Biofuels and biomass news articles 
Viessmann will present at Ecobuild an easy integration of renewable heating products
Viessmann 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 k... [more]
PDM plans to invest in Anaerobic Digestion in 2012
PDM, the UK’s largest food waste recycler, has announced plans to invest a further £40 million in developing its network of ReFood anaerobic digestion (AD) plants this year. This investment will result in two new plants located in Widnes and East London. The announcement follows the completion of the company’s first AD plant at its headquarters in Doncaster. The two new plants will each double the recycling capacity of Doncaster, each handling... [more]
Thai Airways operated First Passenger Biofuel Flight in Asia
Last week, Thai Airways International (THAI) was the first airline in Asia to fly a commercial passenger flight using biofuels to support the Company’s Travel Green initiative which is part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. THAI operated the first passenger biofuels flight on December 22nd from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Passengers consisted of 100 students and professors who have been invited to join the special flight. Revenu... [more]
Carbon free energy system presented at Energy Roadmap 2050
In March 2011, the European Commission published the overall decarbonisation roadmap covering the whole economy. All sectors, power generation, transport, residential, industry and agriculture, were analysed. The Commission has also been preparing sectoral roadmaps, among which the Energy Roadmap 2050 is the last one, focusing on the whole energy sector. In order to cut emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be... [more]
Greenpeace and Facebook collaborate to promote renewable energy
Greenpeace and Facebook will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions (1). The news comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign (2, 3), enlisting 700,000 online activists (4) to call on Facebook to power its datacen... [more]
Other Biofuels and biomass news and reviews
Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol Announce Quebec's First Waste-to-Biofuels Production Facility
Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol Announce Quebec's First Waste-to-Biofuels Production Facility
Announcing the 2012 International Biomass Conference & Expo Agenda
DENVER, CO-- - BBI International announced this week the preliminary agenda for the 5th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo, the world's largest and fastest growing biomass conference, taking ...
Cool Planet BioFuels Announces Road Testing of Negative Carbon Gasoline Begins in California
Cool Planet BioFuels announced today it has received approval from the California Air Resources Board to begin fleet-testing its negative carbon gasoline. Cool Planet BioFuel’s technology converts low-grade biomass — such as grass and woodchips — into high-grade fuel.
Industry Leader Launches New, Redesigned Biomass and Forestry Website; Free Tools; Free Industry Ads
ForestBusinessNetwork.com now offers user-friendly news and tools dedicated to biomass, biofuels, forestry and more; and free industry-specific classified advertisingMissoula, MT (PRWEB) January 24, 2012 Forest Business Network (FBN) recently took its popular forest industry news website—dedicated to forestry, biomass, biofuels, wood pellets and more—to the next level when it launched its newly ...
Advanced Biofuels Group Issues Farm Bill Wish List
With all the discussion about what should be in and what should be out, an advanced biofuels group has hopes that the next farm bill will provide support for advanced biofuels and a budding biomass industry.
Lignol Project Awarded $2.06 Million in Additional Funding from SDTC
VANCOUVER , Feb. 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC.V - News) ("Lignol" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemical sector, ...
Cool Planet BioFuels Starts Road Testing
Camarillo-based Cool Planet Biofuels, the cellulosic biofuels developer backed by BP, Shea Ventures, General Electric, Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, NRG and North Bridge Venture Partners, announced today that it has received approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to begin fleet-testing its low carbon gasoline. Cool Planet is developing a process to convert low-grade biomass ...
VIASPACE Director Purchases Additional 4 Million Shares of Common Stock on the Open Market, Interviews With Green ...
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), a clean energy company growing Giant King ™ Grass as a low-carbon, renewable biomass dedicated energy crop, and its ...
United States Department of Agriculture
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2012 ? Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of funds for Fiscal Year 2012 for two key programs to encourage the use of renewable biomass and production of advanced biofuels. About $25 million will be made available through each program.
DSM and POET to Make Advanced Biofuels a Reality by 2013
HEERLEN, NETHERLANDS-- -Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, andPOET,LLC, one of the world's largest ethanol producers, today announce a jointventure to commercially demonstrate ...
