Archive for the ‘Finance’ Category
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
More than 10% of all gasoline sold in the United States in 2009 will be made from ethanol rather than petroleum. Last Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told gasoline refiners and importers that they must produce more than 10% of all gasoline from ethanol in 2009. This exceeds the ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
DARPA is funding research devoted to the affordable production of a surrogate for petroleum based military jet fuel (JP-8) from agricultural or aquacultural crops that are non-competitive with food material.
The current solicitation expands the scope of the BioFuels program described in BAA06-43 to additionally focus on: (1) processes for ...
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Biorefinery, Finance, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Research, algae, biomass, ethanol, green-technology | No Comments »
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Japan, the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, has actually seen carbon emissions increases rose by nearly 9% above 1990 emissions levels, according to new data released yesterday.
Under the Kyoto Protocol, Japan is committed to reducing its emissions by six percent from the benchmark year in the period between 2008 and ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Gulf Oil recently opened its first e85 fueling station in New England to service commuters with Flex Fuel Vehicles. This station is an important milestone to expand Massachusetts and New England’s fuel resources, providing greater access to affordable and environmentally friendly alternative fuels.
This new station makes it easier for Massachusetts’ ...
Posted in Batteries, Biofuels, Biorefinery, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, Green-Cars, Hydrogen, Industry-News, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Sustainability, biomass, ethanol, green-technology | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
T. Boone Pickens, the proverbial man with a plan, says Obama made the right call by choosing Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff.Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) is a "BIG supporter" of shifting America's energy economy from oil to natural gas. Emanuel has apparently met with Boone on at ...
Posted in Climate-Change, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Energy-STAR, Finance, Green-Cars, Hydrogen, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Water, Water-Filtration, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-technology, materials | No Comments »
Monday, November 10th, 2008
For the first time in a more than a decade, California plans to reinstate the drought bank. Over 740 million cubic meters of water could change hands next year. In September, the California Department of Water Resources announced the creation of a 2009 Drought Water Bank. The drought water bank ...
Posted in Finance, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Sustainability, Water, Water-Filtration, green-technology, law | No Comments »
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
New York's Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, released the nation's first code of ethics for wind-energy companies last week. The code is an effort to resolve an investigation AG Cuomo began in July related to alleged improprieties in the actions of two wind-power companies in soliciting local support for large scale ...
Posted in Electricity, Finance, Green-Chemistry, Industry-News, Start-ups, Sustainability, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, law | No Comments »
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Will a government led green revolution galvanize the foundering economy of the United States and set the stage for a new era of growth and prosperity? The question has attracted a significant amount of attention since the financial crisis began to escalate several months ago and stuck a wrench in ...
Posted in China, Climate-Change, Finance, India, Industry-News, Israel, Japan, Lifecycles, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Start-ups, Sustainability, green-technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Last year was another record for investment into alternative and renewable energy, with $148.4 billion poured into the sector globally, up 60% from 2006. On top of this, total M&A transactions in the space amounted to over US$55 billion. Asset financing was the main driver for investment growth, up 68% ...
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