October 2012 – Advanced BioFuels USA

Vnesheconombank, Bright Capital, and Renmatix Consider Implementation of an Investment Project in Biochemical and Biofuels Industries

(MSN Money/PR NewsWire) During the first Moscow International Forum for Innovative Development Open Innovations, the State Corporation ‘Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs’ (Vnesheconombank), venture capital firm Bright Capital

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SAE International Book Takes You Inside the Workings of a Grand Prix Motorcycle Engine

(Business Journals/SAE/PR NewsWire) SAE International offers a book that takes readers inside engines of World Championship Grand Prix motorcycles, detailing the design concepts that make them work. “Engine Design Concepts

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Bio Architecture Lab, Xunshan Group to Co-Develop  Integrated Biorefinery

by Jim Lane (Biobased Digest) Partnership aims for fuels, chemicals & co-products from brown seaweed In California, Bio Architecture Lab announced an agreement with China’s Xunshan Group, the world’s largest

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Profiling Team Romney: Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman

by Susanne Retka Schill (Biodiesel Magazine) If Republican candidate Mitt Romney wins the election, there’s a good chance Nebraska will once again send a native son to Washington to serve in

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REG Begins $20 Million Upgrade to Minn.-Based Biodiesel Plant

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) … Originally designed as a facility to process vegetable oils such as soybean oil, the $20 million upgrades will allow the facility to take in lower-cost

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E2 Report Projects Increased Advanced Biofuel Production

(Biomass Magazine) A report published by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) demonstrates that the biofuel industry is well-positioned to meet increased demand for advanced biofuels, which will be driven by the federal

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Danish Firm Develops Enzyme to Boost Ethanol Output by 2.5 Percent

by Christopher Doering (Des Moines Register) Novozymes said it has developed a new enzyme called Avantec that allows more ethanol to be produced from corn. The Danish industrial enzymes maker

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Visiting Farmers See Cattle/Ethanol Operation

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) A group of 17 farmers from Canada, Honduras, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Swaziland, United Kingdom, Uruguay, US, Zambia, and Zimbabwe had the chance

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Cattle, Corn Contribute to Ethanol Bonanza

by Art Hovey (Lincoln Journal Star) The economic bounce that comes from the combination of corn and cattle in Nebraska “is unmatched any other place in the country,” agricultural economist

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A Million Tonnes of DDGs Pushed onto UK Market

(All About Feed) Two huge wheat-for-ethanol plants are coming on stream in Britain supplying and extra one million tonnes of distillers grains to the animal feed industry. Material from these

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Neste Oil Opens First European Biofuel-from-Waste Pilot Plant

(Energy Efficiency News) Finnish firm Neste Oil officially opened its first European pilot plant for producing microbial oil from waste material in Porvoo, Finland on Friday. …Neste Oil, meanwhile, has invested €8

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Kenoi: Biodiesel Deal of No Benefit to Residents, County

by Erin Miller (West Hawaii Today) Aina Koa Pono’s biodiesel proposal isn’t a good deal for Hawaii County residents, Mayor Billy Kenoi said Monday, hours before the Public Utilities Commission

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California, No Longer the State Where the Future Happens First

by James L. Stewart (Biofuels Digest/BioEnergy Producers Association) For the past decade, repressive provisions in statute have discouraged developers of conversion technologies from operating in California. Among its statutory roadblocks,

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SG Biofuels Expands Jatropha Platform; Confirms $99 Per Barrel Crude Jatropha Oil

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Jatropha 2.0 crude oil costs drops below Brent crude petroleum price In California, SG Biofuels announced at Advanced Biofuels Markets that it has expanded its

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Los Angeles County Votes in Favor of Waste-to-Energy Development

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In California, Los Angeles County is taking action to support the development of technologies to convert landfill waste into biofuels and biopower. In late

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Denmark Sets High Goals for Renewables

by Roger Moore (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Leifmark LLC) …If you’re Denmark, and practically surrounded by the North Sea, global warming and the anticipated rise in the ocean level tend to focus

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Mixing Lignocellulosic Slurries Presents Challenges

by Gregory T. Benz (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Benz Technology International Inc.) Lignocellulosic slurries have long been used for paper production as well as for feedstock for water-soluble polymer production, such as carboxy

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Ethanol Production from Paper Industry Sludge Examined

by Ronalds Gonzalez (Ethanol Producer Magazine/North Carolina State University) The concept of converting paper industry sludge to ethanol has been intensively studied in the past decade. Recently, research at North

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Verifying Forest Sustainability

by Charles A. Levesque and Eric W. Kingsley (Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC/Biomass Magazine) Increased talk about the use of woody biomass for energy in the U.S. has many people wondering

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Missouri High School Prepares to Expand Biodiesel Production Center

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) In Fenton, Mo., Rockwood Summit High School students and chemistry teacher Darrin Peters have taken hands-on learning to a whole new level with biodiesel production.

