by Zak Richards (University of Virginia) Algae-based fuel is one of many options among the array of possible future energy sources. New University of Virginia research shows that while algae-based transportation fuels produce high energy output with minimal land use,
Buffalo Chip Owner Runs His Vehicles on Ethanol
by Chuck (DomesticFuel.com) The owner of the Buffalo Chip Campground is Rod “Woody” Woodruff, seen here at a press conference during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The focus of the concerts and events is The Chip as it’s called. ...Woody says the relationship
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Algae Production Certification Program October 22, 2011 The Woodlands, TX Deadline August 20
To continue the pressure to fast-track commercialization of algae, NAA is offering its highly popular Algae Production Certification Program on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Lone Star College-Montgomery in The Woodlands, Texas,in connection with Lone Star's High Tech Conference, which is designed to appeal
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Metabolism in Reverse: Making Biofuels at Full-Throttle Pace
(Rice University) Rice University engineers reverse E. coli metabolism for speedy production of fuels, chemicals In a biotechnological tour de force, Rice University engineering researchers this week unveiled a new method for rapidly converting simple glucose into biofuels and petrochemical substitutes.
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Mandate Emerges as Ethanol’s Sacred Cow
by Amy Harder (National Journal) ...By year's end, the congressional “super committee” charged with reducing the federal deficit likely will topple the $6 billion in annual ethanol industry tax credits and a corresponding government tariff on imported ethanol. But another prong
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Cellulosic Biofuel Could Revive Farmlands Conservation Program
by Tiffany Stecker (ClimateWire/Scientific American) A study looks into giving farmers permission to harvest cellulosic feedstocks on land set aside for wetlands and wildlife conservation Growing cellulosic feedstocks on federally subsidized conservation land could balance the biofuels emissions equation to be completely carbon-neutral,
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Department of Energy Awards More Than $175 Million for Advanced Vehicle Research and Development
(US Department of Energy) U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies. The funding will support 40 projects across 15
August 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Green Groups: ‘Supercommittee’ Should Repeal Oil Industry Tax Breaks
by Andrew Restuccia (The Hill/E2Wire) A dozen environmental groups Tuesday told congressional leaders that lawmakers who support slashing oil industry tax breaks and other subsidies should be appointed to the deficit-cutting “supercommittee.” In a letter, the groups urged the 12-member panel to come
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Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels Granted Pivotal Isobutanol Paten
(Butamax) Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent number 7,993,889, adding another pioneering patent to its biobutanol intellectual property portfolio. This patent protects foundational methods for low-cost production of
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U.S. DOE Releases Billion-Ton Study Follow Up Report
by Lisa Gibson (Biomass Power and Thermal) A follow-up report to the U.S. DOE’s 2005 “Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply,” commonly referred to as the Billion-Ton Study, has
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More Ethanol, Fewer Inputs, Increasing Benefits: More Corn on Fewer Acres, Less Water
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) Over the past 30 years, and in particular in the past decade, ethanol production has quietly become increasingly efficient. From improvements in corn production to greater efficiencies at ethanol biorefineries, America’s leading renewable fuel
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EU Approval of Certification Standards for Biofuels Brings Transparency and Supports Planning by Sugar-Energy Industry
(UNICA) The European Commission’s approval of certification schemes for biofuels, announced on July 19th, is an important step to add transparency to the issue and help Member States meet reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions. The measure will also benefit
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A&M Study Finds RFS Not Lowering Cattle Profits
(Southeast Farm Press/National Corn Growers Association) The study, which utilized Texas A&M University’s Agricultural & Food Policy Center’s premier farm-level modeling system and data from the University of Missouri’s Food & Agricultural Policy Research Institute, determined that net cash farm
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Doerr Gives U.S. a ‘C’ for Alternative-Energy
by Ari Levy (Bloomberg) John Doerr, head of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s alternative-energy practice, said he would give the U.S. a C grade for development of green technology, which trails innovation in Internet and biotechnology. His grade would have been
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Program Gives Teens a Jump on Science
by Justin B. Phillips (Contra Costa Times) Deep within the Joint BioEnergy Institute, eight researchers are hard at work trying to find solutions to the growing global energy crisis. The team diligently researches renewable, carbon-neutral alternatives to fossil fuels in the
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Modeling Plant Metabolism to Optimize Oil Production
(Brookhaven National Laboratory) Computational studies aim to increase use of plant oils as renewable resource Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a computational model for analyzing the metabolic processes in rapeseed plants — particularly
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NIST Finds that Ethanol-Loving Bacteria Accelerate Cracking of Pipeline Steels
(EurekAlert!) U.S. production of ethanol for fuel has been rising quickly, topping 13 billion gallons in 2010. With the usual rail, truck and barge transport methods under potential strain, existing gas pipelines might be an efficient alternative for moving this
August 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Coal and Ethanol Are Not Alternative Energy Policy
by Andrew Smolski (OilPrice.com) ...(E)nergy policy is as defunct as ever and on most fronts the US is lagging far behind. ... (T)he US will need this Energy policy to spur growth, create jobs, and remain competitive going forward. Yet,
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3 Things You Need to Know about Biofuels
by Maggie Koerth-Baker (BoingBoing) ...In a nutshell, that’s why liquid fuel is so valuable. So far, it’s the clear winner when we need energy for transportation—especially air transportation and heavy, long-distance shipping—because it allows you to stuff a lot of
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Breakthrough In Saudi Arabia's Policy Toward Ethanol Byproducts Announced
(AgriMarketing) ...Culminating years of U.S. Grains Council efforts, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has added corn gluten feed (CGF) and distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to its import feed ingredient subsidy list, creating a strong incentive for sales. It
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OriginOil Develops Real-Time Control Network for Large Scale Algae Harvesting
(OriginOil) Sensor array will manage hundreds of interactions critical to large production operations. OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technologyto extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, today announced it has developed a
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Company Plans to Turn Old Beverages into Ethanol
(Waste and Recycling News) Detroit-based DART said its new location will turn alcohol and sugar-based beverages such as old beer, wine, soda, juice and liquor into fuel grade ethanol. In addition, the company said, the facility will also convert the
