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USDA announced new biomass production projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced recently four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) projects aimed to enlarge the availability of non-food crofs by using it in the production of liquid biofuels. The UDSA assigned up to $45 million for contracts that last less than five years and up to 15 years.
read more... 10/08/2011
GeoTek to receive 2.85 million dollars from DOE
GeoTek Energy, LLC was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to obtain 450,000 dollars for the initial design of the Gravity Head Energy System (GHES) with the opportunity to obtain a further financial support of up to 2.4 million dollars as to confirm the final design.
read more... 21/07/2011
BP to pay $25 million penalty following the Alaska oil spill
BP has to pay a $25 million penalty fee and spend other $60 million for improvement measures following the spill of more than 5,000 barrels of crude oil from the company's pipelines in Alaska in 2006, declared on Tuesday the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
read more... 04/05/2011
World officials pledge to help Japanese nation
Describing the nuclear reactor crisis in Japan as “very serious”, the head of the UN agency that coordinates global nuclear safety declared that it is preparing to depart to Tokyo to offer further assistance.
read more... 17/03/2011
Infigen Energy builds Solar Farm in Bugendore, New South Wales.
The new Infigen’s Energy PV solar farm project was approved by the New South Wales Department of Planning last week. It will be built on a surface of 100 hectares in Bugendore, next to A.C.T (Australia) and will generate 50 MW of green energy, enough to supply 10.000 homes.
read more... 24/01/2011