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Central European Initiative Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology and Biofuels Conference Pave the Way for Promoting a Bio-based Economy in CEI Region

(Central European Initiative) Ministers of Science and their representatives from 18 CEI Member States, together with High Officials from the European Commission and from international scientific institutions attended the CEI Ministerial

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Aurora Algae’s Matt Caspari On Growing Algae in Australia

(Algae Industry Magazine) Recently Aurora Algae announced the successful completion of requirements for a two million dollar (AUD) Low Emissions Energy Development (LEED) grant, which has been used to advance the Company’s

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A.I.M. Interview: Heliae’s Dan Simon

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Heliae is the 9th startup for CEO Dan Simon, and the company is finally at his favorite stage. “We are completing our charge through

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CALL FOR PAPERS: 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition June 3-7, 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark DEADLINE: January 21, 2013

The Call for Abstracts is now open. Be part of the main annual meeting for the international biomass community and present your latest scientific and technological results to biomass specialists

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Biofuels Companies Drop Biomass and Turn to Natural Gas

by Kevin Bullis (MIT Technology Review) The high cost of making biofuel from cellulosic sources is prompting a new strategy. Calysta Energy, a recently unveiled startup based in Menlo Park,

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The Underlying Objection

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Is there something deeper going on in all this anti-ethanol rhetoric? Is there some sort of philosophical underlying problem? …So, is it anti-corn? Is

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Solar Power, Coconut Biofuel to Meet 150% of Pacific Nation’s Electricity Demand

by Mridul Chadha (Clean Technica) Solar power plants and coconut biofuel-powered generators will be switched on in Tokelau next week as the three-atoll administered region of New Zealand gears up to become the

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Scottish Buses Switch up to B30 Biofuel

(The Green Car Website) Stagecoach buses in Scotland are cleaning up their act with a new blend of biofuel. Some 530 buses and coaches in East Scotland area and almost

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NRC Flies the World's First Civil Jet Powered by 100 Percent Biofuel

(MarketWire/National Research Council of Canada) Historic Milestone for the Aviation and Sustainable Energy Industries The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) achieved a major milestone for the aviation industry today as it

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ZeaChem Completes Construction of Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery

(ZeaChem) ZeaChem Inc., developer of highly-efficient biorefineries, today announced that it has completed construction of its 250,000 gallons per year (GPY) cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Boardman, Oregon. The project was

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The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy and 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Materials for 2012-13 Are Announced

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Renewable oils developer Solazyme took the #1 spot in the 2012-13 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings, announced today by Biofuels Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists: 680 Million Tons of U.S. Biomass Available by 2030

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Union of Concerned Scientists has published a report that shows that biomass feedstock has the potential to dramatically increase our nation’s renewable energy

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Will Global Biofuel Investments Continue?

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Historically, 2009 was a hard year for biofuels. Biofuel spending was down to $5.6 billion from $15.4 billion in 2008. Investments in the industry focused on

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Bioenergy in the High School Classroom: Bioprospecting Lab

(Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center) Bioprospecting Lab: In collaboration with 2011 Research Experience for Teachers participant Craig Kohn and GLBRC scientists in Cameron Currie’s Lab at UW-Madison, we are developing

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Reflections on Developments in the Biorefinery Industry: 4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference

by Stefaniya Becking* (Advanced Biofuels USA) The 4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery conference held in Helsinki, Finland (October 23-25, 2012) brought together over 300 people from around 30 countries. The organizers

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REAP Grants Include Money for Blender Pumps

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A total of $16 million in investment for 244 projects received funding from the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program, including several blender pumps

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Profiling Team Romney: US Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas

by Ron Kotrba (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s short list of possible energy secretaries includes Tea Party-backed U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the House energy committee chairman

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Profiling Team Romney: Florida Ag Commissioner Adam Putnam

by Tim Portz (Ethanol Producer Magazine) At 22 years of age, fifth-generation cattle rancher and citrus grower Adam Putnam was elected to the Florida House of Representatives and was later

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USDA GAIN Report Outlines Status of Spain's Ethanol Industry

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The UDSA Foreign Agricultural Service recently published a Global Agricultural Information Network report outlining Spain’s ethanol industry. The report,” titled “Spain’s Bioethanol Standing Report,”

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BSR Publishes Sustainability Report, Seeks Public Comments

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) BSR, a nonprofit membership organization focused on consulting, research and cross-sector collaboration, has released a new report that assesses the sustainability impacts of commercial

