Wednesday 30 November 2011

Vietnam to get help from Denmark on wind-farms

Denmark is to help build and operate wind-farms in Vietnam's provinces and cities across the country. The decision to assist in the creation of the wind-farms was made at a workshop jointly run by Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Danish Embassy in Hanoi yesterday. Vietnam has great potential to develop wind energy, and with the help of Denmark they will now have the technology. Read more ...
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Biomass heating system a landmark step

Minister Allan Kelly opens energy conference in LIT Tipperary (Thurles) and congratulated, the campus for their innovation, calling their innovation of a biomass heating system as a Landmark step in improving the energy efficiency of an academic institution. Kelly said "I congratulate them on their fantastic achievement and their integrated approach to sustainable energy as it meets both energy efficiency and renewable energy objectives." Read more ...
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Tuesday 29 November 2011

Pakistan energy crisis demand versus capacity

Pakistan has a problem, it is the increasing gap in energy demand versus capacity, this widening gap has put a lot of pressure on Pakistan. Energy is the key and a lifeline to a nation. The country as a whole spends about 20 percent on of its foreign exchange on fossil fuel imports. Annually US$7 (€5.254) billion is being eaten away in import of conventional energy resources that is equivalent to 40 per cent of total imports by the country. Read more ...
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Investors to relaunch Procana bio fuel project

A group of investors linked to a South African company Tsb Sugar that produces brown sugar and refined for the International and South African markets are planning to re launch the failed Procana project for bio fuel production in Mozambique. The company officials were received by the governor of the province Raimundo Diomba, to whom they stated their interest in immediately re-launching the US$740 (€555.41) million project. It will be known as the Massingir Project for Biofuel Development. Read more ...
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Spanish company Nufri invests in biomass plant

A Spanish horticultural company Nufri based in Mallerussa (Lleida) Spain is to invest €25million (US$33.414 million) in the construction of a biomass plant in El Palau d'Anglesola. The company's industrial director Xavier Argilés said "We will help farmers in the area, since we offer the chance to cultivate energetic biomass at assured prices", he said in a press conference, while explaining that the company will offer to producers the chance to diversify traditional cultivations in the area, widening them with "energetic cultivations". Read more ...
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Monday 28 November 2011

Oil palm biomass center established in Malaysia

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced the launch of the National Biomass Strategy at the BIO Malaysia Conference and Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur. One of the outcome of this announcement is the setting up of an international oil palm biomass center (OPBC), Malaysia aims to create economic value and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Read more ...
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Australia's government invest AU$2 million in biochar research

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, has announced AU$2 million (€1.489 million) in competitive grants for biochar research, under the Australian Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative. Biochar is a stable type of char made by burning organic materials, such as wood or crop waste in a low oxygen environment. It can be added to soil to sequester carbon and improve soil health. “Biochar has the potential to help mitigate Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions while benefiting agricultural production,” Minister Ludwig said. Read more ...
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UK renewable heat incentives open for applications

The worlds first Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is open for applications from businesses and communities across the UK. The incentive will provide payments for heat generated from renewable technologies including biomass boilers, solar thermal equipment, heat pumps that have been installed since July 15, 2009. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “The RHI will usher in a new era in clean green heat technology. It’s a world first and has the potential to put the UK at the forefront of a vibrant new green technology sector". Read more ...
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Friday 25 November 2011

Eneco builds largest bioenergy plant

Eneco a Dutch energy company officially launched the construction of its 49.9 MegaWatt bioenergy plant in the Dutch municipality of Delfzijl. The plant will annually convert 300,000 tons of wood chip from recycled waste wood into green electricity. It is equal to 120,000 households electricity consumption. The wood that is converted to electricity in the plant will arrive by ship, train and truck from the Netherlands and surrounding countries. Approximately 300 thousand tons are required each year, which equals about 150 ship loads. The plant is scheduled to be operational during 2013. Read more ...
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New report on biomass from UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC).

A new report from UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), on how a fifth of global energy could be provided by biomass (plants), without damaging food production. The report reviews more than 90 global studies. “If we make the best use of agricultural residues, energy crops and waste materials then getting one fifth of current global energy supply from biomass is a reasonable ambition,” said Dr Raphael Slade, the report’s lead author and a Research Fellow at Imperial College London.

