January 21, 2010
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Energy & Renewables Newsletter January 21, 2010 |
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World`s first ethanol power plant opens in Brazil
The world`s first ethanol fuelled power plant was opened in Brazil this week by Brazilian utility Petrobas. The 87MW Juiz de Fora plant has two turbines, one of which has been modified by by GE to run on sugarcane-based ethanol, allowing the facility to switch instantly between running off natural gas and ethanol. Petrobas said that it will now undertake five months of trial operations to check the running of the ethanol turbines and ensure the plant`s emissions are in line with expectations, before launching full commercial operation later this year. Brazil primarily relies on ... |
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Abu Dhabi hydrogen plant powers ahead
BP and Masdar will invite bids to build a US$2bn 400MW hydrogen power plant in Abu Dhabi within the next few months, a BP executive has told the Wall Street Journal. Clean tech investment giant Masdar joined with BP to launch joint venture Hydrogen Power Abu Dhabi back in January 2008, but the final decision to go-ahead with the facility was delayed as the firms struggled to resolve technical issues. But the scheme is now back on track and tenders to build the flagship project are expected to be invited before the end of the first quarter with engineering, procurement and construction ... |
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