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Secretary Chu Announces up to $184 Million Available for Advanced Vehicle Research and Development

(U.S. Department of Energy)  U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today(December 16, 2010) the Department is accepting applications for up to $184 million over three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of new efficient vehicle technologies that will

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Department of Energy Issues RFI on Algae Biomass Supplies for Advanced Biofuels RD&D Efforts

(Green Car Congress)  The US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking input from industry, academia, and other biofuels stakeholders regarding supply systems and services for the production, handling, storage, transport and delivery of algae via a new Request for Information (RFI)

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Researchers Develop Reactor to Make Fuel from Sunlight

by Damian Carrington (The Guardian)  Scientists raise hopes for a large-scale renewable source of liquid fuel with a simple reactor that mimics plants A simple reactor that mimics plants by turning sunlight into fuel has been demonstrated in the laboratory, boosting

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Sea Water as a Social Resource: Significance of Vedaranyam Salt March

by M.S. Swaminathan(The Hindu)  ...  On December 26, 2010, which marks the sixth anniversary of the tsunami which caused severe damage in Tamil Nadu and other States, a Salt Satyagraha Memorial Programme is being launched at Vedaranyam by the M.S.

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Tokyo Institute of Technology and Industrial Partners to Build Floating Offshore Algae Farms

(Green Car Congress)  The Nikkei reports that Tokyo Institute of Technology, Takenaka Corp. and other partners are planning to build an offshore pilot plant to grow algae for use in biofuel production. ...The wide-ranging project aims to develop technology to absorb

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Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...For our 2010 batch of predictions, we give ourselves 6 marks out of 10. We gave ourselves 1 full mark for predicting the spread of Low Carbon Fuel Standard activity, the boom in renewable chemicals, a

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Farmers Encouraged to Plant Switchgrass

(AP/The Ledger Independent)  A new program to explore the viability of biofuels is seeking to establish 700 acres of switchgrass fields and is offering financial assistance to Kentucky farmers. The project follows another that began in 2007 by the Kentucky Forage and

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The Impact Of A Renewable Electricity Standard & A Carbon Payment Program

By Don Hofstrand (Iowa State University Extension/JoplinStockyards.com)   U.S. energy policy has recently moved into the background due to concerns about the current economic downturn. However, the importance of the two major drivers of energy policy - the need to wean

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Ethanol from Sugar Beets: A Process and Economic Analysis

by Emily Bowen, Sean C. Kennedy, Kelsey Miranda  (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) The aim of this project was to design a process for producing bioethanol from sugar beets as a possible feedstock replacement for corn. Currently eighty-five percent of the energy used by the United

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A Life-Cycle Assessment of Biofuels

By: Sara Krauskopf  (The Science Teacher)  A life-cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool used by engineers to make measurements of net energy, greenhouse gas production, water consumption, and other items of concern. This article describes an activity designed to walk students

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John Block: Encouraging Ethanol:Good for Rural America

(State Journal-Register)  ...As a former secretary of agriculture, I know that continuing to encourage the ethanol industry is good for rural America and the entire nation. Ethanol generates jobs, preserves the environment, and protects our energy security. With some 17 percent

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Algae-Based Biofuels Closer to Reality?

by Willie Vogt  (Farm Futures)  ...Cellana, an algal biofuel research company based in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, is leading a consortium that includes Cornell, Duke University, San Francisco State University, the University of Hawaii and the University of Southern Mississippi. The

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Wilmar: US, EU Biofuels Laws Favor Domestic Producers

by Nicholas Zeman  (Associated Content/Yahoo!)  Asia's Largest Ag-Firm Discusses the Global Biodiesel Market ...New Diesel Magazine spoke with an official from Wilmar, on the condition of anonymity, about the implementation of the EU's Renewable Energy Directive and the efforts to ensure

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2011 Miscanthus Acres to Mushroom

by Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Miscanthus will see a giant leap in acreage in 2011, thanks to Soperton, Ga.-based Repreve Renewables LLC. The company currently has 500 acres planted in five locations in the Southeast, which Craig Patterson,

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Discovery Means More Plants in Less Space

(UPI)  U.S. scientists have uncovered a gene responsible for plants' key growth characteristics, specifically their density, a finding that could improve agriculture. Researchers at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Oklahoma say denser plants have more biomass without increasing the agricultural footprint,

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China to Exempt Consumption Tax on Biodiesel

(Reuters)  China's Finance Ministry has retroactively exempted consumption tax on pure biodiesel made from waste animal fats or vegetable oils, and will refund taxes already paid over the last two years. The policy is backdated to January 1, 2009...   It will make

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Team Overcomes Major Obstacles to Cellulosic Biofuel Production

(EurekAlert/University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana)  A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ferment; and xylose, a five-carbon

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2010: Asia’s Biofuels Boom Charges Ahead

by Joelle Brink  (Biofuels Digest Asia)  2010 is sure to be remembered as the year Asia’s biofuels boom became self-sustaining. Double digit Asian economic growth, government and private investment, international business collaborations and research networks drove progress as national policy mandates

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2010 Year in Review of Biofuels

by Katie Fehrenbacher  (New York Times/GigaOM)  Biofuels took a step away from the limelight in 2010, replaced by the buzz surrounding electric vehicles. But there were still a variety of policy decisions, and economic milestones that made the sector interesting

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China Starts Anti-Dumping Investigation Into U.S. Distiller Grain Imports