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Bharat Petroleum, SG Biofuels Ink Deal for Massive Jatropha 2.0 Deployment in India
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In India, SG Biofuels and Bharat Renewable Energy, a unit of India’s second largest oil company, Bharat Petroleum, signed a landmark commercial agreement to develop and deploy elite hybrids of Jatropha across a total 86,000
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European Biodiesel Board Slams EU Thinking on Biofuel Land Use Impacts
(Argus Media) Europe's biodiesel producers have commissioned an independent review of a policy document on biodiesel's indirect effects on land use change, which the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) maintains has skewed the European Commission's thinking on the subject to the
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New Technology Revives Biofuels
(Alpha Galileo) Started three years ago, EQUIMOTOR PLUS, an R&D project financed through the EUREKA initiative, benefited from the brains of some of the brightest researchers in the four corners of Europe. Together, technicians from Spain, the Czech Republic, Finland,
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Have We Seen the End of Jatropha as a Potential Biofuel?
by Brian Westenhaus (OilPrice.com) According to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry some 12.8 million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected to be planted with jatropha by
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Cantwell Applauds Launch of Jet Biofuels Program that Will Support Green Jobs Statewide
(AirportBusiness.com) Today (August 9, 2011) U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) toured the cutting-edge laboratories at Targeted Growth in Seattle and announced the launch of Washington state's first large-scale program for the growth of camelina sativa, a promising non-food feedstock for
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Russia: Waste to Energy Investments Sought by Russian Fund
(Recycling Portal) A Russian investment fund, Republic of Tatarstan and Wermuth Asset Management plan, is to set up a 200 million euro clean technology fund that aims to help the heavy oil producing region to manage industrial waste and boost
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Answers to Your Biofuels, Biopower and Biomaterials Questions
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) At the Biomass 2011 conference in Washington, a lively debate session provided a bumper crop of questions from the audience – too many to answer at the time. At the same time, it offers us
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Seeking Common Ground
by Julia Olmstead (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Traveling together to Brazil, Americans representing a range of perspectives on ethanol and environmentalism attempt to forge a shared path toward ethanol sustainability ...The divisiveness of the indirect land use change (ILUC) debate—the theory that
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Jamaica Ethanol Shuts Down Plant, Cuts 31 Jobs
by Julian Richardson (Jamaica Observer) Jamaica Ethanol Processing has shut down its ethanol plant and terminated 31 jobs after 26 years in the business. The move was completed last week after three consecutive years of rising input costs helped to sever
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Phase Shift: 12 Hot Gas-Based Biofuels Technologies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But a new generation of technologies is coming along fast, primarily in advanced biofuels, which is gasifying biomass at the front end along its path towards making fuels, chemicals or other biomaterials – or in
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Aviation Calls For Government Backing To Boost Biofuels
by Graham Warwick (Aviation Week) The U.S. aviation industry is pressing Congress to extend funding for goverment programs providing support to start up commercial-scale production of renewable biofuels. ...Work on the 2012 Farm Bill is getting under way, and witnesses at
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Metabolic Network Reconstruction of Chlamydomonas Offers Insight into Light-Driven Algal Metabolism
by Roger L Chang, Lila Ghamsari, Ani Manichaikul, Erik F Y Hom, Santhanam Balaji, Weiqi Fu, Yun Shen, Tong Hao, Bernhard Ø Palsson, Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani & Jason A Papin (Molecular Systems Biology) Metabolic network reconstruction encompasses existing knowledge about an organism's
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Ethanol Across America Releases White Paper Laying Out Path Forward for Cellulosic Ethanol
(BusinessWire/Ethanol Across America) Paper Makes Case for Commercial Readiness of the Fuel Ethanol Across America, a grassroots education campaign of the Clean Fuels Foundation, today released a white paper detailing ethanol as a molecule and the benefits and future of cellulosic
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Ethanol Reaches out to Straw Poll Media
by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register) Ethanol supporters, on the defensive since the last Iowa caucus cycle, have decided to do some educational outreach this year to the estimated 600-plus media that will come to Iowa for the Aug. 13
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Technique Measures Ethanol Isotopes from Vehicle, Plant Emissions
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Researchers at the University of Miami Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science recently developed a technique to measure ethanol isotopes and discovered that the ethanol found in urban air and vehicle exhaust has
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Startup Is Using Seaweed To Drive India's Biofuel Thrust
by Hari Pulakkat (Hispanic Business/The Economic Times India ) ...Macroalgae is a technical term for seaweed. It seemed an extremely attractive proposition as an oil source even at first look. Seaweed grows in the shallow ocean waters and doesn't
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Algal Scientific Seeks Funds for Fertilizer-Eating Algae Project
by Ben Edwards (Bloomberg) ...The Plymouth, Michigan-based company is raising $500,000 to complete demonstration plants and will seek the remaining funds in the next six to nine months, Chief Science Officer Geoff Horst said in a telephone interview. The plants
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Company Buys, Plans to Reopen NextDiesel Plant
by John Mulcahy (Daily Telegram/LenConnect) A New York-based company has bought the closed NextDiesel plant in Adrian and plans to reopen it to produce biodiesel fuel. ...EnerVation Advisors is preparing to clean the plant’s tanks and make other preparation for reopening,
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China Clarifies Consumption Tax Exemption for Biodiesel Production
(China Briefing) Following its announcement in December last year that pure biodiesel made from waste plant and animal oil is exempt from consumption tax, the Chinese government has recently clarified the actual scope of animal and plant oils subject to such
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels' Potential to Transform the Global Economy
by John C.K. Daly (Oilprice.com) After years of existing largely as an environmentalist's fantasy, commercial production of biofuels for the world civil aviation industry is slowly becoming a fact, with production starting up across three continents. The leading contenders for biofuel
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China to Finance Biofuel Projects in Malaysia; but see: Lestari: No Intention to Solicit Funds from the Public
by Liz Lee (The Star) Lestari, Arter Group to build 616 plants Lestari Pasifik Bhd, in an unprecedented joint venture with Russian company Arter Group, is expecting to receive project financing from the Chinese government to build bio-refinery plants in Malaysia and
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Is New Zealand’s New Government Killing Biofuels?
