(People's Daily) China's industrial experts are advising the government to halt projects making ethanol bio-fuel with corn, as the projects are pushing up corn prices and sparking food security concerns. Zhao Youshan, director of the Commercial Petroleum Flow Committee (CPFC) under
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byGen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.) (New York Times) Letter to Editor: ...The consequences include not only huge environmental risks, but a $300 billion-a-year drain from our economy to pay for imported petroleum. Growth Energy’s Fueling Freedom plan would redirect the ethanol
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Governor Riley Visits Enterprise, AL on Thursday
(WTVY) ...Governor Riley will join local officials to celebrate the grand opening of a biodiesel facility that uses cooking oil collected from area restaurants to produce fuel for city vehicles and equipment. The project was funded in part with a
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Promising Ethanol Yeast Nears Market Launch
(Xylogencis, Inc.) ...Two-year-old Xylogenics Inc. also says it plans to license its first bioengineered yeast later this year. This version is intended to boost yields and lower costs of making the automotive fuel ethanol at conventional distilleries that use corn. The
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PetroAlgae Files for $200M IPO; Goldman, UBS, Citi, Piper Jaffray Underwriting
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The announcement was greeted with a hilariously inaccurate story in the New York Times, which apparently confused PetroAlgae’s technology with the OMEGA project developed by NASA (NASA proposed to grow algae in sealed bags floating
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Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: The Last of the Privateers Show How It’s Done. Jonny Cocker Puts the Cellulosic Ethanol Drayson Lola on the Pole
by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) We’ve written a fair amount about Lord Paul Drayson’s Green Racing efforts and for good reason. Since joining the ALMS circuit in 2008 Paul and Elspeth Drayson, and the team led by Dale
August 12, 2010 Read Full Article
DOE Announces Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
(US Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). Eliminated during the last administration, SEAB is being reestablished under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The twelve member board comprised
August 11, 2010 Read Full Article
San Francisco Green Party Opposes Biodiesel, Arguing It's Not Eco-Friendly
Peter Jamison (SF Weekly) ...The Examiner reported this morning that a facility that renders bones and fat from slaughtered animals into oil is moving to upgrade its facilities to make biodiesel from animal parts, as well as from used cooking
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POET Conducts Biomass Harvest Research in Texas
(POET) Work will focus on maximizing corn cob removal for cellulosic ethanol. POET this week will begin harvest research in corn fields near Navasota, Texas to learn more about biomass collection for cellulosic ethanol production. POET uses corn cobs and light stover
August 11, 2010 Read Full Article
What’s New and Cool: What Inventors are Inventing in Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, here’s a look at some of the more interesting biofuel-related patent applications logged at the US Patent and Trademark Office in recent weeks. The USPTO’s archive is not for the faint of heart, or
August 11, 2010 Read Full Article
World Conference of Bioenergy April 25-29 Dalian, China
Theme: Developing Bio-renewable Energy from Nature WCBE-2011 aims to bring together industry leaders, professors, policy makers, investors, and researchers and provide a unique insight into evolving governmental policies, breakthrough technologies, major project updates and investment strategies for this multi-billion dollar
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Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: The Little Team That Could! Dyson Lola Wins Emotional Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Race with Bio-Isobutanol (From BP)
By Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Imagine. Imagine you’re a small but very smart racing team with a history of innovation and success. Following your strengths, you spent a considerable amount of money modifying your turbocharged engines to run on
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BFC Leverages Platform for Commercial Scale Biomass Gasification Feasibility Program
(PR.com/BFC) BFC recently created the Rapid Verification ProgramTM a program designed for prospective clients to test their alternative fuels, at tonnage levels, with immediate analysis of the synthesis gas produced and full reports on anticipated operational production results. BFC helps
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Professors Receive Funding for Cellulosic Biofuels Research
by Linsey Davis(North Dakota State University) Two NDSU professors received $309,357 from the National Science Foundation for research to improve conversion and reduce costs of making ethanol from cellulosic biomass. Andriy Voronov, assistant professor in the Department of Coatings and Polymeric
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Lab Test: ICCC Lab Becomes National Leader in Biodiesel Testing
(PR Newswire) Community college is first to earn BQ-9000 designation, driving business to the state. Don Heck has heard a lot of talk about making Iowa the "renewable energy capital of the world," and he thinks he's found a way to
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Growing Fuel by the Roadside
by Sam Harris (Charlotte Observer) ...In conjunction with a national program known as "FreeWays to Fuel" ( freewaystofuel.org), researchers at N.C. State University are working to grow canola and sunflower crops along the wasted edges of highways and other marginal
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Marlborough (New Zealand) Businesses Commit to Biodiesel