(Bloomberg)  China, the world’s biggest grains user, has started an anti-dumping investigation into U.S. shipments of dried distillers’ grains, an animal feed ingredient, adding to tensions in ongoing trade disputes. The government will probe for unfair trade practices on products imported in

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The True Brew – Answers to Your “Biofuels Fact or Fiction” Questions

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Today, we'll reach into the mailbag and voicemail box and shed some light on topics both important and bizarre, in our occasional "Biofuels Fact or Fiction" series. Q. Will the USDA really issue new loan guarantees

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Revenue Bonds to Help Finance South Sioux Biodiesel Plant

by Dave Dreeszen  (Sioux City Journal)   The South Sioux City Council on Monday agreed to issue $25 million in revenue bonds to help finance the proposed Nature’s BioReserves plant at the Roth Industrial Park...  The 60-million-gallon-per-year plant would make clean-burning biodiesel

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NRC Proposes Committee for Algal Biofuels

(Algae Industry Magazine)  The National Research Council has proposed to the National Academies to appoint a committee to examine the promise of sustainable development of algal biofuels, identify potential concerns, unforeseen sustainability challenges and unintended consequences for a range of

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Catch Cans Removed from NASCAR's National Tours

by Dave Rodman   (NASCAR)  NASCAR is trying to make pit road safer in all three of its national tours in 2011 as the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series will now adopt the refueling system currently used in the Camping

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China Has Seen the Future, and It Is Coal

by George Will (The Washington Post)  Cowlitz County in Washington state ...approved construction of a coal export terminal from which millions of tons of U.S. coal could be shipped to Asia annually. Both Oregon and Washington are curtailing the coal-fired generation

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$5 Gas Prices On the Horizon

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel)  According to former president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister, Americans will be paying $5 per gallon for gas by 2012 due to growing demand for oil, tighter supplies and inadequate responses by the U.S. government. His

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Feed Ops Could Help Commercialize Algae

by Luke Geiver  (Biodiesel Magazine)  Confined Animal Feeding Operations and algal biomass may have a unique link that could help move algae-to-energy developments closer to commercialization. Why? According to Thomas Byrne, president and CEO of Byrne & Company LLP, a

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BIO: Advanced Biofuels Would Receive Critical Support from Proposed Legislation

(Futures and Commody Markets News)  Proposed legislation would create or extend a diverse array of federal programs necessary to help advanced biofuel producers secure financing for construction of first-of-a-kind projects. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) thanked Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and

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Can a Shell Be a Biofuel?

(Newsvine/Just4ThePlanet)   When we think of the brand Shell, we see a global group of energy and petrochemical companies in more than 90 countries and territories. We do not associate the Shell brand with Biofuels or vegetable oil diesel; we associate

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Algae Growth Sensor Developed at Texas A&M

(Algae Industry Magazine)  According to Texas A&M University’s Robert Burns, writing in the Western Farm Press, Texas AgriLife Research engineer Dr. Alex Thomasson has developed an optical-electronic sensor to automatically measure algae growth stages and allow micro-management of its production

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Study Finds Autothermal Reforming with WGS Reactor Preferred Option for On-Board Reforming of Biodiesel and Bioethanol

(Green Car Congress/FavStocks)   A study by a team at the German Aerospace Center (Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR) identified autothermal reforming in combination with a water gas shift reactor as the preferred option for on-board reforming of biodiesel and

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Investors with over 3 bln birr Capital Developing Biofuel

(Walta Informatin Center)  The (Ethiopian) Ministry of Water and Energy said that 18 investors and enterprises with over 3 billion birr combined capital have been engaged in biofuel development.   Ministry Public Relations and Communications Directorate Director, Bizuneh Tolcha, told WIC today

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Swiss Study Urges Support to Second Generation of Biofuels

(Khabrein) A new Swiss Study by the federal office of power and environment assured that the so-called "second generation of Biofuels" has good chances for the environment and development as well. "Second generation biofuels impress, because of the characteristic that raw materials

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Both Sides: Ethanol Plants are Key to Rebuilding Rural Economies

by Mychal Wilmes   (Agri News/Post-Bulletin)  ...The conservative and liberal think-alikes want to kill the ethanol tax credit for different reasons. The liberals say that ethanol, at best, is environmentally neutral. The conservatives argue is that the tax credit is a

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Enzyme Cocktail Could Eliminate a Step in Biofuel Process

(NewsGuide)  Conversion of biomass to fuel requires several steps: chemical pretreatment to break up the biomass – often dilute (sulfuric) acid, detoxification to remove the toxic chemicals required in pretreatment, and microbial fermentation to convert the soluble sugars to fuels. Virginia

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Forum Editorial: Ethanol from Beets Promising

(The Forum of Fargo-Morehead)   The use of a specialized sugar beet to produce ethanol could be a breakthrough in weaning the industry off corn. An announcement a few days ago of plans to build a small-scale beets-to-ethanol plant in North

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10 to Watch: GOP Freshmen on Energy

by Robin Braverder (Politico)  ...Cory Gardner (Colo.) — Like many of his colleagues, this newcomer with strong agricultural ties hopes to advance “hearty oversight” of the EPA from his new perch on the Energy and Commerce Committee. On the energy front, look for

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Excise Cut May Leave Ethanol in a Pickle

by Mathew Murphy (The Sidney Morning Herald)  ...NSW and Queensland's attempts to increase the local ethanol industry are being stymied by the federal government's planned reduction in excise for foreign ethanol from 38¢ to 25¢ in July next year, she

