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Advanced Biofuels USA Comments on CA Waiver Review
March 7, 2009 – 1:24 pm | No Comment

A public hearing concerning this reconsideration was held on March 5, 2009, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Deadline to submit written comments was April 6, 2009. READ MORE.

Advanced Biofuels USA Executive Director, Joanne Ivancic, attended the hearing.  …

New Trade Association Formed for North America Camelina Industry
March 4, 2009 – 5:05 pm | No Comment

GREAT FALLS, Mont., — Thirteen seed companies, processors and researchers of camelina have formed the first trade association focused on camelina production and processing in North America. The North American Camelina Trade Association (NACTA) will …

UW-Green Bay to Research Marginal Lands for Energy Crops
March 2, 2009 – 4:57 pm | No Comment

Planting agricultural crops in poorly drained or marginal soil areas may be delayed, prevented or unprofitable for traditional farming. However, these areas may be ideally suited for native, mixed-species grasslands that can withstand harsher conditions, …

University of Minnesota Reports on Life-Cycle Analysis Related to Corn Stover
March 2, 2009 – 4:47 pm | No Comment

Research shows that, as a fuel for heat and power applications, corn stover reduces the life-cycle fossil-fuel emissions of carbon dioxide by factors of approximately 15 and 25 compared to natural gas and coal, respectively. …

Doubling a Gene in Corn Results in Giant Biomass
March 2, 2009 – 4:45 pm | No Comment

University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant that yields corn that would make good silage, due to a greater number of leaves and larger stalk, which could also make it …

110 Scientists Complain that California Promotes Fossil Fuels; Are Opposed to Selective Enforcement of Indirect Effects in California’s Proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard
March 2, 2009 – 1:07 pm | No Comment

In a letter to California Governor Schwarzenegger, biomass to bioenergy researchers warn that this field of studying indirect land use change effects is in its nascent stage, is controversial in much of the scientific community, …

French Aerospace Lab, Onera, Heads Alternative Aviation Fuel Study
March 1, 2009 – 12:27 pm | No Comment

 

 
Onera has been chosen by the European Commission (Directorate-General for Energy and Transport) to conduct a strategic feasibility and impact study on alternative fuels for aviation, called SWAFEA: Sustainable Way for Alternative Fuel and Energy …