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Southeast Illinois College Hires First Biofuels Education Instructor

(Southeastern Illinois College)  Southeastern Illinois College has landed a top flight professional to aid in the launch of its Biofuels Education program...  READ MORE  and MORE

March 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Liquid Biofuels:Background Brief for the World Bank Group Energy Sector Strategy

(Masami Kojima of the Oil, Gas, and Mining PolicyDivision of the World Bank/Scribd.com)  Liquid biofuels are being increasingly used to substitute fuels derived from oil. A number of governments have provided incentives for the liquid biofuel industry, prompted by a desire

March 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Uganda Scientists Find Ways to Get Ethanol from Stems, Leaves

by Halima Abdallah  (The East African)  Uganda scientists have made a breakthrough in extracting bio-ethanol from non-food parts of plants — cassava stems, cassava leaves, pineapple leaves, elephant grass stems and wood — opening the way for commercial production of ethanol

March 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Furst-McNess Expands: Company Markets a By-Product of Ethanol Production to China

by Eric Petermann (The Journal-Standard)  Furst-McNess has started a new business that markets a by-product of ethanol production, dry distillers’ grain, for use as a feed supplement for livestock, and has already established a relationship that exports that product to

March 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Cup Plant Promising for Ethanol Use

by Thom Gabrukiewicz    (Argus Leader)  A native perennial might hold the promise of being not only a new source crop for cellulosic ethanol, but also a way to help capture and store carbon.   South Dakota State University plant breeders are helping investigate

March 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Bioenergy Credit Program Extension Supports Renewable Fuels Standard

To promote more clean energy production the Alberta government is expanding and extending an incentive program for producers of bioenergy products. Funding under the Bioenergy Producer Credit Program is extended for five years until 2016. The program will help Alberta meet

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

LS9: Genetically Modified E. Coli that Secrete Drop-in Diesel

by Joshua Kagan (GreenTechMedia.com)  ...The company (LS9) already produces a diesel that meets the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards for road use in the U.S. The technology is pretty straightforward.  LS9 uses any sugar source (though initially it will

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program; Final Rule

Under the Clean Air Act Section 211(o), as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the Environmental Protection Agency is required to promulgate regulations implementing changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard program.   The revised statutory requirements specify

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

NREL and 3M Sign Agreement on Renewable Energy Research

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a series of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with 3M, the St. Paul, Minn.-based technology company. The collaborative effort demonstrates both 3M’s and NREL’s commitments to

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Trash Plant Plan Moves Forward

by Gerry Tuoti (Tauton Daily Gazette)  Mayor Charles Crowley is enthused by the feedback he’s received from the state about Taunton’s plans to create a new trash processing facility that will use trash to produce ethanol and other industrial materials. ...

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Pomeroy, Shimkus Introduce Bill to Preserve American Energy Jobs

Joined by advocates of America's renewable fuels industry, Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)  and Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL) unveiled legislation that would extend tax incentives that are critical to the nation's ethanol industry and the preservation of hundreds of thousands of jobs. The

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Iogen Energy’s Cellulosic Ethanol Helps Fuel Drayson Racing in American Le Mans Series

Iogen Energy announced today that its cellulosic ethanol helped fuel Drayson Racing’s “Lola-Judd” in the 58th running of Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, March 20th. This is the first time Iogen Energy’s cellulosic ethanol has been blended into an

March 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Fuel Injection "On Target" for 2011 Debut, NASCAR Says

(Racer.com)  NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton says that the sanctioning body is on target for introducing fuel injection systems to Sprint Cup racing for 2011. He added that NASCAR is also close to finalizing its plans for the

March 25, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Proposes Regulation to Prevent Misfueling of Vehicles--Pump Labeling

EPA's Abstract:  Regulation to Prevent the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines with Gasoline Containing Greater than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline  This rulemaking does two things. First, it will help prevent the misfueling of

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Project Fuels Teen's Career Choices

by Carol Comegno (CourierPostOnline.com) ...Organic chemistry instructor Terrence Sherlock of Burlington County College wanted to find out if the additive level was the same in commercial grades of gasoline from different retailers and if a new testing method could be

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Frogs, Foam and Fuel: UC Researchers Convert Solar Energy to Sugars

For decades, farmers have been trying to find ways to get more energy out of the sun. In natural photosynthesis, plants take in solar energy and carbon dioxide and then convert it to oxygen and sugars. The oxygen is released to

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Tennessee DOT Switches More than 200 East Tennessee Vehicles to E85 Fuel

(WATE) More than 200 state Department of Transportation (TDOT) vehicles in East Tennessee can now fill up with cleaner burning E85 fuel. E85 is a blend of ethanol and gasoline that helps reduces the emission of carbon dioxide and a variety

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Flex Factor: Minnesota Is a National Leader When It Comes to the Flex Fuel E-85

by David Richards (Austin Daily Herald)  ...The fuel, which basically blends 85 percent Ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, has skyrocketed in popularity over the past decade in the United States and especially here in Minnesota. “Minnesota leads the country with 355

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

The True Cost of Corn Ethanol: A Number of Recent Studies Have Missed the Mark.

by Joshua Kagan (GreentechMedia)  ...While I am completely unapologetic in my belief that Congress and the White House are unwisely pursuing a biofuels policy in which corn ethanol, soybean biodiesel, and cellulosic ethanol have been chosen over radically transformative feedstocks

