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To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Chuck Ardo of the Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, +1-717-783-1116 SaysPennsylvaniaPositioned to Lead National Movement TowardsNextGeneration Biofuels HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With America's dependence on foreign oil jeopardizing its national security and way of life, Governor Edward G. Rendell said that the commonwealth and other Chesapeake Bay watershed states can emerge as the national leader in developing advanced homegrown...
CONSUMERS need to become more efficient users as more than half of the energy generated today goes to waste, Shell Malaysia chairman Datuk Saw Choo Boon says. In an average car, for instance, about 20 per cent of every unit of petrol goes into moving it forward, while the rest is lost as heat. "And this goes for other usage of energy. For an aircraft during takeoff, the figure is only eight per cent, while there is only 35 per cent of burnt coal in a power plant that becomes electricity. The...
New Generation Biofuels Holdings has awarded Chicago-based ECE Design, a contract to design its first full-production biofuel manufacturing plant, with an anticipated capacity of 25 million gallons of second-generation biofuel per year. David Gillespie, CEO and president of New Generation Biofuels, said: "We are excited to have ECE Design on board. They are very familiar with alternative fuel manufacturing design and understand our need to produce a quality biofuel. Our renewable biofuel has...
International Coastal Biofuels, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ICBU), announced today that it completed a reverse merger with Interactive Technologies.com, LTD via a stock-for-stock exchange (stock swap) on May 14, 2008. International Coastal Biofuels, Inc. proposes to manufacture biodiesel, renewable fuel from vegetable oils, offering an ecologically safe fuel with the same performance as that of conventional diesel, at competitive prices. "We expect our markets to expand rapidly all over the world...
CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (OTCBB: CLTH) is pleased to announce that Biomass Magazine, a leading industry publication, highlights our proposed commercial development in Chicago, Illinois, in an article released on the web earlier this week. The article will also appear in their magazine to be published in August. The full text of the article is available online: (http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1810&q=hennessey). About CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. CleanTech Biofuels,...
An aviation industry now grasping for profits is resorting to algae and nuts to fuel a comeback. It may seem like weird science, but with oil prices pushing through the $150 a barrel barrier, biofuels made from alternative sources are no longer far-fetched. Experts say however, they will take years to develop and no one will be soaring through the skies on farm-fuelled jets any time soon. During the Farnborough air show this week, aerospace firms displayed their green credentials, as they...
Text of report in English by influential Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post English-language website on 10 July [Attributed to Associated Press: "Indonesia, world's largest producer of palm oil, to force manufacturers to use biofuel"] Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, plans to force manufacturers to use biofuels for some of their energy needs to reduce dependence on imported oil amid soaring global prices. The government also wants to cut spending on fuel subsidies,...
Research and Markets Laura Wood Senior Manager press@researchandmarkets.com Fax from USA: 646-607-1907 Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 Logo: http://www.researchandmarkets.com Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ 75ceff/analyzing_the_biof) has announced the addition of the "Analyzing the Biofuels Market in Canada" report to their offering. Although biofuels are mainly used to replace or supplement the traditional petroleum-based transportation...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d5e6dc/analyzing_the_biof) has announced the addition of the "Analyzing the Biofuels Industry in South Africa" report to their offering. Although biofuels are mainly used to replace or supplement the traditional petroleum-based transportation fuels, they can also be deployed to generate heat and electricity. Being an alternative to fossils, biofuels can be applied to existing vehicles with little or no engine modification....
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bc763b/european_biofuels) has announced the addition of the "European Biofuels Market" report to their offering. In the European Union (EU), transport is responsible for an estimated 21% of all greenhouse gas emissions that are contributing to global warming and this percentage is rising. In order to meet sustainability goals, in particular the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions agreed under the Kyoto Protocol, it is...