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) Months are passing but New Zealand ’s new government still won’t say whether or not it will incentivise biofuels production and new plant construction. Latest in this shoot-your-own-economy-in-the foot saga is Ecodiesel’s multi-million dollar
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
E85 Fuels MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge Winners: Aston Martin, Corvette Racing Claim Mid-Ohio Honors
(American Le Mans Series) The Muscle Milk Aston Martin took a big step toward a guaranteed entry at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with its fourth consecutive MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge Prototype category victory of the season here
August 07, 2011 Read Full Article
The Racer’s Edge: More Ethanol! Muscle Milk Aston Martin American Le Mans Team Goes from E10 to E85 and Wins
by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) In car racing these days, sanctioning organizations set rules to try to equalize the performance of all of the cars racing in the same class to provide close, exciting racing for fans. In the
August 07, 2011 Read Full Article
2011 Green Racing Takes More Steps Forward Than Back
by Joanne Ivancic and Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Funding is tight in 2011, so efficiency and cost-consciousness are the watchwords 2011 started out pretty weak for green racing. We celebrated NASCAR going to E15 this year with fuel injection
August 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Mid-Ohio: Guy`s Second Pole for 2011
(Dyson Racing) At the last American Le Mans Series race at Mosport two weeks ago, Guy Smith commented that he is enjoying his driving more than ever. It shows. The defending winners of last year’s Mid-Ohio race, Chris Dyson and
August 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid to start on the Monterey Peninsula
(Porsche) Porsche Motorsport of Stuttgart, Germany, today (August 5, 2011) announced that its ground-breaking Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Version 2.0 will make its racing debut on the West Coast on September 17 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The outing of
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Dario Franchitti Looks Forward to Using “Street Fuel” and Developing Engines with IndyCar
By Joanne Ivancic and Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) The buzz at this weekend’s motorsport races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course focuses a bit on it being the 50th anniversary of the track; and a bit on the
August 05, 2011 Read Full Article
SynTerra Energy Eyes Ohio for New Biorefinery
by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine) After nearly five years of research and development, the work of Pacific Renewable Fuels and Chemicals, and Red Lion Bio-Energy, has turned into a new biorefining company: SynTerra Energy Inc. SynTerra Energy combines pyrolysis and
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Ethanol Could Be Risk in U.S. Pipelines
(UPI.com) Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology warn that ethanol, and especially the bacteria sometimes found in it, can worsen fatigue crack growth rates by 25 times the rate in air alone. Researchers evaluated fatigue-related cracking in two
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Guest Viewpoint: Why We Need to Produce and Use Ethanol
by Keith R. Mussman (The Daily Journal/Kankakee County Farm Bureau) ...Argonne National Laboratory has shown that corn ethanol delivers a positive energy balance of 8.8 megajoules per liter. Simply put, corn ethanol produces more energy than it takes to make
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Ethanol Transport Raising Concerns: Ballot Vote Focuses on Rail Shipments
by John Laidler (Boston.com) A plan by Global Partners to begin shipping ethanol by rail to its Revere terminal is drawing concern in the city, where it is the focus of a nonbinding ballot question. According to Fire Chief Gene Doherty,
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Newport Issues RFQ for Algal Fuels Demo
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Rhode Island, the City of Newport is soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (QBS) for the creation of a Demonstration Project converting naturally occurring algae into a biodiesel for the City of Newport. Deadline for
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Sen. Franken Fights for Future of Minnesota Farmers
by Senator Al Franken (D-MN) (HometownSource.com) ...Cellulosic ethanol is happening. The first commercial-scale cellulosic plant is being built this year in Iowa. And I want Minnesota to capitalize on the energy—and economic growth—that could come from wood wastes, grasses, and
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Who’s on the List? The U.S. EPA Pegs a Handful of Cellulosic Producers to Contribute to Next Year’s RFS Goal
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In June, the U.S EPA issued its proposal to reduce the coming year’s cellulosic biofuels volume target for the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The RFS goals set by Congress in 2007 call for increasing
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Five Good Reasons to Use E85
(American Lung Association in Minnesota/LiveGreenTwinCities.com) Have you tried E85? E85 is an ethanol fuel blend made of up to 85 percent ethanol and gasoline. Using it can help save the planet--and your heath. Here are five good reasons to use
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Propel Expands Waste Veggie Oil B20 Biodiesel in California
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Propel Fuels is adding B20 to locations in Berkeley and two locations in San Jose in response to growing consumer demand for higher blends of renewable fuels. Sourced from recycled vegetable oils, Propel’s
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Faces of Energy: Andrew Butcher and GTECH
by Lindsay Derba (PopCityMedia) Andrew Butcher, 30, co-founded GTECH, one of Pittsburgh's premier green economy initiatives, along with his partner, Chris Koch. The nonprofit aims to help Pittsburgh grow by transforming vacant land, connecting people to the green economy, and using
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Ethanol Plant's Opening in Southern Indian River Delayed until Summer 2012
by Henry A. Stephens (TCPalm.com) The opening of the nation's first waste-derived bio-ethanol plant is running a few months behind schedule, officials said Tuesday, but not by enough time to cause concern. "We hope to be up and running by this
