(PR Newswire)  It’s about as close as you can get to a personal visit to a Brazilian sugarcane processing mill without actually being there, and it’s now available on the Web. It’s called the ‘Virtual Mill,’ …

(The Nation)  Amid downturn in refining industry, company looks at alternative sources of energy.   
Environmental crises aside, the downturn and volatility in the oil-refining industry is pushing Thai Oil towards becoming an energy converting company and …

by  Grant Bradley  (New Zealand Herald)  The Government is boosting support for the growing number of biofuel makers by extending its subsidy scheme to 100 per cent pure biodiesel.
Under the present criteria, to qualify for a …

by Jim Kenzie  (Wheel.ca)  …So far, everyone seems to think that the only way we’ll wean ourselves off decomposed dinosaur remains is if we either can’t find any more, or it becomes so expensive to find/extract/ship/refine …

(MarketWire)  The NPW-30 represents the most efficient biodiesel processing technology on the market, reducing cost and time, opening the door for large production and profitable operation for alternative fuel producers
EcoloCap Solutions Inc., an integrated network of …

(Reuters/Globe and Mail)  The sport is keen to transform its image with more environmentally-friendly technology such as kinetic energy recovery systems.

Formula One teams said on Wednesday (June 30, 2010) they aimed to cut their carbon footprint by …

(Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News)  VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Deinove are joining forces to progress research efforts in biofuels and green chemistry. Deinove is focused on exploiting the natural properties of Deinococcus bacteria …

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Just two weeks after USDA released its “Regional Roadmap to Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard,” it now has a short video, touting the importance of …

(Journal Star) Editorial        The environmental advantages of renewable fuels could hardly be more evident than now, when the consequences of risky deepwater oil drilling are fouling the water and shorelines of the Gulf of Mexico.
Yet …

by Vinod Khosla (Washington Post)  If our goal is carbon reduction, a cap-and-trade or carbon-pricing bill, with its likely compromises, would be worse right now than no regulation. Pricing carbon below $40 per ton will …

(Alpha Galileo)  An interdisciplinary team headed by Empa researcher Rainer Zah has been studying the sustainability of second generation biofuels and has calculated how much fuel might be saved in Switzerland through the use of …

(The Financial/EIN News)  Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Hino Motors Ltd. (Hino) and Showa Shell Sekiyu K. K. (SSSKK) announced on June 30 they plan to begin trials on July 1 of a diesel-electric hybrid transit bus fueled …

(Business Wire)  CleanTech’s Demonstration Vessel to be Installed at Fiberight’s Lawrenceville, Virginia Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Plant
CleanTech Biofuels, Inc., an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy and bio-based …

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  …Meanwhile, one suggestion that emerged was, in the grand tradition of funding the Statue of Liberty, for the public to do what Congress and Big Business won’t – that is, …

Algae is one solution to help  the US get off of foreign oil, create jobs and reduce CO2 emissions. The National Algae Association, a 501(c)6, invites US Private Equity, Mezzanine and Senior Debt Lenders to attend an educational …

National Research Council report says continued near- and long-term Government /Industry R&D is needed to reduce petroleum dependence and greenhouse gases 
In its third report on the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership (FC&FP), the National Research Council …

by Sharon Epperson (CNBC)  New financing from the federal government may help biotech companies develop fuels of the future, helping reduce America’s dependence on oil.
One such company is Agrivida, a small, agricultural biotech outside Boston. Until …

by Amber Stearns  (WIBC)  A federal stimulus grant through the U.S. Department of Energy will allow eight Indiana public and private agencies to convert over 900 work vehicles to use alternative fuels.
The Greater Indiana Clean …

(Ethanol Across America)  The Flagship publication of the Clean Fuels Development Coalition and the Ethanol Across America program for nearly 15 years has been the Ethanol Fact Book. This unique document provides hundreds of sourced …

(E100 Group/Biofuels Digest)  The recent oil platform blowout in the Gulf of Mexico shows the madness of the United States continuing to use 140 billion gals of gasoline/yr to power our light duty cars and trucks.
The …

Biofuels research and development activities have increased significantly over the past two years.  The Department of Energy (DoE), the Department of Defense (DoD), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and numerous state agencies have carefully evaluated …

(Iowa Corn)  Iowa corn grower leaders and membership witnessed the fourth running of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer at the Iowa Speedway in Newton as a victory for corn-based ethanol and for Iowa …

by Joanne Schroeder (DomesticFuel)  Now this is interesting. I was reading earlier this morning in Cadillac Desert about how agriculture in many areas is suffering from water issues that include too much salt. The salt damages …

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The amount of land dedicated to crops in the United States has dropped for the second straight year in 2010, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The …

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, three ethanol industry groups have asked that legislators keep biofuels in mind. “It is likely that the Senate will take …

(Genera)  Renewable Energy Crops Could Reduce Maintenance Costs
A perennial grass known for producing cellulosic ethanol may now have another use.  Genera Energy LLC, a Knoxville-based renewable energy company, recently planted several plots of switchgrass along interstate …

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  editorial       A recent US poll, taken in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, revealed that 58 percent of Americans believe that US energy policy needs to “fundamentally” …