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Biomass
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Knock on wood, biomass power is coming » By Tyler Hamilton An important part of the province's coal-phaseout strategy rests on Ontario Power Generation's ability to run its existing coal plants on...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) French firm to provide biomass energy to off-grid areas » NATIONAL POWER Corp. (Napocor) will tie up with French company Enertine to provide power using biomass technology to areas not reached by the country's main...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) $250M biomass energy plant planned at Shelton » SEATTLE -- Areva, the international energy company based in France, and Charlotte, N.C., based Duke Energy have formed a joint venture to build a biomass...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Biomass plant could power Edinburgh » By BILL JAMIESON Outline proposals for a £360 million biomass plant at Leith Docks that could meet most of Edinburgh's energy needs go on public...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Microbes Produce Fuels Directly from Biomass » By Alison Pruitt A collaboration led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has developed a microbe that can...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Gene discovery to increase biomass needed for green fuel » "The US has set the ambitious goal of generating a third of all liquid fuel from renewable source by the year 2025. Estimates suggest to...
Sunday, February 07, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Biofuels from Saltwater Crops » Biofuels from Saltwater Crops A research project will make jet fuel without wasting fresh water or farmland. By Kevin BullisFriday, February 05, 2010 A project...
Sunday, February 07, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Microbes Produce Fuels Directly from Biomass » A collaboration led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has developed a microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel...
Sunday, December 06, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Energy Grasses Lead the Way in Lessening U.S. Dependency on Foreign Oil » ATLANTA - (Business Wire) The first guaranteed, university-backed strain of giant miscanthus grass is now available and is being commercialized by SunBelt Biofuels LLC,...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) US government dishes out more than $24 million for biomass R&D » The US Departments of Agriculture and Energy have announced projects selected for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce...
Sunday, October 25, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Biomass Energy for Home and Abroad » by Bruce Mulliken, Green Energy News Not too long ago I received a phone call from a woman who was trying to contact a company...
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Rentech, UOP expand clean fuel offerings » Companies combine cleaning and refining technologies to produce fuel from biomass, natural gas and coal. UOP said today it's added another technology to the alliance...
Sunday, September 27, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Waste Management's Riverbend Landfill To Produce Energy » Oregon, United States - September 25, 2009 Waste Management and McMinnville Water & Light broke ground this week on Waste Management's new waste-to-energy plant...
Sunday, July 12, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) GE In Biogas Waste-Heat Recovery Innovation » Munich, Germany GE Energy and energy developer ECOS Ltd. have announced plans to demonstrate an innovative, industrial waste-heat recovery system at a 7.2-megawatt...
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