Latest Biofuels and bio-energy company news
Ukraine seeks to reduce its current dependency on gas imports. To address the issue, a number of initiatives are being taken which are aimed at boosting energy efficiency, introducing energy saving technologies and renewable energy resources. The feed-in tariffs effective since April 2009, rank among the highest in Europe, which considering the saturated European market, makes Ukraine especially luring for the foreign investors in the field. As forecasted by the government, in the next 3-4 years... [more]
Clearfleau and UTS Biogastechnik have confirmed that they will collaborate on developing the UK market for Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and related low carbon technologies. The companies will collaborate to expand the market for innovative AD solutions in the UK and Ireland but will look at the industrial AD market in other countries where UTS is already active.
Clearfleau is a UK based provider of digestion technology for industrial effluents and is focused on the food, dairy and beverage proc... [more]
For too long the UK has lagged behind the rest of Europe in developing of renewable energy technologies. With renewed support from the Government for the AD sector and higher Feed in Tariff rates, there is an opportunity for investment in AD technology to create jobs in the UK.
UTS Biogastechnik and Clearfleau have announced that they will collaborate on developing the UK market for Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and related low carbon technologies. The companies will collaborate to expand the ma... [more]
Currently, most of the proposed methods in the biofuels-from-algae space require the extraction of immobilized oil from algal biomass. However, regardless of the oil extraction technique used, and some are more efficient than others, getting to the oil is usually very expensive in terms of capital and energy costs. In some instances, the amount of energy consumed to extract the oil can actually exceed the energy value of the end product.
Unitel Technologies, Inc. filed a patent application fo... [more]
According to Renewable Fuel Agency’s 2008/9 figures, the UK used 1,029 M litres of bio-diesel in UK transport, of which approximately 65 M Litres were produced from UK feedstock, and of which 34 M Litres were manufactured from UK Used Cooking Oil (UCO).
The government initially announced plans in the 2008 Budget to remove a 20 pence per litre duty differential for all bio-diesel from 2010, arguing that the tax discount could not distinguish between sustainable bio-fuels and those that raise g... [more]
Riverside Waste Machinery is to unveil a new concept for the processing of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) substances, at the UK’s biggest recycling and waste management exhibition.
Riverside, the UK’s sole distributor of UNTHA’S waste shredding technology, will partner with the Austrian manufacturer at the RWM (Recycling and Waste Management) exhibition which takes place at the NEC Birmingham, 15-17th September.
Together they will unveil UNTHA’S new TR series of shredders, the first machines o... [more]
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