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The Green Behind Green Crude

By Jennifer McEntee (The Voice of San Diego) Investors are a tough crowd to cultivate. Yet in the pond that is the biotechnology market, one product seems to be rising to the top like the green sludge it is: algae. Its

August 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Blender Pump Opens in ND

by Michelle Kautz (DomesticFuel) Grand Forks, North Dakota is now offering flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) owners the choice at the pump. The Valley Dairy station at 2401 S. Columbia Road is offering the ethanol blends of E20, E30, and E85. ...Currently,

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Kettering University to Debut Biofuel Pickup Truck Tied to Swedish Biogas Plant in Flint

by Beata Mostafavi (Flint Journal) The white Chevy Silverado in Kettering University’s parking lot could be a symbol of a future Flint — one where cars, trucks and buses run on biofuel produced in the city. It looks like any other pickup,

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14.4 Mgy Iranian Ethanol Project Advances

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Iran, IranOilGas.com reports that Iran Ethanol is underway with construction at its 14.4 Mgy ethanol plant in Khuzestan province, which could be used as a big potential source of energy. READ MORE and MORE

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Genera Energy and Alcoa Partner to Grow Switchgrass in Blount County; Planting has significant environmental benefit

(Genera Energy) Land owned by Alcoa Inc, Tennessee Operations, is now being used to grow a popular perennial grass known for producing cellulosic ethanol. Approximately 238 acres of switchgrass have been planted on property that Alcoa leases to a local farmer

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Joule Unlimited: ‘Fuel from Thin Air’ Comes Closer, Clearer

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Massachusetts, the secretive Joule Unlimited (then known as Joule Biotechnologies) emerged late last year from “stealth mode” with the startling announcement that their technology could produce up to 15,000 gallons per acre of drop-in hydrocarbon

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Third and Fourth Generation Biofuels: Technologies, Markets and Economics Through 2015

(GTM Research) ...In this report, we focus on "third-generation" algae biofuels and "fourth-generation" biofuels that are either created using petroleum-like hydroprocessing, advanced bio-chemistry, or revolutionary processes like Joule’s "solar-to-fuel" method that defies any other category of biofuels. The opportunities that

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Robert Vitale Reinvents the Paddlewheel

by Tamra Fakhoorian (Algae Industry Magazine) Reinventing the wheel is usually frowned upon, but in the case of the Waterwheel Factory’s development of high-tech paddlewheels for open pond raceways, it is paying off nicely in terms of better efficiencies for the

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Drayson Racing Sweeps ALMS Weekend at Road America

Drayson Racing swept every major accolade for this weekend's American Le Mans Series event at Road America. From being quickest in every practice, earning the pole position in resounding style, posting the quickest race lap, achieving its second Michelin® Green

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Man Develops Machine That Turns Plastic Into Oil

Akinori Ito of the Blest corporation in Japan had a simple idea. The premise was take plastic which is made from oil and turn it back in to oil. The following short explains the process fully and how this simple

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Roundup Ready Sugar Beet Issue Remanded to APHIS

by Sandra Hansen (Star-Herald) According to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, the current crop of Roundup Ready sugar beets may be harvested and processed. Judge Jeffrey White on Friday, Aug. 13, denied plaintiffs’ motion for a permanent

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Researchers: Diverse Feedstocks Key to Sustainable, Successful Biofuels Industry

(Ag Professional) ...Concerns about net energy and greenhouse gas emissions, in addition to its effect on food and feed pricing are driving researchers at the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of Illinois and at the University of California Berkeley

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10 of Cargill’s Next-Gen Biofuel Bets

by Katie Fehrenbacher (Earth2Tech/Reuters) ...Cargill is one of the larger producers of ethanol and biodiesel in the U.S. and has corn ethanol production plants in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri, as well as biofuel assets in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, among other

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Company to Demonstrate Ethanol Extraction in Woodbine

by Ben Leach (Press of Atlantic City) A multimillion-dollar ethanol plant is planned for a former landfill site, but members of the community can get a sneak peak of the technology in action next week. Garden State Ethanol will demonstrate extracting the

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Some Question E85's Staying Power

by Norman Cox (The Indy Channel) Five years ago, it was being promoted as a partial solution to the imported oil problem and a great opportunity for Indiana farmers, but E85 fuel hasn't taken off as its supporters had hoped. ...Thornton's

