Freedom Environmental Services is proposing to develop an advanced waste-to-energy facility and wastewater treatment plant in Brevard County, Florida. The company has signed a contract for 26 acres of undeveloped land for the proposed plant.
Four Rivers BioFuels Limited, the UK subsidiary of Four Rivers BioEnergy Inc., has signed an agreement with BP’s wholly owned subsidiary, BP Oil International Limited for the sale of EN 14214 specification biodiesel from its facility in UK. As per the agreement, the company will be selling a minimum quantity of 60,000 metric tonnes of this blended diesel for an initial term of five years.
The use of E20 fuel, which is a blend of 20% ethanol with gasoline, in automobiles reduces the emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons when compared with E10 fuel or ordinary gasoline, according to a research by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. The performance of the vehicle with regard to its drivability or maintenance of the traditional internal combustion engines were also not affected by using this fuel, according to the study.
An important milestone has been achieved with the successful test flight of a U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II that was powered by camelina-based jet fuel blended with conventional jet fuel in 1:1 ratio. The camelina-based fuel was produced by Sustainable Oils, a manufacturer of renewable, low carbon fuels. This is the first time that all the engines in a plane used biomass fuel blended with traditional jet fuel. On 25th March, the flight took place at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida for a period of 90 minutes.
An important report titled "Global Trade and Environmental Impact of the EU Biofuels Mandate" from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has revealed that European countries can cut down carbon emissions in the transport sector by using Brazilian sugarcane-based ethanol—the most emission free biofuel. When compared to petrol, this biofuel cuts down emissions of greenhouse gases by approximately 90%.
In the spring meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Edinburgh, researchers described how alcohols could be obtained from sugars through engineered yeast making the production of biofuels cost-effective as well as environmentally friendly.
According to a new report released by Report Buyer, by the year 2015, the biofuel market across the world will reach US$ 61.5 billion. The report, Biofuels - A Global Market Overview, projects that the market for biofuels will grow 12.9% CAGR from 2006 to 2015.
According to the projections in the "Camelina Aviation Biofuels Market Opportunity and Renewable Energy Strategy Report," released by Biomass Advisors’ biofuels market researchers, the production of Camelina biofuel is set to reach one billion gallons by the year 2025. The report also projected that 25,000 new jobs will be created in the sector and generate new revenues of more than $5.5 billion as well as produce new agricultural income amounting to $3.5 billion for the farmers in Canada and the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a series of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with 3M, the St. Paul, Minn.-based technology company. The agreements between NREL and 3M establish joint investigations in three key areas of innovation: thin-film photovoltaics, concentrating solar power and biofuels.
The first demonstration plant in the world that converts plant sugars into gasoline blend components and gasoline instead of ethanol has commenced production. This was announced by Virent Energy Systems and Shell. This is the latest step since the announcement of a collaborative biogasoline research and development initiative in March 2008 by both the companies.
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