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Greenergy To Develop Pyrolysis Fuel Plants
ABSL and Greenergy have agreed to develop, construct, and operate up to five municipal waste-based biofuel plants in the UK. ABSL, a developer and producer of advanced biofuels, and Greenergy, a manufacturer and supplier of waste-based biofuels, have announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement to develop, construct and operate up to five municipal waste-based biofuel plants in the UK. ...
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POET CEO responds to Supreme Court decision on E15
POET CEO Jeff Lautt today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the challenge by the oil industry and others of E15 (15 percent ethanol fuel) for cars and trucks 2001 and newer: “The Supreme Court’s decision today clears the way for more fuel options for U.S. drivers,” Lautt said. “We think drivers deserve reliable ...
By Poet, LLC
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Six biofuel trade associations write congress to extend advanced biofuel tax credits
On April 5, 2016, the biofuel trade associations Advanced Biofuels Business Council, Algae Biomass Organization, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), Growth Energy, National Biodiesel Board, and Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter to House and Senate Leaders asking for a multiyear extension of advanced biofuel tax credits. The six organizations are specifically asking that the ...
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Enerkem Successfully Meets Federal Environmental Assessment Requirements for its Mississippi Waste-to-Ethanol Plant
Assessment further reinforces Enerkem's position as a first-mover in the commercial advanced biofuels sector MONTREAL - Enerkem Inc., a leading waste-to-biofuels company, today announced that Enerkem Corporation, its wholly-owned U.S. affiliate, successfully concluded the U.S. federal environmental assessment requirements for its Mississippi waste-to-ethanol plant, which allows the Company to ...
By Enerkem
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US: Waste Connections and Fulcrum BioEnergy to supply household garbage to biofuels plant
Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) announced that in conjunction with Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.'s entering into the final stage of financing for its Sierra BioFuels Plant, Waste Connections has entered into a strategic partnership with Fulcrum to supply municipal solid waste as feedstock for the project from its waste processing facility in El Dorado County, CA. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of ...
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Newly Introduced Bill Encourages Low-Carbon Fuel Production
On November 18, 2020, U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Jim Hagedorn (R-MN) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral legislation that aims to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and encourage low-carbon fuel production. Titled “The Streamlining Advanced Biofuels Registration Act,” this bill would eliminate existing barriers for biofuels plants to increase production of ...
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Fulcrum BioEnergy Project Selected By The U.S. Department Of Agriculture To Receive $105 Million Loan Guarantee
PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") has awarded Fulcrum's Sierra BioFuels Plant a conditional commitment for a $105 million loan guarantee. With the loan guarantee finalized, the company will secure bank financing, which when combined with private equity capital provided by Fulcrum, will fully ...
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Enerkem announces total financing reached US$90 million in 2011
Additional US$30 million recently raised MONTREAL, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Enerkem Inc., a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, announced today the closing of US$30 million in additional financing through corporate equity (US$15.3 million) and corporate debt (US$15 million) transactions. As part of the equity financing round, The Westly Group, Fondaction CSN and Quince ...
By Enerkem
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Axis Technologies has begun a project in Norway, Lillehammer
Axis Technologies, a member company of the Axis Industries Group, has taken a new step into the Scandinavian market. The Lithuanians will supply and install a gas condensation economizer for the water heating boiler plant in Lillehammer. Axis Technologies signed an agreement with the Eidsiva Bioenergi AS Company, which provides centralized heating to Lillehammer. “Exporting products and ...
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Pöyry to design a biofuel fired power plant for Hämeenkyrön Voima, Finland
PÖYRY PLC Press release, 20 April 2011 at 2.20 p.m.Pöyry's Energy business group has been awarded an agreement by Hämeenkyrön Voima Oy for the engineering services of a biofuel fired power plant to be built in the M-real Kyro mill area.The agreement covers power plant design and construction planning as well as interface design for existing systems. The parties have agreed not to ...
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Municipal waste to biofuels - now a reality
Enerkem Inc., a leading waste-to-biofuels company, today held a groundbreaking ceremony to signify the start of construction of its municipal waste-to-biofuels facility with its partners, the City of Edmonton and the Government of Alberta. Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel and Enerkem Chief Executive Officer Vincent Chornet participated in the event. Enerkem's advanced ...
By Enerkem
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BIO Thanks Sens. Baucus, Hatch for Extending Tax Policy That Drives Innovation
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and members of the Senate Finance Committee for including the Cellulosic Biofuels Producer Tax Credit (PTC), the Accelerated Depreciation Allowance for Cellulosic Biofuel Plant Property, adding algae biofuels in the tax extenders package, and extending ...
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NFU Disappointed in EPA’s 2014 RFS Standards
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requirements: “We are deeply disappointed in EPA’s apparent willingness to reduce total renewable fuel requirements based on the oil industry’s fictitious ‘blend wall’ argument. Big oil has ...
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"Enerstena" will develop a biofuel gas plant
From the beginning of 2018, UAB "Enerstena", together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and 8 other partners from Lithuania, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom, will launch a new bio-plant project for biofuel conversion to gas. "The new bio-plant will not burn wood chips, sawdust or other biomass, but will convert it to gas, from which it will produce necessary product for ...
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Fulcrum BioEnergy Secures Commitments For $175 Million Of Financing For Commercialization Of MSW To Renewable Fuels Project
PLEASANTON, Calif., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. announced today that it has successfully secured commitments and is proceeding toward closing financings totaling $175 million to fund construction of its first municipal solid waste ("MSW") to low-carbon fuels plant, the Sierra BioFuels Plant ("Sierra"), and to fund the development of future projects. Fulcrum President ...
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Salt-loving plants in Pakistan `potential biofuel sources`
Perennial grasses that thrive in saline areas can not only help reclaim vast stretches of unproductive land but can also produce biofuels without compromising food production, according to a study in Pakistan. A team of scientists led by Ajmal Khan, director of the Institute for Sustainable Halophyte Utilization at the University of Karachi, has identified several salt-loving grasses such as ...
By SciDev.Net
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Renewable energy schemes: rewards for rural communities?
The socio-economic impact on local communities of renewable energy schemes, such as wind farms or biofuel production plants, has been less well researched than the environmental benefits of such schemes. However, recent research suggests that renewable energy installations have the potential to make a major contribution to the sustainable development of rural or economically disadvantaged areas, ...
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The Swedes opened a biofuel boiler plant built by Lithuanian company Axis Technologies
The city of Savsjo in Sweden has opened an 8 MW biofuel boiler plant built by Lithuanian company Axis Technologies. The Lithuanians completed the turnkey project as part of a contract with the Savsjo Energi energy company: they designed the boiler plant, manufactured the primary equipment, assembled it, ran it and adjusted it. The project is worth 3.5 million euros. “This is our largest ...
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Abengoa celebrates grand opening of its first commercial-scale next generation biofuels plant
Global leader in the development of new industrial biotechnologies debuts advanced biorefinery for cellulosic ethanol in Southwest Kansas. U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and Kansas Senator Pat Roberts offer remarks during on-site event commemorating landmark occasion for advanced biofuels industry. Abengoa’s proprietary enzymatic hydrolysis ...
By Abengoa
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Biofuel gasification in unique CHP plant
IQR Systems has developed a biofuel gasifier for 2-25 MWth production. The gasifier can be implemented in full scale CHP plants and the construction of plant number two is now up and running. The gasification unit that now is being built is going to use various kinds of biomass fuels - with a moisture contents of up to 60%. A similar 14 MW gasification unit is since 2008 installed at Svenljunga ...
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