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18th European Biomass Conference to convene May 3-7 in Lyon, France – 1500 attendees expected
In France, the 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition will take place in Lyon, May 3-7, 2010. France. The Conference is expected to attract about 1,500 participants from more than 70 countries.
The Conference will be chaired by Prof. Josef Spitzer, Joanneum Research, Austria, and IEA Bioenergy Executive Committee Chairman. The Technical Programme Coordination will be supported [...]
Pennsylvania project to convert abandoned mine land to energy crops proposed
In Pennsylvania, two professors at Penn State have developed a project to utilize mining land to grow switchgrass, big bluestem grass and other energy crops. The project will examine the cost effectiveness of utilizing the degraded land around active or abandoned mining area, over a 2-3 year period.
Pennsylvania has 180,000 acres of abandoned mining land, [...]
Bioenergy Australia to host biomass conference with algae focus in December
In Australia, Bioenergy Australia, a not-for-profit government-industry forum fostering the development of biomass for transportation fuels and other applications such as heat and power is holding its 10th annual conference on December 9-10 (with conference tour on December 8th) in Queensland, Australia. This conference has an embedded Algae track and the program also covers other [...]
Ceres: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile
Ceres
Based in: California
2008-09 ranking: #31
Business: “eres develops and markets dedicated energy crops for advanced biofuels and biopower.” Gene Marker-Assisted plant breeding, biotechnology and other genomics. Biomass is the common denominator to advanced biofuels, biopower and bioproducts and is independent of the end-fuel molecule.
Model: Seed sales and trait licenses
Past milestones:
Launched commercial seed brand Blade [...]
South African feed-in tariff cannot save proposed BioEnergy Africa ethanol project in Mozambique
In Mozambique, BioEnergy Africa announced that it will suspend a proposed ethanol project, even as the establishment of a feed-in tariff in South Africa is poised to encourage an explosion of renewable energy project activity in the southernmost countries of Africa.
Frost & Sullivan is reporting in Southern African Renewable Energy Equipment Market that it expects [...]
2010 International Biomass Conference calls for papers
The International Biomass Conference & Expo has issued a call for papers for the 2010 conference held May 4-6, 2010 in Minneapolis. The call for papers expires in October, and there are 90+ speakers slots available. The six presentation categories are Crop Residues; Dedicated Energy Crops; Forest & Wood Processing Residues; Livestock & Poultry Wastes; [...]
Viaspace signs MOU with DP Clean Tech for Giant King Grass test for China power production
In China, Viaspace, a company growing Giant King Grass, has signed an MOU with DP Clean Tech, a design, and engineering, procurement, & construction company for biomass-to-power operations, to deliver 300 tons of biomass per day in a trial of the energy crop for burning in DP Clean Tech’s 30MW power plants.
DP Clean Tech now [...]
UK researchers say growing some miscanthus, willow for power good for biodiversity, no impact on food
In the UK, researchers from the UK Research Councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use Programme have concluded that growing short rotation coppice willow and miscanthus grass to generate electricity leads to net savings in greenhouse gases, compared with current emissions. The two crops are grown on 42,000 acres in the UK, and the government has [...]
Climate Action Reserve revises Forest offset protocol, clears way for forest industry to enter carbon markets
In California, the Climate Action Reserve announced Forest Project Protocol version 3.0, for forest offset projects. The protocol opens the door for forest-related offset projects to be included in efforts across the US to mitigate climate change.
By adopting this new protocol, the Reserve has cleared the way for forest offset projects to enter the US [...]
Study says biomass will comprise 12.5 percent of all renewable energy generation by 2014
In New York, SBI concludes that Biomass will comprise 12.5% of total renewable energy generation in 2014, up from 10 percent today, in a new report: “Global Biofuels Market: Opportunities, Emerging Technologies and Production.” Worldwide data is provided on biorefineries, conversion and separation technologies, manufacturing, research and development, organic biofuels, capacity, components and competition.
SBI projects [...]
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1. Coskata
2. Sapphire Energy
3. Virent Energy Systems
4. POET
5. Range Fuels
6. Solazyme
7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
9. DuPont Danisco
10. UOP
11. ZeaChem
12. Aquaflow Bionomic
13. Bluefire Ethanol
14. Novozymes
15. Qteros
16. Petrobras
17. Cobalt Biofuels
18. Iogen
19. Synthetic Genomics
20. Abengoa Bioenergy
21. KL Energy
22. Ineos
23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
25. LS9
26. Raven Biofuels
27. Gevo
28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
46. Propel Fuels
47. GEM Biofuels
48. Lake Erie Biofuels
49. Cavitation Technologies
50. Lotus/Jaguar – Omnivore -
