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Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Swine Waste-to-Energy Facility in North Carolina

The official ribbon cutting ceremony took place today at the Storms Hog Power (SHP) facility at the Storms Hog Farm near Bladenboro, North Carolina. The 600 kW facility is North Carolina’s largest swine waste-to-energy system operating at full capacity.

30 Jun 2014

VIASPACE Provides Update on Giant King Grass Fueled, 7 MW Biogas Power Plant on St. Croix

VIASPACE Inc. today issued an update regarding the progress of the Tibbar Energy, Giant King Grass fueled, 7-megawatt biogas power plant on the island of St. Croix. The power plant will supply clean and renewable electricity created from VIASPACE Giant King Grass (GKG) to the Virgin Island Water and Power Authority (WAPA) for at least the next 25 years.

27 Jun 2014

European Power Entity Places Order for Vega Biofuels’ Torrefied Bio-Coal

VEGA BIOFUELS, INC. confirmed today that it has received an order to ship its Bio-Coal product to European Power Companies.

26 Jun 2014

Mathematical Model May Help Minimize Costs of TOSA Ultra-Rapid Rechargeable Electric Bus System

EPFL scientists have developed a mathematical model to minimize the infrastructure and operational costs of the TOSA ultra-rapid rechargeable electric bus system.

26 Jun 2014

DOE's JBEI Unveils First Glycosyltransferase Clone Collection for Advanced Biofuels Research

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have unveiled the first glycosyltransferase clone collection specifically targeted for the study of the biosynthesis of plant cell walls.

24 Jun 2014

UPM Signs Sales Agreement with NEOT for UPM BioVerno Renewable Diesel

UPM has signed a sales agreement for UPM BioVerno renewable diesel, produced in UPM's Lappeenranta Biorefinery, with NEOT (North European Oil Trade). NEOT specialises in oil and biofuels wholesale. Large Finnish service stations, ABC, St1 and Shell, get their fuels from NEOT.

17 Jun 2014

REG Takes Full Ownership of Dynamic Fuels’ Renewable Diesel Biorefinery

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, REG Synthetic Fuels, LLC, has completed its acquisition of the remaining 50% ownership interest in Dynamic Fuels, LLC, previously owned by Tyson Foods, Inc.

10 Jun 2014

UPM BioVerno Diesel Selected as a Finalist in Sustainable Energy Europe Awards

Renewable UPM BioVerno diesel has been shortlisted in the “Travelling” category of the Sustainable Energy Europe Awards 2014. Projects in the “Travelling” category have to do with mobility of people and goods in energy-efficient ways or with the help of renewable energy sources.

9 Jun 2014

New Information on Working Mechanism of Novel Enzymes to Breakdown Hard-to-Digest Biomass

Scientists at the University of York are playing a key role in the quest for a better understanding of how a recently discovered family of enzymes can degrade hard-to-digest biomass into its constituent sugars.

9 Jun 2014

DEINOVE Enters Collaboration Agreement with ABENGOA

DEINOVE, a cleantech company that designs and develops a new generation of industrial processes based on the exploitation of Deinococcus bacteria, announces the signing of a collaboration agreement with ABENGOA, one of the world's leading bioethanol producer, with the support of Bpifrance.

4 Jun 2014