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ADM Advanced Biorefinery to produce fuel ethanol and ethyl acrylate(31/12/2009)
Sustainable collection and transportation of biomass is an essential step on the path to large-scale commercialization of advanced biofuels. The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) a $24.8 million grant to develop and construct a facility that will convert biomass into renewable fuel. One of 19 biofuel projects to receive Department of Energy funding, the ADM Advanced Biorefinery project will produce fue... [more]
ArcelorMittal is the biggest beneficiary of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme(07/12/2009)
According to climate change NGO Sandbag, the UK’s richest resident, Lakshmi Mittal, CEO and major shareholder of the steel giant ArcelorMittal, could make over £1 billion between now and 2012 from his company’s participation in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme. ArcelorMittal has over 14 million emissions permits that it does not need in 2008, a figure which Sandbag estimates will rise to 80 million by 2012 making it by far the biggest beneficiar... [more]
NUE sorghum varieties can help farmers who produce sorghum for feed or fuel(05/02/2009)
Sorghum is an important feed crop that is grown on more than 100 million acres globally. In addition, sweet sorghum is a highly productive potential biofuel source. Like most grain crops, sorghum is extremely dependent upon nitrogen fertilizer to achieve attractive commercial yields. Also like most grain crops, it is an inefficient user of nitrogen—barely more than half of the nitrogen applied to sorghum fields is utilized for plant growth. As a ... [more]
Green initiatives may have negative side effects, even if the net results are positive(01/02/2008)
In a recently published ARC Brief, “’Green’ Asbestos,” Adrian Gonzalez, ARC Advisory Group’s Director of the Logistics Executive Council, highlights an inconvenient truth of many 'green' products and initiatives: there are tradeoffs that companies and consumers must acknowledge and address. In other words, many “green” initiatives have negative side effects, even if the net results are positive. “Tradeoffs exist because most products, manufact... [more]
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