A Canadian research council has backed plans for a 50,000 liter algae-based biofuel plant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a C$5 million grant. The biofuel project aims to identify strains of algae that are already acclimatised to the local environment, …
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When I was in San Francisco last week I dropped by to see GreenTechMedia’s Michael Kanellos, one of my favorite personalities in cleantech. Michael always seems to have a reason to smile, even when the rest of the world (me …
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Question: What is the babassu tree? What value does it offer? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: One of our clients based in Portugal has a very carefully constructed business plan to grow babassu in Brazil, pelletize the fruit, …
Question: Amount how many tons of C&D (construction and demolition) waste comes out of New England and New York every year? Where does almost all of that stuff go? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Almost 30% of C&D …
New York and the New England states produce about 14 million tons of waste from the construction and demolition (C&D) of buildings. And one of my clients is in the process of building a gasification plant to process with as …
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In the US, the biofuel industry is undergoing something of a revival. Mothballed plants are reopening. Across the globe biofuel industry leaders are extremely bullish about their ability to bring down operating costs, to generate fuels from sources that don’t compete …
A few months ago, I ran across a human dynamo by the name of Mary Jo Shaub, and I am now busily adding her creds to the website as an associate, in order to address a need that I’ve long wanted to …
Mary Jo Shaub – Renewable Energy for Ag Businesses Read More »
I just got a call from a gentleman from Montgomery Street Research who asked a very good question: Is there a single, current document that lays out the state of the art in biomass-to-energy? There are so many wrinkles to …