The report finds that the main reason scientists disagree is that they make different assumptions about population, diet, and land use. A particularly important bone of contention is the speed with which productivity improvements in food and energy crop production can be rolled out. Read more ...
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Thursday 24 November 2011

Farmer reaps rewards growing energy crops

In 2006 Farmer Chris Bradley decided to move into energy crops, as his land was struggling to grow wheat so he started to grow miscanthus and planted it on a hundred acres of his land. Blow-away sand that wouldn’t grow wheat and struggled to deliver seven tons a hectare of any cereal has produced an average 14 t/ha of miscanthus for the past two years meaning just short of £750/ha from Drax power station for a harvesting and baling cost of about £200 a hectare.

“Our older crops have filled in quite well over the years,” he said. “In fact we’ve seen clumps growing out by a good four inches a year. But the establishment deficiencies remain for all to see in gappy, uneven crops. The key thing we have all learnt is that you have to establish right. You’re putting it in for 20 years, so it’s worth doing the job properly, especially since patching doesn’t really work after the first year. Unless you replant a whole area, the original crop shades out the new plants, leaving you little better off.” Read more ...
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Jordon to have wind farm in three years

The Kingdom of Jordon is only three years away from getting its first wind farm, as the interest of renewable energy gather momentum in the country's emerging renewable energy sector. Officials expect the wind farm in Fujeij, the first large scale renewable energy project is expected to be operational by 2014 according to Ziyad Jibril, head of the Ministry of Energy’s renewable energy department. “We have some of the biggest names from the US, South America and Europe and we will be working with them soon to develop renewable energy in Jordan,” said Mr Jibril. Read more ...

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Heifer International pilot biogas project in Cameroon

Heifer International, an international integrated animal-agriculture development organisation is to pilot a biogas production project in Cameroon. The project will be run in the South West and Littoral regions due to there being large concentrations of pig farmers there. "Producing biogas using pig manure is quite challenging because you need much of it to supply biogas digesters. It has worked well with poultry and dairy cow manure, and we now want to try pig manure," said the Heifer International Cameroon boss. Read more ...
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Wednesday 23 November 2011

Nigeria reiterated its commitment to renewable energy

Nigeria's federal government has reiterated its commitment to enhance the country's power situation with increased input from renewable energy sources. Repeating this undertaking in a Renewable Energy Day address here, environment minister Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia said: “Nigeria is a fossil fuel based economy and the need to deploy sustainable means of powering the nation cannot be over-emphasised," "Nigeria is very mindful of the need to turn to the abundant available renewable sources of energy technologies to meet the local needs of our increasing population,” Ms Mailafia added. Read more ...
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Supermarket aims for zero waste landfill

Sainsbury's supermarket chain will become the first supermarket to send all its food waste for anaerobic digestion the process that decomposes food waste to release biogas which can then be used to produce electricity. Most other supermarkets are doing this as well, Asda is already sending 25,000 tons of food waste for anaerobic digestion. The benefit of this is that landfill food waste produces methane gas that is 21 times worse for global warming than carbon dioxide. South Korea and Japan recognised the value of this technology and developed state of the arts facilities to utilise food waste.  Read more ...

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Tuesday 22 November 2011

A symbiotic relationship to revitalise idle biomass plant

Two companies have joined forces to restart a biomass plant that has been idle for 10 years. Kiara Solar Inc, of San Francisco Bay and Siskiyou Forest Products. Kiara purchased the biomass plant off Siskiyou about two years ago for US$1.6 million (€1.182 million), now working with Siskiyou Forest Products the two companies intend to get the plant running and will be using waste wood that will provide steam for their dry kilns. The plant will employ 12 to 15 people who will start at US$15 to US$17 (€11 to 12 ) an hour, said Bob Chaudhuri, vice president of business development for San Ramon-based Kiara Solar. The biomass operation will run 24 hours, seven days a week. Read more ...
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USDA to fund series of biomass projects