(Business Day) Fourteen Marlborough companies have joined forces to buy 2.5 million litres of biodiesel. Marlborough Biodiesel User Group's co-ordinator, Kevin Parker of Blenheim, said that by October, the wine, aquaculture and transport industry operators who had signed up should be filling
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Mozambique to Get 19 Million Dollar Biofuels Project
(AFP) Mozambique's state fuel company has partnered with the private sector to invest 19 million dollars (14 million euros) in biofuel production, state media reported on Monday. National supplier Petromoc, Portuguese fuel company Galp and biodiesel producer Ecomoz will produce biodiesel in
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
British Airways Acts Quickly on Waste Biofuel
by Ivan Gale (The National) British Airways (BA), which is preparing to become the first airline to buy jet fuel from a planned waste-to-biofuels plant in east London, is expected to scale up the project if it is successful. ...The biofuel
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
What’s “New and Cool” in the World of Algal Fuel Development
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...On the microcrop, bacterial and algael research front. Lemna... The Archaea... Electricity from Waste via microbes... READ MORE
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Sapphire Energy Poised to Make ’Super Algae’ a Competitive Energy Source
by Bryant Furlow (New Mexico Independent) ...Sapphire has inserted genes into its algae that alter the hydrocarbons algae normally produce, making it more like petroleum from which jet fuel and bio-diesel can be manufactured. The company has also inserted the
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Solazyme Takes Lead in Race for Commercialized Algal Oil; Raises $52M for Algal Fuel Expansion
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Solazyme, which was ranked #1 in the 2009-10 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” by Biofuels Digest readers and selectors, announced that it has raised $52 million in its Series D financing round.... In addition to its
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: Ferrari Wins GT Class with Added E-85 Performance
[caption id="attachment_11138" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ferraris on the Curves at Mid-Ohio photo: J.Ivancic"][/caption] by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) During Friday’s qualifying, the E-85 powered number 61 and 62 Ferraris fielded by Risi Competizione of Houston, Texas, stormed to the 1st
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Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: A Great Weekend for Biofuels
by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Green Racing fans have been waiting for a weekend like this – a big-time race where biofuel powered cars just dominated. We’re big supporters of the American Le Mans sports car series (ALMS)
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Hawaii Sugar Grower Working to Power Navy
By Audrey McAvoy (AP) The federal government has turned to a 130-year-old Hawaii sugar grower for help in powering the Navy and weaning the nation off a heavy reliance on fossil fuels. It will spend at least $10 million over the next
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuel Developer to Buy Minnesota Ethanol Plant
(Brighter Energy) Gevo, the biobutanol technology developer based in Colorado, looks set to acquire an ethanol production plant in southwest Minnesota to use as a base to commercialize its process. The company has signed definitive agreements to acquire the Agri-Energy ethanol facility
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Farmers & Ranchers Don’t Deserve Blame For World Hunger
by Richard Keller (Cattle Network) As renewable fuels continues to be something that people of the world support in general, there also continues to be those complaints that crop production and land use for fuels is inappropriate when so much
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Extends Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Solicitation
(US Department of Energy) Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is extending the application deadline for the July 2009 energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced transmission and distribution technologies solicitation. The Round 8, Part 1 application deadline
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Centre May Permit Ethanol Production
by Faizan Ahmad (Times of India) The Centre is contemplating giving permission to Bihar to for production of ethanol in sugar factories even without producing sugar. ... (Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar) said he was not in favour of production
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Renewable Fuels Association Joins Buffalo Chip Team
(Rapid City Journal) Renewable Fuels Association will again be featured at the Buffalo Chip Campground to promote the use of ethanol-based fuels in motorcycles. The "Fueled With Pride" partnership will feature educational promotions and merchandising at the campground from Aug. 6-14 in
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Biofuels Generates $3.45 Billion in Funding for 2009-10: “Who’s Getting Some”, Special Biofuels Digest Guide
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biofuels Digest reports that tracked biofuels companies and institutional projects received $3.45 billion in grants and investments in the past 12 months through August 2010. The Digest released its 120-page review: “Who’s Getting Some in Bioenergy?”, profiling
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
E100 Would Reduce Imported Oil Reliance
by Don Siefkes (E100 Ethanol Group/Des Moines Register) The recent oil platform blowout in the Gulf of Mexico shows the madness of the United States continuing to use 140 billion gallons of gasoline a year to power our light duty
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Study Asks, Can Bio-Fuel Crops Be Grown in Lubbock?
