biomass/biofuel
9 February 2012
An energy crop company has reduced its price range for its upcoming listing in the US as it looks to raise $85m.
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8 February 2012
Roger Stroud, executive chairman of Australian biofuel developer Algae.Tec has been appointed as a member of the advisory board for the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute at Curtin University in Perth.
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6 February 2012
The consumer revolution that has driven demand for locally-grown foods could pave the way for alternative transportation fuels if the right technology was in place, according to one expert.
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6 February 2012
US biofuel and biomass producer Enviva has been contracted by E.ON to supply 240,000 tonnes of wood pellet per year as part of a multi-year contract.
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6 February 2012
The US Department of Agriculture has awarded $50m to two programmes designed to encourage the use of biomass and the production of biofuel.
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6 February 2012
A Canadian waste-to-energy specialist has filed a preliminary prospectus to undertake an initial public offering and raise $125m in common stock.
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3 February 2012
US biotech company OriginOil has signed a strategic agreement with Aquaviridis to implement an algae production roll-out at a facility in Mexicali, north-west Mexico, owned by Aquaviridis.
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2 February 2012
Finnish bioenergy company UPM is set to construct a €150m biorefinery that utilises wood-derived tall oil in Lappeenranta, south-east Finland.
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1 February 2012
A diversified Norwegian conglomerate is looking to sell its chemicals division, which also operates a major bioenergy facility.
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31 January 2012
A US-based energy company, which trades its shares over the counter, said it has engaged with investment banks with a view to listing on Nasdaq.
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31 January 2012
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has provided a seven-year €18m loan to power company Vaskiluodon Voima Oy for the construction of a bioenergy gasification plant in Vaasa, Finland.
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31 January 2012
Austrian-based Gussing Renewable Energy has reportedly taken a 25 per cent stake in Indian biomass business GP Energy.
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30 January 2012
US alternative fuels company KiOR has secured a $75m, four-year term loan with a lending group comprised of an affiliate of Vinod Khosla and two Canadian businesses owned by pension fund clients of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
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26 January 2012
Biorefinery developer Zeachem has received a conditional commitment for a $232.5m loan guarantee from the USDA’s Biorefinery Assistance Program.
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26 January 2012
A New Zealand-based biofuels developer is reportedly looking to list on its home exchange in the second half of the year.
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26 January 2012
A US agricultural and biofuels specialist has priced its initial public offering and looks set to be the second cleantech listing of 2012.
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26 January 2012
US alternative fuels company Allard Energy has chosen Synenergy to distribute its bio-refining technology throughout the Midwest.
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25 January 2012
A Canada-based biofuels company has appointed a finance adviser as it looks to secure equity investment to fund the completion of its first plant.
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24 January 2012
UK cleantech consultancy Natural Power has been contracted to conduct feasibility studies into three biomass systems for a brewery in Glasgow, an ice cream manufacturer in Aberdeenshire and a new diary farm-based system at a college in Dumfries.
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23 January 2012
Algae-to-oil specialist Algae.Tec told NewNet that it has a four-pronged strategy that has led it to hitting a fundraising target of A$5m ($5.28m) in just three days.
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