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Cereplast Becomes a Member of Algae Biomass Organization

Cereplast, Inc., a leading manufacturer of proprietary biobased, compostable and sustainable bioplastics, today announced that it has joined the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO).

14 Mar 2013

World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition Presents Sustainability Award to UPM

UPM has received the Sustainability Award 2013 for Breakthrough Innovation in Technology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

14 Mar 2013

Quadrogen Receives $1.5M BCBN Loan to Demonstrate Ultra-Clean Gas Clean-Up Technology

The BC Bioenergy Network ("BCBN"), a provincially-funded leader supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia, announced today a $1.5 million loan to Vancouver based Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc. ("Quadrogen") to demonstrate high performance biogas clean-up to ultra-clean levels at the Village Farms International Inc. (Village Farms) greenhouse adjacent to the City of Vancouver landfill in Delta.

13 Mar 2013

Vaskiluodon Voima Inaugurates Large Biomass Gasification Plant

Vaskiluodon Voima Oy has inaugurated the world's largest biomass gasification plant, which was supplied by Metso, in Vaasa, Finland. The plant was inaugurated by the Finnish Minister of Labour Lauri Ihalainen on March 11th.

12 Mar 2013

Korsair Enters License Agreement for Russian Waste to Energy Technology

Korsair Holdings AG has signed a sales and marketing license agreement for a Russian waste to energy technology. The agreement guarantees to Korsair exclusivity for the territory of the Balkan States.

8 Mar 2013

Novel Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst for Making Synthetic Fuels from Natural Gas and Biomass

Inspired by patents from the 1960’s audio cassette recording industry, UvA chemists now developed a new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. It can be used for the making of synthetic fuels from natural gas and biomass.

7 Mar 2013

New NREL Tool Enables Faster Analysis of Biomass for Biofuels

A screening tool from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) eases and greatly quickens one of the thorniest tasks in the biofuels industry: determining cell wall chemistry to find plants with ideal genes.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 6 Mar 2013

NASA Commences Study on Alternate Biofuel for Flights

NASA researchers have begun a series of flights using the agency's DC-8 flying laboratory to study the effects of alternate biofuel on engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated contrails at altitude.

2 Mar 2013

KIT Realizes Second Process Stage of Bioliq Pilot Plant

On the way to the production of environment-friendly fuels from biomass residue, the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, or KIT for short, in cooperation with the technology partner Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions has realized another important milestone: the second process stage of the bioliq® pilot plant is ready – today, the complex high-pressure entrained flow gasifier bioliq® II was handed over for operation.

1 Mar 2013