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Association Publishes "What All Ethanol Producers Need to Know" about New RFS2 Registration

With full implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) now in full swing, ethanol producers will be required to register with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In an effort to provide them with information they will need before registering,

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Highlands County, FL, Still Waiting for Biofuels

by Gary Pinnell (Highlands Today)   In April 2008, Congressman Tim Mahoney told county commissioners that Highlands was poised to become "the biofuels capital of America." They were expected to produce hundreds of jobs and millions in revenues. Two years have gone

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Qteros and UMass Amherst Announce the Issuance of a U.S. Patent for Production of Ethanol from a Unique Microorganism, the Q Microbe™

Qteros, Inc., and the University of Massachusetts Amherst announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 7,682,811 titled “Systems and Methods for Producing Biofuels and Related Materials” describing the novel creation of products, including

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Bio Base Europe’s GM Poplars Are Popular for Ethanol

(Biofuels International)  According to Bio Base Europe the first crop of genetically modified poplar plants will be converted into ethanol in a Flemish-Dutch pilot installation. The poplars were planted in May 2009 in an outside field in Ghent, Belgium. The crop

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Sorghum Poised for Bigger Role in Ethanol Production

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Today, about 1/3 of the sorghum crop goes into ethanol production. An interesting little piece of information I picked up when I spoke with Gerald Simonsen, the Chairman of the National Sorghum Producers during Commodity Classic.

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Fuel Dispenser UL Approved for E25

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Dresser Wayne announced March 15 that its Ovation Eco Fuel dispenser is now certified by Underwriter Laboratories for blends up to E25. The dispenser is a product the company has already been selling. “Our

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Science a Step Closer to Biofuel for Ships

Slowly but surely, science seems to be advancing toward a production of biofuel that does not take away agricultural land from the world’s food supply. When this kind of fuel is ready, so is A.P. Moller - Maersk.   Five Maersk business

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

New Law May Spur More Ethanol Blender Pumps in S.D.

by (Argus Leader)  Gov. Mike Rounds signed House Bill 1192 into law, paving the way for more ethanol blender pumps in South Dakota.  The measure will set aside $1 million of stimulus funding, which will provide $10,000 grants to gas

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Experts Probing Biofuel Impacts

by Philip Brasher (DesMoinesRegister.com)  The National Research Council is digging into the economic and environmental impact of biofuels, but the results of the congressionally mandated study won’t be known until next year. That means the results won’t be known until

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol's Time May Finally Have Come

by Jim Motavalli (BNET)  ...The sticking point with cellulosic ethanol has been finding a dependable enzyme that can break down raw materials (everything from fast-growing grasses to sawdust) into the sugars that make ethanol (and possibly gasoline and diesel fuel,

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Biobutanol: Friend or Foe?

By Erin Voegele  (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Given the immense challenges faced by the ethanol industry over the past 18 months, it isn’t surprising that some may be inclined to view biobutanol as competition. However, future biobutanol producers adamantly describe themselves

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Farm Economy Follows Lead of U.S. Recovery, Says Annual FAPRI Baseline Report to Congress

The livestock sector can lead the agricultural economy to higher net farm income, assuming the farm economy benefits from a recovering general U.S. economy.   That analysis tops a 2010 baseline report prepared by the University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

A Different Route to Corn-Based Fuel

by Matthew L. Wald (New York Times)  Jack Huttner, the executive vice president of Gevo, a five-year old company in Englewood, Colo., would like to take over an ethanol plant and, using the same base ingredients that go into corn-based

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Calverton Getty Serves Up E85 Fuel

by Vera Chinese (The Riverhead News-Review)  ...Available via two bright yellow pumps to distinguish it from regular gasoline, E85 has been selling at the Middle Country Road gas station since the fall.  "It's something really new," said station owner Marley

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Action May Signal E-15 Ethanol Blend Rate

(Pork) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to “develop a pump label to prevent misfueling of vehicles and engines not authorized to use E15 fuel and to provide manufacturer certification to sell E15,” according to the publication InsideEPA. That

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

US Firm to Build $135m Bioethanol Plant in Serbia

(Balkans.com)  The US firm Farmers' Ethanol plans to invest USD135 million into the construction of an eco fuel - bioethanol factory in Smederevo, the company representatives announced, Betanews reported.  Farmers' Ethanol spokeswoman in Serbia Maja Fragner told the press that the

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Virent and Shell Start World’s First Biogasoline Production Plant

Virent Energy Systems, Inc., (Virent®) and Shell today announced the successful start of production at the world’s first demonstration plant converting plant sugars into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol. The demonstration plant, located at Virent’s facilities in Madison,

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database from Biofuels Digest

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Florida, Biofuels Digest released its updated Advanced Biofuels tracking database, release 1.1, with advanced biofuels production capacity now projected to reach 1.704 billion gallons by the end of 2013, based on announced projects and

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

China No. 2 Fuel Ethanol Maker Eyes Overseas Plant

(Reuters)  Henan Tianguan Group Co. Ltd, China's second largest fuel ethanol producer, plans to build plants in Southeast Asia to produce the renewable fuel and send it to China, company president Zhang Xiaoyang said on Wednesday. Based in China's central province

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

The View From Big Oil

by Alan Murray and  Kimberley Strassel  (Wall Street Journal)  These days, giant oil companies find themselves trying to balance two big pressures on their business. Governments are trying to slash carbon emissions—but the world's thirst for oil is growing by leaps

