Truly Sustainable Renewable Future
March 17, 2009 – 10:42 am | No Comment

Advanced Biofuels are high-energy liquid transportation fuels derived from: low nutrient input/high per acre yield crops; agricultural or forestry waste; or other sustainable biomass feedstocks including algae.  The key word is “sustainable.”
A technical definition that …

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 “Changes in Gasoline IV” Features New Chapter on Flex-Fuel Vehicles
February 23, 2010 – 9:16 am | No Comment

“Changes in Gasoline IV” is the 2009 edition of the ongoing series of “Changes in Gasoline” manuals. The first manual, “Changes in Gasoline & the Automobile Service Technician,” was originally published in 1987. Numerous editions …

Verde Biofuel Building One-of-a-Kind Mobile “Seed to Fuel” Biodiesel Processor
December 15, 2009 – 12:25 pm | No Comment

North Carolina’s traditional tobacco farms are switching to other crops, so the state’s Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, has initiated a program to educate farmers on the ins-and-outs of biodiesel manufacturing, anticipating producers will be …

School Club’s Biodiesel Project Going Global
December 3, 2009 – 5:22 pm | No Comment

by Joel Hood (Chicago Tribune)  Some time ago, Brian Sievers picked up a crazy notion that one simple idea might just change the world. So for the last two school years, the popular science teacher …

Recovery Act Announcement: DOE Awards up to $5.5 Million for X PRIZE to Promote Clean, Energy Efficient Vehicles
November 4, 2009 – 9:26 am | No Comment

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy is providing up to $5.5 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support the X PRIZE Foundation’s work to inspire a …

Bio Base Europe Training Centre on Track for 2011 Opening
October 28, 2009 – 1:22 pm | No Comment

Bio Base Europe, the Biopark Terneuzen and Ghent Bio-Energy Valley joint initiative launched in April 2009, has said its new bio-focused Training Centre is on course to open in early 2011. The Bio Base Europe …

Indirect Land Use Change Analysis Debate on Video
October 7, 2009 – 9:19 am | No Comment

The German Marshall Fund on September 25, 2009, sponsored a debate at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on biofuels and indirect land use change.  The debaters were Tim Searchinger, transatlantic fellow at …

POET Releases Video Summarizing State of Cellulosic Ethanol Development
October 7, 2009 – 7:46 am | No Comment

Focusing on its work with corn cobs as a cellulosic ethanol feedstock, POET’s latest video provides a basic look at what it is taking to move from fermentation of starch to conversion of cellulose to …

New Green Economy Conference January 20-22 Washington, DC
September 10, 2009 – 3:56 pm | 2 Comments
New Green Economy Conference January 20-22 Washington, DC

The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) welcomes you to the 10th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: The New Green Economy. Marking a decade of conference history, the signature event …

Air Transport Action Group Publishes Beginners Guide to Aviation Biofuels
June 18, 2009 – 7:43 am | No Comment

One of the most exciting developments for aviation is the use of sustainable biofuels to replace the standard kerosene, or Jet-A, fuel that is currently being used. It is clear that our industry’s dependence on …

Biotech 2009 Life Sciences: Navigating the Sea Change Released; Survey of BioGreenTech Horizons Addresses Collapse of Traditional Financing Structure for Biotech Sector
May 4, 2009 – 3:14 pm | No Comment

In California, Burrill & Company released its 23rd annual industry report, Biotech 2009 Life Science, subtitled Navigating the Sea Change.  The report contains extensive analysis and perspective on the performance of the biotech/life sciences industry in …

Lincoln High Students Fuel Biodiesel Effort
April 6, 2009 – 4:25 pm | No Comment

June 19, 2008    The Lincoln County High School Future Farmers of America club has started the first biodiesel production center at a public school in the state.   HAMLIN — With diesel prices in West Virginia …

Green Ambassadors: Laguna High School Students Research Biofuels
April 6, 2009 – 4:21 pm | No Comment

May 1st, 2007    Linsay Hassett (aka Betty Biodiesel) leads a group of Laguna High School students in the Green Ambassadors program on a tour of Dave Erikson’s home brew biodiesel lab. The Green Ambassadors program …

Graduate students and American Indian tribes work for biofuel solutions
March 14, 2008 – 4:29 pm | No Comment

March 14, 2008    In the midst of rising concern about energy sources, many are looking at local, waste-derived biofuels as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels.  Most biofuel in the United States is made from plants, …