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September 19, 2008
The European Parliament’s Industry and Energy Committee voted 50-2 to scale back the European Commission’s previously announced plans to make renewable sources account for...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Parliament-Panel-Agrees-to-Scale-Back-EU-Biofuels-Goal_14349.html September 11, 2008
A survey commissioned by the European Union (EU) published today has found that 76% of citizens in the region think that not enough is being done by corporations and industry to combat...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/SURVEY-76-percent-of-Europeans-Say-Industry-Not-Doing-Enough-to-Tackle-Climate-Change_14138.html September 10, 2008
The establishment of a global biofuels industry “will be much more difficult to achieve than originally thought,” according to a study published this week by consulting...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/STUDY-Creation-of-Biofuels-Industry-"Far-More-Difficult"-than-Anticipated_14107.html August 26, 2008
Alternative movement: Hydrogen cars hit the road. Air Products and Linde are providing mobile refueling stations and hydrogen fuel for the Hydrogen Road Tour, a 31-stop, cross-country...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/-Teams-Up-with-Linde-to-Fuel-Hydrogen-Road-Tour_13751.html August 18, 2008
BP says it has entered into a partnership with biofuel startup Verenium (Cambridge, MA), under which BP will pay Verenium $90 million for access to the company’s cellulosic...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/BP-and-Verenium-Form-Biofuel-Alliance_13627.html August 18, 2008
‘I’d like to see the chemical industry doing less defending and supporting of old chemicals.’ As head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Achim Steiner...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/The-5-Minute-Interview-Achim-Steiner_13669.html August 12, 2008
U.K. government body the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA; St. Leonards-on-Sea, U.K.) in its first monthly report on the supply of biofuels in the U.K. has identified that between mid-April...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Only-19-percent-of-U-K-Biofuels-Meet-Environmental-Standard_13549.html August 7, 2008
BP says it has entered into a partnership with Verenium (Cambridge, MA) for the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. During the first 18 months of the alliance, the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/BP-Forms-Cellulosic-Ethanol-Alliance-with-Verenium_13510.html July 23, 2008
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, a 50-50 joint venture between DuPont and Danisco's Genencor, has chosen Vonore, TN as the site to build its previously announced cellulosic ethanol...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/DuPont-Genencor-JV-Selects-Tennessee-for-Cellulosic-Ethanol-Pilot-Plant_13188.html July 22, 2008
Rising gasoline prices and green-conscious consumers have forced the global automotive industry to rethink its power train, setting the stage for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to emerge as the enabling technology for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). From the current base of nearly zero, sales of lithium for HEV batteries are expected to exceed $500 million by 2015, analysts say. Rockwood Holdings, Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), and FMC, the largest lithium producers worldwide, are poised to benefit from this new high-volume application....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Lithium-Charging-Up-the-Hybrids_13115.html July 17, 2008
Shell says it has increased its ownership of biofuels technology firm Iogen Energy (Ottawa) to 50%, up from 26.5%, as part of a strategy to accelerate its program to manufacture...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Shell-Beefs-Up-Position-in-Next-Generation-Biofuel_13051.html July 16, 2008
Dow Chemical says it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL; Golden, CO) to jointly develop and evaluate the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Dow-and-NREL-to-Jointly-Evaluate-Biomass-to-Ethanol-Process_13044.html July 7, 2008
A group of scientists at Texas A&M (College Station, TX) have developed an economically viable process to produce cellulase—the enzyme used to breakdown biomass for biofuel...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Producing-Biomass-Enzymes-in-Crops_12861.html June 27, 2008
Ethanol producer Greenfield Ethanol (Toronto) and biofuels technology company Enerkem (Montréal) have selected Edmonton to build a previously announced facility to manufacture...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/GreenField-Ethanol-and-Enerkem-Select-Edmonton-for-Waste-to-Biofuels_12701.html June 17, 2008
The European Commission says the European Union (EU) is in “pole position” to develop fuel cells powered by hydrogen after recently creating a public-private joint...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/-Claims-Pole-Position-on-Hydrogen-Fuel-Cells_12453.html June 13, 2008
The probe will examine alleged subsidies to U.S. producers and could lead to antidumping duties....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Europe-Launches-Investigation-into-Imports-of-Biodiesel-from-the-U-S-_12429.html June 11, 2008
Global Energy Trading Company (Getco; Fort Lauderdale, FL) says it has begun buying up “large tracts of land in Colombia and Peru” on which to grow jatropha, a weed-like...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Plans-Underway-for-First-Commercial-Oil-Crop-from-Jatropha_12375.html June 6, 2008
The European Commission says the European Union (EU) is in “pole position” to develop fuel cells powered by hydrogen after this week creating a public-private joint...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/EU-Claims-Pole-Position-on-Hydrogen-Fuel-Cells_12342.html May 23, 2008
Allegro Biodiesel (Los Angeles, CA) has signed a letter of intent to sell its biodiesel venture Vanguard Synfuels, which operates a 12-million gal/year biodiesel plant at Pollock, LA...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/Allegro-to-Sell-Biodiesel-Plant-Amid-Unfavorable-Economics_12071.html May 20, 2008
DuPont and Danisco’s Genencor unit have formed a 50-50 joint venture to commercialize low-cost technology for cellulosic ethanol production. The companies say the venture, called...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/DuPont-Genencor-Form-JV-to-Produce-Cellulosic-Ethanol_11968.html |
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