Latest Biofuels and bio-energy product news
Viessmann will demonstrate the benefits of its advanced products and controls to the simple integration of existing heating technologies with renewable energy and heating systems, at Ecobuild (March 20-22, 2012; ExCel; London – stand N2730).
Fourteen products from the company’s comprehensive range of quality products for domestic, commercial and renewable applications will be on display including those from the Vitodens boiler (4.8 kW to 840 kW), Vitocal heat pump (1.5 kW to 1 MW) and Vitosol... [more]
Greenpeace and Facebook will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions (1).
The news comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign (2, 3), enlisting 700,000 online activists (4) to call on Facebook to power its datacentres with clean energy instead of coal (5). As a ... [more]
The world’s first “climate-friendly cocoa” will be produced in Ghana as part of an ongoing collaboration between Olam International Ltd. and Rainforest Alliance.
Working with cocoa farmers in the Western region of the country, this $1 million project will have huge impact on informing Ghana’s emerging national REDD+* strategy and its Low Carbon Development plans.
This programme has been launched in the Juabeso / Bia district, an area that borders a national park and a forest reserve. Cocoa... [more]
The Port of Hartlepool in north-east England is part of the PD Ports Group which is one of the major companies driving Teesside’s ambition to become a centre of excellence for the UK wind energy market. PD Ports says it is imperative that the Government has a direct, clear and positive view of the renewables sector, including Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs), funding and planning.
“There is a major reluctance to invest in this sector until the Government sets the level for ROCs which... [more]
Wholesale electricity prices have risen 40 per cent in the last year, while gas has jumped a third in the last two months. as a result, traditional fuel bills are expected to rise by up to 15 per cent by end of the year.
The leap in fuel prices follows the ongoing political crisis in the Middle East and a surge in demand in Japan, when nuclear plants were shut down after the earthquake last month.
More than 25,000 households need to find green ways to heat their homes. With the average an... [more]
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has submitted a written testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing, “Domestic Renewable Fuels: From Ethanol to Advanced Biofuels”. The organization advocates that the Renewable Fuel Standard should provide the market and regulatory certainty necessary to drive private investment and maintain progress in research and development of advanced biofuels.
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s Industrial ... [more]
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