Australian group converts algae to ‘green crude’
June 17, 2013
(BUSINESS SPECTATOR) Australian company Muradel has converted algae into ‘green crude’ at pilot scale. [Read more...]
Investors to spend more on palm oil refineries in Indonesia
June 10, 2013
(JAKARTA POST) Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, will spend at least US$2.7 billion to build crude palm oil (CPO) processing facilities until 2014 to further boost the country’s CPO production capacity, an executive from the palm oil producer association has said. [Read more...]
In a Major Milestone, Hydrogen/Biogas Successfully Used to Power Generator
June 7, 2013
(MARKETWATCH) In a significant scientific and environmental achievement, a combined team of engineers and technicians from Ad Astra Rocket Company and Cummins Power Generation, a business unit of global power leader Cummins Inc. have successfully powered a Cummins-built electrical generator using mixtures of hydrogen and biogas. [Read more...]
Indian Oil Corp achieves bio-diesel technological breakthrough
May 21, 2013
(ECONOMIC TIMES) State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) today said it has developed technology that will help advance the use of non-edible oil extracted from plants like Jatropha (bio-diesel) in auto fuels. [Read more...]
The World’s Biggest Producers Of Palm Oil Are Running Out Of Land
May 15, 2013
(BUSINESS INSIDER) The world is hungry for palm oil, but as the biggest producer countries run out of viable land for planting palm trees, the production landscape is shifting. [Read more...]
Biogas upgrading facility begins operations, makes fuel for milk delivery trucks
May 13, 2013
(BIOMASS MAGAZINE) A project in Indiana is upgrading biogas into transportation-quality fuel. Anaergia Inc. designed, built and now operates the facility, located at Fair Oaks Farms. [Read more...]
Biomass: When could torrefaction be commercially viable?
May 11, 2013
(RENEWABLE ENERGY FOCUS) The pros and cons of the roasting process – torrefaction – for biomass crops is now under scrutiny as never before by university research teams around the UK, as Andrew Mourant reports. [Read more...]
OptimaBIOGAS modeling platform helps North Carolina harness waste-to-energy and reduce emissions
May 8, 2013
The final report for Duke University’s groundbreaking biogas research project has been released.
It reveals the development of a pioneering economic analysis modeling platform that incorporates all aspects of a statewide biogas-to-electricity infrastructure.
Duke’s announcement, Study Evaluates Strategies for Generating Electricity From Hog Waste, says that the economics can work out good for a scaled-up biogas infrastructure in North Carolina. It has just never been done before. [Read more...]
Young leaders in Vietnam lift rural areas out of poverty with biogas
April 29, 2013
(VIETNAM.NET) Lan and Huong are two of 600 young intellectuals who have been assigned to work as deputy chairmen in poor areas. [Read more...]
