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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...
Companies share useful tips and feature prizes to weather this year’s storm season Chicago, Ill. (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Storm and tornado season are in full swing. Each year, the United States gets an average of 1,000* tornados and 10,000** severe thunderstorms. Additionally, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has indicated a high likelihood of a near- to above-normal Atlantic hurricane season***. With issues related to outdated electrical grids, powerful storms...
LUXEMBOURG, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adecoagro S.A. (NYSE: AGRO, Bloomberg: AGRO US, Reuters: AGRO.K), one of the leading agricultural companies in South America, announced today its results for the first quarter ended on March 31, 2013. Main highlights for the period: Adecoagro recorded Adjusted EBITDA of $29.0 million in 1Q13, representing an $27.2 million increase compared to 1Q12. Adjusted EBITDA margin during 1Q13 reached 28.3% in 1Q13, compared to 1.2% in 1Q12. The Sugar,...
Visalia Plant Milestone Signifies Greater Commercial Viability for Cellulosic Ethanol and Sugars VISALIA, Calif., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Edeniq, a biomaterials and sustainable fuels company, today announced the company's first demonstration plant, located at its Visalia, CA headquarters, has completed a successful "performance test" that exceeded the benchmark of 1,000 hours of continuous operation. The Corn-to-Cellulosic Migration plant utilizes Edeniq's proprietary...
JUPITER, Fla., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dyadic International, Inc. ("Dyadic") (OTC Pink: DYAI), a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzyme and protein products for the industrial enzyme, bioenergy, and biopharmaceutical industries, announced today that Danai Brooks will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in June. Brooks joins Dyadic from J.P. Morgan where he served as a Vice President...
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 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...
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in August 2012 that dismissed challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) partial approval of E15. The EPA decision at issue authorized a 50 percent increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline for newer-model year motor vehicles, while maintaining a prohibition on the...
