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by Andrew Jenner (Lancaster Farming) A new ethanol refinery in central Virginia, on schedule to begin production this summer, could create a large new market for winter barley — providing farmers with new economic opportunity and …
by Mary Rinzel (WEAU 13 News) …The plane we’re talking about isn’t just any plane, the Fagen MX2 flies solely on ethanol, which is something Pilot Greg Poe is very proud to point out as …
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Founded in 1802, DuPont was primarily an explosives company. Today, among the many other areas it does work in, the company is accelerating research and development and investments in …
by Kambiz Foroohar (Bloomberg) …In Japan, the U.K. and the U.S., green energy advocates and some well-heeled investors are obsessed with perfecting a way to turn the scum that coats ponds, lakes and fish tanks …
(WDEF News 12) The Shell Quik Mart on the corner of 41A and Hwy 55 is now offering a new fuel alternative for the Coffee County area. For the first time, flexible-fuel vehicle owners and …
(Renewable Fuels Association) The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today continued to call into question accounting gimmicks and unproven theories used by environmental activists seeking to undermine the growth of biofuels as a way to displace fossil …
With an exclusive focus on biomass utilization in the Southeast – from the Virginias to the Gulf Coast – the Southeast BIOMASS Conference & Expo is a dynamic regional offshoot of Biomass Magazine‘s International BIOMASS …
by Dr Ma Xiangshan (CAAC, GreenAirOnline.com) …The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) defines the sustainable development of the civil aviation sector as “the development of civil aviation towards a resource-economical and environment-friendly industry by …
(GreenAirOnline) The first-ever study into a comparison of the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a range of alternative aviation fuels has been published by the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction (PARTNER), …
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Seven years ago two former college roommates set up shop in a Palo Alto garage, with the mission of becoming the first company to develop commercial algae-based fuel. They built …
(US Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) June 2, 2010, announced $5 million in funding for research focused on sustainable production of large quantities of non-food biomass for bioenergy. The intent of this Funding Opportunity …
by Mark Bünger (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) …To date, most biofuels and biomaterials developers have focused on lab- and demo-scale studies to improve performance and reduce cost so they can compete with petroleum products, and those goals are …
The Algal Biomass Organization, in collaboration with Arizona State University, will be hosting a full day pre-conference workshop on September 27th, 2010, that will include an Algae 101 seminar targeted to those who are new …
by Timothy D Searchinger (Environmental Research Letters) Use of biofuels does not reduce emissions from energy combustion but may offset emissions by increasing plant growth or by reducing plant residue or other non-energy emissions. To do so, …
by Nicole Beasdale (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, Biofuels Digest) …Referred to as the NCRIS Biofuels Project, the $15 million investment has provided the platform required for Australia to become an active contributor in the …
by Treena Hein (Australian Farm Journal/June 2010) Despite all the debate about negative climate change impacts on agriculture and rising world population increasing demand for food, the stark reality is that world grain stocks are …
(AusBiotech) AusBiotech has been appointed to manage a new Federal Government project to boost research into second generation biofuels, with a $3 million investment as part of the Super Science Education Investment Fund (EIF).
The “Sustainable Energy …
by Rep. Harry Teague (D-NM) (Politico) …It turns out there are two immediate barriers to raising capital for commercial-scale production of algae-based fuel.
The first is a quirk in our tax code that provides tax incentives …
by Emily Wilkins (TheStateNews.com) …The process to produce the alternative fuel — called isobutanol — involves using molecular biology on a bacterium called Ralstonia eutropha, allowing it to use hydrogen to produce liquid fuels, said …
by Zach Gale (Motor Trend) Mississippi State’s Saturn Vue-based biodiesel hybrid is the winning vehicle for year two of General Motors’ EcoCAR challenge.
The EcoCAR challenge started when GM donated an SUV to 16 universities and instructed …
(Journal of Commerce) A $1.7-million field study on the potential use of biodiesel for off-road machinery in highway construction and forest operations is being conducted by FPInnovations, in partnership with Natural Resources, Canada’s National Renewable …
(St. Joseph News-Press, Mo) Editorial: …A long-term solution, however, can be found in the farm fields of Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas. The environmental debacle in the Gulf emphasizes the need for the United States …
Ashly Insco and Evan Nyer (ARCADIS, Biofuels Digest) …While long-term opportunities may well be on the uptick for biofuels in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster, increased short-term focus on health, safety and environmental …
by Jeff Montgomery (The News Journal, DelawareOnline) A refining industry leader whose company plans to reopen the Delaware City Refinery said today that the new owners hope to expand into renewable fuels production at the …
by Michelle Kautz (DomesticFuel.com) For another year, the Clean Fuels Development Coalition (CFDC), the Ethanol Across America education campaign, and the FlexFuel Vehicle (FFV) Club paid homage to U.S. Military Vetarans on Memorial Day. The groups …
(Reuters) The greenest fuels would become the cheapest under plans for a pan-European energy tax which would also help governments tackle huge debts without raising taxes on workers, draft documents show.