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Rural Energy for America program (REAP) is to fund a number of biomass projects to convert biomass to energy. Among those to receive funding is NC-CHP Owner 1, LLC, a business management consultancy company, which received project financing of US$5 million (€3.694 million) for constructing CHP project serving a poultry producer in Montgomery County, Maryland. Wood chips will be used as a feed stock for generating electricity. Read more ...
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Kuala Lumpur biomass industry has potential

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the local biomass industry has potential to become a major industry by 2020 and could create 70,000 new jobs in the field of high value-related industries, the Prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said. The sectors that have been identified for this growth is the development of biomass generated electricity, bio-based chemicals and bioplastics production. “Biomass has the potential to deliver up to RM30 billion (€6.965 billion) in new income for Malaysia by 2020,” said Najib, who is also finance minister, during a joint opening of the Ninth BioMalaysia 2011 conference and Sixth Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial and Bio Energy yesterday. Read more ...
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Monday 21 November 2011

Culturing solutions opens demonstration plant

Culturing Solutions the Tampa based company hosted the grand opening of the first algae to biodiesel demonstration plant in Port Richey, Florida. The uses of algae to produce products as varied as transportation fuel, energy, nutritional products, cosmetics, medicine and other household items is the concept that is being revolutionised by this innovative company.



Founder and CEO of Culturing Solutions, Dean Tsoupis: said “The use of a waste product in the form of carbon dioxide combined with Culturing Solutions’ algae process and our revolutionary pump technology increases algal growth a remarkable three hundred percent. Our goal is to maximise the production of algae for use as an alternative fuel source so that America can be less dependent on fossil fuels now and into the future. It’s a big idea, and we’re up for the challenge.” Read more ...
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New strain of super yeast turns pine into Ethanol

A super strain of yeast has been developed by researchers at the University of Georgia ferments pretreated pine into ethanol very efficiently. This new breakthrough could help drive biofuels as a replacement for gasoline as a transport fuel. “Companies are interested in producing ethanol from woody biomass such as pine, but it is a notoriously difficult material for fermentations,” said Joy Doran-Peterson, associate professor of microbiology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Read more ...

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Friday 18 November 2011

Canadian government invest in sustainable agriculture technology

Yesterday, Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture), announced an investment of over CAN$900,000 (€648,528) to the Eastern Townships Forest Research Trust to study how agroforestry systems can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. "Our top priority remains the economy, and we recognize the vital role agriculture plays in keeping Canada’s economy strong," said Minister Paradis. "Our government is committed to providing farmers with the tools and knowledge they need to protect the environment while growing their business." Read more ...
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Biofuels needed to meet transport targets

Dr Jeremy Tomkinson, Chief Executive of the NNFCC, said: “Electric cars offer a sound long-term solution to our renewable road transport needs, but biofuels are currently the best way to decrease our carbon emissions from transport. The UK has ambitious carbon reduction plans and this report highlights the necessity for increased investment in advanced biofuels, which could meet almost half of our renewable transport needs by the end of the decade,” he added. Read more ...
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Thursday 17 November 2011

Government subsidies could stop biomass plants

DRAX the operator of the largest coal-fired power plant in the UK has announced that plans for the new biomass plants are "in doubt"  because of the proposed government subsidy levels. Drax wanted to build two new plants that will burn organic produce in North Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Drax was given the go ahead in August for the two plants from energy minister Charles Hendry. The company's interim management statement for November said it was "disappointed" with the proposed level of subsidy for biomass, which is lower than state aid for other renewables such as wind. Read more ...
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Algae harvesting system announced by OriginOil

OriginOil, Inc an American company has developed a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and a leading company in the global oil service industry. Have announced the Algae Appliance, a commercial entry-level algae harvesting system that will help producers process algae at very low cost and without chemicals. Due for release in 2012 the Algae Appliance provides a low energy, chemical-free, continuous flow 'wet harvest' system, with the potential to remove up to 90 percent of the initial water volume. Read more ...
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Agritechnica: China arrives in force

Agritechnica the Worlds largest exhibition for agricultural machinery and equipment, is currently on in Hanover, Germany. One of the largest exhibiting countries at Agritechnica this year is from China With more than 80 exhibitors and a delegation of around 1000 agricultural, government and industry representatives, the Chinese representation is creating an impact in Hanover. Read more ...
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Tuesday 15 November 2011

