Springboard Biodiesel, announced today that it has developed patent-pending biodiesel processing acceleration technology that doubles the capacity of its BioPro biodiesel processors. Springboard Biodiesel’s processing line will now comfortably serve users with an even broader range of processing needs — up to 36,000 gallons annually —...
Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced plans to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Highlands County, Florida. The Company has entered into long-term agreements with Lykes Bros. Inc., a multi-generation Florida agri-business...
Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation announced that it had entered into a commercial agreement to support the development of a pyrolysis plant in China based on its proprietary technology. In accordance with the agreement, Dynamotive will provide process and engineering support for the development of a plant to be located in the Henan province in the...
Terrabon, L.L.C. held dedication ceremonies Friday, November 7, for its new Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas. The event marked completion of the facility, christened Energy Independence I, which will confirm the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of the Company’s MixAlco(TM) technology. MixAlco converts readily-available, low-cost,...
Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., a Los Angeles based biofuel feedstock development and operations company, announced today the acquisition of Technology Alternatives Ltd. (“TAL”), a Belizean based Jatropha producer, for stock and the assumption of existing debt. TAL owns and operates a 400 acre actively producing Jatropha farm in subtropical...
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc., a company changing the world’s transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has been invited to present at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum-West (REFF-West) being held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seattle on October 27-28, 2008. BlueFire Ethanol CFO, Christopher Scott,...
Sustainable Power Corp. announced today that it has tested standard Municipal Solid Waste in the Company’s reactors and not only was the company successful in producing biofuels in the process, but was able to obtain results which exceeded what it had accomplished with its other fuel stocks. The Company has already commenced discussions with substantial...
International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement...
Seven years ago this week, the United States was attacked on September 11. Since this event, the US military, congress, and departments of energy, agriculture and defense have increased the volume of initiatives to promote renewable alternatives for energy independence. There is a growing sense of urgency for the US to produce alternatives to foreign...
Sustainable Power Corp. announced today that in furtherance of its agreement with Texas Power Systems, it has completed testing of TPS’s generators with the biofuel product taken DIRECTLY from Sustainable Power’s reactors. These tests prove that Sustainable Power can utilize the biocrude from its reactors directly in the TPS generators...