Teams Prepare for Round Two in the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize Competition

Ideas for new green-energy businesses ranging from a credit card bonus points program to fund renewable energy projects to a speed bump that generates electricity for roadside electronics will go head to head Jan. 21 in Round-2 competition for the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize. The competition, presented by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan... 

Springboard Biodiesel Announces Patent-Pending Biodiesel Processing Acceleration Technology

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 —... 

Dynamotive Signs Agreement for Development of Plant in China

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 Dedicates Energy Independence I, an Advanced Biofuels Research Facility in Bryan, Texas

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 Acquires Operating Jatropha Farm in Belize

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... 

Sustainable Power Corp. Turns Municipal Solid Waste Into Energy

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 Announces Breakthrough Diagnostic Technology for Algae-Derived Biofuels

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... 

AE Biofuels Celebrates Opening of Integrated Cellulosic Ethanol Commercial Demonstration Facility

AE Biofuels Inc., a global vertically integrated biofuels company, today celebrated the grand opening of its integrated cellulosic ethanol commercial demonstration facility in Butte, Montana. One of the first such cellulosic demonstration plants in the United States, and the first to integrate the use of both cellulose and starch based feedstocks, the... 

BIO Supports EPA Denial of Renewable Fuel Standard Waiver

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) provides crucial support and incentives for companies to invest in new biorefineries to bring advanced biofuels to the pump. Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President & CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement expressing the industry’s support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s... 

We Energies, Madison Gas & Electric, Wisconsin Public Power Commit to Additional Environmental Initiatives

We Energies, Madison Gas & Electric and Wisconsin Public Power today announced a significant new commitment to environmental initiatives. They include reductions in greenhouse gases, investments in additional renewable energy resources, funding to protect Lake Michigan’s ecosystem and the retirement of older, less-efficient generation. “Coupled...