US bio energy development in Zimbabwe

A US$600 million ( €443.344 million) bio energy development eastern Chisumbanje district, has launched ethanol blended with petrol on the local market in a development hoped to cut fuel cost for motorists and to reduce the country's fuel import bill. At selected fuel stations in Harare the new mixed fuel went on sale at US$1.36 per liter, which is marginally cheaper than the unblended petrol. The government has since approved a blend ratio of 10 percent locally produced ethanol and 90 percent petroleum, a low-level blend called E-10 in the industry. Read more ...
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First commercial flights in US to use biofuel

The first commercial airline in the United States to use biofuel being produced by Dynamic Fuels LLC, a joint venture of Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation began last week in Seattle. “These flights give us another opportunity to demonstrate the performance and environmental advantages of our renewable fuels,” said Bob Ames, vice president of Renewable Energy for Tyson Foods and a member of the Dynamic Fuels management team. “The next generation of high performance biofuel technology is here and we’re hopeful others will join the efforts of Alaska Airlines and other airlines to generate more public support for biofuel production. Read more ...
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ADM to increase its biodiesel production by 50 percent

Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced that it will be building a new biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada. The new plant will be 265 million liter (70 million gallon) capacity which will double ADM's North American biodiesel production by 50 percent. “The same agricultural processing operations we use to transform canola into oil for food and meal for animal feed also provide ADM with the ability and scale to efficiently produce cleaner-burning, renewable biodiesel,” said Mike Livergood, ADM vice president, global oleo chemicals. “This new biodiesel facility will help support canola crush margins and capacity utilisation at this facility.” Read more ...
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Monday 14 November 2011

US city considers phasing out the use of Corn based ethanol fuel

The City of Fort Collins, Colorado USA is considering phasing out the use of corn based ethanol fuel in its fleet vehicles, because of its concern for the environment. The majority of City Council members said Tuesday they would support gradually doing away with the use of E85 fuel, which is 85 percent ethanol, because of the impact ramped-up corn production has had nationally, including water and soil degradation in Iowa and Illinois. Those impacts may not directly affect Fort Collins, said Council member Ben Manvel, but they should not be ignored. "I don't think we want to ship our environmental problems to the Midwest," he said. Read more ...
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For a bio-based economy in Europe? Biorefineries

Fossil fuels are running out, the global demand for fuels and chemicals is high, additionally the European and National legislation has set ambitious targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction. To meet theses targets there needs to be the development of economically competitive solutions for biorefineries with low cost fermentation medium that are of important strategic interest. The production of bio-based fuels and chemicals requires the availability of a renewable feedstock at affordable costs. Today, industrial fermentation processes mainly use hydrolysed starch or glucose as a fermentation substrate. Read more ...
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Farmers in Iowa have completed 61,000 ton biomass harvest

Farmers in Iowa have just completed a 60, 000 ton harvest of corn crop residue. The bales of corn cobs and light stover are to be delivered to a biomass storage site in Emmetsburg where POET's commercial cellulosic ethanol bio-refinery will be completed in 2013. "Biomass harvesting is moving along as planned, and I'm confident we'll have a large and consistent supply of corn cobs and light stover once Project LIBERTY is running," POET founder and CEO Jeff Broin said. Read more ...
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Friday 11 November 2011

Africa's has major potential for renewable energy

The potential for renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa is massive according to a new report carried out by Christian Aid. This potential could lift millions of people out of poverty without exacerbating climate change. One of the key issues with the sub-Saharan Africa countries is their limited access to energy consumption between them. The lack of power has severely restricted development in these regions. As a whole they produce less electricity than New York State. The lack of power has also hampered Africa's efforts to meet the UN-agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read more ...
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Czech Republic biomass as primary renewable resource by 2015

Biomass will be the Czech Republic primary renewable resource by 2015, WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH completed construction of the agricultural biogas plant in Príložany in just four months. This was Weltec Biopower fifth plant in the Czech Republic. The EU and the Czech government provide special incentives for biogas plant projects in the Czech Republic. One of the main reasons is that the carbon dioxide emissions per capita are rather high compared to other countries. Read more ...
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Miscanthus promises to be the bioenergy crop of the future