by James Clark (KCBD) A new study done in Lubbock and other parts of Texas will look at growing crops for use as bio-fuels. The Texas Ag Extension in Lubbock and five other cities will do the study that looks
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
ACE Speakers Answer Big Oil, Ethanol Critics
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) At this year’s American Coalition for Ethanol Conference & Trade Show, two speakers gave particularly strong arguments for chipping away at the power and monopoly of Big Oil. It just so happens that Anne
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Tax Credits for Biofuels
by Brent Erickson (BIO/New York Times) Letter to Editor: The refundable investment tax credit for wind, solar and geothermal energy proved the right policy at the right time to mobilize investment. ...Parity in tax policies would send a signal to
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
The Ministry of Oil Defense
by Peter Maass (Foreign Policy) It's not polite to say so, but if Americans understood just how many trillions their military was really spending on protecting oil, they wouldn't stand for it. Shortly after the Marines rolled into Baghdad and tore
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Expanding Biofuel Production: Sustainability and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels - Lessons from the Upper Midwest for Sustainability
(National Academies of Science) Expanding Biofuel Production: Sustainability and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels: Summary of a Workshop (2010) While energy prices, energy security, and climate change are front and center in the national media, these issues are often framed to
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Miscanthus Planters From New Energy Farms
(New Energy Farms) Growers of the energy crop Miscanthus now have two planters available from New Energy Farms, the leading Miscanthus development company in North America and the EU. Miscanthus is a perennial grass which is harvested each year for the
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol: Now is the Time — for Truth
by Darrin Ihnen (The Hill/National Corn Growers Association) ...Unfortunately, many of the articles we’re seeing don’t get the facts quite right. The New York Times, for example, asserts that the Renewable Fuel Standard mandates the U.S. production of up to
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
The Engines of Biofuels Adoption
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Larry Nitz, GM’s executive director of hybrid and electric powertrain engineering, described ethanol as the the best short-term solution. GM has sold 5.5 million flex-fuel vehicles to date. “If the fuel was available at a competitive
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Specific Climate Impact of Passenger and Freight Transport (Cars Warm Climate More than Planes)
by Jens Borken-Kleefeld, Terje Berntsen and Jan Fuglestvedt (Environmental Science and Technology) ...An unambiguous ranking of the specific climate impact can be established for freight transportation, with shipping and rail having lowest and light trucks and air transport having highest
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
New Carbon Dioxide Emissions Model
(Max Planck Society) ..."What’s new about this research is that we have integrated the carbon cycle into our model to obtain the emissions data," says Erich Roeckner. According to the model, admissible carbon dioxide emissions will increase from approximately seven
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Gulf Disaster Renews Interest in Biofuel Technology
by Patrick Peterson (Florida Today) Even as last of BP oil spilled on the Gulf Coast dissipates, interest in Florida's biofuel industry piqued by the spill may linger, and even grow. For the moment certainly, biofuels such as ethanol and algae-derived diesel
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Trade Associations Support Legislation for Advanced Biofuels Tax Policy
(Algae Industry Magazine) As Congress takes action on critical tax incentive packages, leading advanced biofuel trade associations reemphasized the importance of advanced biofuels as promising opportunities for the United States to reduce its reliance on oil and create green jobs. The
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
A Burning Desire to Turn Trash into Gas
by Laura Graff (Winston-Salem Journal) Entrepreneur proposes $400 million plant in city. A Winston-Salem entrepreneur wants to turn Winston-Salem's trash into gas. Tyrone Holmes is proposing that the city stop using landfills and start putting waste into a $400 million plant he
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
New E85 Pumps near Pittsburgh, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Fremont, CA
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Ninety degrees on a Sunday afternoon in August, waiting 20 minutes on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in line for fuel near Pittsburgh left time to get out of the car to take a look at
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
ACE Update on Ethanol Blender Pumps
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel) ...ACE Vice President for Market Development Ron Lamberty gave a little update to the membership on that effort and the importance of getting blender pumps out there. ..."(B)lender pumps could become very important for marketers, if EPA
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuels Association Analysis Reveals More Problems With EPA GHG Accounting
(Renewable Fuels Association) Further analysis of EPA’s Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) reveals more errors in the agency’s calculation of corn ethanol and other biofuels’ carbon intensity, according to new analysis by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). In a letter to EPA
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Better Sugar Cane Initiative Ltd. Application to the EU for Voluntary Scheme Recognition
(Better Sugar Cane Initiative, Ltd.) July was an historic month for the Better Sugar Cane Initiative. After three years of hard work involving literally dozens of people, we submitted our application to the EU for our certification system which includes our
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C2B2 Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Student Research
(Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels) Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels has been awarded $336,534 over a three-year period from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for undergraduates to conduct research related to the conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals.
