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Atlas Copco’s Oil-free Air division’s ZR series of water-cooled oil-free air compressors with built-in energy recovery systems is the first in the world to be TÜV certified for ‘net zero energy consumption’ at specific design conditions.

The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE), in cooperation with Atlas Copco Philippines, recently held the CNG Refueling Station Technology Seminar last May 21, 2009, at the DOE Audio-Visual Room, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

With focus on Jatropa, sweet sorghum, biofuel research and development is fast gaining momentum in the Philippines. Just recently, the quest for diesel fuel from renewable and non-food biodiesel feedstock such as microalgae has gotten a big boost.

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) has recently organized a group of biotechnologists and chemical engineers to conduct scientific investigations in a bid to produce ethanol from so-called 3rd generation biofuel feedstocks.

Attends the Energy Efficiency & Conservation Seminar and the Ecoindex Resource Recovery Event

Economists at the University of the Philippines Los Baños examined the implications of using sugarcane as biofuel feedstock. Their findings show that there may be adverse effects.