Bioenergy News
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World Bioenergy 2014 Call for Papers & Presentations
Welcome to submit your abstract by following the link: Call for papers - submit your abstract here All submissions will now be evaluated by a scientific committee. Important dates: Final date for submission of abstracts: 1 December 2013 - New date 17 December 2013 Notification of authors: 31 January 2014 Final date for submission of full papers: 25 April 2014 Accepted papers will be ...
By Elmia AB
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Did you meet us in Paris?
Last week you could visit us in our stand at Pollutec in Paris. - We met both potential exhibitors to World Bioenergy and many interested visitors for next June, says Sylvain Houde and summarizes: - World Bioenergy is appreciated by those who are looking for an event focusing on the practical solutions to make bioenergy systems work. Did you miss talking to us at Pollutec? Welcome to call ...
By Elmia AB
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“Fueling Our Future` Funds Available to Increase Use of Higher Blends of Ethanol and Biodiesel
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today encouraged Iowa petroleum retailers interested in participating in the “Fueling our Future” pilot project to consider applying for cost share funding. A total of $250,000 in federal funds are available through the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Board to support projects that will increase the usage of ...
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CO2 Allowances Sold at $3.00 at 22nd RGGI Auction
The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation’s first market-based cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, today announced the results of their 22nd auction of carbon dioxide (CO2) allowances. 38,329,378 CO2 allowances were sold at the auction at a clearing price of $3.00. Allowances sold represent ...
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EPA Holds Hearing on RFS, NFU Disappointed with Proposal
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public hearing Thursday on the 2014 Standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS): “While we are pleased that EPA held this hearing to gain feedback, NFU members are incensed with EPA’s initial proposal. At a time when the ...
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US to allow eagle deaths to aid wind power
Under pressure from the wind-power industry, the Obama administration said Friday it will allow companies to kill or injure eagles without the fear of prosecution for up to three decades. The new rule is designed to address environmental consequences that stand in the way of the nation's wind energy rush: the dozens of bald and golden eagles being killed each year by the giant, spinning blades ...
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Obama to feds: Boost renewable power 20 percent
Saying the government should lead by example, President Barack Obama is ordering the federal government to nearly triple its use of renewable sources for electricity by 2020. Obama says the plan to use renewables for 20 percent of electricity needs will help reduce pollution that causes global warming, promote American energy independence and boost domestic energy sources such as solar and wind ...
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NRDC power plant proposal cuts carbon pollution at low cost with major benefits
A pioneering plan proposed by the Natural Resources Defense Council would reduce carbon pollution from America’s existing power plants by at least 20 percent this decade while delivering more than $20 billion in public health and environmental benefits, according to Dan Lashof, director of the Clean Air and Climate program at NRDC. The plan would cut dangerous carbon pollution with a ...
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EnviTec Biogas is exhibiting at Agritechnica (Kopie 1)
EnviTec Biogas, the all-round expert in biogas installations, is located in Lower Saxony and will be exhibiting at Agritechnica in Hanover from 10th-16th November. They will be presenting new innovations and providing information on biogas, the green energy multi-talent. The main attraction on the company’s 190 m2 exhibition stand will be the technical container of the compact system ...
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Mobile Network Realizes 60 Percent Site Energy Cost Reductions through Backup Power System from GE
Dominican Republic’s Viva-Trilogy Dominicana S.A. Mobile Network Records 88 Percent Reduction in Backup Power Costs and Diesel Fuel Expenses and a 60 Percent Decrease in Site Energy Costs While Maintaining Site Uptime GE Durathon* Battery Paired with Remote Monitoring System from OmniMetrix™ Provides Real-Time Battery and Grid Data Viva-Trilogy Dominicana S.A., a Dominican ...
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Amyris and Total form fuels joint venture
Amyris and TOTAL announced today the formation of Total Amyris BioSolutions B.V., a 50-50 joint venture that now holds exclusive rights and a license under Amyris’s intellectual property to produce and market renewable diesel and jet fuel from Amyris’s renewable farnesene. TOTAL is Amyris’s largest investor, holding approximately 18% of its outstanding common stock, and is ...
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Clarke Energy`s Irish operations win Public Sector Award
Clarke Energy’s Irish operations have been presented with an award from the Public Sector Magazine. The company has now supplied over 42 MW of low carbon and renewable gas-based power systems across the Island of Ireland. These systems vary from landfill and biogas CHP systems through to high efficiency cogeneration for the healthcare sector. Clarke Energy has also helped install one of the ...
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Clarke Energy wins Growth Award
Clarke Energy’s Irish operations have won a growth award in recognition of delivering the best regional growth performance within Europe for GE’s Jenbacher product. John Curley stated: ‘We are delighted to win this award which demonstrates that, although there have been recent challenging times in Ireland, there is still a drive to invest in quality equipment for the generation ...
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EnviTec Biogas gives a starting shot for a new feeding project in Lusatia Germany
The first step has been taken: Sven Zuber, Deputy Mayor of the city of Forst (Lusatia, Germany), Heike Baerwald, member of the Management Board for Urban Development and Construction, and Egbert Lamm from the Business Development department of Forst, as well as Markus von Lehmden, Managing Director for the company-owned operations of EnviTec Biogas AG, started the construction of the new biogas ...
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The University of Toledo announces official startup of ‘Green Data Center’ in Partnership with GEM Energy and Ohio Development Services Agency
The University of Toledo today announced that the ReliaFlex Advanced Power System is fully operational, giving the University a “Green Data Center” that will significantly reduce its carbon footprint and increase its electric reliability. The new system has been operational for three weeks and has already saved $1,000 with the University’s current historically low energy rates. ...
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EnviTec Biogas gives a starting shot for a new feeding project in Lusatia Germany
The first step has been taken: Sven Zuber, Deputy Mayor of the city of Forst (Lusatia, Germany), Heike Baerwald, member of the Management Board for Urban Development and Construction, and Egbert Lamm from the Business Development department of Forst, as well as Markus von Lehmden, Managing Director for the company-owned operations of EnviTec Biogas AG, started the construction of the new biogas ...
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New ACEEE Report Provides Roadmap for Utilities to Reach Underserved Multifamily Customers
The benefits of energy efficiency have been largely out of reach for many of the more than 20 million U.S. families living in apartment or condo buildings that are often underserved by energy efficiency programs. A new report, Apartment Hunters: Programs Searching for Energy Savings in Multifamily Buildings, released today by ACEEE, offers advice to utilities on how to deliver energy efficiency ...
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Rising UK Energy Prices Put Environmental and Energy Investment Under Threat
Energy prices have been headline news in the UK for the last 2 months. Research from Citizens Advice shows energy prices rising up to 8 times faster than earnings and estimates that by next month, the UK's Big Six energy companies will have increased prices by 37% since 2010. Against this backdrop, UK politicians are scrambling for a response and the resulting confusion is causing dangerous ...
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Chevron Increases Total Global Fund Investment to $60 Million
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced that it will commit an additional $5 million over two years to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to target the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in Nigeria. This commitment raises Chevron's 8-year investment in the Global Fund to $60 million, making the company the single largest private sector partner to the ...
By Chevron
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Dreyer & Bosse supplies the first CHP unit for Kenia
Dreyer & Bosse have an agreement to initially supply a dual fuel CHP which will primarily run on diesel. Then as the biogas (methane) from the newly installed anaerobic digester becomes available a switch to biogas as a main fuel source will take over. The anaerobic digestion plant will at a later stage offer enough biogas to run a 1,3Mw CHP unit which will supply electricity to housing a ...
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