Tag: Biofuel
First of its kind: $3.5 million for Edmonton facility that converts garbage into liquid biofuels, chemicals
First facility in world to convert non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into liquid biofuels and chemicals Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Enerkem Inc., is receiving $3.5 million from the Government of Canada through the Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative to build the final phase of a facility that converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into liquid biofuels […]
ExxonMobil expands algae biofuel and carbon capture research facility
Expansion of ExxonMobil research center expected to be completed by 2019 ExxonMobil announced today that it has broken ground on the expansion of its research facility in Clinton, N.J., a key center of innovation that supports research and development programs, according to a press release. “The expansion of our New Jersey research and engineering center will […]
US Navy Green Fleet fills up with Italian-made biofuel
US Navy Green Fleet refuelled off Italy’s southern coast By Steve Scherer ABOARD THE USS MASON, June 16 (Reuters) – A U.S. warship took its first delivery of Italian-made biofuel on Thursday as part of the Navy’s programme to use more alternative energy. The USS Mason was refuelled alongside an Italian vessel, the Andrea Doria, […]
From green slime to jet fuel: algae offers airlines a cleaner future
Airlines struggle to find cleaner ways to power jets OTTOBRUN, Germany, June 15 (Reuters) – As airlines struggle to find cleaner ways to power jets and with an industry-wide meeting on CO2 emissions just months away, scientists are busy growing algae in vast open tanks at an Airbus site at Ottobrun, near Munich. The European […]
Global biogas production expected to reach 2,141Bcf per year by 2024
Biogas remains a subsidy-dependent enterprise, high growth in short-term limited to regions where policy support already in place BOULDER, Colo .- Widely utilized for onsite generation by industrial facilities and distributed customers, biogas offers reliable baseload power to the grid and benefits from favorable regulatory support in many national markets, according to a recent report from Navigant Research. […]
Alberta green energy project funded by carbon levy
Green energy project part of effort to diversify Alberta’s economy EDMONTON _ Alberta is using money from large industrial greenhouse gas producers to help finance a green energy project. Premier Rachel Notley says $10 million will go to Edmonton-based SBI BioEnergy to build a $20 million facility that will produce a diesel-like fuel from off-grade canola. […]
California welcomes world’s first fully sustainable biofuel facility
Biodico Westside will produce up to 20 million gallons of biodiesel per year FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. & VENTURA COUNTY, Calif.-California is welcoming the world’s first fully sustainable liquid biofuel facility to help address energy needs and climate goals with an economically viable solution. The new San Joaquin Valley-based facility, which is owned and operated by […]
Nevada researchers working to turn gumweed plant into biofuel
Gumweed plant grows across Nevada’s high desert RENO, Nev. _ Three decades ago, a University of Nevada researcher who obtained one of the first U.S. Energy Department grants to study the potential to turn plants into biofuels became convinced that a roadside weed, curly top gumweed, was growing along the road to the future. Now, […]
Global biofuel production rises to 61B gallons/year by 2018 – study
Biofuel capacity growing in Europe, Americas, Asia The United States continues to dominate the global biofuel industry, which is forecast to grow from 55 in 2014 to 61 billion gallons a year by 2018, according to a new report. Ethanol and biodiesel will continue to dominate with 96 per cent of the capacity in 2018, […]
EPA proposes lowering requirements for ethanol in American gas
Ethanol supporters accuse EPA of selling out to oil companies The nation’s gasoline supply likely will have more ethanol in coming years – but not as much as was required by federal law. The Obama administration’s proposed renewable fuel standard won’t have much of an impact on gas prices, but could become an issue in the […]
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