ICE Fund Backs Biomass Technology
BRITISH COLUMBIA – With support from the British Columbai provincial government's Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund, Nexterra Energy Corp is implementing an alternative energy system...

Spanish Firm Invests in Australian Wind Farms
AUSTRALIA - Spanish firm Union Fenosa SA is to invest A$1.9 billion in seven Australian wind farms.

ATSE Calls for a Biofuels Institute
AUSTRALIA - In a major report on Biofuels, released in Melbourne, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) recommends that a national Biofuels Institute...

ALFA in Support of Ethanol Research Grants
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) has welcomed the Federal Government launch of its $15million research grants program for second generation biofuels research....

Wind Farm Expansion for Albany
AUSTRALIA - Albany City Council in Western Australia has given the go-ahead to a A$40 million expansion to the Verve Energy wind farm that overlooks the Great Southern Ocean at Sand...

Wind Farm Approved
AUSTRALIA - Merredin Shire Council in Western Australia has approved the construction of a wind farm by joint venturers Collgar Wind Farm and the CSIRO backed Windlab Systems.

Queensland Backs Five per cent Ethanol
AUSTRALIA - The Queensland Government has issued an order that all petrol should contain five per cent of ethanol by 2010.

Solar Power Plant for Canberra
AUSTRALIA - A Labor Government for the Canbera region in Australia has promised to build a solar power station capable of powering at least 10,000 homes if it is re-elected on 18 O...

EPA Recommends Biomass Power Plant for Manjimup
AUSTRALIA - The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended environmental approval for a proposal by Western Australia (WA) Biomass Pty Ltd to construct and operate a 40MW (nominal)...