Vega Biofuels to provide European power companies samples for testing
Thursday, 10 January 2013 REMVega Biofuels, Inc. will start shipping samples of torrefied pellets to European power companies for testing. The samples will be ready for shipping by the end of January.
AgriLife Research gets grant to crack biofuel production waste issue
Thursday, 10 January 2013 REMA scientist with Texas A&M AgriLife Research in the US has begun work on a way to “engineer” a microbe to break lignin into lipid which can then be used to make more fuel.
Algae biomass organization expands depth and breadth of membership
Thursday, 10 January 2013 REM New memberships in the Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the algae industry, reflected a wider range of industries in 2012, driven by the increasing impact of algae technology as a...
DECC awards £292,000 boost for bioenergy innovation
Wednesday, 09 January 2013 Robin WhitlockBritish entrepreneurs awarded funds as part of government bioenergy competition
Netherlands
199 million Euros subsidy granted to Dutch biomass refinery project
Tuesday, 08 January 2013 Robin WhitlockThe Woodspirit project will make a significant contribution to the availability of biomass materials in the Netherlands
Solid state energy device to generate energy from waste heat
Friday, 04 January 2013 Robin WhitlockCDP’s TC3 solid state energy device generates electrical current from heat, solar and geothermal sources
Thai industry federation invests $1.9 million in pilot biomass project
Thursday, 03 January 2013 Dan McCueThe Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is investing $1.9 million (€1.4 billion) in pilot biomass gasification project in Saraburi, one of Thailand's central provinces.
Serbia, Switzerland reportedly in biomass deal
Thursday, 20 December 2012 REMSerbian and Swiss officials have signed an agreement to undertake a joint pilot biomass project.
Metso Power project wins international biomass award
Wednesday, 19 December 2012 REMCharlotte, N.C.-based Metso Power has won Power Engineering magazine’s Biomass Project of the Year Award for its 100 -MW Nacogdoches Generating Facility in Sacul, Texas.
Australia's Curtin University nets $3.6 million for biomass gasification project
Thursday, 06 December 2012 REM Australia's Curtin University received a $3.6 million grant from the nation's renewable energy agency (ARENA) to support the development of innovative biomass gasification technology at the school's F...