Latest Biofuels and bio-energy company news
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]
The 2008 Budget announced that the 20 pence per litre duty differential for bio-fuels for road use would cease from 2010. This means that that bio-diesel will become significantly more expensive than main road (fossil) fuels and therefore not viable commercially.
Removing the differential means that the only support for bio-diesel is from the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), which obliges fuel suppliers to ensure that a percentage of the fuel sold on UK forecourts comes from bio-f... [more]
As the most productive agricultural economy in the world, the United States consumes 18 million tons of ammonia per year. Without this vital commodity, the country’s yield of corn, wheat, rice and other food grains would fall by 50%.
SynGest, Inc. has announced that its first plant to manufacture anhydrous ammonia fuel and fertilizer from corn biomass will be located 45 miles west of Des Moines, Iowa. The company confirmed that it has signed an agreement to purchase 75 acres of land in Menlo... [more]
The total world environmental goods and services sector is expected to grow by more than 30 per cent to US$688 billion by 2010 offering significant opportunities for UK companies.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has identified key markets for the UK’s £25 billion a year environmental industries. The report, ‘Market opportunities in environmental goods and services, renewable energy, carbon finance and Carbon Abatement Technologies’ (CATS), confirmed Australia, Brazil, China, India, South Africa,... [more]
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