FuturaGene and EMBRAPA sign agreement on bio-fuel feedstock research
Thursday, 29 November 2012 Dan McCue FuturaGene, a biopower and biofuel feedstock company, has signed a Cooperation Framework Agreement with EMBRAPA, (Empresa brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária) the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture re...
Heat recovery and energy efficiency good for pocket and environment
Wednesday, 08 February 2012 REM Oilon, a privately owned Finnish company, is highlighting how using the most advanced technology in combustion of oil and gas can provide significant savings in overall energy consumption. Modern ox...
Sweetened or energized: the sugarcane dilemma
Thursday, 15 December 2011 Noor-Hal Cuellar A big welcome to Noor-Hal Cuellar, the latest blogger to join our ranks. Noor is a graduate of Cambridge University and describes herself as a freelance bioenergy professional. She hopes to share her ...
Alstom announces significant moves in wind, hydro in the Brazilian market
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 Dan McCueFrench energy company Alstom is investing more than €26 million in Brazil to open its first wind turbine plant on the South American continent and to build a new hydro power research centre.
REM update
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011 REM How time files! After the launch of our new look website and Twitter account in February, we’re already in August. Since the year begun, Renewable Energy Magazine has published over 820 articles...
Considerations of ecological sustainability of the Brazilian Biodiesel Program
Thursday, 16 June 2011 Alex Koberle Alex Koberle knows a lot about the Latin American energy sector, and in the first of his blog series entitled "In the energy mix", he looks at the environmental impact of Brazil's biodiesel program. A...
Latin America
Development funding driving wind growth in Latin America
Wednesday, 27 April 2011 Toby Price Around Latin America, funding from several development banks and foreign investors is enabling an increasing amount of wind capacity to be installed. The Dominican Republic, Argentina and Brazil are a...
Brazil
Finnish biomass researchers head to Sao Paulo
Thursday, 14 April 2011 Increasing demand for biomass and sustainable development technologies brings a Finnish research centre to Sao Paulo in Brazil. VTT Technical Research Centre’s objective is to “optimise th...
Brazil
Brazilian utility buys wind developer Jantus
Friday, 08 April 2011Brazilian utility CPFL Energia SA has bought Jantus, which has the largest portfolio of wind farms in operation in the country, from Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Obama visit to Brazil gives biofuel a boost
Thursday, 24 March 2011 Two important announcements involving renewable energy were made recently during US President Barack Obama's official visit to Brazil, both directly relevant to Brazil's successful sugarcane ethanol i...
Vestas receives 155.1 MW order for Mexico
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