IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlueFireEthanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC: BFRE.OB - News) this week completed acrucial step in the construction of its first cellulosic ethanolplant in the U.S. by completing vendor testing of the key pieces ofequipment to convert a variety of biomass materials -- from woodchips to municipal waste -- into the simple sugars used in BlueFireEthanol's production process.The
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Qteros, Inc., a leading developer of second-generation technology solutions for the biofuels industry based on its unique Q Microbe ™ platform, announced today that John McCarthy has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer to accelerate the company’s technology and commercial initiatives in the worldwide cellulosic ethanol marketplace.Mr. McCarthy’s 18-year experience include
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New biofuel CEO stepping on the gas
Posted by Editor 228 days ago (http://www.qteros.com)
By Christine McConvilleJohn A. McCarthy Jr., the new chief executive officer of biofuel firm Qteros, sees endless possibilities for the company.“It’s a great business with great investors,” McCarthy said just days after the Marlboro-based company brought him in to replace Bill Frey. “And my mandate is to move things along as rapidly as we can.”Qteros [...]
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Water use continues to fall at POET plants (1/20/2010)
Posted by Editor 228 days ago (http://www.poet.com)
Plant News & AnnouncementsPOET Biorefining Preston has cut its water use by 13 percent thanks to a recently installed water recovery system.The new system allows the plant to recycle an additional 19 million gallons of waste water per year from the filtering system at the plant, bringing its total water use per gallon of ethanol down to 2.6 gallons. POET plants on average use about 3 gallons of
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BlueFire to Present at POWER-GEN Conference February 19-21, 2008
Posted by Editor 228 days ago (http://bluefireethanol.com)
IRVINE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb 14, 2008 --BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB - News), the leader incellulosic ethanol technology, will present at the POWER-GENRenewable Energy & Fuels conference, to be held February 19-21,2008 at the Rio Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.BlueFire CEO Arnold Klann will give BlueFire's presentation onWednesday, February 20, at 9:30 a.m. in the
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Compares current state of biofuels to the Internet before it exploded – “We Know Nothing.”
Los Angeles, CA November 17, 2009 – OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced that the company’s CEO, Riggs Eckelberry, addressed an [...] Read More »
Los Angeles, CA November 17, 2009 – OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced that the company’s CEO, Riggs Eckelberry, addressed an [...] Read More »
Refining Poop Power: Wastewater in, Cellulosic Ethanol Out
Posted by Editor 251 days ago (http://www.qteros.com)
By Jim MotavalliThere’s no nice way of saying this: A group of green-minded entrepreneurs are making a clean-burning car fuel out of, well, poop. They don’t call it that, of course — they prefer to call it “municipal wastewater” or “sewage sludge,” but trust me, that’s what it is.I come from a family of engineers, [...]
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Project LIBERTY/Cellulosic EthanolPOET announced today that cost reductions achieved over the past year of operating their cellulosic ethanol pilot plant have exceeded expectations in their drive to commercialize the process. Reductions in energy usage, enzyme costs, raw material requirements and capital expenses have reduced POETs per gallon cost from $4.13 to $2.35 over the course of the past
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