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Florida Algae-preneurs - Making Fuel from Algae

by Cynthia Barnett (Florida Trend)   Some Florida businesses are squeezing a trickle of fuel from algae, claiming they can help power the world. But right now, a few expensive drops in the bucket are all they have to show. On 1,000

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Green Biologics Strikes Deals in China

by  Fiona Harvey   (Financial Times)  ...Green Biologics, an unlisted company, has signed deals with two Chinese biochemical businesses – Guangxi Jinyuan Biochemical and Lianyungang Union of Chemicals. Under the deals – expected to be worth about £10m ($15m) over the next five

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Future Shock and the War over Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The technologies are, in many cases, ready to scale. Coskata CEO Bill Roe declared a year ago now that “Coskata is open for business, ready to scale,” but the financiers we have heard about are asking

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Department of Energy Taps Kettering University for $125,000 Research on How Older Cars React to Ethanol

by Beata Mostafavi    (Flint Journal/MLive.com)  Just two months after the government allowed more ethanol in gasoline, the ongoing debate about how the greener fuel affects older cars continues to be studied in Vehicle City. The Department of Energy is funding research by

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Biofuels Ad Banned by Advertising Standards Authority after George Monbiot Complaint

by Mark Sweney   (The Guardian)   A complaint to the advertising watchdog by Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner George Monbiot has caused a national press ad claiming biofuels offer a sustainable alternative to oil to be banned. The national press campaign, by the

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Brandon Pulls Plug on Biodiesel Processor

by Allison Dowd  (Winnepeg Free Press)  The City of Brandon is saying goodbye to its biodiesel processor. Getting the proper licensing from Manitoba Labour to run the processor proved too expensive and time-consuming, said Rod Sage, Brandon's director of operational services. The city

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Researcher Has New Energy Solution

by Robert Behre  (The Sun News)  As Janice Ryan-Bohac looks on, Jonathan Edwards steers straight over a long row of dying vines while his tractor's rear chain digger unearths sweet potatoes as big as bowling balls. These are not meant for anyone's

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Another Wonder Down Under: Ignite Energy Develops Low-Cost Biomass Conversion Using Supercritical Water

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But there’s another boundary, right around 374 degrees C of temperature and 218 atmospheres of pressure. At that point, the boundary between liquid and gaseous phase water disappears, and what you have is a supercritical

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Vilsack's Emphasis: Make Ethanol More Available

(IStockAnalyst/Cedar Rapids Gazette)  U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack thinks soon-to-be announced federal grants for cellulosic ethanol plants are helping boost flagging ethanol support in Congress. Vilsack said the government plans to announce measures in early 2011 to provide support

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2010—The Year in Algae

(Algae Industry Magazine)   ...(W)e decided to go right to the experts and see what was on their minds over this past year. It’s pretty easy to do this in the Internet Age. Through analytics we are able to see how

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'Beauty' Project Developing Better Biofuel Engine

(Europa.eu)  An EU-funded collaboration between universities and industry is overcoming limitations in current technologies to develop new bioethanol engines. Driven by the need for more sustainable and less polluting sources of energy, the European Union is now more determined than ever to

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Industrial Biofuel Collaboration Heating Up

(PR-Inside)  Hunt Global Resources Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tombstone Technologies Inc., (OTCBB: TMCI) announced today (December 23, 2010) that its BioSolutions Division has launched an exclusive research and product development project with Carbon Green Inc, a world leader in innovation

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Biofuels Executives Increasingly Bullish for Industry Growth in 2011; Loan Guarantees, Renewable Diesel Gain Popularity in Business Outlook Survey

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biofuels Digest reports that 80 percent of bioenergy executives are more optimistic both about their organization’s prospects for growth  and industry growth, than 12 months ago, and that confidence about industry growth prospects has jumped 11

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Palm Oil-into-Biodiesel is Heart of Hawaii's Green Energy Future

by Tom Tanton (Hawaiian Star Advertiser)  Hawaiian Electric Co. has announced plans to build a facility to convert palm oil into biodiesel. The biodiesel will contribute badly needed and affordable fuel for the utility to provide electricity to Hawaii's people. The

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Mission NewEnergy and JOil to Collaborate in Growing New Elite High Yielding Jatropha Varieties

(Mission NewEnergy)  Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with JOil (S) Pte Ltd ("JOil"), a joint

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DuPont Working on 10-Year Plan for Thailand

by Nalin Viboonchart (The Nation(India))  US science company Dupont is working on a 10-year investment plan for Thailand, saying it does not want to miss the opportunity to expand in one of Asean's key drivers of economic growth. Carl Lukach, president

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Biomass May Hold Partial Solution to Global Energy Needs

by Cary Blake (Western Farm Press)   A growing U.S. agricultural biomass industry can help meet the catapulting energy and fuel demands of a global population that the United Nations predicts could reach 9 billion by 2050.  “We need to envision and implement

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Strong Ethanol Industry an Important Step

by Bill Jones (San Francisco Chronicle)  ...Separating fact from fiction in the ethanol debate is not easy. "Food versus fuel" is a nice catch phrase, but worldwide, biofuel production accounts for less than 1 percent of total agricultural acreage. Corn ethanol

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NASCAR Gives Ethanol Green Flag; Who Will Follow?

by Jessica Naudziunas  (NPR / KBIA / Harvest Public Media)  ...Starting next season, NASCAR will use a 15 percent ethanol-gas blend. It has a bit more ethanol than E10, which many gas stations today offer as regular fuel. This year,

