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Biobased products are commercial or industrial goods composed of biological products, forestry materials, or renewable domestic agricultural materials, including plant, animal, or marine materials. Made from renewable plant and animal sources, biobased products are generally safer for the environment than their petroleum-based counterparts. They are usually biodegradable or recyclable.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finalized three rules designating new categories of biobased products... [more]
MaxWest Environmental Systems of Houston Texas has developed the gasification system, which converts sludge from the municipal wastewater treatment system into renewable, green energy.
Sanford, Florida will be the first municipality in North America to adopt the MaxWest gasification system as an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to dispose of biosolids.
The end product of a sewer plant, wastewater sludge, also called “biosolids”, will be gasified in the enclosed p... [more]
Signet Solar has announced plans to locate its second manufacturing site in the Sriperembudur Special Economic Zone near Chennai, India.
Signet Solar’s decision to expand manufacturing in India follows more than $400 million in advance orders for the first three years of production. The German plant, scheduled to start production by Q3 2008, will have a total annual production capacity of 60 MW. Additional production lines will be added to increase manufacturing capacity to over 100 MW in Ger... [more]
North England Inward Investment Agency (NEIIA) has announced that Clipper Windpower, Plc has chosen Blyth, Northumberland in the United Kingdom as the site for a new generation of offshore wind turbines.
Called the “Britannia Project,” the $65 million development program advances Clipper turbine technology to a 7.5 MW wind turbine scale which will be among the largest and most powerful offshore turbines in the world. With a 30-year design life, it will generate electricity equivalent of one m... [more]
Xethanol Corporation has announced an investment in Carbon Motors Corporation, a new American automaker developing a specially-built law enforcement vehicle featuring a clean diesel engine that can run on biodiesel fuel.
Carbon Motors, based in Atlanta, Georgia plans to build the vehicle using a global partnership and supply network that includes a world-class automaker, as well as Lotus Engineering in the UK, along with product input from hundreds of law enforcement officers and officials ac... [more]
56% of the world’s gas reserves are in just three countries Russia, Iran and Qatar. In two years time 33% of the UK’s gas will need to be imported, by 2020 this will be 80%.
Moves are now underway to ensure the projected carbon savings from low carbon electricity are connected to the Building Regulations Part L and the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) used for generating carbon calculations.
The bright future for micro-generation and low carbon electric heating can be seen in their incr... [more]
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