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- Half of General Motors output to use ethanol by 2012
- LDK Solar Receives Basic Engineering Phase Package from CDI Engineerin…
- Company turns to Danforth plant center to develop a ‘green’…
- South Africa: Car Companies Aim to Curb Electricity Use
Half of General Motors output to use ethanol by 2012
Taipei Times – Feb 8, 2008
“We don’t only want to respond to the needs of the market. We want to anticipate them” Clarke said. Clarke also said that Warrenville Illinois-based Coskata which announced its partnership with GM last month has formed an alliance with ethanol plant engineering firm ICM Inc to build its first plant expected to open in late 2010. Coskata president and chief executive Bill Roe said the firm plans to announce the location of that plant and another plant in the next few weeks and construction on both will start this year. ICM’s production process is being used for half of all US ethanol production. Coskata said it would be able to mass-produce ethanol at the plant for less than US$1 a gallon (3. 8 liters) using a unique process that converts feedstock biomass agricultural waste and even municipal solid waste to ethanol… Coskata president and chief executive Bill Roe said the firm plans to announce the location of that plant and another plant in the next few weeks and construction on both will start this year. ICM’s production process is being used for half of all US ethanol production. Coskata said it would be able to mass-produce ethanol at the plant for less than US$1 a gallon (3. 8 liters) using a unique process that converts feedstock biomass agricultural waste and even municipal solid waste to ethanol. Clarke said GM is continuing to research hybrids plug-in electric vehicles and other fuel-saving technology but believed ethanol could provide the quickest reduction in emissions. The US already has a fueling infrastructure for ethanol and consumers would have to make minimal changes in behavior he said. Clarke said that if GM Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC meet their promises for the number of ethanol-capable vehicles they will have on the road by 2020 there would be a reduction of 110 billion liters of fuel annually or 18 percent of the country’s usage.
LDK Solar Receives Basic Engineering Phase Package from CDI Engineerin…
Free with registration – PR Newswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 8, 2008
a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers has received the completed Basic Engineering Phase (BEP) package for its Trichlorosilane (TCS) plant at its Xinyu Jiangxi site from CDI Engineering Solutions a division of engineering outsourcing leader CDI Corp. The BEP defines the parameters of the plant design and is used to prepare detailed construction drawings. Completion of the TCS BEP package on schedule supports the company’s publicly announced plans to complete construction and reach a production capacity of up to 6000 metric tons of polysilicon by the end of 2008 and 15000 metric tons by the… a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers has received the completed Basic Engineering Phase (BEP) package for its Trichlorosilane (TCS) plant at its Xinyu Jiangxi site from CDI Engineering Solutions a division of engineering outsourcing leader CDI Corp. The BEP defines the parameters of the plant design and is used to prepare detailed construction drawings. Completion of the TCS BEP package on schedule supports the company’s publicly announced plans to complete construction and reach a production capacity of up to 6000 metric tons of polysilicon by the end of 2008 and 15000 metric tons by the.
Company turns to Danforth plant center to develop a ‘green’…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Feb 8, 2008
14 million state grant to the project. "Metabolix is hopefully the first of many examples of plant biotechnology companies that are going to be finding their way to Missouri. "Scientists from the company and the Danforth Center are working to genetically modify certain oilseeds to produce plastic polymers as they grow. nce harvested the crop would be broken down into oil for biodiesel refineries and polymers for the production of bioplastics that break down into environmentally friendly waste. Bioplastics — plastic derived from plant or microbial sources rather than petroleum — would provide biodiesel facilities with a valuable co-product that they could sell to offset the cost of producing fuel for autos and trucks. "This is an opportunity that’s potentially very good in terms of the economics" said liver Peoples Metabolix co-founder and chief scientific officer… The Mirel process requires the construction of costly fermentation plants and depends on a crop — corn — that already is in high demand for food ethanol and animal feed. So Metabolix is turning to a new approach that would create a dedicated industrial crop solely for bioplastic and biofuel production. TAPPING DANFRTHThis second-generation approach involves engineering oilseeds to produce polymers that would be extracted purified and possibly blended to create commercial-grade bioplastics. But Metabolix’s expertise is in microbial systems and fermentation — it needs the Danforth Center’s experts to work in oilseed plants Peoples said. The collaboration "really speaks to the fact that the Danforth Center has grown up and developed in ways that the science is relevant to the translation of basic research" into commercial products said its president Roger Beachy. "That’s the mission … that we laid out years ago. "Metabolix will work with three of the center’s principal investigators: Jan Jaworski and Edgar Cahoon who are oilseed experts; and Joseph Jez a biochemist who studies the function and structure of plants.
South Africa: Car Companies Aim to Curb Electricity Use
AllAfrica.com – Feb 8, 2008
"We have identified numerous incentives where we have been able to reduce load on a permanent basis. "In the last two weeks we have managed to achieve a 5% load reduction and we are continuing to look for further opportunities" Demuynck says. Relevant LinksSouthern AfricaEconomy Business and FinanceEnergySouth AfricaTransport and ShippingVolkswagen of SA plant engineering manager Nick Chapman says the company has reduced its daily energy consumption 10% at an annual saving of R12m since implementing an energy management programme in 2003. The company aims to cut back its energy consumption up to 15% a day by 2010. "The time is now for everyone to take a proactive stand. We have a power crisis and it will continue unless we all do something about it" Chapman says. To date he says the company has invested about R4m in its energy management drive.