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Bioenergy News for February 2009
A joint initiative with the public and private sector for making greater use of anaerobic digestion for bioenergy production has been announced in the UK.
27 February, 2009
Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) has launched a range of sealing solutions that have been specially developed by PPE for manufacturers, handlers, processors and carriers of biofuels.
24 February, 2009
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has launched a Renewable Energy Incentive Program for 2009.
20 February, 2009
Third-generation biorefinery commissioned
20 February, 2009
In connection with the £27 million announced for bioenergy research by the main UK funding agency for the biosciences - the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), renewable energy focus looks into some of the projects that could benefit from this cash injection.
17 February, 2009
The US$789 billion economic stimulus bill, which includes provision for renewable energy, has been passed by the US Congress and endorsed by President Barack Obama.
17 February, 2009
A project to develop process steps allowing biomass feedstock to be co-fed to a conventional oil refinery with energy and oxygenated chemicals as co-products, has been launched by the European Commission (EC).
16 February, 2009
The US Departments of Energy (DoE) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have announced up to US$25 million in funding for research and development of technologies and processes to produce biofuels, bioenergy, and high-value bio-based products.
12 February, 2009
Novozymes and Chinese COFCO have entered a partnership with the Chinese oil and energy company Sinopec to develop bioethanol from agricultural waste.
09 February, 2009
AllGreen Energy India will launch 10 biomass based renewable energy projects in India in the next two to three years.
06 February, 2009
Up to half the UK’s domestic gas heating could be met by turning waste into biogas, according to a report from National Grid.
06 February, 2009
At APP's International Algae Congress held in Amsterdam towards the end of 2008, there was a consensus that the capability to cultivate microalgae in sufficient volumes for biofuel production on a commercial basis was nearing reality. But one of the biggest pinch points that remains is how to extract the oil from the microalgae biomass in an efficient, cost effective manner. How, after all, can one extract such a small quantity of oil from each microbial algae cell?
01 February, 2009