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Here Comes the Air-Hybrid Engine

by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia) Scuderi Engine says it can improve efficiency—and likely car mileage—with a new type of engine. ...While electric cars grab all of the headlines, efficient combustion engines may actually well play a larger role in reducing gas consumption

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Scientist IDs Genes that Promise to Make Biofuel Production More Efficient, Economical

(EurekAlert) A University of Illinois metabolic engineer has taken the first step toward the more efficient and economical production of biofuels by developing a strain of yeast with increased alcohol tolerance. Biofuels are produced through microbial fermentation of biomass crops, which yield

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Deadline Set for Logan Cleanup / Biofuel May Be Answer to Sewage Lagoon Algae Woes

(Standard-Examiner) Utah environmental regulators have set a seven-year deadline for Logan officials to cut the amount of phosphorus in sewage lagoons west of the city. Water from the lagoons discharges into Cutler Reservoir. Phosphorous fuels algae blooms that produce oxygen during the day,

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Florida Ethanol Plant Gets Boost from New Jersey Solar Firm

(Get Solar.com) In many ways, it's a match made in renewable energy heaven. A South Lake County, Florida garbage-to-ethanol plant will soon begin installing a massive solar installation with the aid of Edison, New Jersey solar installer and developer SunDurance

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10 Top Solar Biofuels Projects

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Aside from the general observation that nearly all energy systems ultimately are based on today’s or yesterday’s solar energy (only geothermal and nuclear power are distinct exceptions), a new generation of technologies is bringing solar

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Another Brick in the (Blend) Wall: Key Thresholds and Barriers for Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But even were the US EPA to approve E15 ethanol blending, there are some other significant walls and thresholds to keep in mind. Here are the Digest’s Top 10. 1. The $60 oil parity wall. At the

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Sustainable Biochar to Mitigate Global Climate Change

by Dominic Woolf, James E. Amonette, F. Alayne Street-Perrott, Johannes Lehmann & Stephen Joseph (Nature Communications) Production of biochar (the carbon (C)-rich solid formed by pyrolysis of biomass) and its storage in soils have been suggested as a means of abating

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Whisky By-Products Used to Produce Biofuel to Power Cars

(Telegraph) Scientists say they have created a new biofuel made from whisky by-products which could be used to help power cars currently on the road. Edinburgh Napier University has filed a patent for the product, which can be used in ordinary

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Candidate for Ag Commissioner Talks Biofuels

by Bob Thaxton (The Gazette-Enterprise) Hank Gilbert, the Democrats’ nominee for Texas agriculture commissioner, discussed his proposed biofuels policy here Thursday during the next-to-last stop on a 13-city tour around the state. ...“Texas has the potential to become a major biofuels

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POET, Farmers Kick Off Commercial Biomass Harvest for Project LIBERTY Cellulosic Ethanol

(POET) Construction underway on storage area for biomass bales in Emmetsburg, Iowa Farmers and POET today celebrated the upcoming collection and delivery of 56,000 tons of baled corn cobs and light stover in the first commercial harvest for Project LIBERTY. POET CEO Jeff

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METRO Applauds Mayor Bloomberg for Signing NYC Biodiesel Heating Oil Legislation into Law

(PRNewsWire) METRO Terminals, which is currently building one of the country's largest biodiesel processing facilities adjacent to its biofuels and petroleum terminal in Brooklyn, expressed great excitement after Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed Intro 194-A into law on August 16th. The law

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Readout from Sino-U.S. Advanced Biofuels Forum

By Chanda Beckman & Kirsten Rasmussen (USDA Foreign Agriculture Information Service) On May 27, 2010, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted the fist Sino-U.S. Advanced Biofuels Forum in Beijing.

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Tata Motors Eyes Tie-Ups in World Tour

(The Financial Express) ...Asked about plans to take the Nano global, Telang said many of the emerging markets have a similar requirement as that of India. “In the SAARC countries, the expectations of vehicles are similar to that in India.

