Agriculture Energy News
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Solar minigrids bring water to Ethiopian farms
Ethiopia has launched nine large scale irrigation systems powered by solar minigrids, thanks to the Distributed Renewable Energy – Agriculture Modalities, or DREAM initiative. Agriculture is a major part of Ethiopia’s economy, yet only 5% of the country’s land is irrigated. As a result, crop yields on small farms are below regional averages. Those behind the DREAM initiative ...
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S3 Enterprises Announces the S3 Legacy Project
S3 Enterprises, a shortline farm equipment manufacturer located in Swift Current, SK, announced the release of the S3 Legacy Project on December 1, 2020 through its social media accounts. In a world where people care about how their food is produced, the S3 Legacy Project logo helps consumers identify products, services, and best practices that contribute to agricultural stewardship. The S3 ...
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Optimizing controlled environment agriculture
AVF is delighted to introduce its new member from Canada: AgricUltra! Their AMPL Controlled Micro-Environment Agriculture design will provide operators with a higher degree of control over each row of the farm and with that comes more precision, diversity of crops, energy efficiency and many more benefits. AgricUltra Advancements™ core focus is maximizing facility production of indoor ...
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Carbon, Climate & Coffee - From Cool Farms to Environmental Service Premiums
Industrial agricultural is a primary contributor to total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. With CO2 linked to soil erosion and loss of cover crops, nitrous oxide emissions linked to chemical fertilizers, and methane linked to unmanaged manures, these are central culprits in agriculture’s expanding climate footprint. But while industrial farming is a big part of the problem, small-scale, ...
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Aspermont highlighted in Hallgarten & Company May 2020 Portfolio Review
Aspermont was recently covered in the May 2020 research report published by Hallgarten & Company's research analyst Christopher Eccelstone. Hallgarten & Company: Remark positively on Aspermont's current $1.06m capital raising to boost its cash position. Maintain a LONG rating on (ASX:ASXP) Aspermont with a price target of 3¢. Challenge the company to do a share consolidation ...
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Aspermont in The news: `New Brand Extension` (NPN)
Aspermont was recently covered in a May 2020 news article by the Niche Publishing Network (NPN). The article can be accessed via this link. The article discusses how Aspermont has launched a new multimedia product series that aims to address a key issue that underpins the industry that it serves. NPN is Australia's only news and information website dedicated to small print and digital magazine ...
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WOTUS Rule Reset Would Promote Environmental Protection Laws for New Decade
The American Gas Association (AGA) is eagerly anticipating the release of the Trump Administration’s revised Clean Water Rule. Once implemented, this rule should provide the necessary guidance to both federal agencies and the regulated community to help reduce delays in the construction of vital energy infrastructure projects throughout the United States. “This new rule will provide ...
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20 Years of XPRT!
This past December 19, the XPRT team celebrated 20 years of connecting buyers with cleantech, energy technology and agritech suppliers. And we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to give a heartfelt thank you to all the buyers and suppliers out there who have supported us over the years. Since 1999, when our flagship site www.environmental-expert.com was launched, XPRT has been focused on ...
By XPRT
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Celebrating 50 years of environmental action in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES) has been the organization working on environmental issues in the province for the past 50 years. SES began life in 1970 as a totally volunteer-run, local Saskatoon organization – this at a time when there was no such thing as a provincial Ministry of Environment; no Environment Canada. Our initial focus was protection of the Saskatoon riverbank ...
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Rem Tec Obtains the Revocation of Fraunhofer Institute Patent
With the Hearing held in The Hague on 17/10/2018 REM Tec obtained the revocation of the patent EP 2 811 819 filed in 2013 by the Fraunhofer Institute. Fraunhofer's patent referred to agro-photovoltaic plants for the simultaneous use of agricultural crops and production of energy from solar sources, claiming characteristics already present in REM Tec's AGROVOLTAICO® plants, installed in ...
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Algae Biomass Organization Announces Preliminary Agenda for 12th Annual Algae Biomass Summit in The Woodlands, Texas
The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, today announced the preliminary agenda for the 12th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, being held in The Woodlands, Texas, October 14-17, 2018. The sessions unveiled on the agenda promise a wide range of discussions about the latest advances in algae commercialization and research and the growing impact they are having ...
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Revitalising rural areas through innovation
The European Union has launched the project Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA) in order to explain what is needed to make good ideas succeed in underpopulated territories or in areas of difficult access. Nowadays, the main challenges for rural areas include the decline and aging of the population, as well as increasing pressure faced by the agricultural and environmental ...
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Farm Management and Technology Field Day on Aug. 9
Farmers are always looking for ways to be more efficient and self-sustainable, and energy technology is one way to accomplish both. The Mahoning County office of Ohio State University Extension is hosting a field day Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ward Campbell Farm, 11440 Palmyra Road in North Jackson. The focus of the event is how energy technology, such as solar and wind technology, can ...
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All About Innovation: Brown University Trial Shows Potential of Plasma-Treated Water to Aid Plant Growth
That’s the year when the world population reaches the count of 9 billion, a sobering contrast to 2.5 billion inhabitants in 1950, and 7.5 billion today. It’s also the year when global food production, according to the World Bank, must rise by 50% to feed this unprecedented mass of humanity. Only a dramatic uptick in innovative technological activity throughout the agricultural ...
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Kentucky Cattleman Testifies before U.S. House Small Business Subcommittee
Today, Tim White, a cattle producer from Lexington, Kentucky, testified before the House Small Business Committee’s Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade regarding the future of America’s small family farms. In his testimony, White called on Congress to address the overly burdensome regulatory environment that is hampering rural America, repeal the federal estate tax, and to ...
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DRC Mining Week returns to Lubumbashi and broadens focus to include new sectors for agri, energy and construction
The award-winning DRC Mining Week conference and exhibition is back in Lubumbashi in June and, while retaining its main focus on mining, will broaden its scope to include a focus on related and complementary sectors such as agriculture, energy and construction. Focus on agri to support diversification “DRC Mining Week is well established as the leading mining expo in the region and we ...
By VUKA Group
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Agricultural Biomass and Energy Crops: outgrowing the impasse
This is a key moment at EU level for bioenergy, including Agricultural Biomass and Energy Crops. The publication of the Clean Energy Package and the impending reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) beyond 2020 offer an unprecedented window of opportunity. Agricultural Biomass and Energy Crops have been thoroughly studied, researched and developed over the past 20 years. Their ...
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Algae Biomass Organization Announces Preliminary Agenda for 10th Annual Algae Biomass Summit in Phoenix, AZ
The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, today announced the preliminary agenda for the 10th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, being held in Phoenix, Arizona, October 23-26, 2016. The plenary and breakout sessions unveiled on the agenda promise a wide range of discussions about the latest advances in algae commercialization, research and finance at the ...
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Algae Key in Pilot Project
A pilot project this summer between Rochester Institute of Technology and Wyoming County-based Synergy Biogas LLC could reduce an environmental concern, solve a disposal problem and lead to a new way to produce fuel for vehicles—all through the use of algae. Jeffrey Lodge, associate professor in the Thomas Gosnell School of Life Sciences, is running a three-month pilot program at Synergy ...
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FIGARO Project to Hold Annual Conference in Bologna in January
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, will hold its Annual Partners Meeting from January 25–27, 2016 at the “Accademia delle Scienze” of the University of Bologna. Representatives of all 17 consortium members will attend ...
By FIGARO
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