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110 Interesting Links From July 3rd 1 Citation Ford Ranger sales are up for June ? New Mexico Business Weekly: ? The Ford Motor Co. sold 8.8 percent more Ford Ranger pickup trucks in June than in the same month a year ago, according to data released by the automobile manufacturer Wednesday. ?Asteroids? lands at Universal ? Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids." Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di, technorati.com
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Butanol Facility Emerges from Paper Mill, ME 1 Citation The Old Town Fuel & Fiber mill in Maine (US) is reinventing itself by developing technology to produce bio-butanol, a jet fuel, from parts of trees that would otherwise go to waste. The mill was closed and its entire workforce laid off in 2006, after which it was acquired by a group of investors known as Red Shield. Red Shield won a $30 million grant from the US Department of Energy to work on a pilot ethanol production plant, but funds ran out and they filed for bankruptcy last year, shut, technorati.com
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Funding Boost for Waste Methane Processor 1 Citation Prometheus EnergyPrometheus Energy?s Bowerman Landfill project converts landfill gas to liquid natural gas. Landfills, coal beds and cattle feedlots all produce methane, which is often either flared ? that is, burned off ? or released into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. Prometheus Energy, a five-year-old company based in Redmond, Wash., has developed a technology to turn that waste methane into liquid natural gas. And the company this week raised $20 million from the Shell Technology Ventur, technorati.com
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Wood pellets - biofuel - 12 x 2,000 tonnes for sale 1 Citation Contract start: May or June Period: 12 month Delivery alt 1 : Monthly bulk shipment Delivery alt 2 : Daily shipments by container/bags Quantity : 2,000 tonnes per month Made entirely of waste from wood working industry Diameter : 8mm Density : 750 kg/m3 Moisture : 8% Ash : 1.8% Kcal/kg : 4,300 GJ/T : 18 Price: US$ 140 Ex Work, Java Indonesia Posted by: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfrank, technorati.com
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A Truly Odd Couple: American Le Mans Series Dates The Nature Conservancy 1 Citation by Edmunds.com Green Car Advisor on July 3, 2009 By Scott Doggett, Contributor The American Le Mans Series, contributor of countless tons of greenhouse gases for sport, says it has formed ?a relationship? with The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit organization renowned for its wildlife conservation and environmental regeneration efforts. ?As the Global Leader in Green Racing, the Series believes it is as important to lead with off-track programs as much as it is to lead with on-track innovation t, technorati.com
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EPA extend RFS2 comment period to September 1 Citation In Washington, the EPA announced that it is extending the comment period on the its proposed rule revising the national Renewable Fuel Standard program , commonly referred to as RFS2. The original comment period was to end on July 27, 2009 and will now end on September 25, 2009. With the 60-day comment period extension, EPA said that it ?seeks to provide the public adequate time to provide meaningful comment while finalizing and implementing the standards in a timely manner. ?, technorati.com
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Virent wins EPA Green Chemistry Prize for drop-in fuels solution 1 Citation In Wisconsin, Virent Energy Systems was awarded the EPA?s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Small Business Award for its development of a proces to convert plant sugars into hydrocarbon fuels. Virent was ranked #3 in Biofuels Digest?s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2008-09. Virent CTO Randy Cortright told Chemistry World that ?Virent?s ?Bio-forming? process produces between 30 and 50 per cent more energy per acre of biomass than ethanol for any given crop. And because the hydroca, technorati.com
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1 Citation Greenchipstocks neatly summarized a presentation by Don Paul, Executive Director of the University of Southern California Energy Institute , giving five reasons why Big Oil is ?coming to cleantech,? and five more as to why Big Oil is headed for a major role in the renewable energy business. Notably, Paul was CTO of Chevron before joining the Institute. His reasons for Bio Oil entering cleantech: 1. Global reach and scale 2. Strong balance sheets and cash flow 3. Technical, busine, technorati.com
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Virent nabs EPA?s Green Chemistry Award 1 Citation In Wisconsin, Virent Energy Systems was awarded the EPA?s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Small Business Award for its development of a proces to convert plant sugars into hydrocarbon fuels. Virent was ranked #3 in Biofuels Digest?s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2008-09. Virent CTO Randy Cortright told Chemistry World that ?Virent?s ?Bio-forming? process produces between 30 and 50 per cent more energy per acre of biomass than ethanol for any given crop. And because the hydroca, technorati.com
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EU seen meeting renewable fuel targets with blends - Reuters 1 Citation HAMBURG (Reuters) - The European Union is likely to achieve its target of generating 10 percent of transport fuels from renewable sources by 2020 by blending biofuels with fossil fuels, a leading EU researcher said. Most blending is likely to use ? source: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5622SN20090703?FORM=ZZNR10 Related posts: Congress seen backing renewable energy standard - Reuters FACTB0X-U.S. states with renewable power targets - Reuters The Green Buil, technorati.com
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