Finland’s Neste Oil said on Friday it would build the largest biodiesel plant in the world in Singapore, investing 550 million euros ($814 million). Neste said the plant would have a design capacity of 800,000 tonnes a year, and use mostly palm oil as its raw material, though it can use also other feedstock.
“The investment [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Neste to build $814 mln Singapore biofuel plant
Posted in Biofuels, Singapore on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mindanao (Philippines) cited as most suitable area for jatropha biodiesel feedstock production
Posted in Jatropha, Philippines on November 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 29, 2007 (Philippines Information Agency) – In light of the search for alternative fuels due to the skyrocketing prices of oil products, Mindanao has been eyed as the most suitable area for biodiesel feedstock production.In his speech before the Mindanao Communicators Network on the topic “Prospects of Biofuels in Mindanao,” PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation [...]
Japan goes on an air spending spree
Posted in Carbon Credits, Carbon Offset, Emissions Reduction, Japan on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 30, 2007 (Asia Times) – Increasingly feeling the heat over the Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming, [...]
GT Solar inks US$56m deal with Chinese firm
Posted in China, Solar on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 28, 2007 (NH Business Review) – GT Solar, the Merrimack-based maker of photovoltaic manufacturing equipment, has signed a $56 million contract with Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd., a large-scale photovoltaic module manufacturer based in Baoding, China.
The contract involves GT Solar’s next generation of silicon ingot furnaces.
Australian company to help save Malaysia forest
Posted in Australia, Carbon Credits, Climate Change, Crude Palm Oil, Malaysia on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 29, 2007 (AAP) – An Australian forestry investment company is working with the Sabah Government in East Malaysia to create financial instruments [biodiversity credits] to allow palm oil producers to participate in forest conservation. The agreement between Sydney-based New Forests and the Borneo state will help protect about 34,000 hectares in the Malua Forest [...]
China’s first offshore wind power generator ready
Posted in China, Wind on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 29, 2007 (China Daily) – China’s first offshore wind power station, located in Liaodong Bay in the northeast Bohai Sea, was officially put into operation on Wednesday.
Carbon trading centres: ready to flood the Asia Pacific
Posted in Australia, Carbon Credits, New Zealand, Singapore on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Carbon exchanges across the Asia Pacific are getting ready to compete. Governments and business groups in the Asia Pacific are jockeying to establish the best- placed carbon trading hub in the region, in anticipation of substantial growth in both the voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
Japan Sets Asian Benchmark for Energy Efficiency
Posted in Clean Energy, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, Japan on November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 26, 2007 (VOA News) – Japan has set the benchmark in energy efficiency that other Asian nations are aspiring to emulate. But Japan has also found that using energy wisely does not automatically solve the problem of greenhouse gas emissions – the same problem that will be the focus of the [...]
First Gen wins $1.35 bln bid for geothermal stake (Philippines)
Posted in Geothermal, Philippines, Renewable Energy on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 22, 2007 (Reuters) – Philippine power producer First Gen won an auction for the government’s majority stake in geothermal firm PNOC-Energy Development Corp with a $1.35 billion offer that taps into the energy potential of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Manila is selling its holding in PNOC-EDC, which generates power from volcanic hotsprings, to [...]
National University Of Singapore and SGX Sign MOU To Collaborate on Financial Research
Posted in Carbon Credits, Singapore on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 16, 2007 (Mondovisione) – The National University of Singapore (NUS) Risk Management Institute (RMI) and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on financial research. The aim is to create innovative financial products to facilitate risk management and generate additional trading opportunities for investors. [...]