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels for Piston Aircraft

by Jeffrey Decker  (RenewableEnergyWorld.com)   Fighter planes of WWII hit faster speeds thanks to lead additives in their fuel and leaded "avgas" still remains the fuel of choice for top-selling piston aircraft. Automotive use of this toxic, high-octane blend was banned

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

New Genome Sequence Will Aid Study of Important Food, Fuel Crops

A global initiative that includes key scientists from Oregon State University has successfully sequenced the genome of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon, which will serve as a model to speed research on improved varieties of wheat, oats and barley, as

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Global Renewable Fuels Alliance Calls OPEC Report Self-Serving: Report Confirms Energy Security Risks

The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance responded today to a report produced for the International Energy Forum to be discussed this month at their meeting in Cancun, Mexico. The report, co-written by the former Secretary General of the OPEC oil cartel,

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Firm to Build Bio-Fuel Refineries in 16 Local Councils in Ekiti

(The Punch, Nigeria)  A green energy company, Crownek, has said that it will construct mini biofuel refineries in all the 16 local government areas in the state.  ...”Alabi, who made the promise during a visit the Governor’s Office in Ado

March 19, 2010 Read Full Article

The Shell Game: What’s up with Biofuels’ “Quiet Company?”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...(T)hough the biofuels industry should, and generally does, reacts with excitement when oil industry majors invest in biofuels ventures — such as Shell’s investment in cellulosic ethanol pioneer Iogen and in algal fuels pioneer Cellana

March 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Ferrari Wins First Formula One Race with Cellulosic Ethanol Blend

by Sam Abuelsamid (AutoblogGreen)  Corvette Racing and several other teams in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) have been running on cellulosic ethanol for two years now but the alcohol fuel made its first appearance in Formula One this past

March 19, 2010 Read Full Article

China's Lawmaker Promotes Production of Ethanol from Straws

(iStock Analyst)  ...Li Rongjie, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, said the country could potentially produce 1.2 billion tons of dry cellulosic biomass per year, which has the energy content of 400 million tons of

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

World Wildlife Fund, Novozymes: Industrial Biotechnology on the Way to a Green Economy

...Industrial biotechnology is one such sector. Even though the sector is still in it’s infancy, it globally avoids the creation of 33 million tonnes of CO2 each year through various applications, without taking ethanol use into consideration, whilst globally emitting

March 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Nanobiotechnology for the Production of Biofuels from Spent Tea

Bioenergy is the only alternative and cheap source of energy which can be made easily available to the world. The present experiment included three steps for the conversion of spent tea (Camellia sinensis) into biofuels. In the first step, spent

March 17, 2010 Read Full Article

GlycosBio Technology Nears Commercialization

by Lisa Gibson (Biomass Magazine)  Texas-based Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. is producing lactic acid and advanced ethanol in a pilot commercial-size facility with the capacity to produce 150,000 liters of chemicals. It’s a major benchmark in the company’s quest to commercialize

March 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Fermentable Sugars by Chemical Hydrolysis of Biomass

by Joseph B. Binder and Ronald T. Raines (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)  Abundant plant biomass has the potential to become a sustainable source of fuels and chemicals. Realizing this potential requires the economical conversion of recalcitrant lignocellulose

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Federal Loan Programs Ill-Suited for Cellulosic Ethanol

by Cole Gustafson (Prairie Business Magazine) ... In addition to problems on Wall Street following the collapse of the financial markets, cellulosic biofuel producers have lacked standard benchmarks of performance like those used in grain corn ethanol plants (1 bushel

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

SAIC Awarded $21 Million Blanket Purchase Agreement For Biomass Engineering

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, R.W. Beck, has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Golden Field Office to support The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Biomass

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Waiting for Godot: The Financing of Commercial Scale Advanced Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...“Cellulosic ethanol is not the same as first generation ethanol,” (Arnie) Klann (Bluefire Ethanol CEO) noted. “There, you had the corn growers, and there was a vested interest, and companies like ADM, Cargill to provide the support. 

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Over There: The Yanks are Coming (同胞, Can You Spare a Dime?)

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BIO exec VP Brent Erickson ruefully noted in a conference with reporters that the biofuels industry was “very disappointed in the loan guarantee program. Biomass was mixed in with wind and solar, which have much

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Coskata Confirms 100 Gallon Per Ton, ZeaChem Confirms 135 Gallon Per ton, in Advanced Biofuels Updates

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Starting off the call, BIO section EVP Brent Erickson compared the scale up of the advanced biofuels industry to the scale up and evolution of the oil industry which took place over 120 years as

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Kentucky Awards a Combined $530,000 to Develop Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy Technologies

(MFRTech)  Two Kentucky companies have been awarded a combined $530,000 in funding from the Kentucky New Energy Ventures Fund. The state program provides public funds to promising, early-stage Kentucky companies developing and commercializing alternative fuels and renewable energy technologies. ...Southeast Biofuels,

March 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Canada Invests C$80 Mln in Quebec Biofuel Plant

(Reuters) Canada will invest nearly C$80 million ($77 million) to expand a Quebec ethanol plant, the government said on Tuesday, as it promotes the use of the grain-based fuel as a substitute to gasoline and creates jobs. Ottawa, through its ecoENERGY