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Gevo, Amyris, KiOR – as the Khosla Kids Mature, Scale, Differentiate, Who’s on Top?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) On the road from Pilot to Player, three Khosla companies have gone far and fast – but now, the differentiating points become clearer. Who’s better now? They share Khosla Ventures in their DNA, and are next-gen
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
EurObserv’ER Biofuels Barometer Available: The Growth in Biofuel Consumption Slowed Down in 2010
(EurObserv'ER) ...The EurObserv’ER Barometer regularly publishes indicators reflecting the current dynamics in renewable energies (solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and biomass, biogas, biofuels) worldwide and within the European Union. In ‘The State of Renewable Energies in Europe’ two additional technologies have been assessed: solar thermal electricity,
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Rosetta Green Joins Project to Develop Algal Proteins and Chemicals
(Algae Industry Magazine) Kim Chapman reports that Rosetta Green, of Rehovot, Israel, will take part in an EU-funded consortium, led by the Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory at Ben-Gurion University, and will identify MicroRNA genes to develop algae with improved traits, and
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Canada's SDTC Funds Four Biodiesel, Biorefining Projects
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) The Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s SD Tech Fund invested $53 million in 17 new clean technology projects across Canada in the areas of agriculture, transportation, mining and energy. Of those 17, four directly went to
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Unlocking Tallow Tree's Potential as a Biodiesel Feedstock
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Algae may be garnering the most attention as a viable third-generation feedstock for biodiesel production. As Gary Breitenbeck, professor in the School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Science at Louisiana State University’s Agricultural Center, and
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Agrisoma Eyes North American Feedstock Opportunity
by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) Agrisoma may be the least known 10-year-old renewable energy company, as Steven Fabijanski told Biodiesel Magazine, but that hasn’t stopped a Canadian development fund from granting the Ottawa-based firm with roughly $425,000 in research funding. Agrisoma
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Algal Biomass Organization Member Spotlight: Aquatic Energy
David Johnston is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aquatic Energy. ABO: Aquatic Energy is the only ABO members whose operations are based in Louisiana. Could you tell us about the company and your current focus? Johnston: We are a biotechnology
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Big Green Bus Rolls on French-Fry Fumes to Teach Sustainability
by Marianne Brown (Dallas Morning News) ...Thirteen students from Dartmouth College rolled into Dallas on Monday in their environmental classroom on wheels: a converted Greyhound bus that runs on biodiesel and vegetable oil. The cooking oil, donated from restaurants, must be filtered
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Illinois Biomass Working Group Formed
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) The state of Illinois has formed the Illinois Biomass Working Group (IBWG) to study near-term uses for biomass in Illinois. The team is comprised of academics, government, industry and the private sector. Ted Funk, an Extension specialist
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Dems Face Uphill Battle on Oil Tax Breaks
by Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire) ...Some Democrats are acknowledging that their push to strip billions of dollars in oil-and-gas industry tax breaks through the debt-ceiling deal faces big hurdles. Democrats see the bipartisan special committee tasked with finding
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Reid: Clean Energy on Democrats' Agenda after Recess
by Andrew Restuccia (The Hill/E2Wire) Clean energy will be part of a broader jobs agenda that Senate Democrats will pursue when lawmakers return from their August recess, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday. “Clean energy jobs, they are changing
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Malaysia Plans Green Palm Oil Certification Scheme- Paper
by Niluksi Koswanage (Reuters Africa) Malaysia, the word's No.2 palm oil producer, will come up with a certification scheme to ensure the tropical oil is grown without clearing forests and destroying wildlife, a newspaper reported on Monday. The Business Times quoted
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Pacific Biodiesel to Power New Hawaiian Electric Emergency Plant
(Pacific Business News) Pacific Biodiesel, Inc., will supply at least 250,000 gallons of locally-produced biodiesel to Hawaiian Electric Co’s new 8-megawatt emergency power facility at Honolulu International Airport that will open in October 2012. The three-year contract calls for Pacific Biodiesel to supply
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Fostering the Next Generation of Biofuels Innovators
by Mary Rosenthal (Algae Biomass Organization/Biofuels Digest) ...In today’s biofuels industry, most of the growth has centered on jobs for those workers who have already been trained in the fields of construction; engineering; chemistry and biology; sales and marketing; legal
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Financing as Innovative as Clean Energy Technology
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Financing of clean energy got you down? The Green Bank clears a key Senate hurdle, and Bank of America chairman Chad Holliday helps explain why that’s important Last month, amidst the brouhaha of the US debt
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae Oil in China
by Riggs Eckelberry (OriginOil/Algae Industry Magazine) ecently, Australia’s largest ethanol producer, Manildra, diversified its biofuel portfolio by entering into algae production. In cooperation with Atlanta-based Algae Tec, Manildra will build a demonstration facility near Manildra’s ethanol production plant in Nowra,
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Sud-Chemie Breaks Ground on German Wheat Straw-to-Ethanol Plant
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) German-based international specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie AG held a groundbreaking July 26 for a 1,000 ton-per-year, demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Straubing, located in the Lower Bavaria region. The plant, which is expected begin
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
The Solid Science behind E15
