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Thailand partnership in $40-million biodiesel initiative |
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PTT Public Company, Thailand's state-owned oil firm, and Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), a leading agro-industrial and foods conglomerate, have signed an initial agreement to develop biodiesel, according to a PTT senior official.
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GS CleanTech acquires NextGen biodiesel technology |
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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GS CleanTech Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VRDM - News) today announced the signing of an agreement with NextGen Fuel, Inc. for the rights to distribute and use NextGen's continuous-flow, multi-feedstock biodiesel process technology.
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Dutch survey shows 90% of fleet vehicles can convert to biofuel |
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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50 fleets of vehicles totalling 4500 cars and trucks in three nothern Dutch provinces are being
included in an extensive survey of fleet vehicles. The results of the
first 30 fleet surveys were presented yesterday.
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Bioro, Alco BioFuel plan 500,000-ton biofuel capacity in Belgium |
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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Biofuel investors Bioro and Alco BioFuel plan to invest in Europe's largest biodiesel and ethanol production plants in the Gent region of Belgium. Over the next few
months the federal government will decide which municipalities will host these plants.
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Ethanol in China's 5-year energy plan |
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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China
is considering reforming its energy policy in order to reduce its reliance on imported oil and domestically produced, but heavily polluting, coal. The government plans instead to encourage the production and use of ethanol. Policymakers will make the decision at the end of 2006, and the decision is expected to include a
compulsory percentage of ethanol in transport fuels.
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Go ahead given for ethanol dehydration plant in the BVI |
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Tuesday, 18 July 2006 |
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A permit to construct an ethanol dehydration facility on the island of St. Croix has been granted to GeoNet Ethanol. The state-of-the-art ethanol plant, with more than 100 million gallon a year dehydration capacity, will be supplied by Dedini Industrias de Base, Piracicaba, Brazil. Demar Ltd, Houston, TX, will provide the engineering, procurement, project management, and construction supervision services for the dehydration unit.
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Partnership will help develop new energy crops |
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Tuesday, 18 July 2006 |
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The John Innes Centre (JIC) has recently entered into a partnership with the US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Energy (DOE) to study the genome of the grass Brachypodium as part of the Joint Genome Institute’s Community Sequencing Programme. The genetic information from this project will be used as a template for analysing the much larger and more complex genomes of wheat and barley which will accelerate progress towards improving food production and help develop sustainable production of biofuel from grass crops.
Comparison of Brachypodium and Arabidopsis.
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Southern California Edison seeks long-term renewable power contracts |
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Tuesday, 18 July 2006 |
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Southern California Edison launched its fourth solicitation for renewable power contracts since 2002, the company said Friday. The company is looking for long-term contracts of 10, 15, or 20 years with companies developing cost-effective, renewable power projects such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, or small hydro energy projects,
according to a release. It will hold a proposal conference August 10.
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GS CleanTech makes biodiesel from chicken fat |
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Tuesday, 18 July 2006 |
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GS CleanTech Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VRDM - News) today announced its execution of an agreement with an Arkansas-based poultry processing facility to extract more than one million pounds of poultry fat annually from the facility's waste streams for conversion into a biodiesel feedstock using GS CleanTech's proprietary animal fat recycling and conversion technologies.
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