Tag: Canada
CO2 Solutions and Codexis extend JDA through March 2015
Tweet In Canada, CO2 Solutions announced that it has renewed until March 31, 2015 its Joint Development Agreement with Codexis to continue the development and deployment of CO2 Solutions’ enzymatic carbon capture technology. Under the amended and restated JDA, CO2 Solutions’ proprietary enzymatic method for the efficient capture of carbon dioxide from large emission sources will continue to benefit from [...]
RFQ launched for biofuel facility in Surrey, BC
Tweet In Canada, Partnerships British Columbia has released an RFQ to invite interested parties to submit their interest in, and qualifications for, the Surrey Biofuel Processing Facility Project. Based on these Responses, the City of Surrey intends to select, in accordance with the terms of this RFQ, a shortlist which the City anticipates will be no more [...]
German biofuels company sets up shop in Nova Scotia to export to Germany
Tweet In Canada, Germany’s Biofuel Weiss is building a 7 million gallon per year biodiesel facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the entire production destined for the German market. The facility will use used cooking oil as feedstock and has gone through DIN and EN certification processes. Start up should begin by year’s end at [...]
“How Farm Waste May Make Biofuels Matter Again.”
Tweet Today on Twitter: PalmOilFarmer: .@TheOilPalm explains how the EU’s biofuel policy can hurt small #palmoil farmers in #Malaysia BioFuelsChat Analysis finds 41% of Canada’s ethanol came from the U.S -> johanmelchior How Farm Waste May Make Biofuels Matter Again
Canadian project will seek to produce algae from oil sands CO2 emissions
Tweet In Canada, a three-year project will use algae to recycle industrial carbon dioxide emissions from an oil sands facility into commercial products like biofuels. The Algal Carbon Conversion Pilot Project, a partnership among the National Research Council of Canada, Canadian Natural Resources Limited and Pond Biofuels, will result in the construction of a unique, [...]
BioFuel Aruba opts for Methes’ Denami biosel technology
Tweet In Canada, Methes Energies announced that Methes Energies Canada signed a Purchase and Cooperation Agreement with BioFuel Aruba of Oranjestad, Aruba, to initially purchase one Denami 600 biodiesel processor. As the first and only biodiesel producer in Aruba, BioFuel Aruba was planning to expand its biodiesel production capacity by as early as third quarter [...]
Enerkem starts “drop-in” fuels R&D
Tweet Also, next-gen waste-to-biofuels biofuels pioneer expects to reach commissioning stage by summer at first commercial plant In Canada, Enerkem announced that the Canadian government will contribute $1.1 million to a project developing new catalytic processes for the conversion of waste into “drop-in” biofuels. These “drop-in” biofuels are fully interchangeable with hydrocarbon fuels, such as [...]
BioFuelNet signs deal with Air Canada and Airbus for aviation biofuels
Tweet In Canada, BioFuelNet has signed an agreement with Air Canada and Airbus to help them find the most promising biofuels for aviation. Air Canada and Airbus are part of a broad coalition, which has pledged Carbon Neutral Growth from 2020 and to reduce greenhouse emissions by 50 per cent by 2050. BioFuelNet Canada, a [...]
Canada to build oilsands CO2 to biofuels facility
Tweet In Canada, the National Research Council (NRC), Canadian Natural Resources Limited, and Pond Biofuels plan to build a $19-million facility in Alberta to convert greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian oilsands into biofuels. The company will use algae to recycle carbon dioxide emissions from Canadian Natural’s Primrose South oilsands site. The project is expected [...]
Harper Government announces energy innovation projects in Canada’s North
Tweet In Canada, Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for Yukon, announced that the Government of Canada will invest over $2 million in two innovative clean energy projects in Canada’s North. The first project announced is Champagne and Aishihik First Nations pursuit of a study of a potential power generation plant fed by biomass in Haines [...]
