Waste Disposal, Bioenergy and Climate Protection
GERMANY - The recycling of the raw material waste and the utilization of biomass for energy recovery can contribute towards keeping the air clean and protecting resources.

BIOGAS NORD Looking at €38 million
GERMANY - BIOGAS NORD AG has confirmed its turnover and profit targets for the 2008 business year. The company aims to increase its total turnover to €38 million over the year,...

Biogas Nord Builds Fruit Waste Biogas Plant
GERMANY - Biogas Nord AG is to build a biogas plant at the Stute food factory in Paderborn, one of Europe's leading producers of fruit juices, jams, and preserves.

The Modern Farmer is a Producer of Food and Energy
EU - The demand for energy from renewable resources is larger than ever. Bioenergy is one of the largest growing markets among the sources of renewable energy. In 2007 for example,...

Manure Drying Tunnel Doing a Good Job
GERMANY - Generating power from renewable energies is becoming increasingly important in Germany as well as on the international level. Thus, it is not surprising that the number of...

Moyno Pumps Prove Effective in Biofuels Industry
GERMANY - Moyno offers high solids handling pumps for critical application in the biofuels industry. These high performance pumps dramatically reduce the costs of transferring biomass...

Converting Wastes, Biomass and Plastics into Renewable Energy
GERMANY - Global Energy, an initiator of alternative energy projects focusing on the processing of organic solid and many kinds of hydro carbon wastes into usable alternative fuels,...

New Plant for Southern Germany
GERMANY - Work is set to begin next month on the construction of a biogas plant in Southern Germany.

BIOGAS NORD Expands Capital for Internationalization and Innovation
GERMANY - BIOGAS NORD AG is to increase its capital in order to further implement its strategy of internationalization and technological innovation.

Brazil Urged to Make Biofuel Production Sustainable
GERMANY - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for rainforest protection in Brazil as well as cooperation with the country on biofuels during the first day of her first Latin America...

Germany Sticks Up for Biofuels
GERMANY - The German government rejected claims Tuesday that fuel crops were causing a worldwide spike in food prices. Berlin plans to announce a plan for easing the world food crisis...

BIOGAS NORD to Consolidate
GERMANY - German bioenergy company BIOGAS NORD AG is to start a programme of cost cutting and consolidation after its 2007 results failed to hit their targets.

Report: Biomass-to-Liquid Biofuel Plant Opens in Germany
This is a GAIN Report by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Germany Supports EU Biofuel Goals
BERLIN - Germany does not want to change the EU's goal of boosting the use of biofuels in cars, a senior official said Wednesday, despite criticism that this may further fuel the global...

Building Phase of World’s First Commercial BTL Plant Complete
GERMANY - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and more than 100 other guests today marked the completion of the building phase of the world’s first commercial production plant to convert...