Zeus Conference to Explore Reducing Capital Costs and Increasing Flexibility With Advanced Gasification Technologies

Emerging gasification technologies could rapidly advance gasification deployment in the next five to ten years and are being used in advanced, modular systems that significantly reduce capital and plant-operating costs. Prefabricated-gasification systems are easily built and transported to the site. Pending CO2 laws have also created an opportunity... 

America Has the Ability, Talent to Meet Climate Challenge

Below are excerpts from a speech Duke Energy Chairman, President and CEO Jim Rogers gave Aug. 21 to the World Affairs Council of Charlotte. I believe it’s time for us to move toward solutions that bridge the gap from today’s technology ideas to tomorrow’s commercial solutions. During this transition, we need to use all of the fuels... 

American Alternative Energy Systems Corp. Announces Waste to Energy Rights Acquisition

American Alternative Energy Systems Energy Corp. company president Jeff Kulman announced today that the Company has reached an agreement in principle with Waste to Energy (Canada) Gasification Systems Inc. of Toronto, Ontario to obtain the distribution rights to the patented Waste to Energy (“WTE”) downdraft gasifier technology for the Americas.... 

Eastman Licenses Reduced Sulfur Start-Up Technology to Hydrogen Energy International

Hydrogen Energy International LLC and Eastman Chemical Company announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Eastman to license to HEI its proprietary Reduced Sulfur Start-Up Technology. This patented technology allows for the operational startup of gasification reactors using a sulfur-free fuel to mitigate a source of sulfur emission during... 

Earth Search Sciences Appoints New Chief Scientist

Earth Search Sciences, Inc., a technology company focused on the development of domestic, inland oil resources, today announced the appointment of a key addition to its senior management team. Michael D. Lockhart has been appointed as Earth Search’s Chief Scientist. As Chief Scientist, Lockhart is responsible for developing and implementing a... 

SES Obtains Approvals for Expansion of Hai Hua Gasification Project

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. has announced that its 95%-owned joint venture project with Shandong Hai Hua Coal & Chemical Company Ltd. (“SHHCCC”) obtained key government approvals for the expansion (“Phase II”) of its existing Hai Hua project in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, China. The Phase II expansion will result... 

Nexterra Biomass Gasification Ready to Displace Fossil Fuels in Lime Kilns and Boilers

After two years of biomass gasification testing at the company’s Product Development Centre in Kamloops, BC, Nexterra Energy Corp. has confirmed that renewable synthesis gas, or “syngas”, produced by its gasifier has the ability to displace at least 60 per cent of fossil fuels used in lime kilns. Depending on the biomass feedstock... 

Leaf Completes a $10 Million Investment in MaxWest Environmental Systems, Inc.

Leaf Clean Energy Company, an AIM listed company incorporated for the purpose of investing in clean energy companies and projects in North America, is pleased to announce the completion of a $10 million Series A preferred stock financing in MaxWest Environmental Systems, Inc. (“MaxWest”). MaxWest seeks to deploy proprietary waste-to-energy... 

GEECF: Spectrum Launches Zero Waste Philippines and Gears Towards Cheap Green Energy

Spectrum Blue Steel Corporation had launched this week the Blueprint for Zero Waste Philippines with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with Morong, Rizal Mayor Joseph Buenaventura for the establishment of a pilot Biosphere Gasification Power Plant. Morong, Rizal, a small town with a population of only 52,000 people and 10,000 households is the... 

Rentech Successfully Produces Ultra Clean Synthetic Fuels at Colorado Facility

Rentech, Inc. announced that the Company has successfully produced synthetic fuels at its Product Demonstration Unit (PDU) in Commerce City, Colorado. Rentech’s PDU is the only synthetic fuels facility in the United States today producing transportation fuels. The facility is designed to produce approximately 420 gallons per day of synthetic jet and...