Moves to Restrict Clean Energy Grants Attacked
US - In the wake of a new report revealing that a clean-energy grant programme in the stimulus has paid out more than $1 billion to foreign manufacturers, US Senators Charles E. Schumer, Bob...

Second Generation Biofuels: Companies, Technologies and Market Prospects
GLOBAL - Over the past few years, most of the alternative energy scenarios have nodded in the direction of biofuels as potential alternatives to petroleum as liquid fuels.

Renewable Fuel Standard Increases Net Farm Income
US - Analysis by a Texas AgriLife Research economist reveals new renewable fuel standards would lead to more than a $13 billion increase in net farm income, yet cost consumers on average $10...

Spent Hen Renewable Energy Solution
AUSTRALIA - The Victorian Farmers Federation’s (VFF) Egg Group has entered into discussions with Bio-Cogen Pty Ltd to explore the opportunities in designing, building, owning and operating a...

More and Better Yields of Biodiesel
US - Yields of biodiesel from oilseed crops such as safflower could be increased by up to 24 per cent using a new process developed by chemists at UC Davis.

Everyday Grass Could Provide Green Fuel
UK - A five-year research project has come up with a way of generating green energy from a humble everyday grass.

Work to Start on Largest Off-shore Wind Farm
CHINA - Work is expected to start soon on the world's largest off-shore wind farm near Dongtai in Jiangsu province.

Bio-Future for Canada’s Forest Products Industry
CANADA - A study by the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) shows how the forest products industry can build on its world-class forest management practices to emerge from the current...

Hong Kong Biofuel Centre Launched
HONG KONG - Edinburgh Napier University and City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have formed a partnership to establish Hong Kong’s first Biofuel Research Centre.

10 MW of Rooftop Solar Projects in Canada
CANADA - Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), Inc. and Enfinity Corporation today announced plans to collaborate on the development of a 10MW portfolio of rooftop solar installations in Ontario,...

Suntech Unveils Plans for First US Factory in Arizona
US - Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced that the first US manufacturing plant will be located in the City of Goodyear, Arizona.

Students Build Biodiesel Processor to Help Haitian School
HAITI - Back in late November when Mother McAuley Science Chairperson Dr. Roz Iasillo proposed to the students in the newly formed EcoMacs Club that they should build a biodiesel processor, no...

Is India's 'Miracle' Biofuel Crop Too Good to Be True?
INDIA - To its fans, jatropha is a miracle crop, an eco-friendly answer to India's growing energy needs, but some experts are starting to question whether the wonder-shrub is too good to be ...

Sarawak Now a Producer of Biodiesel
MALAYSIA - Sarawak is now producing biodiesel following the completion of its first biodiesel plant operated by Senari Biofuels Sdn Bhd on a ten-acre site at Assar Senari Industrial Complex near...

World's Largest Wood Pellet Plant Underway
RUSSIA - Vyborgskaya Cellulose is building the world's largest wood pellet plant at its facility in Russia near the border with Finland. Production capacity will be over 900,000 tons per year....

European Offshore Wind Power Up 54 per cent
EU - In 2009, a total of eight new wind farms consisting of 199 offshore wind turbines, with a combined power generating capacity of 577 MW, were connected to the grid in Europe.

Market for Biomass Power Plants in Europe
EU - Generating heat from the incineration of biomass is spreading quickly in Europe.

New Biodiesel Catalyst Plant in Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA - German company SMOTEC Plus has opened a 60,000 ton per year sodium methylate manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

SDIC Dunhuang 10-mW Solar PV Power Plant
CHINA - On 30 December, a 10 mW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant invested in by the State Development and Investment Corporation (SDIC), known as a 10 mW on-grid solar PV power generation...

Construction Underway on Harrow Wind Farm
CANADA - Construction is well underway at the first major wind farm in Ontario's Essex County, despite reservations by some residents about the project.

Biomass Power Plant Proposed in Illinois
US - A 25-megawatt biomass power plant proposed near the Rock Falls, Illinois, Industrial Park in Whiteside County would run primarily on corn stover and add its capacity to the PJM Interconnection...

Oil Palm Players Looking for Biomass Supply
MALAYSIA - Policies and incentives are needed for the harnessing of renewable energy from Malaysia’s massive oil palm industry, according to The...

Toyota Tsusho to Produce Jatropha as Biofuel
JAPAN - Toyota Tsusho Corp., the trading affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., plans to start growing jatropha next year as it bets that higher crop yields and oil prices will make the plant a profitable...

US Energy Lab Working with Sorghum
US - The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is producing cellulosic ethanol and processing one tonne a day of feedstock.

Quality and Service Ability of Biogas Talents Enhanced
CHINA - MOA has launched a distance training program through the online service of Central Agricultural Broadcasting and Television School in order to improve the quality and service ability...