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Equity Partners Fund Provides Funding Facility to BioJet

BioJet International, an international supply chain integrator in bio jet fuel and green diesel, has proclaimed that it has obtained a USD 1.2 Billion finance option from Equity Partners Fund, a Cayman- based firm.

11 Feb 2011

Bing Energy Associates with Florida State University to Produce Cheaper, Efficient Fuel Cells

Bing Energy, a company that produces parts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, declared that it has entered into a commercialization accord with Florida State University for sole use of an innovative nanotechnology developed by the University.

4 Feb 2011

Biodiesel from Plant Waste

For the last ten years, biodiesel in the form of fatty acid methyl ester has been promoted as a replacement for fossil-fuel-based diesel fuel. It was soon found that this has its problems because the required plants, such as rape, occupy cropland that can then no longer be used to grow food. A second-generation biodiesel is now supposed to be gained from plant waste.

3 Feb 2011

China Integrated Energy Builds Biodiesel Manufacturing Plant

China Integrated Energy has finished the construction of a new biodiesel manufacturing plant next to its 100,000-ton biodiesel manufacturing plant in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province.

3 Feb 2011

Biomass and Solar Powered Greenhouse Reduces Energy Costs and Improves Crop Yields

Neiker-Tecnalia (The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development) has created an air-conditioned greenhouse using alternative energies that enable the reduction of energy costs, improvements in energy efficiency and an increase in crop yields.

2 Feb 2011

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Announces Technology for Biodiesel Extraction

In the three-day international conference coordinated by the Indo-German Nachkonttakt Association, at Hyderabad, India, the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) declared that it is exploiting the renewable energy sources such as bio fuels, bioelectricity and solar cells.

2 Feb 2011

Detroit Edison Acquires Landfill Gas Project Construction in St. Clair County

Detroit Edison Renewable Energy is planning to expand its RE portfolio by adding a landfill gas project in St. Clair County in Kimball Township, at the Smiths Creek Landfill.

31 Jan 2011

Researchers Study Cow’s Rumen for Sustainable Biofuel Production

Researchers at the University of Illinois have made a significant breakthrough by identifying dozens of microbial enzymes which have been previously unknown to mankind, in the cow’s primary grass-digestion chamber.

31 Jan 2011

NextCAT Receives Funds to Advance Biodiesel Technology

Michigan-based company, Automation Alley, has awarded $250,000 seed funds to NextCAT to commercialize a biodiesel catalyst technology developed at Wayne State University’s National Biofuels Energy.

31 Jan 2011

Enerkem Receives Loan Guarantee for Bio-Ethanol Plant

Enerkem, a waste-to-biofuel generating company, declared that Enerkem Corporation, its fully-owned auxiliary company in the USA, has received a conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for a loan amount of US$ 80 million.

31 Jan 2011