilitating the growth of... [more]
General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation has announced the addition of Clipper™ Windpower Technology courses to the current Wind Farm training program on GPiLearn™.
GPiLearn is an online, “blended” learning resource dedicated to the power industry. There are over 3,200 lessons and exams available on GPiLearn.
Adding the Clipper Windpower Technology content allows GP to help more power companies train Wind Farm technicians and comply with government regula... [more]
Global Ecology Corporation has filed an application to patent its Mobile PureWater System via an 8K submitted to the Securities and Exchange commission. This transportable system filters and purifies up to 90,000 liters of water per day by pumping it from a contaminated water source and treating it within the system itself. The unit is powered by solar, wind, diesel generator or vehicle alternator dispatch and requires no external power source.
The patent application was submitted to the U.S.... [more]
Tetra Tech, Inc. has been awarded two wind energy projects totaling approximately $28 million by PacifiCorp, one of the leading utilities in the western United States. Tetra Tech will provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the Seven Mile Hill II and the Glenrock III wind farm projects in Wyoming.
The Seven Mile Hill wind project is located in Carbon County, Wyoming, between the towns of Hanna and Medicine Bow. The Glenrock project is located in Converse County,... [more]
Castor is a plant with an oil content ranging from 46-53%. Global Energy has announced that its subsidiary, Global Energy Ethiopia (GEE), has successfully completed sowing 5,000 hectares of Chinese hybrid castor seeds for its alternative energy project in Ethiopia. The project entails planting and harvesting castor for the production of non-edible oil for the bio-diesel industry and for other uses.
The castor farming initiative is located in southern Ethiopia, approximately 350 km south of th... [more]
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