Bioenergy News for August 2009

Bioenergy News Archive

DoE to invest nearly US$300m in clean vehicles initiatives

The US Department of Energy (DoE) is investing nearly US$300 million in its Clean Cities Grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support clean fuels, vehicles and infrastructure development.

Intertape Polymer Group develops products for renewable energy market

Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) has announced plans to develop further products designed for the wind, solar, geothermal and biofuel generation markets.

Biomass helps Scottish whisky production go green

Helius Energy and The Combination of Rothes Distillers (CoRD) have created a Joint Venture called Helius CoRDe, which will build and operate a biomass fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) plant for whisky production on Speyside.

Sir Richard Branson going green?

Richard Branson says he is going green, and invests in research for renewables such as biofuels.

UK Port of Tyne could see a 295 MW biomass power station by 2014

UK biomass developer MGT Power plans to develop a second biomass power generation project with an output of 295 MW at the Port of Tyne 10 km from Newcastle City Centre.