Latest Biofuels and bio-energy product news
Solazyme, Inc. has completed delivery of over 20,000 gallons of algal-derived shipboard fuel to the U.S. Navy, constituting the world’s largest delivery of 100% microbial-derived, non-alcohol, advanced biofuel. This delivery was in satisfaction of a contract announced in 2009 and included refining partner Honeywell’s UOP and their proprietary UOP/Eni EcofiningTM process technology.
Solazyme also announced the signing of a new contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a research ... [more]
Kettering University and officials from Swedish Biogas International and the City of Flint have unveiled Flint's first biomethane fuel truck.
Kettering University President Stan Liberty officiated at the ceremony and introduced Flint Mayor Dayne Walling who said, “The city is proud to be a partner with this world-class research university right here in Flint.”
Students, working with faculty members at Kettering University, converted a 2500HD Chevy Silverado to run on a dual-fuel system. Th... [more]
Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has been designed by Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to evaluate microgeneration products and installers to ensure they meet robust criteria. The aims of the scheme are to help establish the quality and reliability of the burgeoning microgeneration industry, to provide consumer confidence that both products and installers reach the exacting standards required and make a substantial contribution towards cutting the UK’s dependency on foss... [more]
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]
National Grid has drawn up a new concept for using local waste resources to provide local renewable gas. The blueprint for what are being called an Urban Energy Centres sets out a nationwide solution to providing renewable heat by efficiently harnessing the energy output from an integrated waste management system.
The concept outlines how waste streams from homes and businesses could be turned into renewable gas to maximise energy recovery:
o A centre, which could be sited at an in... [more]
The U.S. Department of Energy has identified switchgrass as an ideal dedicated energy crop. As a perennial, once established, switchgrass requires little or no tilling and minimal nitrogen fertilizer and other crop inputs. It can grow over nine feet high with deep roots that can sequester carbon in the root biomass instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. Similarly, fast-growing high-biomass (non-grain) sorghum hybrids can reach 20 feet tall, while requiring much less water than conventional... [more]
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