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Rentech has announced that it has completed two investment agreements with biomass gasification technology companies. These agreements represent major steps forward in Rentech's strategy of offering integrated solutions for the conversion of various types of urban and rural biomass feedstocks into high-value energy products such as renewable synthetic jet fuel, diesel fuel and electric power. ... read more
Memphis TN (SPX) Jun 26, 2009The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Buckeye Technologies, and Myriant Technologies have announced plans for a research and demonstration plant that will explore ways to harness byproducts from some of the most promising cellulosic ethanol techniques to make environmentally friendly versions of petroleum products. The plant is to be located at Buckeye's ... more
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Lake Mary FL (SPX) Jun 26, 2009Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), an Autonomous Institution of the Government of Costa Rica. Under the terms of the letter of intent, ICE will evaluate NGBF's biofuels, leading ultimately to the potential licensing of NGBF technology and to the construction of its ... more 
Missoula MT (SPX) Jun 26, 2009Vega Promotional Systems has announced through its wholly owned subsidiary, Natural Fuels Industries, it is planning to construct a manufacturing facility in the State of Georgia to produce alternative energy from organic waste. According to a recent Forbes Magazine article entitled "America's Best Places For Alternative Energy," the abundance of biomass in Georgia's Bioenergy Corridor ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 26, 2009What if the future of greener, more sustainable energy solutions isn't to be found in wind, solar, hydroelectric, and/or ethanol-based power, but instead lies in the efficient combustion of cellulosic biomass (e.g., wood chips, sawdust, switch grass, corn husks, pine needles, paper pulp, etc.) that can be used to create green electricity? "Unlike oil and coal, power generated from biomass ... more 
Guessing, Austria (AFP) June 24, 2009A new plant that produces gas from wood was opened in Austria on Wednesday, paving the way towards new possibilities in renewable energy. According to its backers, the gas produced at the plant can be used in urban heating systems, for gas-powered cars or by power stations that work on gas. "We still need fossil fuel of course, but this plant shows what is technically possible," Austria' ... more |
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Life, Culture and AI: Why 'plagiarism' Is Our Default Operating SystemGerroa, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 As AI models are accused of stealing the world's creativity, a deeper view emerges: life, culture - and now machines - all run on ceaseless pattern-copying, much like an extreme, accelerated form of reading. The real novelty is that humans invented the idea of "Plagiarism" with a capital P. ... more  
Sivers Semiconductors and Doosan Announce Joint Initiative to Advance Ka-Band SATCOM Antenna TechnologyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Sivers Semiconductors AB has entered a $1.5 million contract with Doosan Corporation to jointly develop scalable electronically steerable array (ESA) antenna panels for Ka-band satellite communicati ... more 
Platinum Crystals Mapped as They Develop Inside Liquid MetalSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Scientists at the University of Sydney have demonstrated the growth of platinum crystals in liquid metal by applying advanced X-ray tomography techniques. This research offers fresh understanding of ... more
  
Redefining AI Creativity Limits Findings Diminish Role of Generative Models in Artistic FieldsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 A research team led by Professor David Cropley at the University of South Australia has identified mathematical boundaries that restrict the creative abilities of generative artificial intelligence ... more 
Trump launches 'Genesis Mission' to speed AI-driven researchWashington (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday establishing the "Genesis Mission," a national initiative to harness AI for scientific breakthroughs, comparing its scope to the Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb during World War II. ... more 
UN rights chief warns over generative AIGeneva (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 The UN on Monday warned that generative AI could become "a modern-day Frankenstein's monster", with human rights the first casualty, as powerful tech giants unleash the technology on the world. ... more
  
NATO chief hails Trump efforts to end fighting in Ukraine; Rubio expected to skip NATO talks next weekReykjavik (AFP) Nov 27, 2025 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday praised US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II. ... more 
Trump says Venezuela anti-drug operations 'by land' to begin 'soon'Palm Beach, United States (AFP) Nov 28, 2025 US President Donald Trump said Thursday that efforts to halt Venezuelan drug trafficking "by land" would begin "very soon," further ratcheting up tensions with Caracas, which claims the anti-drug campaign aims at regime change. ... more 
G20 grapples with splintering world orderJohannesburg (AFP) Nov 23, 2025 G20 leaders gathered Sunday in South Africa hailed multilateralism - even as they struggled to adapt to a changing world order beset by go-it-alone US policies, wars and deepening geopolitical rivalries. ... more |
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Paris (AFP) June 22, 2009Electrabel, the Belgian unit of French power group GDF Suez said on Monday it will invest 1.2 billion euros (1.68 billion dollars) in a biomass and coal energy plant in Rotterdam. The Dutch 800 megawatt plant will produce 25 percent less carbon dioxide, believed responsible for recent global warming, than a conventional unit, Electrabel said. The new plant should be completed by 2013, it ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 23, 2009Continental Airlines has announced the results of its Jan. 7, 2009, biofuel demonstration flight, which was conducted in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell's UOP. The biofuel blend performed as well as or better than traditional jet fuel, displaying an approximately 1.1 percent increase in fuel efficiency over traditional jet fuel in different stages of the dem ... more 
North Andover MA (SPX) Jun 23, 2009Baystate Biofuels has broken ground on a facility to distribute biodiesel and blended diesel anywhere in New England. The terminal at Osgood Landing in North Andover will be the first full-scale commercial facility in Massachusetts dedicated to biodiesel distribution. Utilizing a vacant brownfield with existing storage tanks, Baystate Biofuels plans to upgrade the site and open the ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 19, 2009Rice University scientists warned that the United States must be careful that the new emphasis on developing biofuels as an alternative to imported oil takes into account potential damage to the nation's water resources. "The ongoing, rapid growth in biofuels production could have far-reaching environmental and economic repercussions, and it will likely highlight the interdependence and ... more |
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