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
NSF Grant to NC State U. for Algae Biofuel from Dunaliella
(Algae Industry Magazine) Dr. William L. Roberts, a professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, and his colleagues, four biologists and three engineers, are working on ways to produce and extract lipids from
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels’ Impact Hard to Gauge, Report Warns
by Steve Rennie (The Star) The biofuels industry leaves behind a hazy ecological footprint because each facility measures its environmental performance differently, says a new report. This makes it difficult for the government to gauge how ethanol and biodiesel affect the environment. ... The
August 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Barley “Must Fit” for Virginia Growers
(Southeast Farm Press) A recent study by researchers at Virginia Tech’s Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center will give state grain growers some economic and production insights as to the feasibility of growing barley in a double-crop system with soybeans, versus
August 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Future Fuel Trends Discussed: GM Favors Ethanol; Others Back Diesel
(FREEP.com) During the 2010 Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars on Tuesday, auto executives debated which technologies to boost fuel efficiency will catch on in the short term. Barb Samardzich, Ford's vice president of powertrain engineering, said internal-combustion engines will
August 05, 2010 Read Full Article
US Study on Greenhouse Gas Balance of Soy Based Diesel with Inconsistencies
(European Union for Oil and Protein Plants) A new US study on the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of soy-based diesel has been evaluated by Deutsches BiomasseForschungsZentrum (DBFZ). The study published by the United Soybean Board (USB) concludes that biodiesel produced
August 05, 2010 Read Full Article
The Hidden Hook in the Renewable Fuel Standard
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...“Investors constantly ask us the simple question,” says AE Biofuels CEO Eric McAfee, “ If the EPA is not enforcing the cellulosic ethanol mandate and only providing a few months of forward visibility each year, how
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Chinese Feed Group Using DDGS at Near-Maximum Levels
(Midwest Producer) When China-based Shandong Zhonghui Group Corp. began importing U.S. distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) two years ago, they set in motion a series of actions for what has become an astonishing success story in the U.S. Grains
August 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Malaysia Must Tap Oil Palm Biomass Potential
(The Star) MALAYSIA needs to tap the full potential of oil palm biomass such as empty fruit bunches, palm fibre, palm kernel shells and palm oil mill effluent which can be developed into high-income generating renewable resource products for export, said
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The Race to Make Fuel Out of Algae Poses Risks as Well as Benefits
by Dina Fine Maron (ClimateWire) One day, Big Algae may be competitive with Big Oil, but as researchers search for the ideal oil-producing algae strain to grow in commercial quantities, there are still a host of uncertainties standing in the
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Fractional Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass to Stable Bio-oils and Hydrocarbon Fuels
by Foster Agblevor (Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)) Agblevor discusses the development of pyrolysis techniques for lignocellulosic biomass at relatively low temperatures to form stable pyrolysis oils. The process equipment is detailed, along with materials, methods,
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Modern Catalytic Technologies for Converting Biomass to Fuels
by Dion Vlachos (Elizabeth Inez Kelley Professor, University of Delaware / Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)) Vlachos' research focuses on the development of heterogeneous catalysts to facilitate the thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels. The presentation describes research conducted at
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: National Advanced Biofuels Consortium
by Dr. Thomas D. Foust (Executive Director of the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium, National Renewable Energy Laboratory) The DOE created the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium (NABC) to help develop cost-effective technologies to develop advanced “drop-in” biofuels compatible with our current infrastructure,
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Opportunities for Biofuels in the European Union
by Philippe Schild (Programme Officer, Directorate General Research, European Commission) In his presentation, Schild summarizes the mandated standards for biofuels in the EU, and ongoing programs to help meet these initiatives. Renewable fuel production research forms a substantial portion of
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Renewable Petroleum Products and Technologies
by Stephen del Cardayre (Vice President of Research and Development, LS9) LS9 has focused efforts on the development of a renewable biodiesel that will eventually be cost-competitive with petroleum without subsidies. Del Cardayre details the microbial techniques LS9 employs to turn
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Topsøe Integrated Gasoline Synthesis - TIGAS
by John Bøgild Hansen (Senior Scientist, Haldor Topsøe A/S) Topsøe is a Danish company that develops catalysts and process technology for gas-to-liquid conversions. Hansen details Topsøe's integrated conversion of synthesis gas to gasoline, which was developed to improve petroleum refining operations.