by Gen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.) (The Hill) ...And yet, in his op-ed published July 26 in The Hill, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) ignores the physical, economic and national security costs of our nation’s continued dependence on foreign oil. Instead,
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Imported Oil Driving U.S. Trade Imbalance
(Hoosier Ag Today/NAFB News Service) As Congress debates how much money the federal government can borrow, America continues to take out loans from China to buy oil from Venezuela. Recent U.S. Census Bureau data indicates that the United States' appetite for
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
US Debt Deal: Biofuels Industry Reaction
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Brian Jennings, Executive Vice President of the American Coalition for Ethanol “ACE and our members are disappointed that the ethanol compromise was not included in the final debt limit deal just because some in Congress
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
A New Catalyst for Ethanol Made from Biomass
(EurekAlert!) Researchers potentially find a renewable path to fuel additives, rubber and solvents Researchers in the Pacific Northwest have developed a new catalyst material that could replace chemicals currently derived from petroleum and be the basis for more environmentally friendly products
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Future Sources of Biofuels in the U.S.: Residues from agriculture and Forestry
(Agriculture and Land Use Forum) Biomass & Bioenergy just published a review of biomass availability for ethanol production as that industry looks beyond corn for the biomass needed to meet the U.S.’s ambitious ethanol mandate. They estimate that agricultural and forestry
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
A Slimy Idea: Rowan Hopes to Derive Biodiesel from Algae
by Peter Key (Philadelphia Business Journal) ...At least that’s the case for some professors and students in the College of Engineering at Glassboro, N.J.-based Rowan University, which recently won a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate making biodiesel
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Aeromexico Makes First Trans-Oceanic Flight Using Biofuel
(Mexican Airlines) This evening, Mexico's flagship carrier, AeroMexico, will make the world’s first Trans-oceanic flight using aviation biofuel, once again placing Mexico in the limelight with regard to the use of biofuels in the global aviation sector. Flying from Mexico City (MEX) to Madrid
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Ethanol, Sugar Mill-Power Rules Could Create Jobs, Tongaat-Hulett CEO Says
by Niki Moore (Bloomberg) Southern African countries could create 1.8 million jobs if they adopted similar regulations to Brazil governing the production of ethanol and electricity from sugar, the Chief Executive Officer of Tongaat-Hulett Group Ltd. said. South African sugar companies such
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Google & NASA Partner to Host Green Flight Challenge With $1.65 Million Prize
by Jessica Dailey (Inhabitat) ... While we love any airplane that doesn’t spew massive amounts of carbon emissions, the fact is that most planes are still gas-guzzling beasts, which is why search giant Google has teamed up with NASA to sponsor
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Washington Plant Restarts Biodiesel Production, Canola Crushing
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) After sitting idle for a year, Inland Empire Oilseeds LLC managed to restart production at its 8 MMgy canola-based biodiesel facility, including an adjacent canola crushing plant, in Odessa, Wash. ...Edmonds added that he expects the
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
First Cut Analysis: Effect of “Debt Extension” Legislation on Dept. of Energy Budget
by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Passage of the “Debt Extension” legislation by the US Congress will cause reductions in the fiscal year 2012 budget that is scheduled to take effect on October 1 of this year. Guidance from the
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Spirits in The Material World
by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest/Emerging Markets Online) ...Biofuels markets are not just a by-product of prescriptive political initiatives for change, they are also launched by commodity-driven initiatives subject to the realities of the agricultural and petrochemical-based businesses. In this context,
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
The Loaves and the Fishes: Drop-In Renewable Biofuels, from Unlikely Sources
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...A conversation with Terrabon COO Simon Upfill-Brown ...BD: Fuels or chemicals, for the first project? SU-B: We are still very much focused on fuel, we feel that fuel is the way to go for the first plant
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Energy Programs Prepare for Debt Deal Pain
by Darren Goode & Darren Samuelsohn (Politico) Popular energy and environmental programs should prepare for a decade of spending cuts under the debt deal reached late Sunday between the White House and congressional leaders. Less clear, however, is the effect that
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
O.K., Smart Guys: Fix the Energy Problem
(Bloomberg BusinessWeek) How should the U.S. solve its energy problems? The experts brainstorm Imported fuel means expensive gasoline, lost jobs, and hobbled industries, while climate change poses risks as dramatic as they are difficult to assess. So how do we fix our
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Novel Gene Increases Yeast's Appetite for Plant Sugars
(Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center) For thousands of years, bakers and brewers have relied on yeast to convert sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Yet, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers eager to harness this talent for brewing biofuels have found when
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Computational Chemistry Shows the Way to Safer Biofuels
(Science Blog) ...Now a study from the University of Copenhagen shows that it is possible to predict just how toxic the fuel will become without producing a single drop. This promises cheaper, faster and above all safer development of alternatives
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Nigerian, Chinese Firms to Float N27.4b Biofuel Projects across West Africa
by Sulaimon Salau (The Guardian Nigeria) Renewable energy projects in West African sub-region are set for a new shift, as a Nigerian energy firm, Global Biofuels (in alliance with some Chinese and African firms) has unveiled plans to float
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Grown Energy to Invest in Making Ethanol in Mozambique, AIM Says
