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New Biomass-to-Synthetic Fuel conversion process from
Sundrop (New Prod. & Tech.)
Louisville, Colorado
start-up Sundrop Fuels indicates it has developed a cleaner and more
efficient method to convert biomass into synthetic fuels using a solar
gasification process. According to the company, its process, being
demonstrated at a 1.5 ME thermal solar gasification facility in Colorado,
can produce twice the fuel per ton of biomass compared to conventional
biomass gasification systems. It uses technology originally developed by
University of Colorado Boulder Professor, Alan W. Weimer. (Source:
Technology Review, March 10, 2010)
Contact: Sundrop Fuels, (720) 890-6501, www.sundropfuels.com;
Alan W. Weimer, Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, (303) 492-3759, [email protected],
www.colorado.edu
Algae Biotechnology available (New Prod. & Tech.)
Green Star Products, Inc.
and its associated consortium of companies indicate they will be auctioning
the U.S. licensing rights to their proprietary algae growth biotechnology
on September 9, 2010, in New York City. According to Green Star Products
President, Joseph LaStella, "This technology is not expensive and can
accelerate algae commercialization in a significantly short time frame. The
successful bidder will possess a significant advantage in an energy
industry that now has captured the attention of Wall Street and the
world." Additional auctions will be held in France and India later
this year; the Korean and Chinese rights have already been awarded.
(Source: Green Star Products, March 10, 2010)
Contact: Joseph LaStella, President, Green Star Products, (619) 864-4010, [email protected]
, www.greenstarusa.com
$21 million Biomass Program deal for R.W. Beck (G&C)
McLean, Virginia-based
Science Applications International Corp.'s subsidiary R.W. Beck was awarded
a five-year contract from the U.S. DOE for its Biomass Program worth up to
$21 million. As part of the program, the DOE will partially fund via grants
the design, construction, and operation of 18 integrated ethanol
biorefinery pilot and demonstration projects for the development and
commercialization of cellulosic and algae-derived biofuel and biochemical
production. Under the contract, R.W. Beck will serve as an independent engineer
providing services including assistance in program management, technical
and financial due diligence, construction and operations monitoring.
(Source: Washington Business Journal, March 9, 2010)
Contact: R.W. Beck, (800) 285- 2325, www.rwbeck.com; J.T. Grumski, SVP , Science
Applications International, (703) 676-4300, www.saic.com
KCP&L seals Landfill-Gas-to-Energy deal in Missouri
(G&C)
Kansas City Power &
Light has inked a deal with the city of St. Joseph, Missouri to build a
landfill gas to energy plant at the city's 90 acre landfill. Under the
terms of the deal, the utility will build the plant and the city will
operate the system. Specific financial terms were not disclosed. (Source:
Kansas City Business Journal, March 9, 2010)
Contact: J. Bruce Woody, Director, Public Works, St. Joseph, (816)
271-4653, [email protected],
www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us;
Kansas City Power & Light, www.kcpl.com
$65,000 awarded to Idaho Biomass project (Funding)
Following up on a request
profiled in our March 1, 2010 edition, the City of Sandpoint, Idaho will
receive $65,000 for its proposed wood waste biomass cogeneration system at
the city's Airport Way industrial park. The project would use wood waste
including slash and logging debris from land-clearing operations, and
construction waste destined for landfills, to convert into fuel for power
and heat. The funds were awarded from the State Office of Energy Resources,
but fall short of the $250,000 originally requested. Paul Kjellander,
administrator of the Office of Energy Resources, said his agency wants to
see the completion of the Sandpoint project, which includes building an
energy grid to provide city-owned buildings as well as private businesses a
cheaper power source. "There may be more money to look at that
project," he said. (Source: Bonner County Daily Bee, March 9, 2010)
Contact: Jeremy Grimm, Planning Director, Sandpoint, Idaho, (208) 263-3370,
[email protected],
www.cityofsandpoint.com,
Paul Kjellander, Administrator, Office of Energy Resources, Idaho, (208)
287-4891, [email protected],
www.energy.idaho.gov.
Ethanol plant for Grimsby, U.K. (Int'l - Ind. Report)
In the U.K., Future
Capital Partners indicates its Future Fuels Fund has purchased a location
and obtained and planning permission consent for its proposed industrial
scale plant in Grimsby, North East England that will produce ethanol and
dried distillers grains and solids. The company has secured contracts for
the plant's first ten years production for a combined forecast income of
approximately $2.24 billion US (£1.5 billion). (Source: Wall Street
Journal, March 8, 2010)
Contact: Future Fuels, www.futurefuelsllp.com; Tim Levy, CEO , Future Capital
Partners, 44 (0) 20 7009 6600, [email protected],
www.futurecapitalpartners.com
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