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH2) Process for Direct Production of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel from Biomass
by Terry Marker (Bioenergy Initiatives Manager, Gas Technology Institute) Fuels derived from lignocellulosic biomass have the potential to fill a significant portion of the demand for transportation fuels, but simple pyrolysis of biomass requires expensive conversion to usable fuels from pyrolysis
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Commercialization of New Technology
by Andras Marton, Ph.D. (Project Analyst, Independent Project Analysis, Inc.) Independent Project Analysis (IPA) functions as a consultant on process industry projects around the world, and utilizes its experience to provide advice to new technology startups. In the biofuels business, strategies
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels to Expand Jatropha Research and Development Center in San Diego
(SG Biofuels) SG Biofuels, Inc., a bioenergy crop company focused on the development and production of elite seeds of Jatropha, today announced plans to establish the world’s most advanced Jatropha research and development center located in San Diego, Calif. The center
August 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid to Make North American Debut at Petit Le Mans!
(Road Atlanta) The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón took another monumental step toward enhancing its position as the Global Leader of Green Racing with today's announcement that Porsche's innovative 911 GT3 R Hybrid race car will race for
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Study Claims Conventional Ag Limits Greenhouse Gas
by David Mercer (Associated Press) Advances in conventional agriculture have dramatically slowed the flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, in part by allowing farmers to grow more food to meet world demand without plowing up vast tracts of land, a
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Novozymes Joins Sustainability Consortium
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel) A new global organization called The Sustainability Consortium, has been formed to improve the sustainability of consumer products and Novozymes has become a member. The group membership consists of both government and non-government organizations, businesses, environmental organizations,
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Biofuel Grown in Bioreactors Has 3.7x the Carbon Footprint of Petro-Diesel: Study
by Matthew McDermott (Treehugger) ...According to Anna Stephenson from the University of Cambridge, when algae is grown in clear-tubed bioreactors the energy required to move the algae around so that it gets enough sunlight means that per megajoule equivalent of
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Lee County's Biofuel Business Bound in Red Tape
by Brian Liberatore (News Press) Paperwork, government foot-dragging delay plant, bust budget, partner says A local businessman says he spent $1 million on a $500,000 federal grant, yet his plans for a biodiesel plant in Fort Myers are a year behind
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The New Imperium: A Major Player in Biodiesel 1.5 Aims for Biofuels 2.0
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Back in 2008 the death watch began on Imperium Renewables. Though its 100 Mgy multi-feedstock plant in Grays Harbor was, at the time, the largest and most modern biodiesel facility in the US, the company lost its
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
N-Viro International Corporation Provides Pennsylvania Mobile Facility Update
(N-Viro) N-Viro International Corporation, an environmental technology company that markets an alternative fuel manufacturing process and agricultural products, reported today on the status of the Company's mobile N-Viro Fuel(TM) facility that will initially be placed in Western Pennsylvania. This full-scale
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Ceres Opens a Subsidiary in Brazil to Develop the Business of Sweet Sorghum
(Ceres) Ceres , Inc., a leader in developing cultivars for bioenergy created a subsidiary in Brazil. The announcement marks an expansion of the subsidiary activities of sweet sorghum in Brazil and the company's goal to be the first supplier to the
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Pennsylvania Pursues Alternative Fuel JV
(Algae Industry Magazine) The Raytheon Co., Accelergy Corp. of Houston, TX, and A2BE Carbon Capture LLC/Algae at Work, of Boulder, CO have formed a joint venture to develop a technology to gasify algae mixed with coal and/or coal waste into a
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Low Voltage
(Washington Post) Editorial: PRESIDENT OBAMA was back in Michigan recently, breaking ground on a plant that will make batteries for the Volt, the plug-in hybrid electric car forthcoming from government-owned General Motors. The Energy Department paid half the factory's $300 million
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Commercial Airlines May Get 1% of Fuel From Biofuels By 2015, Boeing Says
by Alex Morales (Bloomberg) Commercial airlines may derive 1 percent of their fuel by 2015 from biofuels made of plants including algae, Boeing Co.’s environment chief said. ... Boeing has worked with airlines from the U.S. to Japan to test jet
