Hydrogen Engine Center Receives Purchase Order from Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc.,, a developer of systems and processes used in the design, manufacture and distribution of alternative fuel internal combustion engines, engine controls and generator systems, has announced the receipt of a purchase order from Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [Hydro] for additional work for grid integration of the 250kW 4+1TM... 

Agresti Biofuels Gets Okay for First ‘Trash to Gas’ Facility in the U.S.

Agresti Biofuels announced that it will begin contract negotiations with Pike County, Ky. for the first commercial municipal solid waste (MSW) to cellulosic ethanol production facility in the United States. The facility and process are completely clean — air and water will not be polluted — and waste materials like plastics, rubber and metal... 

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... 

Gulf Ethanol Completes Phase 1 Design

Gulf Ethanol Corporation has now completed the Phase 1 design enhancements to its cellulosic pre-processing unit. The unit is now back at the company’s R&D facility ready for product testing to begin again this week. The cellulosic feedstock pre-processing unit is designed to process rough feed stocks into tiny particles. This increases... 

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... 

China Domestic Production of Dimethyl Ether is Expected to Reach 4.36 Million Tons in 2008 and 7.84 Million Tons in 2009 and 14.84 Million Tons in 2010

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The Development of China’s Coal-based Alcohol Ether Energy 2008” report to their offering. China’s current energy resources are typified by a huge resource of coal, but a shortage of gas and oil. The total reserves of petroleum and natural gas amounted to 15.5 billion barrels... 

NCGA Thanks EPA for Denying Request to Waive Renewable Fuels Standard

The National Corn Growers Association hailed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision today to deny a request to reduce the renewable fuels standard as growers prepare for the second-largest corn harvest in history and consumers clamor for solutions to high gasoline prices. “We’re very grateful but not surprised by the EPA’s... 

BP and Verenium Announce Significant Partnership to Accelerate the Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol

BP and Verenium Corporation announced the creation of a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. The partnership combines a broad technology platform and operational capabilities in an effort to advance the development of a portfolio of low-cost, environmentally sound cellulosic ethanol production...