March 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Dyson Racing Expected to Run Cutting-Edge Alternative Fuel in No. 16 Lola-Mazda

by John Dagys (SpeedTV.com)  Following a two-race trial last year, biobutanol has become an approved fuel choice for LMP teams in the American Le Mans Series, IMSA confirmed late Thursday. The cutting-edge alternative fuel, developed in conjunction with BP and

March 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol to Power IZOD IndyCar Series in 2010

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

March 11, 2010 Read Full Article

University of Florida Breaks Ground on Taylor Ethanol Plant

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

March 09, 2010 Read Full Article

The DeltaWing Indy Race Car Is Not Only the Future: It’s Important!

by Bob Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)   It is Memorial Day Weekend 2013, the annual Indianapolis 500 car race is attracting the largest crowd in years. The televison audience is also looking to be a record, and not everyone is tuning

March 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Transitioning from 1st Generation to Advanced Biofuels

by GTM Research in partnership with Enterprise Florida, Inc.    In recent years, the growth in the U.S. biofuels production and consumption has been driven largely by policy measures. Mandates are requiring increasing amounts of biofuels to be blended into the

March 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Ensus Signs with Shell, Sends First Tanker

by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The first tanker of ethanol has left Ensus, Europe’s largest wheat-based ethanol facility. Headed for the Netherlands, the cargo, which has been purchased by Shell as part of a long term deal, is a

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Canada's Ethanol Boom, Minus the Boom

by Shawn McCarthy  (Globe and Mail)  Three years ago, a tiny Ottawa biotechnology firm, Iogen Corp., had the very rare privilege of being singled out by the government as a company that would benefit directly from a federal budget measure. As

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Pipeline No Longer Pipe Dream

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel)  Those attending the Renewable Fuels Association 15th annual National Ethanol Conference in Orlando last month had the opportunity to see the Kinder Morgan terminal in Orlando and hear about the first pipeline in the country to

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Support Lags Ambitions

by Naureen S. Malik  (Dow Jones Newswires)   Makers of cellulosic ethanol warn that ambitious U.S. government goals to significantly boost production of the technologically advanced fuel over the next 12 years won't be met without stronger backing from Washington. ...industry executives

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

NASDAQ Launches New Clean-Tech Index

by Nicholas Zeman (Biodiesel Magazine)  U.S. biofuel companies get no representation on NASDAQ’s new DB NASDAQ OMX Clean Tech Index (DBCC), launched Feb. 10, after a rigorous selection process performed by Deutsche Bank’s Climate Change Advisors. Solar, geothermal and waste

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Green Jobs Highlighted at Expo

by Ryan Howard  (Fergus Falls Daily Journal) ...(F)rom North Dakota State University, Dr. F. Larry Leistritz, a professor of agribusiness and applied economics, and Nancy Hodur, a research scientist in the same department, created a presentation about how Minnesota and

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Steven Cole Smith: Keep Ethanol in the Fuel Mix, GM Exec Says

(Orlando Sentinel)  ...(Tom) Stephens, who was in Orlando last week to speak at the National Ethanol Conference, is vice chairman of global product operations for General Motors. He knows as well as anybody that our gasoline supply won't last forever,

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuel-Averse State Oil companies Get Tough Love in the Indian Government’s 2010-11 Budget

Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest) In India, the state oil companies were discovered to have systematically defied the government’s biofuel blending mandates with the help of paid insiders in the oil ministry. As a result the government not only lost face but

March 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Claims in ActionAid Publication against Biofuels Largely Questionable

(European Bioethanol Fuel Association)  “Meals per Gallons”, a publication against biofuels recently produced by ActionAid, is based largely on unfounded claims, disputed data and one-sided arguments says eBio, the European Bioehtanol Industry Association.  “In particular, the report paints biofuels as the villain

March 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Propel Fuels' Ethanol Offer Lures 500

by Melanie Turner (Sacramento Business Journal) Propel offered E-85 ethanol for 85 cents a gallon, down from a typical retail price of $2.39 a gallon, at each of its stations. Propel estimates it served about 500 vehicles during Wednesday’s promotion between

March 01, 2010 Read Full Article

TerraSolutions Take Top Honors at 23rd Annual Business-Plan Competition

by Phillip Fiorini (Purdue Newsroom)  Student-led companies that develop consumer products from the byproducts of ethanol production and a tissue-healing technology that also reduces scarring took top honors at Purdue University's 23rd annual $100,000 Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition. ...TerraSolutions

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Programme at The Maltings, South Milford

(Mytum & Selby Waste Recycling, Ltd)  “The fuel of the future is going to come from fruit like that sumach out by the road, or from apples, weeds, sawdust, and even municipal waste - almost anything.”  Henry Ford, 1925 This quote

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

A Green Energy Alternative …The Free Enterprise Approach

(GeneSyst International, Inc.) This presentation from a  2009 Virginia Energy Summit explains, complemented by charts and graphs, GeneSyst's combination of patents and proprietary technologies for converting waste to energy, utilizing the Gravity Pressure Vessel (GPV).   Of particular interest may be a quote from a local

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Alcohol-Fueled Engines - Takin' The Green Biobutanol: The Next Methanol?

by Rob Fisher (Circle Track)  Racers running alcohol-fueled engines should perk up when they hear the word biobutanol. Touted as an environmentally friendly advanced biofuel, biobutanol gained recent exposure when an American research and development company specializing in the fuel was

