Latest Biofuels and bio-energy company news
ITER, the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies, founded by the Tenerife Island Government, has launched 25 bioclimatic homes. The innovative houses, heralded as the “green architecture of the future” generate zero carbon emissions and are due to open to the public in September 2010.
Developed by ITER and located in the southern district of Granadilla, the village consists of 25 bioclimatic houses made of ecologic resources and a visitor centre. The houses are autarkic, which means t... [more]
Liquid Biomethane (LBM) is a commercially competitive and environmentally sound fuel that can be directly substituted for natural gas. The Government considers LBM to be the most sustainable alternative fuel in terms of impact on resource depletion in relation to alternatives such as biodiesel and ethanol. Furthermore, LBM has the lowest carbon intensity of all commercially available alternative fuels – with one tonne of LBM equivalent to 1,200 litres of diesel, which is sufficient to fuel a 44 ... [more]
Following the success of a six month trial which saw the vehicle used for recycling and street cleansing operations on behalf of Camden Council, Iveco is gearing-up production of its right-hand drive natural gas powered Daily.
Throughout the trial the Daily 65C14G cage tipper ran exclusively on fuel supplied by Gasrec, the UK’s first commercial producer of Liquid Biomethane (LBM), allowing direct comparisons to be drawn against similar vehicles operating on both diesel and Compressed Natural ... [more]
Waste is a huge problem in the UK. We produce over 300 million tonnes of waste per year, enough to fill the Albert Hall every two hours but our love affair with landfills could soon be coming to an end as we run out of space, and time.
So what next? A Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) report outlines a five-pronged action plan, urging Government to listen and stop covering up a problem no-one wants to be dumped with.
‘A Wasted Opportunity’ offers a series of measures and advanc... [more]
Coskata, Inc. has announced a strategic alliance with ICM, Inc. to design and construct a commercial ethanol plant using Coskata’s biological fermentation technology.
ICM is North America’s leading ethanol plant design, engineering and support firm. Its patented proprietary process technology is responsible for approximately 50 percent of North American ethanol production from plants constructed by Fagen, Inc. and ICM.
The first Coskata plant, expected to open in late 2010, will be the sta... [more]
The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) and the ICOM Energy Association (ICOM) have joined forces on a new biofuels research project. The project will cost £0.25m, and will determine how a bio-heating oil blend could replace traditional off gas main fuels for domestic and commercial heating applications.
Jeremy Hawksley, OFTEC Director General, explained “with fossil fuels becoming more expensive as oil demand increases in developing countries whilst oil reserves diminish, it’s possible... [more]
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