Pond Scum As Biofuel? Researchers Explore Algae As Green Energy
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The land and water resources of the US could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year, according to a new study from the...
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A Review of Economic Feasibility, Scale of Opportunity and Enabling Technologies Woodland Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 B2BWebinars.net, the leading producer of cutting-edge business intelligence events, is pleased to announce the BlueTech® Webinar Series: Sludge to Energy: Tapping into Biogas webinar, which includes an industry review of economic feasibility, marketing opportunities and enabling technologies. The 90-minute interactive web-conference is scheduled for May 23, 2013 at...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc. (AFAI) announced today that it has successfully completed research trials targeting Jatropha trees as a feedstock source for profitably produced, sustainable biodiesel, and is moving to establish above ground oil fields in Central America as a staged entry into a market forecasted to exceed $500 billion by 2019. AFAI operates a 25 acre pilot plantation with 40,000 mature Jatropha trees in Tempate, Costa...
Just in time for the arrival of boating and watersport season, ShopInjectors.com is pleased to announce high-quality products designed for use in watercraft (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 ShopInjectors.com, the world’s premier online retailer of new fuel injectors, OEM fuel injectors, and injector pumps, is pleased to announce the availability of a full line of marine fuel injectors. The company is offering products from top names in the marine industry, including Evinrude Johnson, Mercury, Volvo...
A new energy sector based on algal biofuels could guarantee Australia’s transport fuel and food security far into the future, a new report says. Potentially worth $50 billion a year, the industry would produce fuel, food, stockfeed, plastics, textiles, paper, fertilizers, chemicals and pharmaceuticals and employ up to 50,000 Australians in new jobs, according to the study Food and Fuel Forever, released today (May 21, 2012) by Perth-based thinktank Future Directions International (FDI)....
WALNUT, Calif., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTCQB: VSPC) today announced that CEO Dr. Carl Kukkonen has returned from Nicaragua after a series of business meetings that culminated in the signing of a Joint Development Agreement with Grain Hill/AGRICORP. Under the agreement, a new special purpose company will be established to develop, build, own and operate a 2,100 acre Giant King(TM) Grass plantation and a co-located 12 MW biomass power plant on the AGRICORP Agricola...
EMERYVILLE, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Omaha-based biofuel producer Green Plains Renewable Energy has qualified for recognition under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) program, based on the findings of a third-party audit conducted by SCS Global Services. SCS found that Green Plains' biofuels production and use results in less than half (about 45%) of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with ordinary gasoline. The award of certification...
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in support of the Foreign Fuels Reduction Act, legislation introduced by Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that would require a downward adjustment to the entire RFS when cellulosic volumes are similarly adjusted due to a lack of commercially available fuels: (Logo:...
Program will now focus on utilizing SGI expertise in synthetic genomics to enhance algae LA JOLLA, Calif., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), a privately held company dedicated to developing genomic-driven solutions to address global challenges, today announced a new co-funded research agreement with ExxonMobil to develop algae biofuels. The new agreement is a basic science research program that focuses on developing algal strains with significantly improved...
Katie Cleary and Peace 4 Animals is issuing a challenge to Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Ralphs along with grocery stores around the country to stop the sale of products containing unsustainable palm oil to save the world’s last orangutans and the rainforest from becoming extinct. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Most people don't know 50% of the products they purchase at their local grocery stores contain palm oil according to The Rainforest Action Network. From shampoo to...
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE: EC; BVC: ECOPETROL; TSX: ECP) announces that it submitted the highest bids for three exploratory blocks in the 11(th) Bidding Round carried out yesterday by the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo, Gas Natural e Biocombustiveis (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, or ANP) of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. Ecopetrol has a 100% interest in the highest bids for the POT-M-567 and FZA-M-320 blocks and a 50%...