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Gathers Corn Ethanol Debate Articles

edited by Reid Lifset (Journal of Industrial Ecology) Includes Corn Ethanol Articles Related to Debate over Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Corn-Ethanol The Journal of Industrial Ecology is pleased to make the following articles on the greenhouse gas emissions from corn-ethanol freely available

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Air Resources Board Is Clinging to Old Science

by Joe Irvin (Capitol Weekly) This week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) convened a group of experts to discuss issues related to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) that was approved last year. The Expert Working Group has been

August 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Fuel Effort Grows: Tulsa University Students Researching Alternatives

by Rod Walton (Tulsa World) ..."I got into it because of the potential with algae," said Geoffrey Price, professor, department chairman and part of the research team. "It's because they take in sunlight more efficiently than other plants." Price and his

August 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Ag Secretary Candidate Thicke Promotes 'New Vision'

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register) Francis Thicke of Fairfield, the Democratic candidate for Iowa agriculture secretary, used his State Fair Soapbox speech Wednesday to call for a "new vision" for Iowa agriculture based on renewable fuels, ecologically sustainable production

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Corn Growers Stress Ethanol Efficiency Gains

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel) ...Dr. Steffen Mueller, Principal Research Economist for the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, did two presentations at the CUTC, both related to the increasing efficiency of ethanol production that continues to

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BIRD Foundation Announces $4.2 Million Investments in Cooperative Clean Energy Projects

(PRNewsWire) Awards Were Approved for Joint Development Projects Between the United States and Israel in the Areas Of Biofuels, Wind Energy, Solar Energy and Energy Efficiency The BIRD Foundation will invest $4.2M in five clean energy cooperative projects, between U.S. and

August 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Camelina Meal Now Available for Use in Laying Hens

(PRNewsWire) The North American Camelina Trade Association (NACTA) today announced the achievement of yet another milestone in its efforts to build camelina production and marketing opportunities for growers. The industry received a letter of no objection from the Center for

August 19, 2010 Read Full Article

On Land, Air and Sea, a Retrofit Mission

by Todd Woody (New York Times) Want to stimulate demand for renewable energy? Send in the Marines. That was Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’s message when he outlined plans to slash the Navy and Marine Corps’ dependence on fossil fuels during an appearance

August 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Marines Look to Biofuels for Energy

by Laura Oleniacz (ENC Today) The commanding general in charge of many of the Marines Corps’ installations on the East Coast said that locally produced biofuels could help the Marines meet the “considerable” renewable energy goals required by federal law. Maj. Gen.

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Smart Plugs Fuels Innovation with Ethanol-Based Generator

by By Ralph Bartholdt (Bonner County Daily Bee) ...Endorsed by California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, the E-FUEL MicroFueler like the one sitting in Mark Cherry’s shop near the Sandpoint airport is the first home ethanol refinery and pumping system in the region. It

August 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Butter Holds the Secret to the Latest Biodiesel Fuel

by Kenneth Chang (New York Times) “It was something we wanted to show could be done,” said Michael J. Haas, a research biochemist at the United States Department of Agriculture. “It’s quirky,” he acknowledged of the dairy-to-diesel research, which was published in

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Sewage-Powered Volkswagen Beetle Relies on Six ‘Movements’ per Mile

(Environmental Transport Association) A car unveiled this week by Wessex Water that runs on methane gas generated from fermented human waste may have a performance comparable with a petrol-powered vehicle, but range may prove a problem; the converted Volkswagen Beetle

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Sudan Secures Funds for New Sugar Factory

by Opheera McDoom (Reuters) Sudan has secured funding for a new 140,000 tonne sugar factory which will also produce 30 million litres of ethanol by November 2014, in the latest step to gear the African nation's sugar industry towards export. Executive Director

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Range Fuels Produces Cellulosic Methanol From First Commercial Cellulosic Biofuels Plant

(PR Newswire) Range Fuels' Commercial Cellulosic Biofuels Plant near Soperton, Georgia Produces Cellulosic Methanol from Non-Food Biomass Range Fuels, Inc., a company focused on commercially producing low-carbon biofuels and clean renewable power, today announced that it has produced cellulosic methanol from the

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The Blue Phoenix: BlueFire Ethanol Repositions as BlueFire Renewables

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The Digest took the opportunity to visit with BlueFire’s CEO Arnold Klann, who has been working in the cellulosic biofuels space for more than a decade, and continues to be a driving force in the

