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11 August 2009

XcelPlus Global Holdings triples US biofuel deliveries

Biofuels producer XcelPlus Global Holdings has tripled its deliveries in the first week of August, compared to the same period in July.

11 August 2009

New England Wood Pellet to acquire Norbord property for wood pellet manufacturing facility

New England Wood Pellet, a privately-held manufacturer and distributor of wood pellet fuels, is to acquire the land and property of wood panel product manufacturer Norbord, to build a new wood pellet production facility.

10 August 2009

National Wind Solutions expands with acquisition of Texas biodiesel plant

Wind energy developer National Wind Solutions has acquired a biodiesel plant in Atacosa County, Texas for $3m.

6 August 2009

TMO Renewables secures £11m in venture financing to roll out biofuel technology

TMO Renewables, a developer of a new process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol, has completed a round of financing totalling £11m from a range of blue chip institutional shareholders and private investors.

5 August 2009

EcoSystem Corporation executes deal for $76m equity financing

EcoSystem Corporation, a producer of renewable fuels, has closed its pending $76m equity financing with five investment funds.

5 August 2009

Renewable oil company Solazyme awarded California Energy Commission grant

Venture-backed renewable oil production company Solazyme, Inc., has been awarded a $789,697 Biosynthetic Transportation Fuel Production grant from the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) programme.

4 August 2009

Plankton Power and RTDC announce plans for algae-to-biofuels pilot facility on Cape Cod

US biofuel company Plankton Power and the Regional Technology Development Corp. (RTDC) of Cape Cod have established a public-private consortium focused on building a facility to produce renewable biofuels from algae.

3 August 2009

Renewable fuel company Green Star to expand technical proposal team

Renewable fuel company Green Star Products, Inc. is to expand its US government technical proposal team to meet the expansion of the US government recently advanced $3bn funding programme for renewable energy projects.

3 August 2009

US venture capital investment in cleantech rises to $572m, led by solar and efficiency dealsp

US venture capital investment in cleantech companies in Q2 2009 reached $572m, an increase of 73 per cent in terms of capital, with 48 financing rounds, a 100 per cent increase in number of transactions compared to Q1 2009, according to an Ernst & Young analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource.

31 July 2009

Renewable energy developer GreenHunter Energy lawsuit dismissed

Renewable energy developer GreenHunter Energy has seen the lawsuit brought against it by Orion Ethanol, Inc. dismissed by the United States District Court in Kansas.

30 July 2009

EcoSystem Corporation executes deal for $76m equity financing

EcoSystem Corporation, a producer of renewable fuels, announced the execution of agreements for the sale its preferred stock and warrants to purchase common stock to five investment funds for $76m.

30 July 2009

Algae-based biofuels startup Live Fuels adds former Chevron CTO to its scientific advisory board

Live Fuels, a US startup company developing algae-based renewable fuel, has added former Chevron CTO Dr Donald L Paul to its scientific advisory board.

30 July 2009

BP and Verenium Corporation launch joint venture biofuels company

Oil major BP and ethanol developer Verenium Corporation have formed a 50-50 joint venture company under the name of Vercipia Biofuels and plan to relocate its corporate headquarters to Florida, US.

30 July 2009

US renewable energy production rises six per cent in first third of 2009, according to reportp

Production of renewable energy for the first third of 2009 was six percent higher compared to the same time period in 2008. Moreover, in April 2009 alone, renewable energy sources accounted for 11.1 per cent of domestic energy production and exceeded the amount contributed by nuclear power, according to the latest issue of the Monthly Energy Review by the US Energy Information Administration.

29 July 2009

University of North Dakota awarded subcontract to produce jet fuel from algae

The Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation, an engineering and technology applications company, to help produce jet fuel from algae.

28 July 2009

The next wave in effective green investingp

At this year's Private Equity and Venture Capital Clean Energy Investor Forum, former CalPERS CIO and founder of green investment firm C Change Investments, Russell Read, highlighted the scale of opportunity for investors in renewable energy and clean technologies.

24 July 2009

Solix Biofuels opens new algal oil production facility in US

Renewable energy technology company Solix Biofuels has begun algal oil production at its newly constructed Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility in Colorado.

24 July 2009

New Generation Biofuels Holdings announces direct offering of common stock

New Generation Biofuels Holdings, a renewables fuel provider, has entered into agreements with investors for the sale of 3,275,333 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 655,066 shares of its common stock.

23 July 2009

Energy Secretary Chu announces $6.m for biofuels research

US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has awarded up to $6.3m towards fundamental genomics-enabled research leading to the improved use of plant feedstocks for biofuel production.

23 July 2009

Clean fuels company Green Energy Resources receives $8m shared credit

Green Energy Resources, a US-based clean fuels company, has secured a financing commitment for an $8m shared credit.

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