FedEx is planning to withdraw over 80 aircraft and buy a smaller number of more modern, fuel efficient models as part of its reorganisation and environmental drive. It is reported that 10 aircraft will be retired immediately and 70+ more ...
Salem, N.H.-based Bolton Emerson Americas — a manufacturer of machinery for the pulp and paper, biofuels, biomass, recycling, converting and cabinet/furniture industries — is expanding applications for its Tornado pulping ...
Tags: Textile
SCS Global Services, a third party verifier of environmental and sustainability certification, is pleased to announce the expansion of its marketing team. Julie Gengo, a veteran marketing and communications specialist, will be taking on the ...
Tags: SCS, Marketing Specialist
With 418 exhibitors from 23 countries and 12,470 visitors, the 9th AchemAsia closed its doors in Beijing. Exhibitors and hosts were very satisfied with the event. The organizers conclusion: The platform for Asia s process industry is firmly ...
To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
May 14, 2013 - According to a recent survey by Navigant Research, consumer support for solar and wind energy, though still high, has fallen steadily over the last three years. Favorable impressions of solar energy fell from 77% in 2011 to ...
Tags: Consumer Support, Wind Energy, Solar Energy
The profitability of an average 100 million gal/year (378 million lit/year) ethanol plant based in the Midwestern US region surged in April to the highest since November 2011 due to falling input costs, a study from Iowa State University ...
Tags: Ethanol Margins, ethanol plant
Aviation biofuel's newly minted ability to generate tradable US renewables credits, known as RINs, may be key to the industry's economics, according to market watchers. "The availability of RINs is a critical bridge to commercial ...
Tags: Biojet Backers, Chemicals
The profitability of turning corn crops into ethanol in Europe surged to seven-month highs this week following a jump in the spot price of the biofuel, according to data compiled by Platts. The corn-to-ethanol crush margin, an indication ...
Tags: Crush Margin, Chemicals
While US policymakers, legislators and others are focused on whether the fundamentals of US gas market would change significantly if large volumes of LNG are exported, there are emerging questions about the federal government's ability to ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Chemicals
A Senate Democrat from Delaware and a Republican in the House of Representatives from Texas Wednesday introduced bills to open tax-friendly corporate rules available to the oil and natural gas industry for decades to renewable power, energy ...
Tags: Federal Tax, Energy Projects
The world's fastest supercomputer, Titan, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, is deploying a new storage system from DataDirect Networks (DDN) to support its research into climate change impacts and alternative ...
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DNV announces being 'LNG ready' could be the best option for many ships Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 DNV now offers shipowners the support they need to make newbuilds and existing vessels 'LNG ready' with class approved designs, ready for later, ...
Tags: Transportation, Service
The price of hydrous ethanol in Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest fuel market, snapped a five-week slide in the week ended April 9 due to stronger demand following the Easter break, agricultural think tank Cepea said Tuesday. Hydrous ethanol, ...
Tags: Hydrous Ethanol Price, Chemicals
Prices for 2012 and 2013 US ethanol renewable credits, also known as RINs, on Monday reached their highest levels in four weeks on the heels of weak biofuels production data released by the US Environmental Protection Agency Friday, sources ...
Tags: ethanol, renewable fuel