Biofuels and biomass news articles 
Butler Sherborn launches a new service Butler Sherborn energy
With increasing concern about the cost of fuel and global energy resources, Cotswolds property specialists Butler Sherborn are launching a new service for homes, businesses, farmers and land owners - Butler Sherborn Energy. “However you heat and provide power to your property - gas, electricity, oil or solid fuel - the cost is increasing, and with growing demand on global resources, this situation is only going to become more critical,” says R... [more]
Latest news from Renewable Energy World Europe 2012 : 'Integrating the renewables sector' shapes conference programme
Renewable Energy World Europe has announced details of this year’s conference programme and plenary discussion. ‘Integrating the renewables sector’ will be the central theme for this year’s conference, which will once again be co-located with POWER-GEN Europe. The event will take place from 12-14 June 2012 at the Köelnmesse, Cologne. Industry experts will deliver an unequalled programme of strategic, technical, keynote and plenary sessions acr... [more]
HENDRIX/KERITE CABLE OFFERS 34.5 kV TRXLP INSULATED UNDERGROUND CABLE WITH FLEXIBLE DELIVERY SCHEDULES
34.5 kV Cable is Ideal for Wind Power Applications Milford, NH- Hendrix/Kerite Cable (Marmon Utility, LLC.), a premier provider of high-quality underground power distribution products, announces its offering of 34.5 kV TRXLP-insulated medium voltage cable for applications in the wind power industry. Hendrix manufactures all cable in the USA, which is made and tested to ICEA/AEIC Standards and is dry-cure, triple-extruded. The 34.5 kV cable... [more]
European biofuel industry declines due to overcapacities
Probably 40 new production plants for biofuels will be constructed in Europe in the next five years – regardless of the existing import pressure and national overcapacities. This is the result of a current analysis by ecoprog GmbH. In early 2012, about 380 biofuel plants with a production capacity of 1,050 petajoules were operational in the European Economic Area. This number of plants is the result of an unprecedented construction boom. More t... [more]
OFTEC will be exhibiting at Ecobuild
For the first time, OFTEC will be exhibiting at Ecobuild this year from 20th -22nd March 2012 at London Excel. OFTEC will use the show to highlight the role oil will continue to play alongside renewable energy solutions, and showcase the development of low carbon liquid bio-fuel options. Joining OFTEC on their pavilion at stand S3040 in the South Hall will be four manufacturers: Clarehill Plastics, Warmflow, Firebird and EOGB Energy Products.... [more]
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Sundrop Fuels Partners with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for Inaugural Drop-In Biofuels Plant
Sundrop Fuels, Inc., a drop-in advanced biofuels company, today announced a partnership with technology and engineering supplier ThyssenKrupp Uhde for what will be the nation’s first bona fide commercial “green gasoline” production facility.
SG Biofuels Appoints Dr. Jerry Caulder as Chairman
SAN DIEGO, CA-- - SG Biofuels, Inc. , an energy crop company delivering high performance bioenergy solutions for the renewable fuel, biomass and chemical markets, has appointed Jerry Caulder, Ph.D., as ...
AVIATION AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY LEADERS LAUNCH MIDWEST AVIATION SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS INITIATIVE
CHICAGO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines (NYSE: UAL), Boeing (NYSE: BA), Honeywell's UOP, the Chicago Department of Aviation and the Clean Energy Trust today announced the formation of the ...
GraalBio Plans Five Second-Generation Brazil Biofuels Plants
GraalBio Investimentos SA, the biofuels unit of closely held Graal Investimentos SA, plans to build five plants in Brazil that produce ethanol from sugar-cane residues.
Massachusetts Addresses "Biomass Loophole" and Limits Subsidies
Biomass should not be presumed to be carbon neutral, say new Massachusetts regulations.
Groups Ask Congressional Armed Services Committee Leaders to Support Production of Advanced Aviation Biofuels
The Advanced Biofuels Association, the Algal Biomass Organization, Airlines for America, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and the National Farm Bureau Federation today wrot
Better Plants for Biofuels
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM-- - An article in F1000 Biology Reports published today argues that recent advances in knowledge mean that plant-derived biofuels could meet about 30% of the global demand for liquid ...
Algae.Tec Announces Commencement of Australian Advanced Biofuels Facility Commissioning
PERTH, Australia, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Algae.Tec (ASX:AEB, FWB:GZA:GR, OTCQX:ALGXY), an advanced algae to biofuels company with a high-yield enclosed algae growth and harvesting system today ...
Goldman sets $40 billion clean energy investment plan
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to channel investments totaling $40 billion over the next decade into renewable energy projects, an area the investment bank called one of the biggest profit opportunities since its economists got excited about emerging markets in 2001. Goldman executives said this week that demand for alternative energy sources will grow with global energy demand, and ...
Rainforest microbe can handle ionic liquids: New find could help reduce biofuel production costs
Researchers have identified a tropical rainforest microbe that can endure relatively high concentrations of an ionic liquid used to dissolve cellulosic biomass for the production of advanced biofuels. They've also determined how the microbe accomplishes this, a discovery that holds broad implications beyond biofuels.
