Today in Biofuels Digest discussion groups: “A plan to remediate the >50,000 sq. km. of land contaminated by radioactivity from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion in 1986.”

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At LinkedIn:  Basil Miller, Greenfield Project Management: “My company is in the final phases of project financing for a major bioenergy facility in Belarus which will produce bioethanol, biogas, green electricity and later biodiesel. While the first phase will be conventional, future stages will use second generation cellulose-to-ethanol technology as the core of a plan to remediate the >50,000 sq. km. of land contaminated by radioactivity from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion in 1986.”

Bill Royce, Director at Burson-Marsteller: “I head Burson-Marsteller’s Energy, Environment & Climate Change practice in the EMEAR region (Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia) and advise a portfolio of clients in the bioenergy sector.

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