by Fred Katerere (Bloomberg) Grown Energy Zambeze Ltda. will invest $320 million to make ethanol from sugar cane in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, state-controlled Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique reported. Production is scheduled to start in 2013,... READ MORE
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Registration Opens for 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy 2011-12, Transformative Technologies 2011
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced the return of two annual competitions, with the opening of registration for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy and Transformative Technologies 2011. The Hot 50 is the Digest’s oldest and most-popular
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Still Time to Get Biofuels Support Right
by Brent Erickson (Biofuels Digest) Reports of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit’s (VEETC) early demise have been a bit overblown. Though several groups and reporters believed the die was cast and the potential revenue savings would be redirected to
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Good Read, Hot Topic: Advanced Biofuel Market Report 2011: Meeting the California LCFS
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Mary Solecki and Bob Epstein of E2 and David Richey of the Goldman School of Public Policy released a monumentally good read and one of the best primers available on advanced biofuels, with
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Pongamia Shines in New Asian Development Bank Study of Biofuel Production and Use
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) In the Philippines, a new study by that Asian Development Bank finds that “Pongamia provides better economic returns [than other Indian feedstocks]. Even under a 15% social discount rate Pongamia provides a positive NPV,
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Oklahoma State Opening $15M Biosciences Center
by Jeff Latzke (Forbes) Oklahoma State University is nearing completion of a new $15 million biosciences research center in Ardmore that will serve as a hub for scientists studying alternative fuels. Vice President for Agricultural Programs Bob Whitson said Friday that
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
The Proof Is in the Stopwatch: A Technical Analysis of How the Project G.R.E.E.N. Camaro Faired in a Three-Day Test Pitting Carb vs. EFI and Gas vs. E85
by Danny Bocci, Forrest Jehlik, Jim McFarland (Circle Track Magazine) Circle Track Editor's Note: What if there were technologies and approaches to running a race car that significantly increased performance, were relatively inexpensive, lowered operational costs, supported domestic industries, and
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Argonne National Laboratory and Circle Track Racing Propose Green Racing Muscle Car Challenge
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory, the American Speed Association and Hot Rods Performance Group began seeking sponsors for a stock car racing series focused on renewable fuels. "Our goal is to use next-generation production cars
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Looking Beyond the Fossil Age: Royal DSM Aims to Be in the Thick of the Race for Next Generation of Biofuels and Health-Care Materials
by William Lyons and Sten Stovall (Wall Street Journal) ..."We don't realize it, but we are living in the fossil age," he (Royal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma) argues. "Population will increase, urbanization will increase, temperature will increase and the price of
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel from Tequila By-Products
by John Farrell (Forbes) ...A prime example: biofuels from the by-products of tequila production. In particular, the tough, fibrous leaves of the blue agave plant. A recent paper Valenzuela published in the February issue of the journal Bioenergy, A New Agenda for Blue
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae Companies Diversify Into Green Chemicals, Oils
by Erica Gies (Forbes) At first blush, algae seemed an ideal biofuel replacement for gasoline. Unlike ethanol, for example, it wouldn’t take food from the poor, utilize key agriculture lands, or require lots of pesticides. But the economics have thus far
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Oozing Biofuel: Algae Could Solve World's Fuel Crisis
by Von Philip Bethge (Der Spiegel Online) Genetically modified blue and green algae could be the answer to the world's fuel problems. Bioengineers have already developed algae that produce ethanol, oil and even diesel -- and the only things the
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Wichita QuikTrips Would Carry E85 in Effort State is Pursuing
by Emily Behlmann (Wichita Business Journal) ...According to an application submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy, the state of Kansas wants to use $5 million of federal stimulus dollars on a project to install flex-fuel pumps at 38 Wichita-area
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
USAC Announces Deal Making Ignite Ethanol Official Racing Fuel
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Following in the footsteps of other race-sanctioning bodies, the United States Auto Club now has an official fuel—ethanol. The difference is, this three-year partnership will mean much larger amounts of fuel used on
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Missouri University Professor Helps to Plant Seeds for an Advanced Biofuel Economy
by Megan Cassidy (Columbia Missourian) Shibu Jose and his team believe that today’s soggy river bottoms could be untapped grounds for the largest advanced biofuel economy in the nation. Jose, director for MU’s Center for Agroforestry, is proposing to cultivate and harvest
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Hankinson Ethanol Plant Installing Demo-Scale Anaerobic Digester
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Hankinson Renewable Energy LLC, a 120 MMgy ethanol plant in Hankinson, N.D., is in the process of starting up an anaerobic digester to produce 54 MMBtu of biogas a year, according to David Rein,
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Trash-to-Fuel Company Enerkem Raises Another $30M
by Matthew Lynley (Green Beat) Enerkem, a company that specializes in converting unusable waste into ethanol and other chemicals, announced today that it has raised $30 million in an extension of its most recent funding round. Enerkem converts household garbage and leftover
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Imported Oil Driving U.S. Trade Imbalance; Domestic Ethanol, Feed Providing Some Counterbalance