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Fuel Vs. Food: Ethanol Helps Boost Meat Prices

by Kathleen Masterson   (NPR / WOI / Harvest Public Media)   ...And according to USDA data, meat now costs as much as 12 percent more than last year.  ...But let's get out of the kitchen for a minute — this is

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"Green Genes" in Yeast May Boost Biofuel Production

(Innovations Report)  An effort to increase biofuel production has led scientists to discover genes in yeast that improve their tolerance to ethanol, allowing them to produce more ethanol from the same amount of nutrients. This study, published in the December 2010 issue

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Biofuels from Algae Report Released by IHS

(AZOCleantech)   IHS, a pioneering leader providing critical data and insight, has published its first study comparing process designs and the financial side for the production of 30 million gallons per year of biodiesel from three different microalgal technological methods in

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Biofuels: Europe Adopts Report on Indirect Land Use Change

by S.C.  (TeatroNaturale International)   The Commission published today (December 22, 2010) a report on indirect land use change related to biofuels and bioliquids. The report acknowledges that indirect land use change can reduce greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with biofuels,

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Turbine Bio Fuel: the “Future of Modern Flight”

(Renewable Energy Magazine)  Compact Contractors for America (CCA) has developed a dry process biofuel from algae which the company hopes will power military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles such as Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk in the not too distant future. CCA’s founder

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Novozymes Sees Delay to Breakthrough of 2G Ethanol

by Teis Jensen  (Reuters)  Industrial enzymes producer Novozymes does not expect a major breakthrough for second-generation bioethanol in the United States for another four to five years, a senior executive said on Wednesday. Novozymes' marketing director for biofuels, Poul Ruben Andersen,

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Researchers Study Benefits of Barley as a Biofuel Crop

by Ann Perry (Hoosier Farms)  The benefits of using barley for bioenergy production don't stop at the gas pump, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies. Scientists with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have found that barley grain can be used

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Closer than Thought

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Cellulosic ethanol costs rapidly decline, barriers are surmountable The race to commercial viability for cellulosic ethanol may be coming to a close, according to a Boston Consulting Group report. Alternative energy technologies are poised to

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Bioheat 2011 in the ‘New Normal’ Economy

by Michael Devine  (Biodiesel Magazine)   ...Now more than ever, the oilheat industry must recreate its brand image. Integrating biodiesel into the existing petroleum infrastructure provides the oilheat marketer a new, improved liquid fuel for the existing oilheat consumer. In this

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Changing of the Guard at National Biodiesel Board

(Biodiesel Magazine)  ...(Ed) Hegland, (soybean grower from Minnesota, served as the NBB chairman for the past 3 years): One thing discussed at the November board meeting was the need to re-launch and redefine biodiesel as an advanced biofuel, rather than

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National Sorghum Producers Teams Up with Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association

(National Sorghum Producers)  National Sorghum Producers and the Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association (SSEA) are happy to announce a formal collaborative agreement between the two organizations. While NSP and SSEA have worked together in the past, the new collaborative agreement will allow

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College Students Work to Turn Algae into Fuel

by Kassia Micek (The Courier of Montgomery County) Instead of trying to get rid of that slimy, green substance that habitually grows in water, Lone Star College-Montgomery students are are growing large amounts of the organism in hopes of turning it

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The Signs: Good News for the Aces of Bio-Based May Spell Trouble for the Renewable Fuel Standard

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... The USDA’s Sarah Biddleman speaks in terms of “standing up a biofuels industry” like a pop-up children’s book, in that all the pieces have to rise up, in the right way, all at once. ... Is the

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Navy Drives Biofuel Production With Goal to Buy 336M Gallons a Year by 2020, Enhancing San Diego’s Role as Center for Algae Biofuels

by Bruce V. Bigelow (Xconomy.com)  The U.S. military’s interest in developing algae biofuels dates back at least three years, when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began to assess the technical capabilities needed to produce JP-8 grade jet fuel. By

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Announces Top 10 Science & Technology Developments of 2010

(Los Alamos National Laboratory) ... Gaining insight to more efficiently convert plant biomass into biofuels LANL scientists and University of New Mexico collaborators discovered chinks in the armor of lignin, the component of plant cell walls that stubbornly protects cellulose from hydrolyzing

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Bahamas Waste Biodiesel Hit by 'Poor' Oil Quality

by Alison Lowe  (The Tribune)  Bahamas Waste's biodiesel production has been delayed after the company discovered used cooking oil donated for conversion was "in far worse shape" than expected. Having expected the first batch of biodiesel to be produced at its $750,000

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State DNR Selects University of Washington Researchers to Assess Forest Biomass Supply Statewide

(Washington State Department of Natural Resources)  ...DNR today announced that the University of Washington, School of Forest Resources was selected as part of the research team to study the supply prospects of Washington’s working forests. It will be the first study

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Ethanol Gets A Boost; Will It Return The Favor?

by Frank Morris (NPR / KCUR)   ...  Factoring in dramatic technical advances in both fields, most researchers figure that corn ethanol now delivers an energy gain — of about 40 percent. "But that's not really good enough," says Kovarik. "What we need is

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Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel Close to Certification but Scale-Up Challenges Remain

by Jeffrey Decker (FlightGlobal)    Commercial production of jet biofuels could find authorisation in December under fuel specification amendments being considered by certificating body ASTM International.Enormous investments and economies of scale are far behind testing that consistently confirms the safety and

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Do Biofuels Compete with Food?

