Austin, Texas, will be closer to meeting its goal of 30 percent renewable energy once a biomass facility from Southern Power comes into play.
Southern Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, recently acquired a not-yet-constructed biomass facility from American Renewables LLC. The facility is being built in Sacul, Texas.
Southern Power plans to spend $475 million [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2009 - The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced projects selected for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA contributing up to [...]
Svensk Rökgasenergi (SRE), a subsidiary of Opcon AB (STO:OPCO), the energy and environmental technology Group, has received an order from HOTAB concerning SRE’s technology that utilises waste heat and increases the efficiency of burning biomass at Vattenfall’s district heating plant in Gustavsberg. This is the second order to be received for a Vattenfall plant [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2009) - The BC Bioenergy Network (”BCBN”), a provincially-funded leader supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia, announced today a $100,000 investment with the BC Agricultural Research and Development Corporation (”ARDCorp”). The funding will enable ARDCorp to develop a comprehensive strategy and business plan for a Renewable Agri-Energy [...]
NANNING, June 14 (Xinhua) — China’s first bioenergy research center was inaugurated Sunday in Nanning, the capital city of southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, amid government’s plans of new energy development to combat global energy crisis.
The research center is set up based on the national guidance on energy and grain security, [...]
The Bioenergy Life Project announces the first community event to document the benefits of Bioenergy therapy on Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. The event will last from July 13th to 16th 2009 at the Marina Del Rey Hotel, Marina Del Rey, Calif.
The Bioenergy Life Project offers the public a free opportunity to experience a unique, [...]
NETTLETON — Universal Bioenergy Inc. (UBI) is actively seeking relationships with algae production companies for the purpose of biodiesel and other fuel production.
UBI’s CEO Dr. Richard Craven said, “Algae can become a prominent source of energy, and with several new algae technology companies emerging, it is a good time to form alliances. We have identified [...]
Algae company’s harvest will make biodiesel, nutritious livestock feed
Many in the alternative fuels industry agree that algae is where the mid-range future of the biodiesel industry. While fuels such as ethanol and cellulosic ethanol may prevail in the short term, algae is seen as the final stepping stone before full synthetic gasoline production. [...]
Vancouver, BC, October 2, 2008–(T-Net)–QuestAir Technologies Inc. (TSX: QAR; AIM: QAR) and Terasen Gas Inc. have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding whereby the companies will work jointly on the development of potential projects to produce supplies of bio-methane from organic waste. This clean energy source would be injected into Terasen Gas’s existing pipeline [...]
SÃO PAULO, 9/22/08 - On September 17, for the first time wind energy plants effectively took part in an energy auction held by the Brazilian government. However, none of the four wind plants (three of which offered by Bioenergy) with a total capacity of 203 MW failed to obtain the R$128.42/ MWh ceiling -price.
All wind [...]