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

ALMS Goes Greener with MICHELIN

(Michelin)  The USA's American Le Mans Series endurance racing championship, which was first organised in 1999, has released its new slogan: 'Global Leader, Green Racing'. Meanwhile, MICHELIN will continue to back the 2010 MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge which will cover all

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Syngenta Keen on Sugarcane Biotech Research in Brazil

(SugarcaneBlog.com)  European biotech giant Syngenta has set up partnership with Brazil’s Instituto Agronomico (IAC) to increase development of sugarcane varieties, particularly for the production of ethanol.  READ MORE  and MORE

February 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Cosan Reviewed

by Brendan Coffey (Cabot Wealth Advisory)  Lately, we're seeing increasing strength in the shares of ethanol-related companies. Commodity broker Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has built up its position as an ethanol refiner, building its own plants and buying up other

February 26, 2010 Read Full Article

American Process Inc. Establishes Pilot Plant

by Holly Jensen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  American Process Inc. (API), an Atlanta, Ga., based company, held a ribbon cutting ceremony this week at its pilot plant. It will utilize a trademarked process, called American Value Added Pulping (AVAP), to fractionate

February 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Put Transportation Biofuel Commercial Deployment Where It Belongs: USDOT

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Contemplating the continued inability of the US to meet the biofuels and advanced biofuels production and sales expectations codified in the Renewable Fuels Standard, the Advanced Biofuels USA board passed a resolution to introduce

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Would Things Be Different without RFS1or2? Not Really.

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Since the provisions of the RFS were written into the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 without a realistic funding provision, RFS and RFS2 are, as a practical matter, “Sense of

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

New Clear Lake Company Promotes Algae as Biofuel

by John Skipper  (Globe-Gazette)  A company based in Clear Lake is turning waste and algae into renewable fuels. Bud Jermeland, 51, president of Energae LP, said the primary focuses of his company are waste-based ethanol and the use of algae in

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Government Earns 400% ROI on Ethanol Blender’s Credit

by Mark (Corn Commentary)  ...The next issue can already be seen on the horizon and it can be seen clearly because it is not a “new” criticism. It is called the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC). This is the

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Growth Energy Responds to Cornell Paper

In response to a paper published by two Cornell University professors – a paper that is critical of the Environmental Protection Agency’s calculations that grain ethanol emits far fewer greenhouse gas emissions than conventional gasoline – Growth Energy released the

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Greenhouse Gas Accounting Is Flawed and Inaccurate, Cornell Experts Say

A recent EPA announcement that corn-based ethanol achieves a 21 percent greenhouse gas reduction compared to gasoline is based on false accounting assumptions and could actually lead to more fossil fuel consumption, according to Cornell University economists whose research will

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

A Tree in Your Tank? $3.2M NSF Grant Funds Effort to Transform Poplar Trees into Biofuel

Gas money for your tank doesn't grow on trees, but one day you might be filling up with fuel that does.   A team of researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Bowie State University is working on ways to

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Vilsack: Administration Wants to Expand Biofuels

(DTN Ethanol Center)  President Barack Obama will continue championing biofuels as a job creator, said Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack when he spoke to members of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition on Monday. Vilsack is hopeful for a positive decision on

February 24, 2010 Read Full Article

The State of U.S. Biodiesel: Up the Creek Without a Paddle?

by Joshua Kagan  (GreenTechMedia)  ...Although biodiesel has many positive attributes, it is not immune from the criticisms leveled at first-generation ethanol, specifically the "food vs. fuel" debate. Biodiesel production uses at least 10% of the U.S. soybean crop and 60%

February 24, 2010 Read Full Article

North Dakota State University Economist Helps Sort Out Biofuel’s Future

by Mikkel Pates (AgWeek)  Need some help in deciding what to make into biofuels and what the government should be spending on it?   If you’re a North Dakotan, you’ve hired Cole Gustafson to do some of this thinking for you.

February 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Butalco Announces It Is to Produce Its First Cellulosic Ethanol in Summer 2010

(PRInside.com) This summer, Butalco will use its proprietary new yeast technology to produce biofuel from agricultural waste in a pilot plant in Southern Germany. Butalco’s new microbial catalysts will enable up to 30% increased yields in cellulosic ethanol production. ...Traditionally, yeasts are

February 23, 2010 Read Full Article

 "Changes in Gasoline IV" Features New Chapter on Flex-Fuel Vehicles

"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 of the manual have been

February 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Rep Appointed to California Panel

by Cindy Zimmerman  (DomesticFuel.com)  At least one ethanol industry representative has been appointed to an expert work group attempting to assess the true carbon footprint of all fuel sources under the California’s proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard. POET Senior Vice President

February 23, 2010 Read Full Article

China Continues down Path to Use Cassava for Bioethanol Production

(Renewable Energy Magazine)  Albeit it hazy, news regularly filters out of China about the progress this country is making in using cassava as a raw material for producing bioethanol. The latest is that the Chinese have completed mapping the genome

February 22, 2010 Read Full Article

RINs Improved as Part of RFS2

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. EPA has come up with a new system for renewable identification number (RINs) that should be easier to use as well as cut down on the possibility of human error. ...Tony Miller,

February 22, 2010 Read Full Article

DMC Green Awarded DOE Grants for Ethanol Fueling Infrastructure

(CleanTechPRWire)  DMC Green, Inc., announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded DMC Green two separate grants to support their on-going green fuel infrastructure projects in California. The two grants will help fund E85 ethanol installation for ten gas