by Matt Cunningham (How Stuff Works)  ...The myriad of factors that go into the food-versus-biofuel equation are complex and vary from situation to situation. While one region's farming infrastructure, climate and fuel use may make it an ideal place to

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A Push to Make Air Travel More Environmentally Friendly

by Dana Hull (Mercury News)  ...For reluctant fliers like Mellor, the recession has brought a bit of good news. It has pushed airlines to find ways to save money on jet fuel, by far their largest operating expense. That's led

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Finnair Aims to Become a Launch Customer for Commercial Airline Jet Biofuel Flights in 2011

(GreenAirOnline.com)  Following the recent announcement that Lufthansa is set to become the world’s first airline to use biofuels on commercial flights, it has emerged that Finnair is also in discussions with the same biofuel supplier, Finland’s Neste Oil, to become

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New Miscanthus Hybrid Discovery in Japan Could Open Doors for Biofuel Industry

(Science Blog)  In the minds of many, Miscanthus x giganteus is the forerunner in the race of viable feedstock options for lignocellulosic bioenergy production. But researchers believe “putting all their eggs in one basket” could be a big mistake. Scientists at

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Political Winds

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  How will the new leadership impact ethanol policies? Some strong ethanol advocates lost in the November election, including Earl Pomeroy and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, acknowledges Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association. Many more

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Refiners Balk at Selling New Ethanol Blend

by Ben Lefebvre (Wall Street Journal)  Several major U.S. oil refiners said Tuesday that they won't sell gasoline containing 15% ethanol despite recent government authorization for fuel makers to start distributing the fuel blend. Valero Energy Corp., Marathon Oil Corp. and Tesoro

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Court Rejects Refiners' Challenge to EPA Biodiesel Blending Rules

by Jenny Mandel (New York Times/Greenwire)  An appeals court rejected a challenge today (December 21, 2010) by petroleum industry groups to U.S. EPA's biodiesel blending requirements, in a move affirming the agency's implementation of the renewable fuel standard (RFS2). A three-judge panel of

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BIOLYFE Newsletter Announces Preliminary Research Results of EU Second Generation Ethanol Production Project

(BIOLYFE)  The BIOLYFE project aims at improving critical steps of the second generation bioethanol production process and at demonstrating the whole supply chain, from feedstock sourcing via fuel production to product utilisation. The main result will be the construction of an

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POET Cellulosic Ethanol Efforts Could Have Nearly $38 Billion Impact on Iowa

(POET)  New analysis outlines jobs, economic output of Project LIBERTY work POET's Project LIBERTY will generate as much as $37.8 billion in economic activity over 20 years and could employ more than 2,800 people, an independent analysis claims. A report done by Impact

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Coffee-Based Fuel Set to Burgeon in Ontario

by Joan Delaney (The Epoch Times)  Biodiesel made from waste coffee grounds and flax oil solves the ‘food for fuel’ dilemma, says manufacturer. Spotting a thin layer of oil around the edges of a cold cup of coffee was what led Mano

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Grassley Says Unity Is Vital to Ethanol Interests

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)   The ethanol industry needs to stop its infighting to preserve its government support beyond next year, says Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia. "We can't stand any more division within biofuels," said Grassley, who led a successful fight

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U.S. Gasoline Demand May Have Peaked for Good

by Jonathan Fahey  (AP/Salt Lake City Tribune)  ... After seven decades of mostly uninterrupted growth, U.S. gasoline demand is at the start of a long-term decline. By 2030, Americans will burn at least 20 percent less gasoline than today, experts say,

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Legislation Could Ensure National Security by Encouraging Development of Domestic Advanced Biofuels

(Biotechnology Industry Organization/MarketWire)  A newly introduced bill will authorize the Department of Defense (DOD) to continue its leading role in helping to commercialize next generation biofuels. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) for introducing the “Domestic

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Ford, GM Join Legal Fight against E15

by Steve Gelsi and Jeffry Bartash (MarketWatch)   Blend of 15% ethanol may cause problems, group warns A trade group that includes automotive giants Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. has joined forces with other vehicle and engine makers to sound a

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U.S. Ethanol Industry Faces Subsidy Battle Next Year

by Charles Abbott and Timothy Gardner (Reuters)  U.S. ethanol makers face a battle over reforming subsidies next year after current incentives are rolled over in the tax package signed into law by President Barack Obama on Friday. The new law extends the

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First E85 Station with Protec Fuel Imaging Opens

(CSPNET.com)  Mr. Pete's in Brunswick, Ga., teams up with Clean Fuels Foundation Protec Fuel has announced the opening of an E85 pump in Brunswick, Ga. Mr. Pete's is the first station to have Protec Fuel's imaging on its dispenser. ...The E85 site

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E15 fears: More Ethanol in Gasoline is Bad News for Power Equipment, Critics Say

by Adrian Higgins (The Washington Post)  ...But a push to add another 50 percent to the ethanol content of some automobile fuel has opened a barrel of worms. Automakers say they don't know how it will affect their cars; power-equipment

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Analysis Shows Camelina-Based Jet Fuel Cuts Emissions

(Western Farmer-Stockman)  A life cycle analysis of the carbon footprint of camelina-based biojet fuel concludes that the renewable fuel reduces CO2 emissions by 75% compared with conventional petroleum-based jet fuel. A pee-reviewed paper published in Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, shows that

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Switchgrass Pilot Program Concluding

by Misty Maynard  (Maysville Ledger-Independent)  A multi-year pilot project researching the possibility of using switchgrass as a biofuel is drawing to an end, but a new program is seeking to establish 700 more acres of switchgrass and is offering financial assistance

