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Government of Quebec to Invest $27 Million in First Full-Scale Waste-to-Biofuels Plant

Enerkem, a producer of biofuels and chemicals from waste, and GreenField Ethanol, the largest ethanol company in Canada, have joined forces to construct and operate a first full-scale waste-to-biofuels facility in Varennes, Québec.

9 Feb 2012

OriginOil and INL to Develop Algae to Oil Technology

OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB:OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, today announced its plans to co-develop an integrated system with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for direct conversion of raw algae into a renewable crude oil that can be used by existing petroleum refineries.

15 Jan 2012

Fastest Vegetable Oil-Fueled Vehicle to be Showcased at Washington Auto Show

A team of undergraduate students at the Boise State University have conceptualized, designed and driven the fastest vehicle fuelled by vegetable oil. The vehicle, known as Greenspeed, is to be showcased at the Washington Auto Show being held from Jan. 26 - Feb. 5 in Washington, D.C.

12 Jan 2012

Elite Biogas CHP System Makes Gardiner Farms Energy Independent

Elite Energy Systems, an alternative energy company based in Nevada, has installed a biogas CHP system at the cattle feedlot of Gardiner Farms in Kirkton, Ontario. The farm is producing thermal energy and electricity independently.

11 Jan 2012

Researchers Convert Insect’s Internal Chemicals into Usable Power

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University report a big step towards turning cockroaches into cyborgs. Case Western Reserve chemistry professor Daniel Scherson collaborated with biology research assistant Alan J. Pollack, chemistry professor Irene Lee, biology professor Roy E. Ritzmann, and graduate student Michelle Rasmussen to produce a biofuel cell to provide electricity for various recording devices, sensors or just to control an insect cyborg.

10 Jan 2012

IAC and Adelphi Construction Complete Design-Build Project for Biomass Pellet Plant

Industrial Accessories Company (IAC), along with its fully-owned construction subsidiary, Adelphi Construction, has completed a design-build project for a $6.6M 100,000 ton-per-year biomass pellet plant of Midwest Farmer’s Co-operative.

10 Jan 2012

ZeroPoint Clean Tech’s Biomass Gasification Solution Generates Carbon Negative Heat and Power

ZeroPoint Clean Tech’s biomass gasification solution has provided carbon negative heat and power for its operations in Germany during December 2011.

6 Jan 2012

BASF Invests in Renmatix for Mass Production of Industrial Sugars Using Wood Biomass

BASF will invest $30 million in Renmatix, a technology firm based in the United States, through its subsidiary, BASF Biorenewable Beteiligungs. The BASF subsidiary headed a $50 million funding round that also included current and new investors.

4 Jan 2012

Evogene to Form New Company to Develop Advanced Biofuel Feedstock

Evogene announced that it has formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Evofuel, in order to concentrate on seed development for the second-generation biofuel feedstock.

4 Jan 2012

Noble Energy Discovers Natural Gas Along Coast of Republic of Cyprus

Noble Energy has discovered the presence of natural gas along the coast of Cyprus Block 12 prospect, offshore the Republic of Cyprus. The Cyprus A-1 well that was discovered contained 310 feet of net natural gas pay present in multiple high-quality Miocene sand intervals.

30 Dec 2011