From Landfills to Lamborghinis: The Future of Biofuels

Source: The Guardian, Damian Carrington (3/14/12)

"The biofuels industry reckons household and office rubbish will be the most promising source for biofuels in 2012."

The Guardian, Damian Carrington

What's not to like about converting garbage into a low-carbon energy, displacing oil and its climate-warming emissions?

Not much according to the biofuels industry, which reckons household and office rubbish will be the most promising source for biofuels in 2012.

At the World Biofuels Markets conference I'm attending in Rotterdam, where over 100 industry leaders were asked which "next-generation" feedstock, i.e., not food, like corn or sugar, did they believe was the most promising for 2012? The results are instructive, as we hear a lot about the abject failings of many current food-to-fuel biofuels, but less on how those people actually producing them are responding to that criticism.

Municipal solid waste was the choice for 26%, followed by 24% for non-food crops like jatropha and switchgrass. Non-food crops have their own problems, of course, such as ensuring they don't squeeze out food crops or grab the land or water of local people, as I found in Tanzania. . .View Full Article

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Source: Streetwise Reports (01/26/2021)

Jericho Oil will gain the acquiree's award-winning, patented, zero-emissions Dynamic Combustion Chamber boiler.

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Source: Streetwise Reports (01/24/2021)

Eguana Technologies reported financial and operating results for FY/20 that demonstrated substantial improvements in both revenue and gross margins.

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Source: Streetwise Reports (01/15/2021)

UGE International provided an update on its project and corporate activities during Q4/20.

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Source: Streetwise Reports (01/12/2021)

Shares of Ballard Power Systems traded 18% higher to a new 52-week high after the company reported that it had received an order from Arcola Energy for its FCmove-HD fuel cell modules that will be used to power Scotland's first fuel cell-powered train.

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Source: Streetwise Reports (01/06/2021)

UGE International reported that just prior to year-end 2020 it secured a contract to build a new US$9.9 million, 5.4MW DC community solar project in the State of Maine.

This Tiny Tech Stock Is Quietly Building a Huge Business in Air Quality
Source: Matt Badiali for Streetwise Reports (01/05/2021)

Independent financial analyst Matt Badiali discusses how mCloud's technology is making it possible for office buildings to reopen during the pandemic.

Clean Energy Fuels Partners with Total SE to Develop Carbon-Negative RNG Production Facilities
Source: Streetwise Reports (12/22/2020)

Shares of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. traded 23% higher to a new 52-week high price after the company reported it is entering into a $145 million 50-50 joint venture with Total SE of France to develop carbon-negative renewable natural gas production facilities in the U.S.

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Source: John "Jack" C. Hurley for Streetwise Reports (12/08/2020)

Value investor John "Jack" C. Hurley outlines the value proposition behind technology company CleanSpark.

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