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German Greentech Report Highlights Biomass, Biofuels

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The German Federal Environmental Ministry has released an environmental technology atlas produced by Roland Gerger Strategy Consultants. The report, titled “GreenTech made in Germany

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Profiling Team Romney: Continental Resources' Harold Hamm and American Petroleum Institute's Jack Gerard

by Anna Simet (Biodiesel Magazine) Harold Hamm, a.k.a. “America’s Oil Man,” is chairman of Romney’s energy policy advisory team and likely his first runner-up choice for energy secretary after American Petroleum

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Indonesia Has Potential For Ethanol-Fuel Cars: GM

by Heru Andriyanto (Jakarta Globe) Indonesia might be a potential market for ethanol-fueled cars, following in the footsteps of other sugarcane-producing nations like Brazil that promote the alternative source to fossil

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Scientists Make Case for Sustainable Approach to Bioenergy

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Increasing demand for bioenergy feedstock is generating debates about food versus fuel and indirect land-use change. An interdisciplinary team of 11 scientists from seven

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Google Tests Biofuel Car

(Environmental Leader) Google has been using Cool Planet Energy Systems’ biofuel blend to run a fleet vehicle at the search giant’s Mountain View, Calif. campus, according to the energy-tech startup.

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Petrobras, Fisheries Ministry Partner to Study Fish Oil Biodiesel

(Petrobras/ Biodiesel Magazine) Petrobras Biofuel and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperative programs focused on the exploration and production of biodiesel from

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Camelina Researchers on Cutting Edge of Biofuel, Nutraceutical, Livestock Possibilities

by Heidi Gaiser (Daily Interlake) The four partners of Clearwater Biologicals are working to turn a crop popular in the Bronze Age into a 21st-century source of fuel and nutrients

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Why Cellulosic Ethanol Depends on a Renewable Fuel Standard

by RP Siegel (TriplePundit) … 3p: If you look at where we today relative to the RFS, it says that by the year 2022, a total of 21 billion gallons of biofuel needs to

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Novozymes Acquires 10% of Beta Renewables for $115M; Companies to Jointly Market, Demonstrate and Guarantee Cellulosic Biofuel Solutions.

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Novozymes becomes preferred enzyme supplier for Beta Renewables’ current and future cellulosic biofuel projects; embedded in Proesa production technology. In Denmark and Italy, Novozymes, the

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Honeywell Green Jet Fuel(TM) Powers Gulfstream Flights To NBAA

(Honeywell/MarketWatch/PR NewsWire) Five aircraft fly together for the first time using renewable jet fuel to National Business Aviation Association convention UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet

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A.I.M. Interview: ASU’s Dr. Milton Sommerfeld

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Big algae news in the state of Arizona is the $15 million award by the Department of Energy to Arizona State University to establish

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Saudi Arabia, World's Leading Oil Producer, to Go "Green" at Home?

by John Daly (OilPrice.com) Renewable energy, currently a Republican object of derision and attack on the Obama administration in next month’s U.S. presidential election, may have found a most unlikely

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Biofuels Research Project Aims To Study Sustainable Development

by Nino Marchetti (EarthTechling) One of the major issues facing those growing biofuel crops are finding suitable locations where they can be grown sustainably, avoiding competition with food crops for land resources.

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Integration of Biodiesel RIN Verification in the BQ-9000 Program

by Pete Moss (Biodiesel Magazine) BQ-9000 is the gold standard for quality control in the biodiesel industry. The accreditation program was developed by the National Biodiesel Board to ensure better

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EcoEngineers RIN Program Manages 300 MMgy of Biodiesel Capacity

by Jim Baker (EcoEngineeers/Biodiesel Magazine) Last October, EcoEngineers unveiled its RIN Quality Assurance Program to address RIN fraud that was destabilizing biodiesel RIN markets. At that time, the idea of

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NYC Biodiesel-Blended Heating Oil Requirement Starts Oct. 1

(National Biodiesel Board/Biodiesel Magazine) As New York City residents prepare for another winter, they can take comfort in knowing their oilheat is among the cleanest in the nation. Starting Oct.

