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April 17, 2012 – 10:42 am | No Comment

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National Council for Science and the Environment Launches New Environmental Internship Clearinghouse Portal
May 4, 2012 – 11:38 am | No Comment

(National Council for Science and the Environment)  As an extension of the National Council for Science and the Environment’s (NCSE’s) Campus to Careers (C2C) program, NCSE has created an environmental internship clearinghouse with support from …

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Summer Programs for Educators: Accepting Applications!
April 24, 2012 – 5:21 pm | No Comment

The Education and Outreach area of GLBRC supports and collaborates on a diverse array of programs, which complement our mission and goals. These programs mainly address the needs of K-12 and undergraduate learning communities, and …

Infographic Illustrates How RFS is Working
April 24, 2012 – 2:08 pm | No Comment

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has released an ‘infographic’ entitled “It’s Working” which provides a vivid depiction of how the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) and ethanol are reducing oil imports and saving Americans money …

Ethanol Industry Outlook and Pocket Guide to Ethanol Now Available
February 28, 2012 – 2:15 pm | No Comment

(Renewable Fuel Association)  RFA’s most popular publications, the 2012 Ethanol Industry Outlook and Pocket Guide to Ethanol, are now available. The Outlook is an annual publication that catalogs the important statistics for America’s domestic ethanol …

FlexFuel Vehicle Education Project Announced
November 2, 2011 – 12:49 pm | No Comment

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  A new public education project to reach drivers of FlexFuel Vehicles (FFVs) by working with state Motor Vehicle Administrations (MVA) was announced today by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the …

White Paper Answers Questions About Ethanol
September 16, 2011 – 10:38 am | No Comment

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  A new white paper released by Gold Eagle Co aims to answer questions about ethanol blended gasoline. Gold Eagle sells aftermarket fluids and additives such as STA-BIL Ethanol Performance Improver. “Petroleum Production, …

#BioChat: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
August 12, 2011 – 8:30 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  …Now, we live in a digital age, and bioenergy is broadly based around the globe – but the desire to network, comment, gather, share, gossip, encourage, advise, warn and occasionally …

Ethanol Across America Releases White Paper Laying Out Path Forward for Cellulosic Ethanol
August 9, 2011 – 10:38 am | No Comment

(BusinessWire/Ethanol Across America)  Paper Makes Case for Commercial Readiness of the Fuel
Ethanol Across America, a grassroots education campaign of the Clean Fuels Foundation, today released a white paper detailing ethanol as a molecule and the …

Sun Grant BioWeb Reaches out to K-12 Teachers
July 26, 2011 – 6:39 pm | No Comment

(South Dakota State University)  The Sun Grant BioWeb, an online resource that makes information available about bioenergy and other plant-based products from biomass, is reaching out to K-12 teachers who will teach the next generation …

Elsevier Launches Biofuel Research and Discovery Tool, Accelerating BioEnergy Research and Development
July 22, 2011 – 8:06 am | No Comment

(PR NewsWire/Elesvier)  New Tool Enables the Successful Commercialisation of Alternative Energy Technologies
Elsevier, the world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of Elsevier Biofuel, an online search and discovery …

The Biofuels Wiki Introduced by the Biofuels Center of North Carolina
June 1, 2011 – 9:26 am | No Comment

(Biofuels Center of North Carolina)  The Biofuels Wiki provides a virtual online encyclopedia about renewable transportation fuels, the feedstocks making up those fuels, and the issues implicit in producing biofuels and other industrial bioproducts at …

Biofuels Digest Community Debuts Online: Social Media for Biofuels
May 23, 2011 – 9:16 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   Today, the Digest is launching our new online Biofuels Digest Community, going to the next level in connecting you with contacts and opportunities in the bio-based world. Plus, a …

NAA Launches Commercial Opportunities Webpage
May 18, 2011 – 8:30 am | No Comment

(Algae Industry Magazine)  The National Algae Association has launched a Commercial Opportunities page on its website in response to a growing number of inquiries from throughout the algae supply channel and the investment community about …

Bioresource Technology Publishes Special Biofuels Issues
May 5, 2011 – 1:15 pm | No Comment

Bioresource Technology publishes original articles, review articles, case studies and short communications on the fundamentals, applications and management of bioresource technology.
The journal’s aim is to advance and disseminate knowledge in all the related areas of …

View the Wisconsin Bioenergy Atlas
May 4, 2011 – 9:38 am | No Comment

(Wisconsin Bioenergy Information and Outreach Network)  We have gathered and organized numerous spatial data layers relevant to siting and facility operations and present these through interactive mapping. Users can select data useful to their interests …

New Bioenergy Magazine Designed as Public Resource for Renewable Fuels
April 22, 2011 – 8:58 am | No Comment

by Robert Sanders  (UC Berkeley)  A new magazine, Bioenergy Connection, debuts this month to inform the public and stimulate discussion about the future of renewable transportation fuels around the world.
Published by the Energy Biosciences Institute …

Spring Ethanol Plant Map Shows 14.31 Billion Gallons of Capacity
April 11, 2011 – 1:35 pm | No Comment

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Spring 2011 Fuel Ethanol Plant Map is Ethanol Producer Magazine’s twice-yearly look at the industry, being distributed with the May issue, soon to be out. This spring, the …

European Biofuels Technology Platform Adds Reports to Library
March 4, 2011 – 4:11 pm | No Comment

(European Biofuels Technology Platform)  The mission of the European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP) is to contribute to the development of cost-competitive, world-class biofuels technologies, to the creation of a healthy biofuels industry and to accelerate …

Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel Virtual Conference
October 14, 2010 – 12:50 pm | No Comment

The Sept. 28 Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel virtual conference was a huge success! Presentations are now available online.
Participants learned the latest on exciting new biodiesel research from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on storage …

BBI International Launches Biorefining Magazine and Conference
September 14, 2010 – 10:33 am | No Comment

(BBI International)  BBI International, a leader in globally recognized bioenergy events and trade magazines, has launched a new magazine and international conference. Biorefining magazine and the aligned International Biorefining Conference & Trade Show will provide …

America’s Number One Smartphone Locates America’s Number One Alternative Fuel
July 19, 2010 – 10:15 am | No Comment

(Renewable Fuels Association)  E85 fuel? There’s an app for that. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is proud to announce the new iPhone application used to help flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) drivers access the latest, most accurately …

To Fix Carbon, Food, Energy: Fix RuBisCO (The Mother of All Biofuels Challenges)
May 12, 2010 – 1:34 pm | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  …It was the biochemist Dr. Ganesh Kishore, now the CEO of the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund and formerly Chief Biotechnology Officer of Dupont, who raised the issue at a …

Algae Industry Magazine Launched
March 15, 2010 – 4:23 pm | No Comment

William Laski & David Schwartz, publishers, launched an online magazine addressing the growth and development of the algae biofuels and co-products industry:
• its influential personalities
• developing technologies
• evolving businesses
• breakthrough products
• important news and timely …

 “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 …

The Hottest 50 Companies in Bioenergy and the DOE Integrated Bioenergy Grants, in Maps
December 28, 2009 – 7:41 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  The Digest has prepared several maps which help to visualize the distribution in the US of advanced biofuels development. Maps include:
1. Locations of the companies in the 50 Hottest Companies …

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 …