All Entries in the "Consumers & Fleets" Category
American Coalition for Ethanol elects Lars Herseth as president
The American Coalition for Ethanol elected Lars Herseth, a farmer from South Dakota famer, as president of the Coalition. Hanseth is the father of and South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin – Herseth himself was for 20 years a South Dakota state kegislator.
Brazil’s GOL to join Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group
In Brazil, the low cost Brazilian airline GOL has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), and will become a part of the group’s drive to reduce fuel costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions — including in-depth examination of jatropha and algae jet fuel in terms of lifecycle green house gas emissions and the [...]
International Algae Congress, themed “Performance and potential of phototrophic aquaculture,” looks at microcrops upstream and downstream
In Germany, the International Algae Congress, themed “Performance and potential of phototrophic aquaculture,” will take place December 1-2 at the Hotel Hafen in Hamburg, Germany. Session topics include: Microcrops – biomass & biofuel; Production & productivity; Processing & down streaming – separation, drying, extraction, high value & by products; Material balances, and Integrated systems.
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Ricardo engine supports “any mixture of gasoline and ethanol with thermal efficiency equal to diesel engines.”
“Recent news that a 5-member team including Algenol and Dow Chemical plans commercialization of $1/gal (commodity cost) ethanol from algae,” writes Digest contributor in Bob Brooks, in an article which originally appeared in AI Online, “coincides with information that Ricardo engineers have developed a spark ignited engine able to sense and adjust automatically to any [...]
Indiana Biomass Business Conference to be held February 9-10, 2010 in Indianapolis
In Indiana, the Biofuels Institute announced their Indiana Biomass Business Conference will be held February 9-10, 2010, at the Omni Severin Hotel in Indianapolis.The conference seeks to further the growth of Indiana’s biomass-to-energy industry through its focus on the benefits of operating in Indiana, the resources that are available within the state, and the various [...]
Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit convenes 11/30 in British Columbia
In Canada, the Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit will be held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia – November 30 – December 2, 2009. Among the speakers are Bob Dinneen, President & CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, Joe Jobe, the CEO of the ?National Biodiesel Board, and Hon. Lisa Raitt, Federal Minister [...]
Deloitte’s “Energy Security – America’s Best Defense” report recommends more biofuels for DoD
In Washington, Deloitte released a new report “Energy Security – America’s Best Defense,” finding a 175 percent increase in gallons of fuel used per day, per United States soldier during wartime since the Vietnam conflict. The report provides recommendations for consideration by the U.S. Department of Defense for becoming more energy efficient and energy secure.
Recommendations include: [...]
Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council convenes November 17 in Memphis
The Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council convenes on November 17 in Memphis — University of Tennessee President Emeritus Dr. Joe Johnson will keynote, with presentations on a Regional Strategy Plan for Biobased products, Biomass Logistics Assessment of the Delta Region, Portable biomass energy production, Biofuels Trends and Changes and an update on the [...]
18th European Biomass Conference to convene May 3-7 in Lyon, France – 1500 attendees expected
In France, the 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition will take place in Lyon, May 3-7, 2010. France. The Conference is expected to attract about 1,500 participants from more than 70 countries.
The Conference will be chaired by Prof. Josef Spitzer, Joanneum Research, Austria, and IEA Bioenergy Executive Committee Chairman. The Technical Programme Coordination will be supported [...]
International Algae Congress convenes in Hamburg on December 1-2
In Germany, the International Algae Congress will convene DEcember 1-2, 2009 in Hamburg. In attendance are delegates from: Evonik Degussa, University of Groningen, Exxonmobil, CTI BioChemicals, Ghent University, German Renewable Energy Federation, Danish Food Industry Agency, WageningenUR, European Society of Microalgal Biotechnology, European Commission, European Algae Biomass Association and the Danish Technological Institute.