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Firm Offers 'Phased Financing' for Biodiesel Process Facilities

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Nevada-based biodiesel equipment provider International Procurement Tools LLC has announced what it is calling “phased financing,” an approach that allows would-be biodiesel project developers with

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Alternative Clean Transportation Expo June 24-27, 2013 Washington, DC DEADLINE: December 14, 2012

The goal of ACT Expo is to inspire increased implementation of alternative fuel and clean vehicle technologies in all vehicle markets from passenger vehicles to heavy-duty trucking. The conference will

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Engineering Microbes for Sustainable Manufacturing and Better Biofuels

by Ysabel Yates (Renewable Energy World) …Using microbes to create useful products is nothing new. Humans have been doing it for centuries to bake bread or brew alcohol, for

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New Advanced Fuels Center Dedicated

by Tim Leeds (Havre Daily News) A standing-room-only crowd filled a newly re-opened building at Montana State University-Northern to hear dignitaries and university representatives talk about the latest addition to

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Biofuel Criticism Draws Rebuttal

by Gene Lucht (Iowa Farmer Today) …That’s what Craig Floss did when several speakers spoke derisively about biofuels during this

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Biofuels Must be a Larger Part of Future Energy Mix: Global Renewable Fuels Alliance

(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance/Renewable Fuels Association) As world and energy industry leaders gather today (october 22, 2012) in Dubai at

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In a World Hungry for Biofuels, Food Security Must Come First

by Olivier De Schutter (The Guardian) …The new starting point should be to put food security first. Globally, 25% of land

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UK Government Uncertainty over Whether to Include International Aviation Emissions in Carbon Budgets

(GreenAirOnline) With emissions from aviation and shipping likely to make up a quarter of the total UK output by 2050,

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Wood Completely Broken Down into Its Component Parts

(Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes) Crude oil is getting scarce. This is why researchers are seeking to substitute petroleum-based products

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POET-DSM Makes Major Technology, Process Purchase for Commercial Cellulosic Bio-Ethanol

(POET) POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels has contracted for a key technology/process component in breaking down cellulose to produced advanced biofuel. POET-DSM

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The October Surprise: BP Cancels Plans for US Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, BP announced it is canceling plans to build a 36 million gallon commercial-scale

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CALL FOR PAPERS: BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing June 16-19, 2013 Montreal, Quebec, Canada DEADLINE November 22, 2012

The BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology is the largest industrial biotech gathering in the world. The 2013 event will

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Biofuels Producer Pitches Partnership with Pickens County Cities

by Vince Jackson (Independent Mail) Commercial algae grower said process could someday recycle municipal sewer sludge Members of the Pickens

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Government Funding Goes into Filipino Bioethanol Research

(Biofuels International) The Filipino Department of Energy (DoE) is to collaborate on a new bioethanol research project with Xavier University.

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Corn Ethanol Makers Weigh Switch to Butanol

by Henry Fountain (New York Times) Nearly a decade after the adoption of federal renewable fuel standards led to a sharp increase

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State Corn Groups Lay Groundwork for Higher Ethanol Blends, Greater Consumer Choice

(National Corn Growers Association) State corn associations across the country are working diligently to make the increased use of higher

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Diesel Technology Forum Statement on the UC-Berkeley Study on Secondary Organic Aerosols

(Diesel Technology Forum) The Diesel Technology Forum issued the following statement today regarding the study published this week by the

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Butamax Fuel Product Manager James Baustian Discussed Biobutanol at the Petroleum Equipment Institute Convention at the National Association of Convenience Stores Show

(Butamax/PR NewsWire) Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, the leading global biobutanol technology development company, announced that last week Fuel Product Manager James Baustian discussed

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Highly Efficient Production of Advanced Biofuel by Metabolically Engineered Microorganism

(Science Daily/The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)…Utilizing systems metabolic engineering, a Korean research team at the Korea Advanced

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Large-Scale Production of Biofuels Made from Algae Poses Sustainability Concerns

(Science Daily) Scaling up the production of biofuels made from algae to meet at least 5 percent — approximately 39

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Chevron Mulls Ethanol, Debuts TV Show

(Bankok Post) Adrian Bendeck, the country manager and general manager, said the company has not decided whether to replace octane

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Biodiesel Demand, Profitability Sink

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register) So much biodiesel has been made and sold this year that the federal mandate

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Aemetis Granted Fifth U.S. Patent for Cellulosic Biochemical and Biofuel Technology

(Aemetis/BusinessWire) Aemetis, Inc. (OTCPK: AMTX), an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company, announced today that the company was awarded a

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Biofuels Mandates Around the World – Who Is Moving the Targets?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … United States Concerns over the price impacts of a devastating US drought have led to

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Novozymes Urges EU to Recognise Next Generation Biofuel Opportunity

by Will Nichols (Business Green) The EU’s new biofuels policy falls short of what is needed to spur growth in advanced fuels

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Voters Running on Empty When It Comes to Energy C&A Infographic

by Tom Alexander (Cassidy and Associates) Do voters know the difference between renewable energy and a fossil fuel? A new

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LCFS Would Benefit Minnesota

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) According to a recent study from Political Economy Research Institute, a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)