Still, some woody biomass does exist in the U.S. Southwest, where Sundrop plans to build
its first commercial plant.
Well, we may find out soon, at least on a smaller scale, thanks to the world's
first commercial plant for capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air, now operating near Zurich, Switzerland.
The first commercial plant commissioned in Europe was the PS10 solar power tower developed by Abengoa Solar, which was also
the first commercial plant in the world to use tower technology.
The world's
first commercial plant in Landau, Germany, was commissioned in 2007 and already produces 22 gigawatt - hours of electricity per year.
Biofuel production nationwide has been woefully behind schedule as would - be producers struggle to just get
their first commercial plants rolling.
Not exact matches
The
first production Ford Transit
commercial van waits on the assembly line to be unveiled at the Ford Kansas City Assembly
Plant April 30, 2014, in Claycomo, Missouri.
Altech said it had also applied for the project to be given «pioneer status - high technology», a Malaysian investment incentive classification which delivers tax exemption on statutory income for the
first five years following the start of
commercial production from the
plant.
Water technology company Modern Water opened the
first commercial forward osmosis plan in Al Khaluf, Oman, in 2010, and they opened a second
plant in Al Najdah in 2012.
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Plant to Open in San Jose Zero Waste Energy is set to open its 90,000 ton per year Dry Fermentation Anaerobic Digestion food waste facility in San Jose — the
first large - scale
commercial facility of its kind in the U.S.
While Syrah has the funds to build the
first module of the Louisiana «qualification
plant», Mr Verner confirmed it was not funded for the full
commercial plant.
Brancott Estate is the
first producer in Marlborough to
plant commercial Sauvignon Gris vineyards and the only
commercial New Zealand winery bringing Sauvignon Gris to the UK market.
The
first modern
commercial vineyard was
planted in 1968 by the late Vincenzo Cilurzo and his wife Audrey.
The Coca - Cola Company has entered a multi-million dollar partnership with three leading biotechnology companies to accelerate development of the
first commercial solutions for next - generation PlantBottle packaging made 100 % from
plant - based materials.
In the late 1960s, the Cilurzos
planted the
first commercial vineyard in Temecula Valley.
The
first transgenic crop likely to be put forward for approval for open trials and
commercial release is Bt cotton — which has added genes from the Bacillus thuringiensis bacterium, making the
plant produce toxins that confer resistance to some insect pests.
Using existing technologies, the
first commercial - scale cellulosic biofuel
plants are just now starting to come online.
«The hardest thing to do is to get the
first commercial - scale
plant.
«We had to build the
first [
commercial]
plant [with molten salt storage] and that's what Andasol is,» Mancini says, in order to prove the technology.
The Andasol 1 power
plant, which cost around $ 380 million (300 million euros) to build, is the
first to actually use the technology, so it remains to be seen how it will work in
commercial practice.
Duke Energy is spending $ 2.35 billion to build a 630 - MW IGCC power
plant in Edwardsport, Ind., that may become the
first commercial CCS project in the country — although as designed (and pending approval), it would capture only about 18 percent of the CO2 it will generate in 2013.
They are all suppliers to Project Liberty, the
first large - scale
commercial cellulosic ethanol
plant in the Corn Belt, set to open today.
Huber says he has formed a start - up company, Anellotech, that plans to commercialize the technology,
first with a small pilot
plant, followed by a
commercial demonstration facility.
It will be the
first time that a
commercial - scale
plant supplying electricity to the grid captures and stores a large fraction of its carbon dioxide emissions.
The state hosts vast photovoltaic arrays in the desert as well as the nation's
first commercial power
plant with the technology to use sunshine at night — by storing daytime heat in molten salts.
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Lake Forest, California, with a manufacturing
plant in Pyongtaek, South Korea, it is the world's
first commercial manufacturer of bulk metallic glass products and has about a dozen pilot projects under way for the U.S. military and for private companies.
Gemasolar, in Fuentes de Andalucía near Seville in Spain, is the
first commercial - scale
plant to use an innovative «battery» that stores energy as molten salts.
