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Climate Change Minister encourages skills for the Green Deal and launches The Green Deal Skills AllianceClimate Change Minister Greg Barker recently launched a partnership to ensure the UK has the right skills to implement the Green Deal, the government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The Green Deal aims to enable private firms to offer consumers energy improvements to their homes, communities and businesses at no upfront cost and to recoup payments as a charge in instalments on the energy bill. The Green Deal Skills Alliance (GDSA), officially launched by the Minister, is working to create new training and accreditation for the energy assessment, advice and installation workforce – the people who will carry out the improvements. The GDSA is made up of three Sector Skills Councils - Asset Skills, Constru... [more] Viessmann will present at Ecobuild an easy integration of renewable heating productsViessmann will demonstrate the benefits of its advanced products and controls to the simple integration of existing heating technologies with renewable energy and heating systems, at Ecobuild (March 20-22, 2012; ExCel; London – stand N2730). Fourteen products from the company’s comprehensive range of quality products for domestic, commercial and renewable applications will be on display including those from the Vitodens boiler (4.8 kW to 840 kW), Vitocal heat pump (1.5 kW to 1 MW) and Vitosol solar thermal system ranges, as well as from Viessmann’s biomass (4 kW to 1,250 kW) offering. Viessmann will also be showing its Vitodens 200-W high specification boiler which now offers up to 840 kW by offering a cascade of up to eight wall hung bo... [more] |
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Lufthansa suspends biofuel test flights
Lufthansa has stopped testing biofuel in its aircraft because it has exhausted its stocks of biosynthetic kerosene and no other reliable supplies are available. The final test flight was a long-haul service to the US.
Boardman biofuel plant gets federal loan guarantee
The federal government said Thursday it would guarantee a large share of the financing for an eastern Oregon plant that would turn poplar trees and agricultural waste into ethanol.
Freedom Environmental Services, Inc. Signs Service Contracts With 14 Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q Franchisees
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Environmental Services, Inc., one of Florida's only 100% "Green" grease and wastewater collection, processing, and recycling companies (OTC: ...
Sunn hemp shows promise as biofuel source
Work by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggests that farmers in the Southeast could use the tropical legume sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) in their crop rotations by harvesting the fast-growing annual for biofuel. The study, which was conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Florence, S.C., supports the USDA priority of finding new sources of ...
Biofuel bonus in renewable energy generator
Cambridge UK based Telgenco has launched a new DC generator targeted specifically for renewable energy deployments and remote telecoms sites. Read more...
Lufthansa to operate scheduled transatlantic biofuel flight
Lufthansa (LH) will operate a scheduled Boeing 747-400 flight between Frankfurt and Washington Dulles Thursday using a biofuel blend. The carrier noted it will be the first scheduled commercial biofuel flight on a transatlantic route. It said the flight is expected to emit 38 tons fewer carbon dioxide (CO2) than a similar flight fully utilizing traditional jet fuel.
Federal cutbacks not stopping MFA biofuels plan
Despite large cuts to the federal program supporting it and concerns from some groups about environmental impacts, a project to begin growing a giant perennial grass to serve as a dedicated biofuel crop is moving ahead.
Markets are more biofuel-friendly
Local fleets may have backed off alternative fuels in recent years, but at least one producer is in expansion mode.
Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable aviation fuel used for the first time on an intercontinental Lufthansa flight
ESPOO, FINLAND-- - Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable aviation fuelwill be used for the first time topower an intercontinental flight when Lufthansa flies a regular scheduledservice from Frankfurt to Washington ...
EPA Maintains Consistent Implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard
The EPA on January 9 issued the final rule for the 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard, calling for production and use of 15.2 billion gallons of renewable fuel, representing just over 9 percent of the total fuel market. The renewable fuel total includes 2 billion gallons of advanced biofuel, with at least 8.65 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel. Importantly, EPA’s 2012 rule maintains a course ...