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Kanchanfur Forests Farm Jatropha for Bio-Diesel

(The Himalayan Times)  Two community forests of Kanchanpur district have started growing Jatropha (Sajeevan) from which biofuel can be produced. Basanta Community Forest and Sri Krishna Community Forest are into sajeevan farming with the technical and financial assistance of Crystal Bio Energy

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Baltimore to Test Biofuels in City Boilers

(Bloomberg/AP)  ...The city's spending panel on Wednesday approved a deal with New Generation Biofuels to start burn tests at three city facilities. If the tests are successful, the clean-burning, vegetable-based biofuels would replace heating oil in city buildings. Two Baltimore elementary schools

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Indiana County Won't Own Ethanol Plant After All

by  (AP/The Republic)  ...The Lake County Solid Waste Management District board unanimously adopted a revised contract Thursday that strips away the county's ownership of the plant that Powers Energy of America wants to build near the town of Schneider. The Times of

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The Charge of the Capital Light Brigade

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But a new generation of companies has come along with new ideas about how to develop scale in a world of empty wallets. You might have heard of them as Amyris, Solazyme, LS9, Gevo, Joule

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Agrivida Announces Collaboration with Syngenta Ventures to Deliver Low-Cost Sugars for Cellulosic Biofuels and Biochemicals

(Agrivida)  Agrivida, Inc. announced a collaboration with Syngenta Ventures to develop advanced crop technology that will provide low-cost sugars for a variety of industrial applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Syngenta licenses to Agrivida access to crop technology and

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Beyond the Valley of Death, the Sunny Lands of Tractionville

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...ZeaChem CEO Jim Imbler and Elevance’s Andy Shafer gave updates on their progress towards commercialization. Elevance, of course, has been at it a while longer, and is generally exclusively focused on chemicals, while ZeaChem has some

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Butamax Advanced Biofuels Receives Key U.S. Isobutanol Patent

(Biofuels Journal)  Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC announced Dec. 16 that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent number 7851188 encompassing Butamax’s isobutanol producing biocatalyst.   The patent entitled “Fermentive Production of Four Carbon Alcohols” is a further demonstration

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Look Out -- Oil Prices to Hit $200 a Barrel by 2035, Projection Shows

by John Funk  (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)  Americans who are upset about $3 gasoline won't like the latest long-term projection from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Over the next 25 years, even as the nation's thirst for oil lessens, global demand for

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Unraveling Plant Cell-Wall Construction for Biofuels Research

by Karen McNulty Walsh  (Brookhaven National Laboratory/RenewableEnergyWorld)   Understanding how lignin building blocks are transported could break down barriers to biofuel production. One big challenge in converting plants to biofuels is that the very same molecules that keep plants standing up make

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Military Signals Advanced Biofuels Demand: 336 Million Gallons per Year by 2020

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...This week in Honolulu, Chris Tindal of the US Navy joined advanced biofuels CEOs Jason Pyle of Sapphire Energy and Jonathan Wolfson of Solazyme at BIO’s Pacific Rim Summit, to discuss the scope and scale

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Biofuels to Power the Future

(China Daily)  China's bioethanol production will reach 10 million tons a year by 2020, resulting in a 10 percent drop in oil imports, according to COFCO group, China's largest grain trader. ...COFCO, Novozymes and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) are

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State Aid: Commission Authorises Sweden to Grant SEK222 Million (€24 Million) for Biofuel Research Project «GoBiGas»

(Europa)  The European Commission has authorised under EU state aid rules a support of SEK222 million (approximately € 24 million) that Sweden intends to grant to the Gothenburg Biofuels Gasification (GoBiGas) research and development (R&D) project. Göteborg Energi AB, a Swedish energy

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Novasep and Danisco Announce the First Betaine Industrial Production Process from Bioethanol Side-Stream

(Novasep)  Joint project will offer a cost-effective, environmentally friendly process to produce betaine, an animal feed ingredient in short supply Novasep Process, the bioprocess division of Novasep, a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industry, and Danisco, a world

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State Aid: Commission Approves Aid for Waste CO2 Pipeline in The Netherlands

(Europa)  The European Commission has authorised, under EU state aid rules, a €5 million investment aid for a pipeline infrastructure to transport waste CO2 from a bioethanol plant in Rotterdam to greenhouses in the “Zuidplaspolder”. The waste CO2 will be used

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House Votes to Extend Ethanol, Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel Tax Credits; Senate Drops Biofuels-Slashing Omnibus Bill

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, the US House of Representatives voted by a 277 to 148 margin to approve the Obama tax deal, which extends the ethanol tax credit through 2011, and retroactively extends the biodiesel tax incentive and the renewable

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Panel Urges Oversight of Synthetic Biology

(UPI)   A report says the U.S. federal government must take a lead oversight role in the emerging field of synthetic biology to balance the risks and benefits. The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues issued its first report Thursday on

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Seaweed as Biofuel? Metabolic Engineering Makes It a Viable Option

(PhysOrg.com)   Is red seaweed a viable future biofuel? Now that a University of Illinois metabolic engineer has developed a strain of yeast that can make short work of fermenting galactose, the answer is an unequivocal yes. ...(M)arine biomass can be easily

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Drop-In Biofuel Developer Dorsan Joins ATI-Clean Energy Incubator

(University of Texas at Austin)  The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a not-for-profit unit of The University of Texas at Austin, announced today that Dorsan Biofuels, Inc., joined as a member company of the ATI-Clean Energy Incubator. Dorsan uses proprietary technology to create

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Logos Technologies Receives Phase-2 BioJET™ Fuel Award

(PR NewsWire)  Cellulosic biomass from agricultural wastes converted to low-cost jet fuel Logos Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded the second phase of BioJET™ from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to produce fully compatible jet fuel

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USDA Joins Effort to Increase FFV Awareness

by Holly Jessen  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   Surveys show that as many as 75 percent of flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) owners don’t know they can fill their vehicles with E85. Now, a new public awareness campaign will aim to change that. ...On Dec.