In fields around the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales they are planting crops of Miscanthus. The plots contain hundreds of different types of Miscanthus, but it is not for its aesthetic appeal that Miscanthus is being grown in Wales, rather its promise as a bioenergy crop. Researchers at IBERS have been undertaking a large-scale study of the plant for the last six years in the hope of providing improved varieties for energy production. Dr Elaine Jensen, has been funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to study the plants' flowering times. Read more ...
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Wednesday 9 November 2011

The 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition 2012

The 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition will take place from June 18 to 21, 2012 in Milan, Italy. The subjects of the 20th EU BC&E result from the experiences of the previous successful EU BC&E conferences. The subjects have been further developed and structured, and include the most recent scientific, technology, and market trends. All biomass specialists are invited to contribute and to present innovative development, progress, and scientific results to the global biomass community and to submit their abstracts by January 30, 2012.

In addition to the Conference Program, the 20th EU BC&E will present four thematic highlights with extremely strong industry relevance. These are ‘conference-in-conference’ events that focus on actual forefront ‘hot topics’ in the biomass sector:
  • A parallel event on ‘Biogas upgrading and grid injection'
  • A special industry show on ‘Biogas goes Europe'
  • A further side event on ‘Biowaste to Energy'
  • A forum on Bioenergy and Smart Grids'
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Wood waste for energy? questions being raised

In British Columbia, Canada, the efforts of the province to develop a bioenergy industry is coming under close scrutiny. Now scientist and environmentalists are starting to ask questions as to how much wood can be removed from the forest, and weather it is really a carbon neutral source of energy. Greenpeace is leading the fray against bioenergy calling for tighter controls on harvesting biomass and more detailed carbon accounting. University of BC professor emeritus Hamish Kimmins, one of the province's most respected forest ecologists, said "that there is no simple answer around using biomass for energy. But there is a risk that too much material can be removed from the logged site". Read more ...
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UK Government threatened with legal action by FOE

Friends of the Earth has come out and threatened the UK government over the decision to slash financial incentives to those who wish to install solar schemes. The environmental group has said that it will start legal proceedings against the UK Government unless the Government agrees to amend its proposals by 4pm on Friday November 11. Friends of the Earth's Policy and Campaigns Director Craig Bennett said: "The Government is breaking the law with its plans to fast-track a solar industry kill-off as well as jeopardising thousands of jobs and countless clean energy projects across the country. Read more ...
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Tuesday 8 November 2011

Residents complain of health risk fears over wood chip plant

A woodchip plant at Shoreham harbour, Brighton in the UK is causing serious concerns for residents and business owners. Stobart biomass opened the plant in March, but with in a few months of it opening residence and business owners have complained claiming sore throats and burning eyes. The company say that it is not originating from the woodchip plant. A spokesman for Stobart biomass said that the company has adhered to all the Environment agency regulations. Read more ...
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Research to analyse biofuel production and land use

University of Minnesota scientists and Extension Master Gardeners will explore this possibility as part of a new, five-year, US$25 million (€18.083 million) multistate grant. As to weather a single biofuel production system can reduce water and nutrient runoff from farm fields, reduce soil erosion and turn a profit for the farmers who grow it. “The unique part is that Master Gardeners get to work on cutting-edge bioenergy research and bring those results out to the people of Minnesota,” said Julie Weisenhorn, Master Gardener program state director.
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Thailand's clean energy company signs an MOU

VIASPACE Inc, a clean energy company from Thailand has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Seema Energy Co, Ltd. They plan to jointly develop a detailed plan for a giant king grass plantation to fuel Seema's proposed 90MW biomass power plant. Dr. Carl Kukkonen, CEO of VIASPACE remarked: "This is a landmark agreement for VIASPACE to support the largest biomass power project being developed in Asia. Read more ...
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Friday 4 November 2011

