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Biofuel or biodiesel is an alternative fuel made from renewable sources including vegetable oil (such as soy and canola), corn ethanol, sugar-cane ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, recycling cooking oil, algae, or animal fat. Biomass is plants grown to generate electricity or produce biofuels. Biofuels can significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, but they can be energy intensive to produce.
Has RHI changed the game for biogas?
Today, most of the heat generated by burning the biogas a product of anaerobic digestion to generate electricity has literally gone up the chimney. In the light of climate change, raising emission targets and the urgency for energy security, that is like a criminal waste. But with the recent introduction of the Renewable Heat Incentive, the economic case for cleaning this gas and converting it into biomethane for injection into the grid is starti... [more]
Energy bills for Stockton homes to experience a cut as a result of £6M scheme extension
An abundant number of homes in Stockton could witness their energy bills reduce by up to £750 a year and also profit from a whole array of energy efficiency measures due to the extension of a £6m scheme there. The GoWarm Parkfield initiative, which is running in partnership between Boldon-based fuel poverty specialist GoWarm and Stockton Borough Council, has already carried out improvements worth £3.9m at more than 400 homes in Stockton’s Pa... [more]
Over 620 vehicles with Allison fully automatic transmissions equipped by Germany’s largest municipal waste disposal company
Using fully automatic transmissions has caused Berliner Stadtreinigung’s fleet to save an estimated 1,500 clutch replacements and has also reduced operating costs; fleet comprises 120 Allison-equipped Mercedes-Benz Econic CNG refuse vehicles. Berlin, GERMANY – Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR) is the biggest municipal waste disposal company in Germany. It services an area of 892 km² (larger than Munich, Frankfurt and Stuttgart combined), which has mo... [more]
Commissioning of the construction of a new biomass-fuelled advanced gasification CHP system that is set to reduce its carbon emissions by a staggering 90 percent in Chatsworth
One of the UK’s favourite historic country estates, Chatsworth House, close to Bakewell, Derbyshire, has commissioned the construction of a new biomass-fuelled advanced gasification CHP system that is ready to decrease its carbon emissions by a staggering 90 percent. Work has already started on the new system - which is being designed and constructed by the Lincolnshire-based low-carbon energy specialist, LowC Communities Ltd. Utilising only t... [more]
UNTHA’s customised four-shaft shredder is hot topic for 2012 ADBA expo
Energy from Waste shredding specialists UNTHA UK will be exhibiting at the ADBA conference in July to discuss the country’s leading waste shredder for organic materials. UNTHA UK’s managing director Chris Oldfield will head up a small team of technology experts who will talk to delegates about the customised RS40 waste shredder – a special four-shaft machine with an intelligent cutter and sealing system perfect for shredding food waste and pac... [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 ...
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.
Energy leaders weigh benefits of biofuels
PARIS, May 3 (UPI) -- Biofuels can help meet rising energy demand because it's compatible with existing infrastructure at retail gasoline stations, a Shell executive said.
