Biofuel, biodiesel and biomass technology news articles 
Viessmann will present at Ecobuild an easy integration of renewable heating products
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 solar thermal system ranges, as well as from Viessmann’s biomass (4 kW to 1,250 kW) offering. Viess... [more]
PDM plans to invest in Anaerobic Digestion in 2012
PDM, the UK’s largest food waste recycler, has announced plans to invest a further £40 million in developing its network of ReFood anaerobic digestion (AD) plants this year. This investment will result in two new plants located in Widnes and East London. The announcement follows the completion of the company’s first AD plant at its headquarters in Doncaster. The two new plants will each double the recycling capacity of Doncaster, each handling around 90,000 tonnes of food waste each year and producing 4MWs of renewable energy. Subject to planning, the facility in Widnes will be built on ... [more]
Thai Airways operated First Passenger Biofuel Flight in Asia
Last week, Thai Airways International (THAI) was the first airline in Asia to fly a commercial passenger flight using biofuels to support the Company’s Travel Green initiative which is part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. THAI operated the first passenger biofuels flight on December 22nd from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Passengers consisted of 100 students and professors who have been invited to join the special flight. Revenues from the journey went towards developing renewable energy in Thailand. Mr. Piyasvasti Amranand, THAI’s President, commented: “THAI has developed... [more]
Carbon free energy system presented at Energy Roadmap 2050
In March 2011, the European Commission published the overall decarbonisation roadmap covering the whole economy. All sectors, power generation, transport, residential, industry and agriculture, were analysed. The Commission has also been preparing sectoral roadmaps, among which the Energy Roadmap 2050 is the last one, focusing on the whole energy sector. In order to cut emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be almost carbon-free. How to achieve this without disrupting energy supplies and competitiveness is the question answered by the Energy Roadmap 2050 th... [more]
Greenpeace and Facebook collaborate to promote renewable energy
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 result of the announcement the campaign ends today. "Greenpeace and Facebook will now work togeth... [more]
