In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association issued its own top 5 Ethanol Stories to Watch in 2012: 1. First commercial availability of E15 blends for MY2001 and newer vehicles. 2. Free and fair trade of ethanol. 3. “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!” The upcoming year promises to see a great deal […]
In Canada, the city of Vancouver, British Colombia is looking for international companies to bid on a new high-tech garbage incineration and gasification system. One contract will be for a waste-to-energy incinerator that can handle at least 500,000 tons. The other, which will be open to company with alternative technologies, will be for 100,000 tons. […]
In Israel, two Israeli scientists, Dr. Sobhi Basheer and Dr. Ahmed Tafesh of TransBiodiesel, have developed a new process by which any oil, including leftovers of fast food joints, or “falafel stands,” can be turned into biodiesel, without requiring much energy in the process. The scientists developed a biological enzyme that allows the transformation of […]
In Fiji, the rates of unemployment and migration towards the mainland are increasing due to low trade levels between Fiji and the neighboring island country of Tuvalu. The island’s workforce is comprised mainly of self-employed farmers and civil servants and migration has left only 1900 people on Fiji’s most remote northern island of Rotuma. According […]
In New Jersey, Johnson and Johnson has launched a new Sundown line of sun care products in new packaging. The packaging consists of 40% recycled material and 60% polyethylene that is made from sugarcane based ethanol, made by Braskem.
In New Jersey, Johnson and Johnson has launched a new Sundown line of sun care products in new packaging. The packaging consists of 40% recycled material and 60% polyethylene that is made from sugarcane based ethanol, made by Braskem.
Today on Twitter. gerfingerpoken: @prismsinc (IBD) Congress Shucks Corn Ethanol Subsidies, Not Fuel Mandates – the green scam continues EnrgyMgt: CoolPlanet BioFuels has unusually famous investors like GE, Google, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips tommy_whitmore: Malaysian Research On Jatropha Could Provide Key Biofuels Future dsombke: My Voice: Next step for #ethanol is to invest in infrastructure
Today on Twitter. gerfingerpoken: @prismsinc (IBD) Congress Shucks Corn Ethanol Subsidies, Not Fuel Mandates – the green scam continues EnrgyMgt: CoolPlanet BioFuels has unusually famous investors like GE, Google, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips tommy_whitmore: Malaysian Research On Jatropha Could Provide Key Biofuels Future dsombke: My Voice: Next step for #ethanol is to invest in infrastructure
In the UK, two researchers at the University of Manchester have solved the problem of what to do with a global surplus of glycerol, a by-product from the biodiesel manufacturing process. The research was funded by the university, which has now secured a patent on the process. Dr. Constantinos Theodoropoulos and Prof. Colin Webb from […]
In the United Arab Emirates, the Government has banned non-biodegradable plastic bags, starting in 2013. The Ministry of Environment and Water released statistics demonstrating that 12 billion plastic bags are used annually. The article cites numbers that camel deaths from eating plastic have increased from 33% to 50%. The article notes that this may have […]
