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AGRICULTURE & JOBS

Small farmers in big industry earn consistent income

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Smallholders, with less than 50 ha in Malaysia, are earning a steady income from the production of palm oil, which is linked to the large-scale, corporate industry manufacturing oils, cosmetics components, biofuels, natural fertilisers and soaps,...

By: Schalk Burger

20 Jan 12

ENERGY OUTLOOK

Renewables to be fastest-growing energy segment over 20 years - BP

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Fossil fuels will continue to dominate the global energy mix in 2030, oil group BP forecasts in its latest ‘Energy Outlook 2030’, in which it estimates that such primary energy sources should still comprise 81% of global energy demand by that...

By: Terence Creamer

18 Jan 12

CLEAN ENERGY

Alstom deputy CEO calls for long-term policies for the deployment of clean energy technologies

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Politicians should frame long-term policies to enable the safe and economical deployment of clean energy technologies, which, currently, is the greatest challenge the world faces, said global power-generation and transmission giant Alstom deputy...

By: Schalk Burger

16 Dec 11

AVIATION & BIOFUELS

SAA mulls big biofuels shift in bid to avoid possible carbon penalties

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Biofuels may need to comprise as much as half of South African Airways’ (SAA’s) fuel supply by 2020 if the national carrier is to avoid future carbon penalties, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Monday. Speaking at the launch...

By: Terence Creamer

21 Nov 11

ENERGY

Fossil fuels still seen as dominant energy source by 2050

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Fossil fuels would continue dominate as the main source of energy over the next four decades, with gas likely to be the largest contributor to meeting global energy demand, executives from energy firms Shell and Sasol said on Wednesday. Shell...

By: Jean McKenzie

02 Nov 11

Carbon capture & sequestration

Carbon capture has role to play, technology group argues

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Carbon capture and storage technologies can be used to capture 90% of the emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants, enabling existing plants to continue generating electricity to meet increased international demand for decarbonised...

By: Schalk Burger

28 Oct 11

Biofuels

Company to build combined-cycle power plant for gas synthesis

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Clean energy solutions provider Rentech will construct the world’s first biomass Integrated gasification combined cycle (BIGCC) plant, for the production of electric power at it’s Port St Joe Renewable Energy Centre, in Florida, in the US.

Biofuels

Renewed interest in waste-to-energy plants worldwide

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Increased demand for alternatives to fossil fuels, and efforts to balance energy demand and supply, have created renewed interest in the waste-to-energy plant market, reports research consultancy Frost & Sullivan.

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Technology	Company	Continent	Region
BIOFUELS Renewables Technologies Carbon Capture Technologies Clean Coal Technologies Clean Energy Technologies Clean Power Technologies Amine Technology CCS Technologies Energy-generation Technologies Greenfield CCS Technologies Storage Technologies Clean-up Technology Conversion Technologies Incineration	BP Alstom Eskom Public Enterprises SAFCOL South African Airways Production Africa Sasol Petroleum International Shell Renewable Energy Rentech White Construction	Asia Africa North America	Middle East Asia Pacific
Facility	Province Or State
Lethabo Power Station Kusile Power Station Port St Joe Renewable Energy Centre	Florida