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Garuda Indonesia Planning to Switch to Biofuel
by Fidelis E. Satriastanti (Jakarta Globe) National airline Garuda Indonesia is finalizing preparations to use biofuel in an attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, a senior official said on Monday. “We are in the process of changing from avtur [aviation fuel] to
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Canadian Programme Formed to Undertake Camelina-Sourced Biofuel Test Flight of a Bombardier Turboprop
(GreenAirOnline) A six-partner consortium led by crop biotechnology company Targeted Growth Canada (TGC) is to undertake a test programme using biofuel sourced from camelina oil that will culminate in a demonstration flight of a Porter Airlines Bombardier Q400 twin-turboprop aircraft planned
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Progress on Alternative Jet Fuels "Stunning", Says Aviation Industry, but Commercialization Is Now the Major Challenge
(GreenAirOnline) Environmental executives from Boeing, Airbus and IATA lined up at the recent Farnborough Air Show to proclaim rapid progress in the development of alternative sustainable jet fuels but warned of the challenges ahead in bringing them to commercial scale. Producers
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Race on to Build First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
by Dale Hildebrant (Minnesota Farm Guide) ...Delegates to the Biomass '10 conference in Grand Forks heard reports on all three cellulosic ethanol plant projects, which are in various stages of development. All have a projected start-up date in 2013 or
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Holden Plans Commodore Able to Run on 85% Ethanol as Standard
by Barry Park (Sidney Morning Herald) ...The carmaker is expected to unveil a version of the Commodore that can run on anything from 100 per cent petrol to E85, a combination of 15 per cent petrol and 85 per cent
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Oil Spill Mars UC Berkeley's BP-Funded Research
(AP) BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the British company, with activists on the famously liberal campus demanding a severing of ties. The oil giant gave UC
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Largest FFV Fleet in United States Now Has E85
(Renewable Fuel Association) The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Protec Fuel are proud to announce the Grand Opening of the Naval Station Norfolk E85 Station in Norfolk, Virginia. This station will be publically accessible as well as provide fuel to the
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Soot Seen as Significant in Global Warming
(UPI) Soot from burning fossil fuels and solid biofuels has a greater impact on global warming than previously believed, a U.S. researcher says. But unlike carbon dioxide, Stanford University scientist Mark Z. Jacobson says, soot stays in the atmosphere for only a
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Sustainability and Forest Biorefinery IV November 19 Syracuse, NY
Sustainability & Forest Biorefinery IV will highlight the biorefinery capacity that is already in existence - the realities of what we can achieve on the energy front. The biorefinery IS here, it is real. Who should come? Professionals from the
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Supplemental Curriculum Materials & Other Resources
(State University of New York--Environmental Science and Forestry) Valuable materials free to educators New educational units for middle and high school teachers and students. These standards-based supplemental curriculum materials are available free to educators. READ MORE and MORE Click on any of the
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World Bank: Impact of Biofuels on Commodity Prices “Not As Large” as Originally Thought
(Renewable Fuels Association) A newly released report from the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank, conludes that “…the effect of biofuels on food prices has not been as large as originally thought, but that the use of commodities by
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Beyond Biofuels: Renewable Energy Opportunities for U.S. Farmers
(Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America) In cooperation with 25x’25, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America hosted a transatlantic roundtable discussion on its new report Beyond Biofuels: Renewable Energy Opportunities for U.S. Farmers. As farmers struggle with increasing energy costs and decreasing
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Texas Awards Terrabon $2.75M to Support Biofuels Work
(EcoFriendlyMag.com) Texas Governor Rick Perry has awarded $2.75 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to Terrabon for its work in biofuel technology development. Governor Perry made the announcement in Laredo, where he and city officials announce the benefits of a
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Digest Special Report on Switchgrass; Genera Breaks Ground on Biomass Innovation Park
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...However, SARA (safe, affordable, reliable, available) feedstocks for advanced biofuels remain a goal rather than an assured reality. In this context, Genera should be seen as one of a handful of projects — aside from the