New Generation Biofuels Holdings Inc., a development stage renewable fuels provider, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with First Florida Biofuels LLC (FFB) to pursue development of potential biofuel projects in Florida. Source:New Generation Biofuels & First Florida Biofuels form Strategic Alliance
The Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (NMWDA), in conjunction with the Frederick County Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management and Carroll Country Department of Public Works, has selected Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., as the preferred vendor to construct and operate a new, regional waste-to-energy facility that will [...]
Air Products and Alter NRG Corp. announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to pursue renewable energy opportunities in North America and Europe. The non-exclusive agreement gives Air Products the right to license and incorporate Alter NRG’s proprietary Westinghouse Plasma Gasification technology for use in renewable energy projects. Source:Air Products & Alter NRG [...]
Air Products and Alter NRG Corp. announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to pursue renewable energy opportunities in North America and Europe. The non-exclusive agreement gives Air Products the right to license and incorporate Alter NRG’s proprietary Westinghouse Plasma Gasification technology for use in renewable energy projects. Source:Air Products & Alter NRG [...]
Liquor company Diageo, which produces spirits such as Johnny Walker, Tanqueray and Smirnoff, is set to develop a biomass-fired on-site energy facility at a new distillery in Roseisle, on Speyside, Scotland. The plant is designed to utilize spent wash — a mixture of wheat, malted barley, yeast and water — from the distillation process to [...]
Japan Airlines (JAL) became the first airline to conduct a demonstration flight using a biofuel primarily refined from the energy crop, camelina. It was also the first demo flight using a combination of three biofuel feedstocks, as well as the first one using Pratt & Whitney engines. The results of the flight are expected to [...]
The launch of a long-planned international agency to promote the interests of renewable energy took place in Bonn, Germany yesterday. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will advise industrialized and developing nations on ways of reducing their dependency on oil, coal and gas. Source:New International Agency for Renewable Energy Launched in Germany
In a move aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy on public lands, last week, then U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne issued a Secretarial Order that authorizes the Bureau of Land Management to establish coordination offices that will expedite the permitting of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal projects, along with needed electrical [...]
Corn ethanol directly emits an average of 51 percent less greenhouse gas than gasoline per gallon produced. This is result of “Improvements in Life Cycle Energy Ef?ciency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Ethanol”, a recent study conducted by researchers at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. According to the research, recent improvements in efficiency throughout the ethanol production [...]
Global Energy Systems, a subsidiary of Global Energy Holdings Group Inc., announced it has signed an agreement with Charlotte County, Florida for the development of a landfill gas sequestration and energy facility at the Charlotte County Zemel Road landfill. Source:Global Energy Systems Signs Deal for Landfill Gas Project in Florida
