bioenergy
22 December 2011
US bioenergy feedstock developer NexSteppe has secured $14m in its second round of funding, led by Braemer Energy Ventures.
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21 December 2011
Sweden’s Development Finance Institution Swedfund has committed €10m to Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone as part of a €267m deal to further sustainable agricultural processes in the country.
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21 December 2011
Russia has backed the launch of a new nanotechnology fund that will include cleantech and energy within its areas of focus.
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21 December 2011
A scheme has been launched in Ireland to provide funding to agricultural land owners looking to convert to growing bioenergy crops.
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20 December 2011
An alternative energy company has received a $4m capital injection from a pre-IPO investment fund, signalling that the business may be gearing up to go public.
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20 December 2011
Creating a sustainable supply chain of adequate size to support Europe's ambitions for its bioenergy industry has been severely underestimated, an industry expert told NewNet.
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20 December 2011
An ethanol innovator is to take to the public markets to the US as it looks to replicate the success a number of peers have witnessed in carrying out an initial public offering.
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19 December 2011
A second-generation biofuels producer is 'open to opportunities' as it raises cash to expand into new markets.
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19 December 2011
An AIM-listed innovator focused commercialising technologies across the bioenergy space will look to £9.38m through a rights issue.
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19 December 2011
Refining specialist Neste Oil has opened Europe’s largest renewable diesel facility in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, today.
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19 December 2011
Planning permission has been granted for the build of a £15m sustainable waste treatment facility that deploys anaerobic digestion technology at a site in Devon, UK.
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16 December 2011
The deal by Coca-Cola and three of the biotech industries brightest stars this week highlighted the buoyant level of activity that is being witnessed in the renewable fuels and bio-technology space.
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16 December 2011
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has signed multi-million dollar deals with three biotech companies as it ups its stake in the sector.
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16 December 2011
UK utility British Gas has taken full control of biomass heating provider Econergy through the acquisition of the remaining 81 per cent stake.
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15 December 2011
Darby Private Equity, the buy-out arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has announced that its Brazil Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund has invested R$58m ($30m) in Bioenergy Geradora de Energia and R$58m in Produman Engenharia.
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15 December 2011
Biotech specialist OriginOil has co-founded a new joint venture to develop biorefineries serving the US and NATO military requirements for alternative fuels.
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14 December 2011
A recent study led by the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) concluded that bioenergy has the potential to produce ten per cent of the UK's demand but an expert has suggested that current incentives are encouraging the wrong type of use for the renewable fuel.
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14 December 2011
US alternative fuels developer OnSite Energy has partnered with Michigan State University Extension to explore the possible use of oilseed crops for bioenergy production.
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14 December 2011
Hawaii-based biogas developer The Gas Company has appointed Richard DeGarmo as director of renewable energy and capital projects.
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14 December 2011
Members of the House and Senate for the US state of Illinois have voted in favour of extending its biodiesel blending programme.
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