| Charlotte-area gasoline prices decline The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline in the metro Charlotte area is $2.650, down from $2.681 a week ago, according to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report. feeds.bizjournals.com |
BioEnergy Technologies wants OK to go whole hog N.C. regulators are already debating whether trees count as waste wood for renewable energy. Now they must decide whether chicken and hog remains count as animal waste for producing energy. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Valero to invest $2.9 billion to boost diesel production Valero Energy Corp. will develop two new hydrocracking units at its refineries in Port Arthur, Texas and St. Charles, La. feeds.bizjournals.com |
HM3 gets $241,000 grant Awards The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities awarded $241,000 to HM3 Energy for a biomass pilot plant operation and key commercial scale equipment design and fabrication. The pilot plant produces torrefied biomass pellets which can be used as a clean energy alternative to coal in coal-fired power plants. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Geothermal energy holds vast potential to power Big Island The shock of a four-fold increase in oil prices during the early 1970s oil embargo spurred millions of dollars in investment in geothermal energy in Hawaii. feeds.bizjournals.com |