February 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Perspectives on Green Racing from Dayton International Speedway’s Garage and Pits

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Advanced Biofuels USA is perhaps the only biofuels-related organization keeping an eye on biofuels in racing with a page describing various projects that promote and encourage innovative, green racing, to numerous articles and posts

February 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Green Racing Fuel 'Ignite' Gains Proven

by Michael Berenis (Tampa Sports Car Examiner)   The world of green racing fuels is about to change! Eddie Bello is the world record holder for fastest Porsche in the Texas Mile. In 2008, he set the record with his 1200

February 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Indiana Company Leading ARCA West Fuel Conversion

(Inside Indiana Business)  Sales and marketing arm of ARCA West, Itzen Media officially announced that Ignite Racing Fuel will become the title sponsor of the ARCA West Series. Ignite Racing Fuel will be replacing previous title sponsor MAC’s Convenience at

February 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Association Publishes 2010 Ethanol Industry Outlook

Our industry produced a record 10.6 billion gallons of ethanol in 2009. Efficiency enhancements and innovations in production combined with improved farming techniques allowed us to achieve this record with existing corn acreage and reduced process water.   As we look to

February 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Orange Peels, Newspapers May Lead to Cheaper, Cleaner Ethanol Fuel

(ScienceBlog)  University of Central Florida professor Henry Daniell has developed a groundbreaking way to produce ethanol from waste products such as orange peels and newspapers. His approach is greener and less expensive than the current methods available to run vehicles

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

GM Confirms First Gen Volt Will Not Support E85 Ethanol

by Nick Chambers (Gas2.0)  This morning I wrote a piece about how GM is lamenting the lack of E85 fueling stations in the United States. But the other interesting tidbit of information in there was a simple statement by GM’s

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Economics Improve for First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plants

by Jessica Leber (ClimateWire New York Times)  Many cellulosic fuel producers are working with enzymes to break down tough, inedible plant parts, such as corncobs or switch grass, into simpler sugars that can be fermented to ethanol. Now enzyme companies

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

RFS2 a Hot Topic at Conference in Orlando

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...(S)aid Sarah Dunham of the EPA, the EPA received real data during the comment period that helped shape the rule, including indirect land use change (ILUC). “I can safely say that this is the

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

New Renewable Fuel Standard A Mixed Blessing For Agriculture

by Lisa Hare (Yankton Press & Dakotan)  The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent final ruling on the national Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was met with mixed responses by farm state politicians and organizational leaders. “This is a good news/bad news announcement

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

General Motors Wants More U.S. Ethanol Stations

(NASC Online)  General Motors Co. is asking for more U.S. ethanol stations to help fuel its growing fleet of hybrid vehicles, Reuters reports. The car maker is producing more vehicles able to run on ethanol-gasoline blends.  Tom Stevens, GM vice chairman

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Investment Trends – Advanced Biofuels Insight

by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest)  The global biofuels industry is entering a new decade of emerging opportunities and considerable challenges in reaching 2020 targets. The global economic recession is already shaking out many of the would-be players in a crowded

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Back in Vogue

by Gregor Heard (FarmOnline)  THEY’RE back - after being flavour of the month in the middle years of the decade, renewable fuels were knocked out of the water over the past three years, and consigned to the scrap-heap by many.  A

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Zea-Chem Creates Salable Glacial Acetic Acid, the Building Block for Cellulosic Ethanol and Bio-based Chemicals

ZeaChem Inc., a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into fuels and chemicals, today announced it has produced bio-based acetic acid at the purity concentration level of a salable product. Acetic acid is a commercial product and

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

New Enzymes Turn Waste into $US2/gallon fuel

Novozymes launches the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste. Breakthroughs in enzyme technology enable cellulosic biofuel as a competitive alternative to gasoline.  Novozymes’ new Cellic® CTec2 enzymes enable the biofuel industry to produce cellulosic ethanol at

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Corn and Fuel Groups Weigh In on Ethanol

(New York Times) letters to editor Re “Sensible Rules for Ethanol” (editorial, Feb. 11):     While American corn farmers are pleased the Environmental Protection Agency recognizes that corn ethanol offers significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared with gasoline, we disagree strongly

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Is Ethanol from Corn Bad for the Climate? The Obama Administration Says No, California Says Yes. Who Is Right?

by Douglas Fischer (Scientific American)  The Obama administration last week gave the green light to corn ethanol as a low-carbon renewable fuel – in apparent contradiction to California's declaration last summer that the biofuel's carbon footprint was too big to

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Waste-to-Ethanol Plant Plan Questioned

by Diane Krieger Spivak  (Post-Tribune)  Lake County (Indiana) Solid Waste Management Commission chief Jeff Langbehn defended a planned $256 million bioethanol plant Friday before the Lake County Advancement Committee. ...Lake County Sheriff Roy Dominguez questioned whether the expense of the plant, which

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Judge Rejects Challenge to N.C. "Ethanol Blending" Law -- Similar to Pending TN Lawsit

by Tom Humphrey (Knoxnews.com)   A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit by the American Petroleum Institute that sought to invalidate North Carolina's "ethanol blending" statute, which is similar to a 2009 law passed by the Tennessee legislature. API has also

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

USDA Scientists Sequence Genome of Biofuel Model Crop

by Dennis O'Brien (Agricultural Research Service)  U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues at the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute announced that they have completed sequencing the genome of a kind of wild grass that will

