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- SE: Plant life made easy
- Coskata And ICM To Design And Build Commercial Ethanol Plants.
- … SURCE: Genoil Inc. Plans Commercial Demonstration Plant…
- f The $750 Billion Global Engineering-Services Market Today nly…
- Zimbabwe: Freda Rebecca Gets US$104m to Refurbish Plant
- Emerson helps Bioethanol plant in Turkey realise start-up and…
- Fortified Cassava Could Provide A Day’s Nutrition in A Single Meal
SE: Plant life made easy
Politics.co.uk – Feb 7, 2008
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Coskata And ICM To Design And Build Commercial Ethanol Plants.
Free with registration – Space Daily – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 7, 2008
7 (SPX) — Coskata announced a strategic alliance with ICM to design and construct a commercial ethanol plant using Coskata’s biological fermentation technology. ICM is North America’s leading ethanol plant design engineering and support firm. Its patented proprietary process technology is responsible for approximately 50 percent.
… SURCE: Genoil Inc. Plans Commercial Demonstration Plant…
sys-con.com – Feb 7, 2008
nce agreement has been reached on the demonstration facility’s location site conditions and crude or residual oil feed stock and engineering have been completed it is estimated that the total installed cost of the demonstration facility will be approximately $10000000 USD. The completion and operation of the demonstration facility is contingent on Genoil’s ability to raise sufficient funds to meet these financial requirements. To date Genoil has completed fabrication and purchase of a four compartment heater for the reactor section of the facility and under the agreement outlined above Genoil is currently in the process of purchasing refurbished equipment for the atmospheric and vacuum distillation sections of the facility at a total cost of $650000 CDN. Genoil intends to acquire and construct the demonstration facility to further test scalability and commercial operations using Genoil’s GHU® technology. When completed it is Genoil’s belief that the demonstration facility will prove the viability of commercial operations while using the GHU technology to demonstrate the potential for scale up of the GHU facility to handle additional commercial production levels. Genoil believes that test results to date have verified the technological capabilities of the GHU® units and that it is now necessary to demonstrate feasibility and scalability through the construction and operation of a commercial demonstration plant in the Texas Gulf Coast area… To accomplish the foregoing Genoil will require significant additional capital resources and loan facilities as to which no assurance can be given. Genoil engineers have recently returned from China where Genoil has been meeting with representatives of the HZ refinery and the engineering procurement and construction (“EPC”) contractor in China. The Genoil GHU® Upgrading Facility Front End Engineering and Design (“FEED”) Study currently being completed by Genoil is on schedule. Genoil anticipates completing the design and costing study in late March 2008. nce the study is complete HZ and Genoil intend to move to finalize a contract as outlined in the memorandum of understanding with HZ dated ctober 2006 and previously described in a press release dated ctober 3 2006 and in Genoil’s other public filings all of which are available on SEDAR and EDGAR. Genoil is currently working with HZ to form a joint venture company in China with a view to the construction execution and operation of a Genoil GHU® Upgrading Facility in China. James Runyan Genoil’s C stated “we are looking forward to the construction and installation of our commercial demonstration facility that we believe will prove the commercial viability and operational economics of Genoil’s technology allowing Genoil and potential clients to examine and plan for larger facilities including possible merchant facilities owned and operated by Genoil or in a joint venture with other clients.
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Free with registration – M2 Presswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 7, 2008
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Zimbabwe: Freda Rebecca Gets US$104m to Refurbish Plant
AllAfrica.com – Feb 7, 2008
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Freda Rebecca general manager Mr Tichakura Chivonivoni told the Herald Business this week that they expected up to 100 000 ounces per year once refurbishment is completed in 2009. Generally production will resume in April this year with an estimated production capacity of 45 000 ounces for the current year. The general manager said one mill has already been reconditioned and was expected to churn out nearly 50 000 tonnes of ore monthly. He said they have set a target to produce over 100 000 tonnes of ore per annum in 2009 when the second SAG mill comes on board… "Initially we had marked February this year as the period for resumption of our operations but had to postpone due to late payment for gold deliveries by the Reserve Bank" said Chivonivoni. Production at Freda Rebecca has been hampered by several factors such as skills shortages erratic power supply amongst other factors. The inability to source spares and the declining re-manufacturing capacity of the country’s engineering companies has resulted in gold extractors losing out on the world commodity boom. Mr Chivonivoni reiterated that there was need for relevant authorities to regularly review gold support price in order for gold mining firms to stay afloat. The RBZ recently upped the gold price to $100 million per gramme from $10 million per gramme Freda Rebecca is expected to reinstate workers who had been sent out on paid leave. Relevant LinksSouthern AfricaEconomy Business and FinanceMiningZimbabweFreda Rebecca Mine falls under mining conglomerate Mwana Africa. Mwana Africa is a syndicate comprising African business people from Kenya South Africa the Democratic Republic of Congo Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Emerson helps Bioethanol plant in Turkey realise start-up and…
Process & Control Today – Feb 7, 2008
Bioethanol is the world?s largest source of renewable energy and its use has the added advantage that crops used for feedstock help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by absorbing C2 emissions during crop growth. The new plant processes grain usually corn and wheat to produce ethanol to be used as a fuel additive. Rapid start up of the plant was critical and the contribution made by Emerson during the start up phase meant that TARK?M was able to start up one month earlier than scheduled. This provided cost savings of ?220000 and helped book early revenues. The plant has been operating for over two years and during that time there have been no off-specification product or quality concessions made. During this operational period the reliability of the plant has been outstanding with only two or three unexpected shutdowns… Its brands include PlantWeb® Fisher® Micro Motion® Rosemount® Rosemount Analytical® Mobrey® Daniel® Bristol® DeltaV? vation® and AMS® Suite. About EmersonEmerson based in St. Louis is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power process management industrial automation climate technologies and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2007 were $22. For more information visit.
Fortified Cassava Could Provide A Day’s Nutrition in A Single Meal
innovations report – Feb 7, 2008
1 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation the group of researchers is led by Richard Sayre a professor of plant cellular and molecular biology at hio State University. Sayre presented an update on the BioCassava Plus project June 30 at the American Society of Plant Biologists meeting in M?da Mexico. “This is the most ambitious plant genetic engineering project ever attempted” Sayre said. “Some biofortification strategies have the objective of providing only a third of the daily adult nutrition requirements since consumers typically get the rest of their nutritional requirements from other foods in their diet. But global food prices have recently gone sky high meaning that many of the poorest people are now eating just one meal a day primarily their staple food. “So what we’re working on has become even more important in the last year than it was when we started not just in regions where people are malnourished but across developing countries where food has gotten so expensive that people can’t afford the diverse diet that they’re used to. “Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is the primary source of calories for an estimated 800 million people worldwide including 250 million people in sub-Saharan Africa the current focus of the Gates-funded project.