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September 12, 2012
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California Clean Fuel Standard Poised to Drive Growth in Biofuels Industry
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2012
Despite a challenging year, the advanced biofuels industry continues to grow, according to a new report from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). Biofuel production capacity has increased from 437 million gallons last year to more than 685 million gallons, the report shows. By 2015, the industry has the potential to produce 1.6 billion to 2.6 billion gallons of clean, renewable fuel. According to the report, standards like California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and the federal Renewable Fuel St ... read more

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World Energy and Hydro Dynamics team up to promote SPR cavitation reactor technology
Hydro Dynamics, through its WMG Services business unit, has announced that the companies have teamed up to expand commercialization of the SPR for biodiesel applications worldwide. Harnessing ... more
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West Coast distributor expands biodiesel offering
Biodiesel is now available via truckload from Renewable Energy Group's new biodiesel location in Rancho Dominguez outside of Long Beach. The first truckload of biodiesel was picked up by Whole Energ ... more
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S.Africa to start processing shale gas applications
South Africa will process applications for shale gas exploration but hold off on controversial fracking drilling while new rules are drafted, the mines minister said Tuesday. ... more
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BIO FUEL

EU changes tack on biofuels on greenhouse gas concerns
The European Union plans to trim targets on biofuel use, once seen as a potential source of cheap alternative energy but now widely blamed for soaring food prices, according to a draft proposal. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

China hikes fuel prices for second month
China on Tuesday hiked government-set fuel prices for the second month in a row with shares in listed oil giants falling despite expectations the move would narrow their losses. ... more
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AEROSPACE

Boeing Forecasts China Will Need 5,260 New Airplanes by 2031
Boeing is projecting China will need 5,260 new commercial airplanes valued at $670 billion over the next 20 years. China is forecast to be the second largest market for new commercial airplanes. ... more
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AEROSPACE

Albatross 'dynamic soaring' achieved by repeated curve-altitude oscillation
Albatrosses leverage the energy of the wind to fly with essentially no mechanical cost to themselves, very rarely flapping their wings, and new work published in the open access journal PLOS ONE off ... more
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Vast reserves, but little to drink: Tajikistan's water struggles
Year after northern Nigeria floods, survivors left high and dry
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ENERGY TECH

Nationalized YPF draws Russian investor
Argentina's nationalized YPF energy company is pursuing talks with Russia's Gazprom to forge a partnership and secure needed cash investment in the company. ... more
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Nigeria has former militants guarding oil
Nigeria has hired former militants to provide pipeline security in the country's troubled Niger delta. ... more
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S.Africa lifts freeze on shale gas exploration
South Africa on Friday said it was lifting a freeze on shale gas exploration in a move condemned by environmentalists who fear that controversial fracking will pollute scarce water sources. ... more
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AEROSPACE

Chinese firm to entice Air France pilots to head to Asia
Air France pilots are to meet Monday with a Chinese company hoping to recruit them to Asia, union officials said, as the French airline tries to shed staff to regain competitiveness. ... more
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CAR TECH

Volkswagen to recall 7,500 cars in China: watchdog
Shanghai Volkswagen will recall 7,544 vehicles whose flawed design could cause drivers to lose steering control, China's quality watchdog said on its website on Friday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Ugandan govt. releases oil exploration map
Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has released an oil exploration draft map. ... more
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AEROSPACE

PZL-Swidnik highlights new products
Polish aircraft manufacturer PZL-Swidnik SA, an AgustaWestland company, has announced a new product and another in the works. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

The Real Cause of High Oil Prices - An Interview with James Hamilton
Nowadays the energy picture is confusing at best as the more information we are shown the more blurred our vision seems to become. Mixed messages, poor reporting and a media hungry to sensationalize ... more
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Chilean deal with EADS falling through
Talks on business collaboration between Chilean state aviation company Enaer and European manufacturer EADS are stalled over legal technicalities that may prove to be the undoing of draft contracts known to be under negotiation. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

TransCanada submits new US route for Keystone pipeline
Pipeline operator TransCanada on Wednesday offered to re-route its planned Keystone XL pipe to avoid environmentally sensitive areas as it carries oil from Canada's tar sands to US refineries. ... more
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CAR TECH

GM says China sales grow despite slowdown
General Motors' sales in China hit a record 220,996 vehicles in August, the US auto giant said Wednesday, despite an economic slowdown in the country with the world's largest car market. ... more
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AEROSPACE

'Sideways' aircraft for supersonic speed?
An aircraft that could pivot 90 degrees in midair after takeoff to reach supersonic speeds has been given $100,000 in NASA funding, its research team says. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Nigerian oil output slumps
Nigeria's oil production has fallen below government projections. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

EU renews push for trans-Caspian pipeline
The European Union this week restarted negotiations with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan on the possibility of an undersea trans-Caspian natural gas pipeline. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Oil prices advance on China, Europe stimulus hopes
Global crude oil prices rose Tuesday as weak manufacturing numbers from Europe and China lifted hopes of fresh central bank stimulus measures, analysts said. ... more
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Iran is 'only power' that can secure Gulf: commander
Iran is the "only power" that can secure the oil-rich Gulf, a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Tuesday, adding that the reinforced US navy presence in the waterway was causing regional instability. ... more
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US auto sales jump 20 percent in August
US auto sales jumped 20 percent in August to the best performance in three years even as higher gas prices drove a shift towards smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles, industry data showed Tuesday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Iran has 'problems' selling oil: Ahmadinejad
Iran has "problems" exporting its oil, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted on Tuesday, but he said his government was determined to overcome that and other challenges posed by Western economic sanctions. ... more
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Philippines hails Clinton remarks on South China Sea
Philippine officials praised US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call for a peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in the South China Sea, saying Tuesday she had bolstered Manila's stance. ... more
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Barclays Capital bullish on Israeli natgas
Israel has long been a major importer of energy supplies, including oil and natural gas, but recent discoveries have drawn positive outlook for the Israeli energy sector. ... more
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Fire points to Venezuela oil industry woes
Venezuela's biggest oil refinery remained closed Friday after firefighters put out a fire that raged for more three days following an explosion that killed at least 48 people, left dozens wounded and hundreds homeless. ... more
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Shell's arctic plans get limited go-ahead
The U.S. Interior Department has granted Shell permission to start limited drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's coast. ... more
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Nigerian community urges action on oil devastation
Nigerians from a region devastated by oil spills on Monday called on the president to take action, more than a year after a UN report said the contamination may require the world's biggest cleanup. ... more
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BIO FUEL

Waste cooking oil makes bioplastics cheaper
'Bioplastics' that are naturally synthesized by microbes could be made commercially viable by using waste cooking oil as a starting material. This would reduce environmental contamination and also g ... more
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