Alternative and Renewable Energy News
Tuesday 7th of March, 2006
Wind turbines for Turkey’s largest wind energy project ★
Windtech International, appx. 120 wordsThe Bares II Wind Energy Power Plant in Turkey is a 30MW wind energy project that will be using 20 GE Energy 1.5MW wind turbines and is to begin production by the end of May 2006.
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces Bucks County as Site of Gamesa's Three New Manufacturing Facilities ★
Yahoo! News (press release)Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced the Spanish wind-energy company Gamesa Corp. is expanding operations in Pennsylvania by investing another $34 million to open three new modern manufacturing centers...
The plants will be for building towers, blades and nacelles for Gamesa's range of wind turbine units.
US-Malaysian venture to build biodiesel plant ★
Xinhua, appx. 121 wordsA United States-Malaysian joint venture has selected Batam, about 30 km southeast of Singapore, to build a plant to process crude palm oil (CPO) into biodiesel fuel.
NTR invests €120 million in new bioenergy division ★
FinFacts Ireland, appx. 357 wordsIrish company National Toll Roads (NTR) has launched a new bioenergy division called Bioverda, which will operate throughout all of Europe. The company will be involved in methane, biogas and biofuels. NTR says it is anticipating a turnover of €300m within three years and aims to be a top five European player in the bioenergy sector
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NTR owns the waste management company Greenstar.
New energy for Cleveland area ★
The Plain Dealer, appx. 387 wordsRichard Stuebi has been named to a 3 year fellowship at the Energy and Environmental Advancement at the Cleveland Foundation which is being funded by BP.
The objective of the position is to tap into Ohio's existing industrial base and knit those businesses together to make the state a worldwide leader in a piece of alternative energy manufacturing
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Monday 6th of March, 2006
Cut in Excise duty needed to drive alternative fuels, says analyst ★
FarmersWeekly, appx. 398 wordsAn analysis has suggested that if the excise duty on biodiesel is not lowered, that medium-sized biodiesel processing plants would not generate worthwhile returns on capital investment
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RI`s palm oil expected to increase 1.1 million tons in 2006 ★
Antara, appx. 231 wordsPalm oil output in Indonesia is projected to increase by 1.1 million tons from 2005 levels to 14.7 million tons due to the rapid growth of oil palm plantations
. Increased demand is expected from China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, as well as European countries
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Farmers back plan to use fallow land for biodiesel crops ★
Taipei Times, appx. 265 wordsFarmers' associations in southern Taiwan have signed an agreement with Taiwan NJC Corp yesterday to assist owners of fallow farmland to produce crops with which the company can produce biodiesel... Farmers will be entitled to a guaranteed price plus a subsidy if the crops supplied are up to required standards
Join Brazil in planting oil ★★
Guardian Unlimited, appx. 624 wordsThe president of Brazil writes about the need for solutions to the energy and environmental issues of today: Brazil is actively preparing itself for a new development paradigm that will meet the environmental and social challenges of the coming decades. Ethanol and biodiesel are the key components of our approach, and we are determined to "plant the oil of the future". I invite you to join us in our endeavours
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Clean energy market to clean up ★
CNET, appx. 388 wordsRead the report.A report, from consulting and analysis firm CleanEdge, predicts the [alternative energy] market will grow from the current $39.9 billion to $167.2 billion in the next nine years.
USDA Rural Development Extends Application Deadline for Energy Project Funding ★
Southwest Nebraska News, appx. 224 wordsThe application deadline for the USDA's Rural Development Program for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects has been extended to May 12, 2006.
The USDA is currently accepting applications for Renewable Energy Systems projects that derive energy from wind, solar, biomass, biogas, and geothermal sources... Small businesses in communities with a population of 50,000 or less and agricultural producers that demonstrate a financial need are eligible to apply for this funding.
American Stock Exchange Publishes Global Clean Energy Index ★
Yahoo! News, appx. 650 wordsThe American Stock Exchange® (Amex ®) announced today that it has commenced publishing the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index (ticker symbol: NEX). The new index is comprised of companies worldwide whose technologies and services focus on the generation and use of renewable energy, conservation and efficiency, and advancement of low-carbon energy solutions.
Gas to liquid technology re-examined ★
United Press International, appx. 344 wordsFollowing a year of rising oil prices and concerns about the political stability of oil supplies, gas-to-liquid is becoming an attractive oil alternative to major oil companies... According to figures in the Times, energy analysts predict that GTL products will make up between 600,000 and 1 millions barrels per day by 2015.
Advisory Panel Says Nuclear Power Will Not Secure British Energy Supply ★★
All Headline News, appx. 134 wordsThe Sustainable Development Commission in the United Kingdom has reported that doubling the nuclear capacity [in the UK] would make only a small impact on reducing carbon emissions by 2035
. They also concluded that the risks of nuclear energy far outweigh the advantages
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World locked in short-term thinking, says UN chief ★
TMCnet, appx. 503 wordsThe world remains locked into short-term thinking, from election cycles in politics to profit-taking in the business world. Sustainable development cries out for a long-term perspective,
Kofi Annan stated while he was in Dubai, collecting the 2005 Zayed Prize for Global Leadership for the Environment. He also called on world leaders and businesses to promote sustainable development and alternative sources of energy
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