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SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL PROJECTS ARE IN ABUNDANCE, BUT COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT IS LACKING
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WITH sales of biofuels still very much in their nascent stage and concerns rising about the environmental impact of biofuels growing, research and development into ‘second-generation’ biofuels is going ahead apace. And a key element of this work is lowering CO2 emissions from fuel by using waste alternative sources of material for conversion to biofuel.…
FINNISH BIOFUELS ARE FUELS FOR THOUGHT
BY JOHN PAGNI
NORDICS take their global civic responsibilities seriously – paying more than mere lip-service to requests to cut global warming emissions especially. Finland is a case in point, putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to renewable fuels.…
DR OETKER PROMISES NEW MAJOR INDIA MANUFACTURING PLANT
BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH
The India managing director of Germany’s Dr Oetker Group has told just-food how his company will expand Indian operations, building a new major manufacturing facility by December 2012. It will be the group’s fourth India plant and will be in Bhiwadi in Rajasthan.…
EUROPEAN UNION ROUND UP - EUROPEAN SUGAR REFORM FAILS SAYS WATCHDOG
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REFORM of the European Union’s (EU) sector was supposed to be good news for its confectionery industry – lowering prices, while guaranteeing supplies. But it did not work out that way, said a report from the EU’s financial watchdog, the European Court of Auditors.…
IATA CHIEF CALLS FOR SECURITY OVERHALL BASED ON PASSENGER PROFILING
BY DANIEL PRUZIN
THE GLOBAL airline industry is spearheading a push for an overhaul of airport screening procedures which would use passenger profiling as a way to speed people through airport security checks, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.…
IATA CHIEF CALLS FOR SECURITY OVERHALL BASED ON PASSENGER PROFILING
BY DANIEL PRUZIN
THE GLOBAL airline industry is spearheading a push for an overhaul of airport screening procedures which would use passenger profiling as a way to speed people through airport security checks, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.…
SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL PROJECTS ARE IN ABUNDANCE, BUT COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT IS LACKING
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WITH sales of biofuels still very much in their nascent stage and concerns rising about the environmental impact of biofuels growing, research and development into ‘second-generation’ biofuels is going ahead apace. And a key element of this work is lowering CO2 emissions from fuel by using waste alternative sources of material for conversion to biofuel.…
LONDON HAS EUROPE'S SECOND WORST TRAFFIC, SAYS GPS SOFTWARE FIRM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN AMERICAN company offering high-tech navigation services providing real-time advice on avoiding congestion, has branded London as Europe’s second largest traffic jams. Only Paris has more congestion, says USA-based Inrix Inc. It has collated data from drivers using its systems to create, it says, more comprehensive traffic information than available from traditional road sensors and sample surveys.…
EUROPE: University experts seek commercial research success
BY David Haworth
Too few universities teach about turning science into specific products to be sold on the markets and lack entrepreneurship departments which instruct ways in which ideas can be turned into money. Dr Bernd Huber, president of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, tells an audience of some 300 researchers attending a Brussels conference on the future of Europe’s science and technology.…
COMPANIES COMPETE TO CREATE FASTER CHARGERS FOR ELECTIC CARS
BY DEIRDRE MASON
As governments wake up to the need of establishing an infrastructure of charging points for electric vehicles (EVs), commercial players are offering anything from the expertise to set up the network down to the individual chargers. Some innovations will clearly make life a lot easier for those with the job of making the EV marketable.…