http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info Truly Sustainable Renewable Future Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:28:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by David J. Leeds (GreentechMedia) After sitting through presentations from a "who's who" of the energy world these past two days at the DOE's inaugural ARPA-E Innovation Summit, any one of the more than 1,700 individuals in the room likely needed to call upon their deepest sense of equanimity or find ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/arpa-empty-fantastic-program-not-enough-money Brazilian sugarcane industry association UNICA announced this afternoon it has renewed its fuel supply agreement for the second year with the Indy Racing League (IRL) for the majority of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season.      UNICA became the official fuel supplier for IRL in 2009, the same time that Apex-Brasil, ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/brazilian-sugarcane-ethanol-to-power-izod-indycar-series-in-2010 Virent Energy Systems, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded $2.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a $33.8 million grant to the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium (NABC). The NABC aims to develop technologies to convert cellulosic biomass feedstocks into hydrocarbon fuels that are sustainable, ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/improved-biomass-deconstruction-technologies-will-speed-the-use-of-non-food-feedstocks-as-a-source-of-cost-effective-infrastructure-compatible-renewable-biofuels UOP, a Honeywell ( HON) company, announced today that it has been awarded a $1.5 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy for a project to demonstrate technology to capture carbon dioxide and produce algae for use in biofuel and energy production. The funding will be used for the ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/honeywells-uop-awarded-funding-for-carbon-dioxide-capture-and-reuse-through-algae-growth-and-biofuel-production-2 (Queensland Business Review)  The University of Queensland (UQ) has entered into a new agreement with an American alternative energy company to turn Queensland sugar cane into jet biofuel. Researchers from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology (AIBN) will work with US firm Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., to explore potential business opportunities ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/university-of-queensland-institute-ignites-plans-for-jet-biofuel-2 Bye Energy, Inc., an integrator of alternative energy and renewable fuel technologies for business and general aviation aircraft, is launching “The Green Flight Project”  to enhance the development of an electric and electric-hybrid propulsion system (EHPS) forcommercial application. The objective of the project is to design and integrate an EHPS ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/bye-energy-launches-the-green-flight-project (TodayOnline) Can algae oil be viably converted to kerosene for jet fuel that might one day power the world's aircraft? This is something a new 12-month collaboration between A*Star's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences and global aerospace and defence firm EADS will investigate. With the aviation sector accounting for some ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/flying-high-on-algae (Nashville Business Journal)  Another green energy company is coming to Tennessee, but this one doesn’t have anything to do with solar power, unless you count photosynthesis. Hawaii-based ClearFuels Technology has agreed to partner with Hughes Hardwood to develop a biorefinery in Collinwood. ClearFuels will invest approximately $200 million to develop the ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/200m-refinery-to-convert-wood-products-into-fuel-electricity by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  If 2009 brought us the “summer of Algae”, 2010 is certainly looking to usher in “Jet Spring,” with a series of stunning developments in the commercialization of aviation biofuels — shaping up as the first breakout, blockbuster end user segment for advanced biofuels. ...In fuels, there ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/jet-stream-biofuels-digest-special-report-on-aviation-biofuels by Nathan Crabbe (Gainsville Sun)  The farms and forests of the state could be providing more fuel for its vehicles in the future if a new University of Florida plant is a success. UF officials held a groundbreaking Monday for the pilot plant at the site of the Buckeye Technologies pulp ... http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/university-of-florida-breaks-ground-on-taylor-ethanol-plant