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SwissFarmerPower’s slurry-to-biogas plant in startup mode

October 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Zero waste facility using anaerobic digestion wraps up its first year of helping farmers get rid of excess manure in an eco-friendly way. Full Story »

GM testing cellulosic ethanol from Coskata’s demo plant

October 16, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Biofuel startup opens up about its business plans as it opens the doors to the demonstration facility and announces late 2012 as the target for commercial production. Full Story »

Canadian startup puts SHOC spin on waste-to-biofuel process

October 14, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Innoventé makes plans to go public, as it brings in funding to commercialize a pellet-like bio-product that can be used as a fossil fuel substitute or soil conditioner. Full Story »

M&As going to waste

October 8, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Nine recycling and bioremediation companies consolidate their garbage. Details of this, plus we spot 27 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Rentech, UOP expand clean fuel offerings

October 7, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Companies combine cleaning and refining technologies to produce fuel from biomass, natural gas and coal. Full Story »

Qteros teams with Israel's ACT on sludge-to-fuel process

October 6, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Joint development project pairs Qteros' cellulose-eating microbes with Applied CleanTech's technology to recycle liquid municipal waste. Full Story »

U.S. Army picks QinetiQ for waste disposal system

October 6, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - UK-based company scores £1.5 million contract for its device expected to process up to 100 kilograms of municipal solid waste per hour. Full Story »

PepsiCo India turns to biogas to cut costs, carbon emissions

September 29, 2009 - Best of the web - Beverage and snack food giant says new biogas plant, which uses biodegradable waste generated at the Pune-based site, is running at full capacity. Full Story »

Pig slurry, vegetable waste put to new purposes in Scotland

September 25, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Scotland’s Ruchlaw Produce scores government funding for an anaerobic digester to power its farm and the national grid from porcine muck. Full Story »

Michael Hepworth endorsement

September 24, 2009 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"I've had quite a few people [investors, advisors and entrepreneurs] contact me to say what a good article they thought you had written on the MaRS contingent and on Alternative Fuels."
— Michael Hepworth, vice president of business development for Ontario-based Alternative Fuels (Full story »)

 

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