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-- The project involves an investment of approximately USD $110 million and will create about 50 jobs directly and indirectly. -- Abengoa will undertake the design and construction, and subsequent operation and maintenance for a period of 30 years. SEVILLE, Spain, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B), the company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by VIESTE Energy LLC, a...
VANCOUVER, May 6, 2013 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("LEC" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sectors, today announced that it has provided a A$500,000 loan to Territory Biofuels Limited ("TBF"), in exchange for receiving 2.5 million stock options from TBF, making LEC the majority shareholder of TBF, on a fully diluted basis with a 51.9% shareholding. LEC has provided an interest free, non-recourse...
Tibbar Energy Project on St. Croix Cited as an Example, VIASPACE Chairman Comments and Gives Update WALNUT, Calif., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTCQB: VSPC) and Renew Energy of Svendborg, Denmark presented a paper entitled "Giant King Grass to Biogas" at the International Biomass Conference held in Minneapolis Minnesota in April. The conference is the largest biomass event in North America. Mr. Morten Jacobsen of Renew Energy made the presentation which is available...
Inaugural award honors pioneering work in advancing renewable fuels and chemicals. WILMINGTON, Del. (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 The Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC), today awarded DuPont with its 2013 Bioeconomy Leadership Award. 2013 marks the first year of this award, aimed at honoring an organization for demonstrated and sustained leadership excellence in advancing the development of the biobased economy. DuPont was recognized for its pioneering work in two...
SINGAPORE, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched the Argus India ethanol assessment to meet growing demand for price references and transparency in the market. The new assessment is in response to India's mandate for increased ethanol blending in gasoline. The daily assessment is specifically for anhydrous ethanol, delivered to India. Indian demand for ethanol is expected to rise to as much as 2.2bn litres next year (38,000...
Canergy selects Chemtex for the development of their 25 million gallon a year cellulosic biofuels facility to be located in the Imperial Valley of California. Brawley, CA & Wilmington, NC & Tortona, Italy (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 Canergy, LLC, an advanced biofuels company based in California that is focused on the production of ultra-low carbon intensity ethanol from sustainable non-food energy crops, is pleased to announce that it has selected Chemtex, a leader in chemical...
The ShockWave Power Reactor is on exhibit in Berlin this week at the BioGas World Trade Fair. The technology is being launched for biogas and shows exciting biogas yield increase results. Rome, GA (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 Hydro Dynamics, Inc. (HDI) of Rome, Georgia partner Three-Es S.r.l. (Three-Es) of Milan, Italy is exhibiting the ShockWave Power Reactor (SPR) at a large biogas event this week. The BioGas World Trade Fair Berlin (http://www.biogasworld.de/en/) will take place in Berlin,...
The manufacturing plant's production of methanol products meets rising global demands. HAMILTON, N.J., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Methanol Plant Available for Sale by International Process Plants The manufacturing plant's production of methanol products meets rising global demands. According to a recent study by IHS Chemical, global demand for methanol is forecast to rise dramatically in thenext ten years. China is driving most of that growth, with an expected CAGR of...
Giant King Grass Growing Well WALNUT, Calif., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTCQB: VSPC) today provided an update on the Tibbar Energy 7 MW anaerobic digestion power plant project on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. As reported by the St. Croix Source on April 19, 2013, Mr. Hugo Hodge, executive director of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA), stated that the authority was nearing a purchase agreement with Tibbar Energy, a proposed biomass electricity...
University of Exeter It sounds like science fiction but a team from the University of Exeter, with support from Shell, has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand. While the technology still faces many significant commercialization challenges, the diesel, produced by special strains of E. coli bacteria, is almost identical to conventional diesel fuel and so does not need to be blended with petroleum products as is often required by biodiesels derived from plant oils....
