Archive for October, 2009
P7 Billion worth of Biofuel Projects get approval
Posted on October 31, 2009, under Polttoaineet, Sekalaista, Uutiset.
The Department of Energy (DOE) recently gave its approval to seven biofuel projects which have a combined investment of over P7 Billion. The ramp up of biofuel production in the Philippines is in compliance with the 2007 Biofuel Law that mandates for a fixed amount of bioethanol to be mixed in the gasoline and biodiesel in the petro diesel being sold at the pumps.
The Seven Biofuel Projects are:
- Cavite Biofuels Producers Inc - They are located at Magallanes, Cavite and have plans to put up a P3.4 Billion bioethanol facility that has a capacity of 34.4 Million liters/year.
- Chemrez Technologies Inc - the pioneer commercial biodiesel producer will put up a 75 Million liter/year biodiesel processing plant at Bagumbayan, Quezon City that will have a price tag of P650 million.
- San Carlos Bioenergy Inc- 30 Million li/year of bioethanol plant at Negros Oriental. Most likely will be fed with sugarcane and will have a co-generation plant using the leftover waste like what their current structures are designed to handle.
- Golden Asian Oil International Inc. - 60 million liter/year biodiesel plant at Bagong Ilog, Pasig worth P460 million.
- Pure Essence International Inc. - biodiesel plant worth P404 million at Bagong Ilog, Pasig.
- Leyte Agri Corp. - 9 million liter/year bioethanol plant at Ipil, Ormoc City worth P33.6 million.
- Mt. Holly Industrial Co. Ltd. - 10 million liter/year biodiesel processing plant at Lucena, Quezon.
After this, the DOE also announced that there are 15 more proposals for biofuel processing facilities waiting for their approval that could be well worth P20 Billion.
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Lähde: Alternat1ve.com - One Alternative Energy Blog
"Do you think the government is serious about climate change? Should it be?"
Posted on October 30, 2009, under Sekalaista.
The CBC , Canada’s largest news service, asked this question yesterday on their Power & Politics program.
Lähde: Topix
An interview with Stoneleigh - the case for deflation
Posted on October 30, 2009, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
At the ASPO conference in Denver, October 2009, I had the good fortune to meet Stoneleigh, former editor of The Oil Drum Canada, who left the The Oil Drum crew with colleague Ilargi to set up The Automatic Earth where they publish stories, news and analysis of the unfolding financial crisis. I spent a couple of days chatting with Stoneleigh where she recounted her rather gloomy prospects for the immediate future of the global economy. The following interview is a summary of her analysis of the unfolding situation.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
The Future of European Transport: iTREN-2030
Posted on October 30, 2009, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
On 21 October the final workshop was held in Brussels (Belgium) of the integrated transport and energy baseline until 2030 (iTREN-2030) modeling project. At the workshop a final scenario was presented that incorporated likely transport and energy policies, and the effects on European transport of a continued global plateau in oil production up to 2030. The integrated scenario was generated by four energy and transport models that have been linked in iTREN-2030 to increase the forecasting power of the transport policies of the European Commission.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
De-carbonizing Germany: new study suggests how Germany can be carbon-free by 2050
Posted on October 30, 2009, under Polttoaineet, Sekalaista, Uutiset.
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Germany as a nation has always been at the forefront of the green movement. True, its carbon emission rate per person is high (9.7 tons per year, according to a recently released list by the International Energy Agency). But it’s definitely a country that takes environmental and renewable energy issues seriously so it is a reference when it comes to the cutting edge of a carbon-free way of life.
With the Copenhagen Summit fast approaching, the scientific community is busy putting together proposals and reports that may influence the decision-making process at the event when a replacement for the Kyoto protocol will be agreed on. One of them is a joint study by WWF Germany, the Institute for Applied Ecology and the Prognos Institute of Futurology, whose authors say Germany can, and should, cut greenhouse emissions by 95% before the year 2050, which is the level specialists believe to be necessary to prevent global temperatures from rising more than two degrees above pre-industrial age levels.
According to a report in DW-World.de, the study is called “Modell Deutschland” (”Model Germany”) and it “outlined three ways forward and stressed that if Germany follows the correct path it can reduce its CO2 emissions by up to 95 percent – as compared to 1990 – without compromising living standards”, which include “industrial, societal and political steps which would lead to a 10.7-ton per capita emissions reduction by 2050”.
“If the CO2 reduction plans are not adapted to the current situation, CO2 reduction will either be impossible or extremely expensive,” FelixMatthes, a contributor to the study from Institute of Applied Ecology, said. He emphasises timeliness and infrastructure. For example, building should be insulated when they are due for renovation. It’s about timeliness: seizing the right moment to reduce emissions.
According to Matthes, renewable energy for electricity, traffic and heating would play a major role in achieving such amazing CO2 reduction levels, coupled with more energy efficient electrical appliances. These measures would eliminate 60 percent of emissions, he says.
“For the remaining third, you have to make changes in industrial processes, farming and waste management. And you have to make sure that forests maintain their ability to absorb CO2.”
Matthes emphasises the role that farming plays in this process, which is a topic we have mentioned a few times here on Energy Refuge. Let’s hope decision-makers consider what the authors of this report have to say. They sound realistic and knowledgeable.
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Lähde: EnergyRefuge.com Blog
2 Indiana Schools Get $6 Million in Geothermal Grants
Posted on October 30, 2009, under Sekalaista.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $6.3 million to two Indiana colleges to install environmentally friendly geothermal energy systems.
Lähde: Topix
US Navy plans Green Fleet
Posted on October 30, 2009, under Sekalaista.
According to the Department of Defense News report, the Defense Department’s total energy costs for fiscal 2006 and 2007 was above $13 billion. In the year 2008, due to soaring rise in oil prices, their department’s energy bill was $20 billion. It is not a surprise when various defense departments are trying to use [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Politics
Lähde: Alternative Energy
Afghanistan again - Oct 28
Posted on October 28, 2009, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
-Push for Afghanistan troop increase continues on deadly day
-Success elusive for U.S. policy in Afghanistan
-Former Marine captain resigns in protest of Afghanistan war
-The great gamble
-A Crash Course in Democracy
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Reflections from ASPO: Contradiction, EROI, and Future Energy Supplies
Posted on October 28, 2009, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
One feature of this year’s ASPO conference that I most enjoyed was the contradiction amongst presentations. Marcio Mello gave an animated talk on Sunday night about the pre-salt formations off the coast of Brazil quoting that there are upwards of 500 billion barrels of oil available, an extravagant estimate that peak oilers are unused to hearing. Monday morning two talks on natural gas were juxtaposed in tone and content, one claiming that natural gas is the “American Treasure” and the other claiming that shale gas is marginally profitable, let alone a “treasure.”
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Commercial Flights Approved for Biofuels by 2010
Posted on October 28, 2009, under Sekalaista.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) wants to reduce its carbon footprints. That’s why they announced their quest to find a biofuel by 2010 for its commercial flights. Paul Steele was in New Delhi, India. He said to the reporters that IATA is serious about biofuels for commercial flights and it would be certified [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Politics, Transportation
Lähde: Alternative Energy
