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Malaysia's Power Plant Run on What?
Currently, half of Malaysia's power plants run on gas. Other sources include coal and hydropower - Sep 2008 - Read More
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Shell in Partnership with Codexis for Biofuels
Shell is taking a seat on Codexis' board and making a capital investment into the biofuels technology company as the firms announced their research collaboration is being extended by five years. - Read More
Shell, HR Biopetroleum to build algae-fuel lab in Kona
Royal Dutch Shell and HR Biopetroleum announced they will build a testing laboratory on the Big Island to grow marine algae and produce vegetable oil for conversion into biofuel. Shell and Hawaii-based HR Biopetroleum have formed a joint company, Cellana, to develop the project. - Read More
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HR Biopetroleum Founders
HR Biopetroleum was founded in 2004 by Barry Raleigh and Mark Huntley. - Read More
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Shell Tie-up with Iogen
Shell also has a tie up with Iogen, which received part of a US Department of energy grant of $385m into cellulose ethanol earlier in 2008. - Read More
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Shell, Choven in Partnership for Gassifying Woodchips
Shell and Choven are likely to build a demonstration plant for to gassify woodchips and produce biofuels by the end of next year too. - Read More
Shell Announces 6 Biofuel Research Programmes
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US; the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Sao Paulo, Brazil; the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS), Beijing, China; the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (QIBEBT), Qingdao, China; the Centre of Excellence for Biocatalysis, Biotransformations and Biocatalytic Manufacture (CoEBio3) at Manchester University, UK; and the School of BioSciences Exeter University, UK - Read More
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Biofuels in 2020 according to Accenture
Biofuels to be 10 to 15 percent of our fuel supply by 2020, says Accenture - Read More
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Bunge, Itochu in Brazilian Ethanol Investment
In Brazil, Bunge and Japanese trading firm Itochu annoucned that they will invest $800 million in a pair of Brazilian ethanol and sugar mill operations. Itochu said that it will take a 20 percent stake in the Santa Juliana plant in Minas Gerais acquired originally by Bunge in 2007, and the two companies will construct a second sugar mill with undisclosed capacity. The Santa Juliana plant capacity will be expanded to 4.2 million tonnes of cane, from 1.6 million today. - Read More
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