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Garbrook Introduces the 2010 Advanced Biofuels Resource with Business Intelligence Tools

Garbrook introduced the 2010 Advanced Biofuels Resource (ABR), an upgraded version of its online knowledgebase that summarizes scientific, technical, commercial, environmental, and policy information on all generations of biofuels. The enhanced product features the US Ethanol and Biodiesel Mega Tables

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

New Alternative-Energy Plant Could Create 150 Jobs in Indian River County

by Henry A. Stephens (TCPalm.com)  ...“Our project is a brand-new opportunity with new technology,” Tex Carter, vice president and chairman of INEOS New Planet BioEnergy LLC, said Thursday. “We’re turning garbage into ethanol.” ...The company has been discussing buying and converting

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Genencor Introduces Accellerase® DUET

Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, introduced Accellerase® DUET at the Renewable Fuels Association’s 15th Annual National Ethanol Conference in Orlando, Fla. This product is the latest generation in the company’s line of enzymes used to convert biomass into sugars,

February 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Splash Blending Advantageous for Marketers Under RFS2

(OPIS)  ...Multi-state non-refining retailers such as Quik Trip, WaWa and RaceTrac will remain -- for now anyway -- the least encumbered and most advantaged part of the supply chain where biofuel regulation is concerned. Splash blenders, who don't produce or

February 16, 2010 Read Full Article

NY Times Applauds EPA Inclusion of ILUC in RFS2

(OPIS)  The New York Times is praising U.S. EPA for including the international indirect land use change (ILUC) calculation in its lifecycle greenhouse gas reduction threshold as part of the finalized expanded renewable fuels standard (RFS2), issued last week. ...In response,

February 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Boating Interests Wonder if Ethanol 15 Will Be Harmful to Their Engines

by Charles Zusman (NJ.com)  Boating interests are on guard against a move by the ethanol industry to increase the ethanol content of gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent, an action they fear might be harmful to marine engines. Boating

February 16, 2010 Read Full Article

E15: Beyond the Waiver

By Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The expected EPA approval of E15 later this year will be only the beginning. In order to bring E15 to market, the ethanol industry needs to support petroleum marketers in addressing the issues that

February 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Verenium Introduces New Enzyme at Upcoming RFA National Ethanol Conference

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced the introduction of Xylathin, a highly active enzyme designed to significantly improve the economics of fuel ethanol production from cereal grains.   Xylathin rapidly breaks

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Renewable Fuel Standards Upend Ethanol Tariff Fight

by Brian Baskin (SugarcaneBlog.com, Dow Jones)   U.S. ethanol producers are facing their toughest fight yet to keep long-standing trade protections intact. Producers of ethanol, which in the U.S. is usually distilled from corn and then blended to make gasoline, have

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Temp Stop Adds Ethanol Blender Pumps under Missouri Pilot Program

(Kansas City Business Journal) A Lee’s Summit gas station has become the second in Missouri to install ethanol blender pumps as part of a pilot program with Missouri Corn and the Missouri Department of Agriculture Division of Weights and Measures. Temp Stop,

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Shell Bets Billions on Brazilian Ethanol

by Sam Hopkins (Green Chip Stocks)  ...Cosan is entering into a joint venture with an oil giant that could be worth $12 billion, and its happy beginning to 2010 signals a renewal of interest in ethanol and entrance of some

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

The Best & Worst Biofuel Startups

by Josie Garthwaite  (Earth2Tech)  Amid the rubble of the first generation of biofuel projects focused on ethanol derived from corn, a new landscape of biofuel tech has taken shape. As Lux Research puts it in a report released, the companies

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Indirect Land-Use Changes Can Overcome Carbon Savings from Biofuels in Brazil

David M. Lapola, Ruediger Schaldach, Joseph Alcamo, Alberte Bondeau, Jennifer Koch, Christina Koelking, and Joerg A. Priess (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)  Abstract:  The planned expansion of biofuel plantations in Brazil could potentially cause both direct and indirect

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

UC Merced Scientist Honored for Biofuels Research

(Central Valley Business Times)  The mass production of biofuels could be a major step toward eliminating dependence on fossil fuels, but a number of factors have stood in the way, including the argument against using productive agricultural land for fuel

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

First Virginia Ethanol Plant Workers Go for Training

by Markus Schmidt  (Progress-Index.com)  As the launch of operations at Hopewell's new ethanol plant gets closer, Osage Bio Energy LLC has already hired a total of 44 employees, with nine more positions to be filled. If everything goes as expected, the

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Getting a True Measure on Biofuels: Effects of 'Indirect' Land Use Figure in Energy Future

by C. Boyden Gray (Washington Times)  Little noticed outside a small policy community, an issue has quietly arisen in recent years that, while seemingly technical, has the potential to derail the nation's attempts to address the issues of energy security

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Grant Buys 120 Hybrid, 'Flex Fuel' Squad Cars

by Michael Gonzalez (Post-Tribune)  More of Gary's men and women in blue could be driving green by spring. The Board of Works on Wednesday voted to advertise for vendors to provide up to 120 "flex fuel" and hybrid vehicles for the

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

New Engine Technologies Could Give New Life (and Larger Markets) to Ethanol

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  The use of E-85 (85% ethanol) fuel in “Flex-Fuel” vehicles has been limited by its 25 percent lower energy content than gasoline. When used in engines designed for only gasoline, this results in approximately