Singapore to set up floating solar project

Singapore is to set up its first floating solar system, at a cost of US$11 million (€8.0 million) the project will be located in an area of the western Tengeh Reservoir where the water is calm. This is to overcome Singapore’s land constraints: Solar panels need large land mass to generate a large amount of energy. In Singapore, they are usually built on rooftops.Speaking at the third Solar Pioneer Awards ceremony, where he was the guest of honour, Mr Tan said he was optimistic that "local solar adoption will continue to proliferate, driven by factors such as increased local capabilities, innovation and government support." Read more ...
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United Nations announces cooperation agreement

The United Nations announced a cooperation agreement with a global crop technology company seeks to develop new technologies that can support sustainable development through the use of bio-energy crops in tropical regions. “On the side of UNIDO, we see the potential of energy crops in developing countries. They can be key for producing green, renewable energy and for poverty reduction through the diversification of income for smallholder farmers. We will strive to combine the scientific, technical and financial resources of Quinvita and UNIDO to cooperate on the development of novel bio-energy crops,” said Philippe Scholtès, Director of UNIDO’s agribusiness development branch. Read more ...

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Green scheme being planned for North Northumberland

An environmental trail blazing scheme is being planned in Northumberland. At the cost of UK£6 million (US$9.572 million), this project could see a newly built renewable energy plant fed by a relocated sawmill. Graham Caygill, clerk of works at Northumberland Estates, said: “We have put a huge amount of time and effort into researching this project over a number of years and believe it could be really exciting for Alnwick. “The estate has over 4,000 hectares of forestry, so with this in mind we decided to explore renewable energy generation from woodchip. Read more ...
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Thursday 3 November 2011

New genome model will help develop biofuel crops

The first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species has been developed by an international team of researches that includes scientists with the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a multi-institutional partnership led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “With RiceNet, instead of working on one gene at a time based on data from a single experimental set, we can predict the function of entire networks of genes, as well as entire genetic pathways that regulate a particular biological process,” says Pamela Ronald, a plant geneticist who holds joint appointments with JBEI, where she directs the grass genetics program. Read more ...
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Cargill works hard to reduce GHG emissions

Cargills the meat, poultry and agrifood business is improving its energy efficiency and expanded its use of renewable energy sources. This allows Cargill to exceed the Chicago Climate Exchange’s (CCX) required six percent annual greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target. For the year ending 2010 Cargill reduced its GHG emissions at its US facilities by 11 percent, Cargill credits this progress to a number of GHG reducing systems and processes that they have implemented in recent years. Read more ...


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In under two weeks its Biofuels International expo & conference

In just under two week the Biofuels International expo & conference will open its doors in Antwerp, Belgium. The two day conference program will provide industry professionals the opportunity to present to delegates their current projects and products. The Antwerp Expo is the official venue for Biofuels International expo & conference 2011. Read more ...
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Wednesday 2 November 2011

Converting grass to energy being promoted by North American companies

A prototype pellet burner for grass
Grass as opposed to wood for converting to energy, many North American companies are promoting this technology with a multitude of economical and environmental reasons the question is why has this not become more prominent in the biomass industry. Innovative feedstock and boiler companies have taken advantage of agricultural resources. Feedstock companies are harvesting various grasses, including Giant King Grass and switchgrass, to manufacture products such as pellets, briquettes and logs. Read more ...
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Brazil lacks cane crops to increase ethanol exports

The Brazilian sugar cane companies, who are attempting to manufacture ethanol from sugar cane and export it to the US, are not producing enough according to a but a Lawmaker. “Our production won’t allow for a significant increase in exports,” said Abreu, a member of the Social Democratic Party who represents the state of Tocantins and heads the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock, a lobby group. Read more ...
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Agenda for 2012 Pacific west conference announced

The BBI International Pacific West biomass conference and trade show have announced the agenda of their event. Over 70 speakers, including technical presentations on topics ranging from anaerobic digestion and gasification to combined heat and power and large-scale biomass combustion will be attending the three day event. Registration will be on Sunday January 15. "We are excited about the compelling agenda we've put together with the help from biomass industry experts," says Tim Portz, Program Director. "We also have some great supporting organisations and sponsors involved, including the California Biomass Energy Alliance." Read more ...
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