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The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance Calls on Cancun to Recognize Biofuels as a Way to Lower GHG's

(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance)  The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) is calling on the UN’s Climate Change Conference in Cancun to do what could not be done in Copenhagen and recognize biofuels as a viable alternative to fossil fuels that offer

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Senate Tax Bill a Major Step Backwards for the Environment

by Jim Presswood (Switchboard)   The tax bill agreed to last Thursday by Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell contains an energy package that would cause substantial environmental harm. ...The bill extends a 50 cent per gallon tax credit for liquid coal transportation

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Scientist: Ethanol the Wrong Path for Lake County, Alternative Fuels

by Marc Chase   (The Times/istockanalyst.com)  Lake County's public-private plan to transform trash to ethanol would generate an inferior fuel with a questionable future, a former National Science Foundation official and energy adviser to the federal government said. John Regalbuto, a chemical engineering

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Finnair Set to Fly with Biofuel

(YLE)  Finnair is set to become the first airline in the world to use fuel produced from renewable sources on regular flights. The airline aims to start fuelling its planes with biofuel next spring. Finnair airplanes could soon be powered by

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Canada's Renewable Fuel Standard Takes Effect

(Scottrade)  On December 15th, the federal government's landmark Renewable Fuels Standard officially comes into force. This will add some two billion litres of renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, into the Canadian gasoline pool each and every year and change

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Lawsuit Opposes Permit for Michigan Ethanol Plant

(Bloomberg/AP)  Environmentalists sued Michigan regulators Tuesday over an air quality permit issued for a planned refinery in the Upper Peninsula that will produce ethanol fuel from wood chips. The Sierra Club lawsuit contends the Department of Natural Resources and Environment violated federal

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Secretary Chu Announces up to $30 Million for Research to Advance the Next Generation of Biofuels

(U.S. Department of Energy)  U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the Department is now accepting applications for up to $30 million in total funding for small-scale process integration projects that support the development of advanced biofuels that will be

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Maine Gets Most Federal Biofuel Help of Any State

by Mal Leary (Capitol News Service/Bangor Daily News) Maine has received more cash from the federal government for the development of biofuels than any other state. The Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which was started in 2009 to encourage development of renewable fuels,

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Corporate U: Industry's Reach into Academia Renews Fears of Undue Influence

by Suzanne Bohan (Contra Costa Times/Center for Genetics and Society)  Stanford University researcher Thomas Jaramillo is overseeing a million-dollar research project that explores ways to create liquid fuel from sunlight and carbon dioxide. A Stanford colleague, Yi Cui, has nearly $2 million

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Spain: Citrotecno to Produce First Litre of Ethanol from Citrus Waste

(FreshPlaza.com)  Two years ago Citrotecno took its first steps with the help of a group of businessmen linked to the agriculture and livestock sector in Valencia (Spain). The main objective of the company was to use citrus waste to produce

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North Dakota Group Looks to Make Ethanol from Sugar Beets

by Dave Kolpack (AP/The Daily Republic)   A North Dakota group said Monday it plans to open a test plant that would turn dry land sugar beets into ethanol, with hopes of building a dozen processing facilities throughout the state. Officials with Fargo-based

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A.I.M. Interview: Scripps' Dr. Greg Mitchell

(Algae Industry Magazine) Dr. B. Greg Mitchell is a research biologist and senior lecturer at the University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. ...For more than two decades Greg has promoted mass culture of algae to mitigate CO2 and

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Bioengineers Develop Bacterial Strain That Could Increase Ethanol Production

(Wiley Press Room/Renewable Energy World)  A team of Bioengineers in the United States have modified a strain of bacteria to increase its ability to produce ethanol. The research, published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, reveals how adaptation and metabolic engineering can

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Hydrogen Should Take Priority over Biofuel in Aviation: World Wildlife Fund

by Kerry Reals  (FlightGlobal)  The aviation industry should focus research and development programmes on liquid hydrogen rather than third-generation biofuels in the quest to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to World Wildlife Fund director for global energy policy Stephan Singer. Speaking at

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Corn Growers Push for Tax Credits to Expand Ethanol Industry

by Amy West  (KHAS TV)   Want to see more ethanol blends at the pump? Well, the American Corn Growers Foundation has a plan and they're challenging Congress to help the industry by redirecting more than $15 billion in Foreign Tax

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Price of Ethanol and Price of Oil According to the New York Times

by Raymond J. Learsy (Huffington Post)  In a classic example and contender for the Alfred E. Neuman "I Don't Get It" prize of the year the New York Times' editorial page of December 9th outdid itself. First we had a dissertation on

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Long Shots: Why Throwing Money at Today's Clean-Energy Technologies Could Keep Us from Discovering Tomorrow's.