(Renewable Fuels Association) America’s trade deficit is growing and one reason for that is our crippling dependence on imported oil. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, our appetite for foreign oil accounted for 60% of the nation’s $50 billion trade
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Advocates Pay to Tout Oil, Debt Agendas at Iowa Straw Poll
by Jennifer Jacobs (Des Moines Register) An air-conditioned “igloo” paid for by the Iowa Energy Forum will rise up from the straw poll campus in Ames next month, an attraction meant to woo Iowans’ affection with free treats, kids’
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Building on the Success of Corn Ethanol to Corn Hydrocarbons
by Holly Jessen (DomesticFuel.com) Although the U.S. corn ethanol industry is frequently misunderstood and misrepresented, it’s the only domestic renewable fuel industry to reach significant scale and make a measurable impact on the U.S. fuel supply, said Luca Zullo, principal
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Gevo Partners with Petrochem Firm to Build Demo Biorefinery
by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine) Gevo Inc. has partnered with a Texas-based petrochemical company to build a demonstration hydrocarbon processing plant in Silsbee, Texas. South Hampton Resources, a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co., will build and operate the 10,000
July 30, 2011 Read Full Article
House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment Hearing: Hitting the Ethanol Blend Wall – Examining the Science on E15; Testimony of W. Steven Burke ∙ President and CEO, Biofuels Center of North Carolina
W. Steven Burke (Biofuels Center of North Carolina) ...America will continue to seek more augmentation of petroleum-based fuels and thus needs new models to gain large amounts of liquid fuel from sources other than corn in places other than the Midwest. North Carolina
July 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Nine-Lab Consortium Positive about Micro-Algae as Source of Bio-Fuel
by Adam Halliday (Indian Express) ...As plantations for bio-fuel increasingly nudge out plantations for food, a joint project by nine Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories may be heading towards a solution that could check carbon emissions while
July 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Malaysia: Producing Biofuel from Algae
(Algae Industry Magazine) Marilyn Tenn in the Borneo Post talks about biotechnologists and researchers from Swinburne University of Technology, in Sarawak, Malaysia pooling their expertise to meet the challenge of developing viable alternative fuels. The university has been involved in research
July 30, 2011 Read Full Article
DDCE Begins Second Year of Stover Collection Program
(Ethanol Producer Magazine) The second year of DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC’s corn stover collection program is under way in Iowa as the company prepares to construct Project Blackhawk - a 25 MMgy stover-to-ethanol plant which will be located adjacent
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels: What Do the Experts Think?
by Matthew Knight (CNN) It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism.
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Gull Biofuels Launches E85 Amid Fading Support for New Zealand’s Biofuels Subsidy
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) In New Zealand, the government’s policy to promote biofuels is facing the axe on the same day that Gull New Zealand launches GullForcePro, its new E85 offering for Kiwi performance drivers. READ MORE and
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Honeywell Arm to Launch Green Diesel Tech in India
by Subhash Narayan and Noor Mohammad (Financial Express) Move over bio-diesel, the new green diesel is all set to revolutionalise the fuel market by offering cost-effective and environment-friendly solution for the transport sector in the country. US-based diversified technology and
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Sud-Chemie Starts Construction of German Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
(Platts) Specialty chemicals company Sud-Chemie AG said Tuesday it had began construction of a demonstration plant that will be the largest in Germany dedicated to the production of cellulosic ethanol from non-edible crop waste. The plant is due to start operating
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
EPA Finalizes Regulations to Mitigate the Potential for Misfueling of Vehicles, Engines and Equipment with E15
(Environmental Protection Agency) EPA is issuing a final rule to mitigate the potential for misfueling of vehicles, engines and equipment not covered by the Agency’s partial waivers for gasoline containing greater than 10 volume percent (vol%) ethanol (E10) and up
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
USDA Awards $45 Million to Four New BCAP Projects
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the creation of four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project areas in six states to expand the availability of non-food crops to be used in the manufacturing of
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Scientists Look to Milk Potential of Cows' Stomachs for Biofuels
(News.stv.tv) Researchers hope that the animals' ability to break down trees and plant material can be harnessed to create renewable fuels. Scottish scientists are hoping to harness the power of cow's stomachs to create a new range of biofuels. Researchers in Aberdeen
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
SWAFEA Final Report Lays Groundwork for the Deployment of Sustainable Aviation Biofuels in Europe
(GreenAirOnline) Although the aviation sector has a good track record in reducing its environmental impact through efficiency gains, it is highly unlikely to reduce or even stabilise its emissions through this means alone, but biofuels present a real potential for
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
President Obama Announces New Fuel Economy Standards
(The White House) President Obama today announced the next phase in the Administration’s program to increase fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks sold in the United States. These new standards will cover cars
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Chevrolet Confirms Diesel Variant for Cruze in 2013
(General Motors) Chevrolet confirmed today it will add a diesel variant to the Cruze lineup in North America in calendar year 2013. Diesel versions of the Cruze are currently being sold in Europe. Additional details on the Cruze diesel for
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Chu, Vilsack, Pfannenstiel Headline, Light up BIOMASS 2011 Congress
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and US Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jackalyne Pfannenstiel provided a rousing opening to the DOE’s annual BIOMASS congress in Washington. Opening
