Latest Biofuels and bio-energy company news
The SBHS (Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme), unveiled by Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, will give grants of up to 40 per cent of project costs, capped at £100,000. The funding is open to small and medium-sized businesses to install renewable energy heating systems.
SMEs in England and Scotland can also borrow £5,000 to £200,000 interest-free for the installation of renewable energy or energy efficient plant – such as wind turbines, Solar PV and Biomass.
Biomass Soluti... [more]
PowerVerde, Inc. has announced the successful test of its new Organic Rankine Cycle (“ORC”), the PowerVerde 25/50 KW electric power system. The new system, a next generation design, is capable of producing 25 kilowatts of electrical power on any low grade heat (180 degree F). This test was conducted at the company’s facility, Arizona Research and Development.
This renewable energy heat recovery power generation system will operate on any adequate heat source. The system was designed principa... [more]
Alfa Laval has received an order from PetroVietnam Group, valued at SEK 100 million, for equipment and engineering solutions to an ethanol production plant in central Vietnam.
Alfa Laval’s heat exchangers, decanters and tank cleaning equipment will be used in the starch-based fermentation, distillation and dehydration processes of the ethanol plant. The plant in Vietnam will produce about 330,000 litres per day of fuel ethanol from cassava chips.
“Biofuel continues to be an interesting ar... [more]
Public sector bodies own around 10% of the land in the UK including tens of thousands of buildings and over one million hectares of land. Despite this, only a very small percentage is currently being used to provide homes and businesses with a cleaner, greener form of energy.
Set up by Carbon Trust Enterprises in 2006, PfR works exclusively with public sector bodies to develop and manage renewable energy projects across the UK for organisations such as universities, prisons, the Environment ... [more]
Wind Week 2009 from 13 to 21 June, organised by the British Wind Energy Association, is part of a world-wide campaign to raise awareness about wind energy as a free, sustainable and carbon-neutral source of electricity.
An industry expert has predicted that the green energy market is poised for a boom in demand for smaller-scale wind turbines. Rod Edwards, Technical Director at Perpetual Energy, claims that there has been a surge of interest among farmers, landowners and small businesses for ... [more]
PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced a major expansion of its EcoAnalytix™ biofuels analytical solutions portfolio. The Company has expanded its biodiesel and bioethanol portfolio to include nine analyzers and systems, crossing six technologies: ICP-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), gas chromatography (GC), liquid chromatography (LC), infrared (IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and liquid scintillation counters (LSC).
“PerkinElmer is committed to improving the quality of our env... [more]
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