Posts Tagged ‘bioenergy’
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 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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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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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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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
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
Malaysian manufacturing company KNM Group Berhad has signed an agreement with UK property manager Poplar Holdings to purchase land in Peterborough where a waste-to-energy project is set to be constructed.
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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
The European biomass market is booming with a strong appetite for a consistent flow of feedstock, which has prompted young cleantech company Africa Renewables to tap into this supply opportunity.
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20 January 2012
A French bioethanol producer has revealed it has cash in the pot ready to make acquisitions as it predicts a strong 2012/2013 growing season.
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20 January 2012
A cleantech innovator has revealed a need to secure further funding of $30m, having recently secured a $5m credit line.
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20 January 2012
UK-based biotech company Green Biologics has merged with US renewable chemicals and biofuel specialist butylfuel.
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19 January 2012
Takoradi Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of biomass producer and trader Africa Renewables, has secured a $5m credit facility from the Standard Chartered Bank in Ghana.
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19 January 2012
Oil giant BP has identified biofuels as one area of five key opportunities for the energy sector in its Energy Outlook 2030.
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16 January 2012
US biofuel manufacturer Solazyme has appointed Mark Warner as senior vice president of engineering, with responsibility for the design and construction of the company's renewable oil and bioproduct facilities globally.
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13 January 2012
As companies in the solar and wind sectors struggle to maintain valuations, 2011’s investor favourite - the renewable fuels sector - is once again the focus of deal-makers.
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12 January 2012
The biomass sector has generated a certain amount of controversy due to the perceived impact it is having on food supply, but some companies are proving feedstocks do not have to be grown on a large scale to produce energy.
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