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UK government gives new EfW the green light
The Government has given the green light to a new 60 MW biomass and energy from waste plant to be built on a disused site at Tilbury Docks, Essex. Energy firm Tilbury Green Power, a subsidiary of Express Energy, plans to build the plant which will produce enough energy to power 100,000 homes. The plant will be fuelled on wood chippings and waste wood as well as solid recovered fuel. It is ...
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Lawrence, KS Gas Station First to Offer E15 Ethanol Fuel in the U.S.
For the first time, American drivers can now choose a new fueling option at the pump. The nation’s first E15 (15 percent ethanol/85 percent gasoline) gallons are now selling at the Zarco 66 station at 1500 E. 23rd Street in Lawrence, KS. Plans to offer E15 at the nation’s second retail station, the Zarco 66 at 2518 E. Logan (intersection of I-35 & ...
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Biogas as an alternative to petrochemicals
Combustible gases generated by organic matter in landfill sites or from biomass are commonly burned to generate electricity. However, a Finnish team, writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Sustainable Economy, suggest that such biogas might be more usefully used as an alternative feedstock for the chemical industry. They explain that using biogas in this way ...
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Best Practices for Making High Quality Wood Pellets
Wood pellets are used as a renewable source of fuel, which can be used instead of coal or other fossil fuels. Since their invention they have been made to heat people’s homes, billow steam into the sky, and even power engines running ships across oceans. When it comes to making quality wood pellets, you need a quality output. The best practices for making high-quality wood pellets addresses ...
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Fulcrum BioEnergy Demonstrates Fully-Integrated Process To Convert MSW To Jet Fuel
Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the conversion of municipal solid waste ("MSW") – household garbage – into jet and diesel fuels. This demonstrated process adds fuel diversity to Fulcrum's products and complements its previously demonstrated MSW to ethanol process. Fulcrum's ability to produce drop-in fuels from MSW opens up an 80 billion ...
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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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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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BIO Welcomes EPA Final Rule on New Advanced and Cellulosic Biofuels
On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued long-awaited approval for new feedstocks and biofuel processes under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The rule was first proposed in January 2012 and now clears a path for advanced and cellulosic biofuels from camelina and energy cane, as well as renewable gasoline from previously approved biomass sources, to contribute to U.S. energy ...
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Sweden first to celebrate national Bioenergy Day 2018
Sweden is again the first EU Member State to celebrate its national Bioenergy Day. According to Eurostat statistics and calculations by the European biomass association Bioenergy Europe, bioenergy accounts for 37 percent of Swedish final energy use. This corresponds to 135 of the 365 days of the year or from August 18 to the year-end that Sweden can run on bioenergy only. Bioenergy is the ...
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African Energy Day
Clarke Energy's Lamia Mokaddem, Export assistant at Clarke Energy in France participated at the Africa Energy Day at the COP 21’s African Pavilion, which took place on December 8th 2015 in Paris. This event allowed people to know and better understand the different economic and energy needs of Africa and also explored the issues related to global warming and its negative effects. A secure ...
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NRDC Joins Aviation, Energy and Academic Leaders to Accelerate Development of Sustainable Biofuels
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has joined Boeing (NYSE:BA), some of the world’s leading airlines, and Honeywell’s UOP, a refining technology developer to establish a group that will accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable new aviation fuels. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will also join NRDC in the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group to help commercial ...
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We will in October be present at two exhitions. Les Drev Mash in Russia and Expobiomasa in Spain
Lesdrevmash is claimed to be in the top five of the best woodworking trade shows in the world and is the largest of its kind in Russia, Eastern Europe and the CIS. Looking forward to meet you at Stand 81A60 in Pavillion 8.1 at the Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow, Russia 20-23 of October. We will together with our local agent Jordi Segu S.L. participate in the first “Expobiomasa” ...
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GBP 18m investment boost for UK clean tech sector
The Carbon Trust is to inject up to £18m in additional funding into the UK clean energy sector, providing a much needed ‘shot in the arm’ for clean tech start-ups and Britain’s move to a low carbon economy. The additional money has been provided by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Against a backdrop of declining investment into the sector it represents more than a quarter of the ...
By Carbon Trust
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EnviTec completes Bio-LNG Plant in Germany
The bio-liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant that EnviTec Biogas AG is developing in northeastern Germany has hit the testing phase and will start up this summer, the company said. EnviTec indicated that the BioEnergie Park Guestrow facility was "Germany's largest integrated bio-LNG plant with bio-CO2 liquefaction." It is capable of producing up to 25,000 kg of bio-LNG every day, which heavy-duty ...
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Clarke Energy exhibiting at Energy Now 2016 organised exclusively for the agricultural and rural sectors
Clarke Energy is exhibiting for the seventh year at the Energy Now Exhibition in Telford Industrial centre 10th-11th February 2016. Energy Now continues to be the only renewables event organised exclusively for the agricultural and rural sectors, attracting farmers and landowners nationwide. A number of leading industry experts will discuss the issues facing different energy sectors in the 2 day ...
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Clarke Energy at Energy Now 2017
Clarke Energy is exhibiting for the eighth year at the Energy Now Exhibition in Telford Industrial centre 8th-9th February 2017. Energy Now continues to be the only renewables event organised exclusively for the agricultural and rural sectors, attracting farmers and landowners nationwide. A number of leading industry experts will discuss the issues facing different energy sectors in the 2 day ...
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Energy Now Expo- Feb 2015
Clarke Energy is exhibiting for the sixth year at the Energy Now Exhibition in Telford Industrial centre 11th-12th February 2015. Energy Now continues to be the only renewables event organised exclusively for the agricultural and rural sectors, attracting farmers and landowners nationwide. A number of leading industry experts will discuss the issues facing different energy sectors in the 2 day ...
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Gulf Leak spurs Renewable Future
We cannot get away from the gulf disaster, the effects on the environment have been catastrophic and now more than ever the need for a renewable future is key. The NGU LA committee was called to action to discuss implementation strategies and renewable futures. President Barrack Obama and President Felipe Calderon have agreed to seek suspension on oil exploration near the western gap of the ...
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POET-DSM hires Business Development Manager
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels’ new Business Development Manager will be meeting with ethanol producers to discuss licensing options for commercializing cellulosic ethanol, starting at next week’s Fuel Ethanol Workshop in St. Louis, Mo. Kevin Potas recently joined the POET-DSM team and is responsible for outlining licensing options for the company’s turnkey cellulosic-ethanol ...
By Poet, LLC
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WBA Webinar: Pyrolysis oil markets and global supply
Pyrolysis Oil Markets And Global Supply A Global Webinar : Jan 31, 2017– 14:30-16:30 UTC (8:30-10:30 EST) *Registrants can choose to watch live, or access the recorded version at a more convenient time and date Sign up to increase your understanding of this Renewable Fuel Source and its applications This 2-hour webinar will feature industry experts who will deliver concise 10-minute ...
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