by Vinod Khosla (Foreign Policy)  ...A mid-2009 report by the reinsurance giant Swiss Re found that climate change could shave off anywhere from 1 to 12 percent of GDP in many countries thanks to shifting climate zones, floods, droughts, and

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WSJ: Biofuels Get Test At Danish Pumps

by Jens Hansegard (Dow Jones/Fox Business)  Danish companies see a big business potential in helping to curb the world's reliance on petrochemicals. Danisco A/S (DCO.KO) and Novozymes A/S (NZYM-B.KO), which together cover 70% of the world market for enzymes that go into

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U.S. Poised to Pump in More of Canada's Dirtiest Oil

By Renee Schoof   (Star-Telegram/McClatchy)  At the climate talks under way in Cancun, Mexico, the U.S. has assured the world it's not backing away from its pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, however, the State Department looks likely

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Biodiesel RIN Prices Trend Higher

by Erin Voegele  (Biodiesel Magazine) Although the U.S. biodiesel industry has struggled since the lapse of the $1 per gallon tax credit, renewable identification number (RIN) prices are currently trading high enough to fill that void. One factor that seems to

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DOE and Seven Other Agencies Launch Energy Export Initiative

(U.S. Department of Energy)  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today joined seven other U.S. Government agencies in launching the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative, a coordinated effort to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency exports. In partnership with the

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Bi-Partisan Support for Biofuels Can Help to Achieve Energy, National Security Objectives

by Steve Maddox  (The Hill)  ...Although conventional, corn-based ethanol is not the darling of the environmental movement, it does have certain national security benefits that cannot be overlooked. And the next generation of biofuels being developed across the country offer

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Draft Contract Puts Ethanol Plant in Private Hands

by Christine Kraly  (NWITimes)   Citing what's best for Lake County residents, a draft revised contract to bring a waste-to-ethanol plant to Schneider now puts the facility in the hands of its private operator. A proposed revision to the contract between the Lake County Solid Waste

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SynGest'S Bioammonia Project Completes Award Contract with Iowa Power Fund and Iowa Office of Energy Independence

(SynGest/BusinessWire)  Mini plant will make 150 TPD of nitrogen fertilizer from biomass San Francisco, CA - (Business Wire) December 13, 2010 - SynGest Inc. announced that the Iowa Power Fund and Iowa Office of Energy Independence have approved an award contract in

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NASA Research Park to Host World's Largest, Greenest Airship

(National Air and Space Administration) NASA has entered into a lease with E Green Technologies, Inc. (EGT) Kellyton, Ala., to bring the world’s largest airship to NASA Research Park at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Under the terms of

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Researchers Engineer New Methane-Production Pathway in Microorganism

(University of Arkansas)  A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have created the first methane-producing microorganism that can metabolize complex carbon structures, which could lead to microbial recycling of waste products and their transformation into natural gas. Daniel J. Lessner, assistant

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AfDB Group Approves Euros 65 Million to Finance Markala Sugar Project in Mali

(AllAfrica.com)  The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Monday, 6 December 2010 in Tunis, a €30-million senior private sector loan and a €35 million loan from the public sector window to finance the Markala Sugar project

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Specialty Pipelines for Renewable and Alternative Energy Substances

(SBI Energy)  The world is rushing to harness alternative and renewable energy sources, and global specialty pipeline infrastructure is jumping to keep up. SBI Energy estimates that the total global market for specialty pipelines will show year over year increases of

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IPT Reduces Biodiesel Capex to $0.10 per Gallon for 60 Mgy Project

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Nevada, International Procurement Tools  announced that they had developed a biodiesel construction platform that would bring down ‘pipe to pipe’ installed costs for a 60 Mgy biodiesel system (100,000 tons/year) to $6 million, or

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New USDA Loan Guarantees, $50 Biofuels, Asia, Syngas among New Biofuels Trends, Gossip at Pacific Rim Summit

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Honolulu, much of the leadership of the advanced biofuels and renewables chemicals industries have gathered this week at BIO’s Pacific Rim Summit.  ...(W)hat are the key trends? Here are 11 that the Digest spotted. 1.

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Deforestation 'Not So Important for Climate Change'

by Fred Pearce   (New Scientist)  Climate negotiations were dealt a bombshell at the weekend when ecologists reported that carbon emissions from the destruction of tropical forests are probably only half previous estimates. If we are emitting less carbon dioxide from deforestation that's

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Poet’s Broin Says E27 Is Needed to Satisfy RFS

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Poet LLC CEO Jeff Broin told attendees at a recent energy conference that the U.S. will need to eventually utilize the equivalent of E27 in the nation's fuel supply in order to meet renewable

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Review Highlights Knowledge Gaps Surrounding Biofuels and Land Use Change

(PR NewsWire/Hart Energy)  The development of biofuels has increased exponentially over the past decade, and will continue to do so as many countries seek to move away from dependence on fossil fuels. However, increasing use of biofuels raises serious questions about

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Country-Fried Biofuels

by Shannon Brescher Shea  (U.S. Department of Energy)  But a more humdrum risk of deep-frying is improperly disposing of the grease. Pouring it down the drain, which can clog municipal pipes and pollute local waterways, is actually illegal in many places.

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Chilean Energy Companies Copec, E-CL Join For Biodiesel Venture

by Anthony Esposito  (Fox Business/Dow Jones)   Two of the most important players in Chile's fuel and energy market, fuel and forestry conglomerate Empresas Copec SA (COPEC.SN) and power generator E-CL SA (ECL.SN), will team up to create biofuels from micro-algae. ... The

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