Remove 2011 Remove Cost Of Remove Grant Remove Waste
article thumbnail

Rentech’s integrated bio-refinery project mechanically complete; cellulosic FT fuels production expected by end of 2011

Green Car Congress

The IBR is anticipated to produce certified renewable fuels in late 2011. The IBR project was co-funded by a $23-million grant from the US Department of Energy, to manufacture and install at the Rentech Energy Technology Center a 20 ton-per-day Rentech-ClearFuels biomass gasifier.

2011 186
article thumbnail

Physiomics, Green Biologics Limited and North Energy Associates to develop advanced fermentation process for biobutanol to make it cost competitive with 1st gen biofuels

Green Car Congress

Physiomics, an Oxford, UK-based systems biology company, Green Biologics Limited (GBL) and North Energy Associates Limited were recently awarded a total grant for £268,000 (US$424,000) from the Carbon Trust for a project to demonstrate an Advanced Fermentation Process for Butanol.

Green 210
article thumbnail

New Novozymes Enzymes for Cellulosic Ethanol Enable Production Cost Below US$2 Per Gallon

Green Car Congress

Novozymes has launched what it called the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste. per gallon for the initial commercial-scale plants that are scheduled to be in operation in 2011. This cost is on par with gasoline and conventional ethanol at the current US market prices.

article thumbnail

Rentech receives term sheet for loan guarantee from DOE for recently-acquired advanced-stage renewable power project in Florida

Green Car Congress

Joe Project is expected to begin in August 2011, with the facility anticipated to be in service in 2013. Joe Project is estimated to have a total project cost of approximately $225 million, based on the feasibility engineering. The Port St. The Port St. This deadline is absent from the Section 1703 program. The Port St.

Florida 218
article thumbnail

MIT researchers propose subsea version of pumped hydro for renewable energy storage

Green Car Congress

Preliminary estimates indicate that one such sphere could be built and deployed at a cost of about $12 million, Hodder says, with costs gradually coming down with experience. This could yield an estimated storage cost of about 6 cents per kilowatt-hour—a level considered viable by the utility industry.

MIT 296
article thumbnail

UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

Green Car Congress

The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. Plug-in Car Grant. The Government also set out the eligibility criteria for its Plug-in Car Grant. The level will be reviewed in January 2012.

article thumbnail

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week launched the 2011 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the current edition of its annual flagship publication assessing the threats and opportunities facing the global energy system out to 2035. Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion.

Oil 247