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Air New Zeland to fly bifouel

This release came in overnight from my colleagues in the US. It takes us further with the Air New Zealand/Rolls Royce biofuels trials . It is notable because it will be using Jatropha derived biofuel. The fuel will be mixed 50:50 with conventional Jet. It is part of Honewell's research in this area...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-12-2008
"Did You Know?" - a glimpse into the IT future

This interesting if sensational video clip is currently going round - it's about the rapid pace of progress in information technology and called "Did You Know?" Set against a "Right Here, Right Now" backing track, it's full of daunting statements like: China will soon become...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-06-2008
Rolls Royce trials Jatropha biofuel in Derby

Rolls Royce is trialling Jatropha biofuel at its test beds in Derb y, in the Midlands of England, the engine maker is working with Air New Zealand which is planning to fly a Boeing from Aukland using the fuel in one engine in December. As someone who went to sleep and woke up to the rumble coming from...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
Syngenta in high yeild sugar cane development

In a statement issued late last week, Syngenta said it is developing a new technology to dramatically improve the cost efficiency of sugar cane planting in Brazil . Syngenta´s innovation would reduce planting costs per hectare by some 15%, driven by a novel approach to grow sugar cane from smaller cane...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008
Biofuels offer considerable scope for catalysts

The Catalyst Group says that biofuels offer considerable scope for catalysts, which could help improve yields and reduce reaction times. It's not on the Catalyst Group's website yet... so here's what they said in an email... The Catalyst Group Resources (TCGR) has identified a number of attractive...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008
Fischer-Tropsch online resource

I've just come across a resource on line for people who are interested in gas to liquids technology developed by Fischer and Tropsch . You might like it if you're into pyrolysis as a first step to produce gas from biomass.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-28-2008
Ethanol production might be more efficient than we thought

Ethanol production might be more efficient than we thought, according to this report on seeking alpha . Though its a bit vague on specifics, there is good discussion in the comments

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-27-2008
DSM starts DOE funded biofuels project

DSM an international chemicals company based in the Netherlands says it is launching a project funded by the DOE into biofuels through a " multimillion dollar cooperative funding agreement with the US Department of Energy to underwrite a portion of research and development costs aimed at enabling...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-22-2008
Capturing CO2 from cement works with algae

There's a large algae reactor underway in Spain based around the Holcem cement reactor , which will be around 100 square metres and cost $92m, according to Greentech media. The reactor is being built by Green Fuels Technology Corp.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-21-2008
UK grants for clean vehicles

The UK has £100m (around $175m-200m) in grants for vehicles powered by biofuel and other cleantechnologies. According to Cleantech The U.K. Regional Development Agency One NorthEast is taking applications for its recently-launched £100 million ($173 million USD) Low Carbon Vehicle Integrated Regional...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-14-2008

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