Biofuels

GreenField, Enerkem to build waste to ethanol plant in Edmonton

David Ehrlich — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:29:47 -0400

The $70 million plant will initially produce 36 million liters of biofuels per year.

Freedom Prize takes off

David Ehrlich — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:39:19 -0400

No, not Freedom Fries. It's the Freedom Prize.

Backed by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Freedom Prize Foundation is putting up more $4 million in awards for new renewable energy technologies.

Freedom Prizes of $500,000 to $1 million will be awarded for innovative deployment of existing technologies in five categories, including industry, military, schools, government and community.

The Freedom Prize was established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which authorized the DOE to support the foundation, but co-founder Josh Becker told the Cleantech Group it was a long road to get to this point.

VeraSun delays startup of North Dakota biorefinery

David Ehrlich — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:33:10 -0400

This is the third facility this month that VeraSun has delayed due to market conditions.

Novozymes to build new facility in Nebraska

David Ehrlich — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:36:56 -0400

The plant will produce enzymes for existing corn-based ethanol and later enzymes for cellulosic ethanol production.

Japan Airlines plans cellulosic biofuels flight

David Ehrlich — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:32:00 -0400

The company will work with Boeing and Pratt & Whitney on the demonstration flight.

U.K.'s Battersea Power Station to go green

David Ehrlich — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:38:43 -0400

The iconic site is part of an ambitious $8 billion makeover, to include renewable energy and natural ventilation.

Rubber, water and waste get investor interest

David Ehrlich — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:56:52 -0400

A desalination components group sets terms for an IPO, and a rubber recycling company and waste conversion firm pull in some cash, along with 13 other deals we spotted over the past week.

Gasrec starts fuel production at U.K. biomethane project

David Ehrlich — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:59:43 -0400

The company is working with Suez and the Linde Group on the production of liquid biomethane fuel.

Inventure Chemical, Seambiotic in algae biofuel venture

David Ehrlich — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:07:07 -0400

They plan to build a pilot plant in Israel, using algae created from CO2 emissions as feedstock.

GreenFuel appoints new permanent CEO

Carli Ghelfi — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:45:50 -0400

Former Dow Chemical executive to also join company’s board of directors.