All but one of the directors and senior officlals of Greenfield Project Management Ltd have resigned from the company All but one of the senior officials of Greenfield Project Management Ltd have quit the company, which for the past five years has been attempting to develop a major bioethanol project in Belarus, so far without [...]
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Greenfield, Litasco work towards offtake agreement
Greenfield Project Management Ltd has confirmed that it has entered into an agreement with Litasco SA, Geneva which both parties intend will lead to the conclusion of an offtake (sales) agreement for the output of bioethanol from the first phase of Greenfield’s bioenergy complex at Mozyr, Republic of Belarus. Litasco (LUKoil International Trading and Supply Company) [...]
Clean Energy Economy – Obama Administration Officials Travel America
WASHINGTON—Punctuated by President Obama’s Wednesday announcement of $2.4 billion in Recovery Act funding for 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects, top Administration officials fanned out across the nation this week to highlight the enormous opportunities for Americans in the emerging clean energy economy. “The United States led the world’s economies in the 20th [...]
Irish firm cleanses Chernobyl’s fields
By Jan Battles Sunday Times It will be centuries before Belarus is completely free from the radio-activity that fell after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 23 years ago. But an Irish company has come up with an innovative way of cleaning up the country’s contaminated land in as little as 30 years. The Chernobyl Bio-clean Programme [...]
New Scientist promotes Greenfield’s plan for Chernobyl as executives meet Belarus officials
DUBLIN, 25 June 2009 — A delegation from Greenfield Project Management Ltd has arrived in Minsk, Belarus, to advance arrangements for the start of construction of its bioenergy plant at Mozyr. Led by CEO Michael Rietveld, the delegation will meet officials of local state companies including Greenfield’s joint venture partner Belbiopharm, agriculture services company Belagroservice, [...]
Re-engineered battery material could lead to rapid recharging of many devices
Beltway for electrical energy solves long-standing problem MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries — for cell phones and other devices — that could recharge in seconds rather than hours. The [...]
Dublin City Ireland – Huge public economy protest
There were conflicting estimates of the numbers of people at the march, which began on the north side of Dublin in the middle of the afternoon. Police said 100,000 people were on the streets, while organisers said they expected 200,000 to protest in total. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu), which organised the march, [...]
Gazprom – Ukraine – Talks breakdown
Gazprom flexes muscles with european supply concerns mounting. The talks with Ukraine over gas supplies in 2009 have yielded no result. The arrears to Gazprom for previous gas deliveries haven’t been cleared till the end of this day. Despite the oral declarations from Kiev, Gazprom hasn’t received any money. We have heard a negative reply [...]