…If approved by EU leaders, …
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“Commercializing BTL Biorefinery Projects for Production of Diesel & Jet Fuels”
Our BTL conferences, attracts over 100 worldwide delegates and have been brought around the region with …
“From Investment, Densification to Transportation”
Biomass Pellets Trade Asia conference, to be held from 27-29 September in Jakarta, explores the potential for investment, densification and transportation of biomass pellets within and out of Asia.
As renewable energy directives …
by Larry P. Vellequette (Toledo Blade) A year ago, hundreds of people flocked to a 100,000-square-foot former factory building in Wauseon’s industrial area where a Napoleon, Ohio, inventor promised to begin building engines that would travel …
(Des Moines Register) …Ethanol producers have long used antibiotics to control bacteria that can contaminate the fermentation process. But now, the Food and Drug Administration is developing a policy to regulate the use of the …
by Candace Krebs (AgJournal.com) Despite ethanol’s pitch as a domestic replacement for imported oil — and one that may offer fewer environmental risks following the oil well explosion in the Gulf that continues to impact …
(Choose Ethanol) You can now use your Garmin or TomTom GPS device to locate E85 stations all over the country. This data will let you upload E85 stations as special Points of Interest (POIs).
Don’t know …
by Mary Nichols (California Air Resources Board, Sustainable Industries) When California Gov. Schwarzenegger cut the ribbon at the opening of the world’s first bio-butanol plant earlier this year, he credited California’s climate action law Assembly …
The world’s largest tea producer McLeod Russel India Limited expects its investment in D1 Williamson Magor Biofuel Ltd to start bearing fruit within the next one year when the first crop (jatropha) is expected, a …
by Martin LaMonica (CNET, ZDNet) Imagine if your country had an unlimited budget but a limited amount of land: what renewable energy has the most potential?
Rutgers University professor Clinton Andrews and colleagues ran the numbers on …
(LPP Combustion, LLC) LPP Combustion, LLC, a Columbia, MD based innovator in liquid fuel technology, has successfully demonstrated the clean generation of green, dispatchable, renewable power on a 30kW Capstone C30 gas turbine. LPP Combustion …
by Stephanie Dreyer (Growth Energy, RenewableEnergyWorld.com) The full scope of the environmental catastrophe due to the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico will not be learned for some time – but one thing is …
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest) …Two years ago, the Korean Institute for Industrial Technology developed a process of extracting ethanol from seaweed, which proves to be more cost-efficient and advantageous than other sources of biofuel, writes …
America is at the vital crossroads where energy needs and national security meet. The 6th National 25x’25 Summit June 29 through July 1, 2010 is a MUST-attend event for anyone interested in maximizing renewable resources …
(US Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $11 million in funding over three years for research and development in the area of thermochemical conversion of biomass into advanced biofuels …
(MarketWire) Amelot Holdings, Inc., announced May 26, 2010, that Amelot Oil and Barbados National Oil Company Ltd.(BNOCL) have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU), with the intent to form a joint venture (JV) in Barbados for the …
(MarketWire) Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer, announced May 28, 2010, that commissioning of its second 250,000 tons-per-annum (approximately 75 million gallons per annum) Axens 2nd Generation biodiesel trans-esterification refinery has been completed.
During the performance tests, …
by Bill Paul (Seeking Alpha) In the wake of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, it’s clear the U.S. needs to end its crude-oil addiction as much to protect its economy as the environment.
To move …
(University of Illinois, Chicago) A new University of Illinois at Chicago study of facilities that produce most of the nation’s ethanol found that the energy needed to make a gallon of the corn-based fuel decreased …
(Energy Biosciences Institute) The Energy Biosciences Institute, a unique public-private research partnership dedicated to exploring the applications of modern biology to the energy sector, is inviting pre-proposals for possible project funding in five different areas of …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Last week, BP committed $500 million in a ten-year year research program to study “the impact of the Deepwater Horizon incident, and its associated response, on the marine and shoreline …
By Carey Gillam (Reuters) The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico illustrates a pressing need for the United States to pass legislative incentives to drive investment dollars into cellulosic and algae-based biofuel facilities, biofuel …
by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register) That next generation of biofuels is still stuck in the lab, as the developers have been unable to attract investors or get loan guarantees out of the government.
So now, those …
by Sue Cischke (Ford Motor Company, Huffington Post) The short answer to that question is a simple yes.
…Opponents of bio-fuels claim billions of dollars have been wasted researching advanced bio-fuels, and that they will never …
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuels.com) …The blending of ethanol into America’s fuel supply is saving consumers approximately 10 cents per gallon as compared to straight gasoline prices. According to RFA, at the wholesale level, ethanol has …
