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W2 Energy Signs Agreement To Purchase 51% Of AM BIofuels

2013-02-05 08:24:46

GUELPH, Ontario, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- W2 Energy, Inc. (OTC: WTWO) is pleased to report it has signed a binding memorandum agreement to purchase 51% of AM Biofuels http://www.ambiofuels.com.my of Pasir Gudang Port of Johor Malaysia. The company has signed and Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) to buy 51% of the company from the shareholders of AM Biofuels. This strategic acquisition expands W2 Energy's fuel business in South East Asia as the company continues to execute on...

VIASPACE Chairman and CEO Attend EUEC 2013, Giant King Grass Prominently Featured in Convention Exhibit Hall

2013-02-04 08:25:33

WALNUT, Calif., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE, Inc. (OTCQB: VSPC) today announced that Chairman, Dr. Kevin Schewe and CEO, Dr. Carl Kukkonen, together attended the 16th Annual Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) held in Phoenix, Arizona from Monday, January 28 through Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Dr. Kukkonen delivered his presentation entitled, "Giant King(TM) Grass (GKG) as an Energy Crop in the United States" on Tuesday, January 29, in the "Biomass/Cofiring...

Alter NRG announces commissioning of biomass gasifier at waste to liquids facility in China

2013-01-29 08:24:19

TSX - NRG OTCQX - ANRGF CALGARY, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX: NRG; OTCQX: ANRGF) Alter NRG Corp. ("Alter NRG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Wuhan Kaidi ("Kaidi"), which purchased a Westinghouse Plasma gasifier design, and plasma torch systems, from Alter NRG in 2010, has successfully completed the commissioning of the unit at its demonstration facility in Wuhan, China. Westinghouse Plasma is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alter NRG that license and sells...

Synthesis Energy Systems to Report Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

2013-01-28 08:22:26

HOUSTON, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMX) today announced that it will release financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2013, ended December 31, 2012, on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, before the market opens. Senior management will hold a conference call to review the Company's financial results for this period and provide an update on corporate developments beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the live webcast, please...

VIASPACE Signs Project Agreement and Growing Giant King Grass in South Africa

2013-01-28 08:21:59

WALNUT, Calif., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTCQB: VSPC) today announced that it has signed a project agreement and received initial funding from Selectra CC of Johannesburg South Africa. VIASPACE CEO Dr. Carl Kukkonen delivered Giant King(TM) Grass (GKG) to South Africa, supervised the first planting, and held business meetings with Selectra and their partners. Selectra is a leading developer of sustainable bioenergy projects in Africa and sought out Giant King...

Reaping Profits from Landfill Biogas

2013-01-22 16:23:29

FARMINGTON, Conn., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Biogas is a versatile energy carrier with potential to satisfy power and fuel demand across a range of end-use applications while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from a diverse array of organic waste streams. Biogas' flexibility, growing demand for waste treatment processes, and an increased focus on greenhouse gas mitigation are generating demand on a worldwide basis. Methane gas produced from landfills is one of the most...

Wind In The Willows Boosts Biofuel Production

2013-01-21 10:22:56

Willows cultivated for green energy can yield five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, compared with those that grow naturally straight up. Willow trees cultivated for green energy can yield up to five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, compared with those that are allowed to grow naturally up towards the sky. This effect had been observed in the wild and in plantations around the UK, but scientists were previously unable to explain why some willows produced more...

Marginal Lands Are Prime Fuel Source For Alternative Energy

2013-01-17 10:41:23

Marginal lands – those unsuited for food crops – can serve as prime real estate for meeting the nation’s alternative energy production goals. In the current issue of Nature, a team of researchers led by Michigan State University shows that marginal lands represent a huge untapped resource to grow mixed species cellulosic biomass, plants grown specifically for fuel production, which could annually produce up to 5.5 billion gallons of ethanol in the Midwest alone. "Understanding...

BioPower Announces the Launch of Phase I of the FTZ Energy Exchange

2013-01-16 08:22:25

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioPower (OTCQB: BOPO) announced today the launching of the FTZ Energy Exchange. The FTZ Energy Exchange structures the exchange of information and data for the purchase, sale and trading of electricity, oil, gas, biofuels, alternative energy, energy credits, parts, machinery and equipment. The exchange intends to work with a Preferred Partner Network of vendors and suppliers. Our business model revenues are based on transaction...

Synthesis Energy Systems Enters Agreement to Study Feasibility of Using Gasification Technology to Produce Green Chemicals in the U.S.

2013-01-15 08:20:46

HOUSTON, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMX) has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed U.S.-based company to assess the feasibility and optimal uses of SES' gasification technology for the production of valuable 'green' chemicals. The agreement calls for SES to lead an engineering study, commissioned and funded by the undisclosed U.S. company, that will define an optimal use of potential feedstock combinations that may include used...