The Texas
plant claims that it will be the world's
first commercial carbon dioxide mineralization
plant, transforming the greenhouse gas CO2 into baking soda
Coffea charrieriana: Producing the
first known coffee bean that is naturally caffeine free, this
plant from Cameroon could lead to
commercial coffee trees that produce their own decaf.
Since 2005 the company has been running a demonstration
plant in Texas and is in negotiations to put up its
first commercial facility near Houston.
Last week's harvest is the
first commercial crop of a genetically engineered oilseed
plant.
Pierre - Joseph Redoute could be called the
first «
commercial» botanic artist by producing prints of popular or attractive
plants which he knew would sell, such as Anemone coronaria.
This month, Europe's
first commercial solar - thermal parabolic trough
plant — a 15 - mile (24 - kilometer) curved mirror complex dubbed Andasol that focuses light on collector tubes with synthetic oil bubbling to 750 degrees F (400 degrees C)-- revs up in Andalusia.
K - DEMO is intended to be the next step toward
commercial reactors and would be the
first plant to actually contribute power to an electric grid.
The ETH Spin - off company and VEC finalists Climeworks AG recently announced the closing of their CHF 3 million series B financing round to further industrialize Climeworks» CO2 product and build their
first commercial scale CO2 capture
plant.
From GE's founding innovation, Thomas Edison's light bulb, to developing the
first civil nuclear power
plant connected to a
commercial power grid in 1957; everything that we have learned from 130 years of experience has helped GEH to create PRISM.
The
first commercial 12 - module NuScale power
plant is planned to be built on the site of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
The
first commercial NuScale power
plant is planned for construction on the site of the Idaho National Laboratory for Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and operated by Energy Northwest.
(c) Climeworks AG The ETH Spin - off company and VEC finalists Climeworks AG recently announced the closing of their CHF 3 million series B financing round to further industrialize Climeworks» CO2 product and build their
first commercial scale CO2 capture
plant.
Last month, Climeworks, the Swiss direct air capture (DAC) company and Earth Challenge finalist, announced their plans to construct and operate the world's
first ever
commercial scale CO2 capture
plant.
If successful, the project would prove fusion power is feasible on a
commercial scale — with the
first fusion power
plants expected by 2040.
The
first commercial 12 - module power
plant, which will be owned by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and run by an experienced nuclear operator, Energy Northwest, is planned for construction on land owned by the US Department of Energy at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Another route to harnessing solar energy to produce electricity is using concentrated solar power (CSP) and the world's
first commercial solar thermal power
plant came online in Spain in 2007.
First seen during this year's Super Bowl parade of
commercials, the 2012 Kia Optima Limited, on display now at the Chicago Auto Show, will go into production in February at the company's West Point, Georgia,
plant.
The
first commercial vineyards in and around Margaret River were
planted in 1967 — just yesterday, even in the relatively young world of Australian wine.
Also, the
first commercial scale solar thermal
plant with storage, the Gemasolar
plant in Spain, recently marked its second anniversary by delivering electricity 24/7 for 36 consecutive days.
They have recently completed one of North Carolina's
first commercial biodiesel
plants, which the blog describes as a «zero to four million gallon per year operation, depending on how hard you want to work it.»
The timber companies like to
plant commercial species like doug fir within a year or two of clearcutting, so they kill what comes up naturally
first.
These will include expansion of our cooperation on «smart grids» that enable efficient and cost - effective integration of renewable energy technology, as well as the implementation through a U.S. and Chinese private sector
commercial agreement of a
first - of - its - kind 380 MW concentrating solar
plant in China.
Here in Michigan, you're actually a step ahead of the game with your
first - ever
commercial cellulosic ethanol
plant, which will lead the way by turning wood into clean - burning fuel.
Carbon - capture and storage (CCS) technology has recently been in the headlines, with the opening of the world's
first commercial carbon capture
plant in Switzerland earlier this month.