Brazil innovates offshore oil spill cleanup method
Source: Reuters * Technology avoids chemical dispersants and crude burning * Would use biofuels byproducts for BP-style spills * Brazil pushing forward with deep water oil exploration By Denise Luna RIO DE …
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Jul 14 2010
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ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Inc. Advance Algae Biofuels Program with New Greenhouse
LA JOLLA, Calif.—-Exxon Mobil Corporation and Synthetic Genomics Inc. announced the opening of a greenhouse facility today enabling the next level of research and testing in their algae biofuels program.
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Jul 11 2010
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Aquafuel Named as Renewable Energy Innovator 2010
Kent Science Park, UK – Aquafuel Research, the leading developer of renewable Combined Heat and Power CHP technology, has been named as Renewable Energy Innovator 2010 at the British Renewable Energy Awards. The company was acknowledged for its breakthrough glycerine CHP technology. Developed with Greenergy, Aquafuels technology converts existing [...]
Pure biodiesel in city pumps likely
Pure biodiesel could be sold from pumps in Dunedin and Queenstown after a funding boost from the Government, the man co-ordinating two biodiesel supply consortiums says. read more
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Biodiesel manufacturer could close
A Greensboro biodiesel company is falling on tough times after a government subsidy ran out [...]
Next Generation Biofuels: Market Drivers, Growth Opportunities And Regulatory Change
NEW YORK , July 7 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Next Generation Biofuels: Market drivers, growth opportunities and regulatory change http://www.reportlinker.com/p0177852/Next-Generation-Biofuels-Market-drivers-growth-opportunities-and-regulatory-change.html?d=CPDAIN54 Over 80% of the world’s …
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Subsidy extended to 100 per cent biodiesel
The Government is boosting support for the growing number of biofuel makers by extending its subsidy scheme to 100 per cent pure biodiesel.Under the present criteria, to qualify for a 42.5c-a-litre subsidy only up to 20 per cent…
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Congressional inaction stymies biodiesel industry
NEWTON — Semi-trucks roll across the scales here, but that traffic makes this biodiesel plant the exception rather than the rule. This is an industry that has put on the brakes and is waiting at a congressional stoplight.
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Wonkbook: Jobs bill fails again; DISCLOSE Act [...]
SNOHOMISH: Biofuel Venture Hasn’t Paid Off For County
A plan to lessen Snohomish County’s dependence on fossil fuels while helping local farmers has fallen well short of expectations. Supporters urge patience. In time, they say, an improved economy will boost demand for locally grown oilseed crops, such as canola, which can be turned into biodiesel.
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Once promising biofuel project appears stalled
The Saline Green Project may be starting to yellow. The project, which was sold as a bio-refinery that the company said would have combined the technologies to produce oil, cattle feed, electricity, bio-diesel, cellulosic ethanol and steam, consists only of a weather-beaten sign and an expired website that produces server-not-found [...]