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Butamax and Highwater Ethanol break ground on biobutanol retrofit project

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Converting a corn ethanol plant to produce biobutanol requires changes to the fermentation step (mainly a new microorganism) and to alcohol recovery from the fermentation. Fermentation to convert the sugars to iso-butanol using a proprietary microorganism. Source: Butamax. Click to enlarge. of the hydrocarbon gasoline.

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Volvo Group’s New River Valley plant in Virginia achieves zero landfill status

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Waste generated by the facility, which manufactures all Volvo trucks sold in North America, is now recycled, composted or converted to electricity. NRV began in 2003 by first identifying and evaluating all solid and liquid waste streams within the plant.

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Mitsui and Inbicon Sign Cellulosic Ethanol Licensing Agreement for Biomass Refineries in Southeast Asia

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Mitsui intends to apply the technology in the palm oil industry, where wastes from palm oil production can be converted into ethanol, solid biofuel for energy production, and animal feed. The plant converts wheat straw into fuel ethanol, animal feed, and lignin pellets for energy production. Earlier post.).

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Alstom acquires a 40% equity share in AWS Ocean Energy

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Created in 2004, AWS Ocean Energy is currently focusing on the development and delivery of its AWS-III wave energy converter, a floating device with a rated power output of 2.5MW. Scotland is at the forefront of marine energy development, creating the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney in 2003, and with over 1.6

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District is replacing 48 trucks model year 1991-2003 with trucks powered by 2013 or newer model year engines. is providing incentives to voluntarily replace 19 drayage trucks operating 1995-2003 engines. The full list of projects selected for 2014 DERA funds: California.

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Everything you should know about Smart energy Meter

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They are commonly used for electricity, gas, or water monitoring. For electricity, these meters use sensors to measure the flow of electric current, while gas and water meters use sensors to measure the volume of gas or water passing through.

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Suncor Energy Receives Conditional Regulatory Approval for Oil Sands Tailings Management Plan; Projected 30% Reduction in Volume

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The plan proposed the expansion of a new approach to tailings management called TRO (Tailings Reduction Operations), which involves converting fluid tailings into a solid landscape suitable for reclamation. Suncor has been researching, developing and testing the TRO technology since 2003. Earlier post.).

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