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Next Generation Concept IndyCar Unveiled in Chicago

DeltaWing LLC, of Indianapolis, introduced the future of open wheel racing today at the Chicago Auto Show, aimed at realigning America’s premiere racing tradition with current automobile industry and consumer trends. DeltaWing calls on technological innovation to return racing to

February 14, 2010 Read Full Article

‘Beeting’ a Path to Advanced Biofuels

by Anna Austin (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In roughly one month’s time, North Dakota growers harvest close to 5 million tons of sugar beets. North Dakota and Minnesota combined produce about 55 percent of the nation’s sugar beets every year. With

February 14, 2010 Read Full Article

US Ethanol Industry Looks To Possible Future As Exporter

by Ian Berry (Dow Jones Newswires)  ...Brazil, faced with tightening supplies of its sugarcane-based ethanol as growers there find better profits in sugar, said last month it is considering importing U.S., corn-based ethanol. While there are limits on how much

February 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Blendstar to Add Biofuel Terminal In Louisiana

by Michelle Kautz (Domesticfuel.com)  Blendstar, LLC has announced the launch of a biofuel transload terminal to distribute ethanol and biodiesel in Bossier City, Louisiana, a suburb of Shreveport. The facility is expected to open late this month with capacity to

February 11, 2010 Read Full Article

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Hopes to Tap Into Algae as Energy Source

(CheckBiotech)  Part of the greenhouse complex at University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Beadle Center will be revamped into an algal biofuels research facility this year. Scientists will begin growing algae in small containers, then move on to five-foot long bags and, finally,

February 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Propel Fuels of Sacramento Receives $20-million Investment

by Tiffany Hsu (Los Angeles Times) Propel Fuels received $20 million in funding, the renewable-fuels retailer said.  Along with a $12-million investment from Craton Equity Partners, Nth Power and @Ventures, the company received $8 million in debt financing.  The funds

February 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Southland Panel Rejects Funds for Ethanol Fueling Stations

by Catherine Saillant (Los Angeles Times)   Members of the Southern California Assn. of Governments reject $11 million in federal stimulus money to set up 55 stations throughout the Southland. They say ethanol causes environmental problems.  A regional panel Thursday turned

February 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Pennsylvania Ethanol Plant Now Producing

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   Bionol Clearfield LLC, a 110 MMgy ethanol plant in Clearfield, Pa., is up and running, according to Roger Schmidt, general manager. The plant was undergoing performance testing on Feb. 8. “We are at or

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

General Motors Announces B20 Biofuel Capability For New, 2011 Duramax 6.6L Turbo Diesel

GM announced today that its new lineup of heavy-duty diesel pickups will have B20 biodiesel capability. B20 fuel is a blend of 20-percent biodiesel and 80-percent conventional diesel, which helps lower carbon dioxide emissions and lessens dependence on petroleum. The

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Sweet Sorghum to Ethanol: Technology, Plant & Machinery

PRAJ, through its Development Center (Matrix- the Innovation Center), conducted studies and evaluated options for optimizing sweet sorghum based alcohol production. This effort was conducted in two phases: ·         Agricultural trials and studies for evaluating suitability, technical feasibility and commercial viability

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

IIT Kharagpur Launches ‘PK Sinha Center for BioEnergy’

The ‘PK Sinha Center for BioEnergy’ was launched at the hands of the Founder Dr. Prabhakant Sinha, Founder and Co-Chairman, ZS Associates and IIT Kharagpur alumnus in the presence Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Honorable Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

PRAJ Announces Alcohol School for Masterclass on Fermentation

Praj has arranged series of Training Programs on Alcohol Technologies & Systems covering Fermentation, Distillation and Wastewater Treatment including Evaporation with Zero discharge plants. The programs are designed to be interactive programs and are meant specifically for “Plant operating personnel” i.e.

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

World's First Home-Scale Ethanol From Cellulose Processor Announced

Allard Research and Development, the world leader in small to medium-scale ethanol fuel production systems, announced today the world's first small-scale ethanol fuel production system utilizing cellulose as the primary feedstock. The new system, designed as a front-end processor for Allard's

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Corn Ethanol is a Homegrown Way to Solve Our Energy Problems

by Katie Zenk (MNDaily.com) letter to the editor    Over break, I had the chance to think about the recent Minnesota Daily editorial attacking corn ethanol. My hometown is Olivia, Minn., billed “The Corn Capital of the World.” Of the roughly

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Holland, Michigan, Company Develops Machine that Turns Abundant Crops into Ethanol for Farmers

(FreshPlaza)  Entrepreneurs at eFarms LLC believe they have an answer for farmers with crop overproduction, high fuel costs and the need for quality animal feed.  The company is developing a "Renewable Fuel System," which will take crop products including corn,

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Moving America’s Clean Energy Economy Forward: Boost for Biofuels, Clean Coal

by Heather Zichal (White House Blog)  ... The President’s Biofuels Interagency Working Group released its first report – Growing America’s Fuel, which lays out a strategy to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry to meet or

February 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Advanced Engine-Control System Reduces Biodiesel Fuel Consumption and Emissions

Researchers from Purdue University and Cummins Inc. have developed an advanced "closed-loop control" approach for preventing diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen oxides when running on biodiesel fuels. Operating truck engines on a blend of biodiesel and ordinary

February 09, 2010 Read Full Article
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