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Poland: EUR 300 million for construction of an aromatics plant
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 300 million to Polski Koncern Naftowy (PKN) Orlen SA for the construction of a new aromatics complex that will produce chemical intermediates for the production of polyesters utilised in the textile industry and of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins used in the packaging industry, e.g. for the production of soft recyclable bottles. The ...
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Two Ohio POET plants to produce liquefied carbon dioxide
Two POET biorefineries in Ohio are installing liquefied carbon dioxide facilities on site. POET Biorefining - Marion and POET Biorefining - Fostoria will be operating in the Greater Ohio Valley liquid carbon dioxide marketplace. The plants will be able to serve the traditional food freezing and beverage carbonation markets as well as secure new carbon dioxide customers. “One of our ...
By Poet, LLC
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Oenosan protect vineyards against frost
How to protect vines from late frosts? Late frost are very often a disaster for winegrowers when they are not prepared correctly. Normally vines can withstand frost well. Only, the natural protection disappears when the plant produces new shoots. After all, the plant needs all its energy and attention to bring this process to a successful conclusion. If the vineyard is located ...
By Oenosan
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New crop of plant scientists emerges at CSIRO
Under the CSIRO Plant Industry Summer Student Program, 17 students are engaged in a range of important agricultural research projects designed to discover, for example, how high temperatures affect crops and the genetic bases of crop development. The Program, which runs from 6 December to 11 February, provides university students with real insights into the day-to-day working lives of some of ...
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Industrial oils from above the ground, not below it
With pressure mounting to reduce dependence on petroleum products, CSIRO has convened the meeting to coincide with the International Symposium on Plant Lipids which is being held in Cairns from July 11-16. "In the face of increasing CO2 emissions and the knowledge that petroleum reserves are finite, it is imperative to develop and implement the technologies needed to help switch to a bio-based ...
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Bloomberg - California Blackout Risk Prompts Produce Plant to Build Its Own Grid
California’s repeated brushes with blackouts proved too much for Taylor Farms. The produce supplier, based in the farm country John Steinbeck made famous, can’t afford to lose refrigeration at its facilities where lettuce and vegetables are trimmed, mixed into salads and packaged for sale. So working with Bloom Energy Corp., Taylor Farms is installing a microgrid at its 450,000 ...
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Render Magazine Cover Story
Like many other food processors and Tenderers, Cargill's Vernon, CA, plant, which produces tallow from the company's nationwide beef operations, faces wastewater regulations that get stricter and treatment costs that rise year after year. Complying with regulatory limits for fat, oil, and grease (FOG) in wastewater can be particularly difficult. While the plant had a strong compliance record, ...
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MARVIN™ technology saves agriculture & horticulture time and money
Four hundred thousand seedlings, nearly half of what a plant grower of, say, young tomato plants, produces in one season; this is the amount that sorting machines with the MARVIN technology can process in a single day. They rapidly make 3D models of the plants and accurately evaluate their size and features in milliseconds. “The information can be automatically recorded in a database and ...
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Factors That Affect The Cost Of Tyre Pyrolysis Plant
Simply how much are you aware about the expense of owning and operating a tyre pyrolysis plant? Are you currently aware what sets a selected model aside from others? Can you comprehend the factors that actually matter with regards to success in this business? In this article, we shall discuss the total cost of establishing a totally new tyre pyrolysis plant and what you must do in order to create ...
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Rubisco activase best clue for better photosynthesis in fluctuating light
Scientists and plant breeders who are aiming to improve food production by improving photosynthesis in crop plants, would make a good choice if they chose to change the composition and concentration of the protein Rubisco activase. In conditions where light intensity changes often and strongly, Rubisco activase is an important limiting factor in boosting the photosynthesis process when light ...
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John Deere Introduces SeedStar™ Mobile for Improving Planter Performance
In conjunction with the launch of the ExactEmerge™ planters and MaxEmerge™ 5 row units, John Deere introduces SeedStar Mobile to help producers better visualize, document, and access their planting data in real time. The new John Deere SeedStar Mobile solution uses an iPad to provide critical planting information producers need to better monitor and document their planter performance ...
By John Deere
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Texas AandM receives EPA grant to address pesticides use
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $53,000 to Texas AgriLife Extension Service to promote Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The project will develop data to track patterns of insecticide use and how it affects black margined aphids. IPM is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices. The ...
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Application-based solutions: safe production of fertilizers with leser safety relief valves
In order to harvest the maximum amount possible from the limited available crop land, fertilizer is needed. Producing fertilizers is a complex process, where air, hydrocarbons and water are processed to create ammonia and then further to urea – the core product of fertilizer plants. Read further for the special requirements of this industry for safety relief valves and the application-based ...
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Bridgestone Americas Breaking Ground on New Biorubber Process Research Center
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSA) today announced the groundbreaking of its Biorubber Process Research Center, a research and development project in Mesa, Ariz., to investigate the use of the Guayule plant as an alternative natural rubber source. The invitation-only groundbreaking ceremony will take place on May 16 and will feature key leaders from Bridgestone and the local community, including ...
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POET receives “MVP in Agriculture” award from SD Corn Growers
The South Dakota Corn Growers Association presented POET with the “MVP in Agriculture” award at their 30th annual banquet Saturday night at the Sioux Falls Arena. The MVP Award goes to an individual or organization that has helped reach common goals and advancement in the agricultural industry, according to SDCGA. “Poet played a lead role in completely changing the landscape ...
By Poet, LLC
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Praxair Signs Agreement with Honeywell Resins & Chemicals
Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) has signed a 15-year agreement with Honeywell Resins & Chemicals for the purchase of carbon dioxide, a by-product of Honeywell's caprolactam facility in Hopewell, VA. The carbon dioxide will be purified and liquefied at Praxair’s new plant at the Honeywell site which is scheduled to start up in the third quarter of 2013. The ...
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Welcome to the world of Sector Coupling by Green Molecules
Boson Energy is an enabler of true decarbonization and zero-emission transport: We are on a path path towards 1 million tons of Circular Hydrogen by 2030 Climate tech building capacity to save 25M tons of CO2 per year by 2030 – by producing 1M tons of local Hydrogen from 10M tons of non-recyclable waste Boson Energy went back to the roots of chemistry and system efficiency to develop ...
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Production of California coastal seaweed communities
The rugged low power D-Opto range of dissolved oxygen instruments have made a tangible difference to the outcomes of a Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research (SBC-LTER) programme. The project’s objective is to determine the relative influence of land- and ocean-based forces on the forests of giant kelp (Macrocystis) off the Santa Barbara coast. These forces include river ...
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Uk`s largest biomass plant will produce green electricity for 500k homes
A new power station that will use wood chip to produce enough electricity to power half a million homes in Wales has been given the go ahead by the Environment Agency. The Prenergy plant, in Port Talbot, South Wales, will produce electricity with 50 to 80 per cent fewer carbon dioxide emissions than gas or coal fired power stations. It will be Britain’s largest biomass power plant. To ensure ...
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Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants
CSIRO plant scientists have shed light on a problem that has puzzled researchers since the first virus was discovered in 1892 – how exactly do they cause disease? In a major breakthrough that helps us better understand how viruses cause diseases in plants – and potentially in animals and humans – Dr Ming-Bo Wang and Neil Smith of CSIRO Plant Industry have revealed a ...
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