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
The Energy Return on Investment for Algal Biocrude: Results for a Research Production Facility
by Colin M. Beal, Robert E. Hebner, Michael E. Webber, Rodney S. Ruoff and A. Frank Seibert (Bioenergy Research) This study is an experimental determination of the energy return on investment (EROI) for algal biocrude production at a research facility at the University of
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Mozambique Sells Its First Biofuel Export to Lufthansa
(defenseWEb) Mozambique’s Sun Biofuels has made its first export by selling 30 tons of jatropha oil to German airline Lufthansa. The company’s director of corporate affairs Luis Gouveia on Friday told the Mozambican newspaper Diario de Mozambique of the sale. He
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Poet Has Green Plan for Water
by Anna Jauhola (The Daily Republic) In a continuing effort to operate as green as possible, Poet Biorefining is the first ethanol plant in the state to apply to use storm water in the facility rather than discharging it. Through an
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Area Businesses Say Ethanol Troubling for Machinery that Has Smaller Engines
by Walt Frank (Altoona Mirror) Cars and trucks are capable of running on E-10 gasoline - gas that contains 10 percent ethanol - but it may not be so good for boats and other machinery with small engines. Service departments at
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
South Dakota Research Project Could Help Colonize Space
(NewsWise/South Dakota State University) Humans may move one step closer to colonizing space thanks to a new research project that NASA is funding at South Dakota State University, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Oglala Lakota College. The
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
In Detail: The Wood Burning Beaver XR7
by Brian Moody (Translogic) ...Although "Beaver" is a strange moniker for a car, Chip Beam has a good reason for naming his ride after the trunk-chewing critter; after all, the Beaver XR7 runs on wood (or any other
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Terrabon, Inc. Awarded $9.6 Million by Logos Technologies to Produce 6000 Liters of Renewable Jet Fuel for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
(Terrabon, Inc.) Terrabon, Inc., a Houston-based bioenergy company, announced today that it has been awarded a $9.6 million, 18-month contract by Logos Technologies to design a more economical and renewable jet fuel (BioJet TM ) production solution for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Portland Says NOPE to Bio Fuels Energy Plant
(YouandFilms.com) ...Nope (http://nope.org.uk/) has been campaigning against the biofuel electric plant for more than 2 years. The plant has been approved by the local government but no building works have started. If the plan gets built we will see vast
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Energy Independence: On-Farm Biodiesel Production
Roger Rainville is ahead of the curve when it comes to reducing costs on his farm near Alburgh, Vermont. ...Rainville first got interested in oilseed production when University of Vermont Extension approached him about growing canola seed on his farm. Initially,
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Boeing and Embraer to Fund Sugarcane Biofuel Study
by Kerry Reals (FlightGlobal) Boeing and Embraer are to jointly fund a sustainability analysis into producing renewable jet fuel sourced from Brazilian sugarcane. The study, which is also being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will evaluate the environmental effects of
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Analysis: Cellulosic Ethanol Industry Struggles to Take Off
by Tom Doggett (Reuters) ...Despite years of research, testing and some hype, the next-generation ethanol industry is far from the commercial success envisioned by President George W. Bush in 2006, when he pledged so-called cellulosic biofuels would be "practical and
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Messiah College Uses Flower Power to Save Money, Environment
(ABC27.com) Messiah College has been around for over 100 years, but they're trying something for the first time this year. The school is a couple of months into what they are calling, "The Sunflower Power project." ...The school is growing five acres of
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Airline's Pioneering Biofuel Flight Grounded after Delivery Hitch
(Click Green) The UK's first commercial flight powered by sustainable biofuels has been postponed after delivery problems, airline Thomson Airways confirmed this afternoon. Thomson Airways' flight TOM7424 from Birmingham to Palma was scheduled to make aviation history tomorrow by being the
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Joule Awarded Patents for High-Volume Ethanol Production from Sunlight and CO2
(American Fuels) Joule Unlimited Technologies today (July 27, 2011) announced the issuance of its first two U.S. patents covering its fundamental method for producing ethanol at volumes and efficiencies far surpassing biomass-dependent processes. The patents relate to methods for increasing the
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
New Study Finds U.S. Ethanol Production Growth Has Not Triggered Indirect Land Use Change
(PR NewsWire/-- Prior studies failed to compare land use predictions to historical data A new study published in the July 2011 Biomass and Bioenergy Journal on indirect land use change (ILUC) due to biofuels production indicates that the real impact of U.S. biofuels
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Ready For a New Fuel Mix in a Dual Fuel Engine?
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) An award-winning University of Wisconsin-Madison team led by professor Rolf Reitz will showcase at the Wisconsin State Fair a student hybrid vehicle for advanced fuel technology that harnesses the advantages of both diesel and gasoline. The fuels
July 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Sun Grant BioWeb Reaches out to K-12 Teachers
(South Dakota State University) The Sun Grant BioWeb, an online resource that makes information available about bioenergy and other plant-based products from biomass, is reaching out to K-12 teachers who will teach the next generation of consumers and scientists. Professor Kim
July 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Farms of the Future: Bio-oil, Biochar from Biomass
by Lance Nixon (Renewable Energy World) Those pyrolysis plants would pass that crude “bio-oil” on to refineries elsewhere to be made into drop-in fuels and industrial chemicals; they would capture and use for their own energy needs a byproduct called