August 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol at Boom/Bust Crossroads

by Elton Robinson (Southeast Farm Press) ...It’s not what President Barack Obama has been saying in recent speeches that worried several market analysts speaking at the Brock Decision 2010 Seminar in Memphis. It’s what he hasn’t been saying. In speeches outlining

August 17, 2010 Read Full Article

New Mexico Algae Project Receives Funding

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson recently announced that $200,000 in Recovery Act funding has been awarded to New Mexico State University. A portion of that funding will go to the university’s Renewable Energy, Water and

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Ethanol Generated from Seaweed

(The Japan Times) Scientists from Tohoku University and Tohoku Electric Power Co. have developed a technology to efficiently generate ethanol from seaweed such as sea tangle and sea grape, group members said Saturday. The technology uses natural yeast discovered by the group

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U.S. Army Investigates Salt Lake Biofuel Crop

by Jeremiah Stettler (Salt Lake Tribune) The prickly leafed crop is hardly inviting — it is like a weed sprouting atop 20 acres of parched government land near Salt Lake City International Airport. And yet, the safflower planted as part of Salt

August 17, 2010 Read Full Article

A Better Ethanol Policy

by Robert Rapier (Consumer Energy Report/R Squared Energy Blog) ...Reader Paul Nash came up with a specific plan... Specific Recommendations Scrap the VEETC (since there is a mandate already and it expires at the end of 2010). Maintain a producer’s credit for cellulosic

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The Land Rush Doesn't Have to End in a Poor Deal for Africans

by Katie Allen (The Guardian) It is not too late for equitable partnerships to flourish between foreign investors and local communities ...Sadly for anyone who happens to live on that farmland there are countless examples of governments handing it over at

August 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Holst Biofuels Offers Promising Innovations, Savings for Agriculture

by Rudy Kemppainen (Hancock County Journal-Pilot) ...Holst Biofuels, which is an offshoot to its main farming operation, has proved to be a particularly valuable adjunct to the total profit picture, one which can likely be adapted to many area farming operations. “I

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Wildcatters: The New IPO fever…Who’s Next?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...There has been, unsurprisingly, a ton of chatter about the sector, which escalated significantly last week with the PetroAlgae and Gevo announcements. ...The IPO is generally a liquidity event, providing lucrative exits for early investors. But

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BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Rebrands as BlueFire Renewables, Inc.

(Blue Fire Renewables) Name Change Designed to Better Reflect Its Fuel and Energy Production Capabilities BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, today announced that

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Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: Why a Tire Company Sponsors the Green Racing Trophy—A Look Backward and Forward

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) You’d have a pretty dangerous drinking game if you downed a shot every time a car racing announcer said “a slight air pressure adjustment” or if you liberated a piece of clothing for every

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Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: G-Oil’s Perspective on Green Racing

Green Earth Team Gunner ALMS prototype challenge. photo: J.Ivancic by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) If there is any doubt that the Green Earth Technologies (G-Oil) Gunnar Racing Team stands for green racing, then you aren’t looking at the American Le

August 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Is There a Road Ahead for Cellulosic Ethanol?

by Robert F. Service (Science Magazine) Much of the optimism surrounding cellulosic ethanol has faded because of the ongoing economic slump, a plentiful supply of ethanol made from corn, and uncertainty among policymakers. Numerous companies have either shelved plans to

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Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure

by Tom Richard (Pennsylvania State University/Science) Rapid growth in demand for lignocellulosic bioenergy will require major changes in supply chain infrastructure. Even with densification and preprocessing, transport volumes by mid-century are likely to exceed the combined capacity of current agricultural

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Industrial Production Algal Biodiesel Feasible within a Half Decade

(Wageningen University/Science Daily) Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production by a factor of

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Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: Innovative Fuels; or Getting the Right Fuel in the Right Tank

[caption id="attachment_11353" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="BP Biofuels shrinking presence on the Dyson Racing Mazda, but still very much powering the Lola. photo: J.Ivancic "][/caption] by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) The classic 2010 Mid-Ohio American Le Mans race was this year's showcase of biofuel

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Nine Challenges of Alternative Energy

by David Fridley (Post Carbon Institute) excerpt: Unlike conventional fossil fuels, where nature provided energy over millions of years to convert biomass into energy-dense solids, liquids, and gases--requiring only extraction and transportation technolgy for us to mobilize them--alternative energy depends

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Natural Oil Discovered in “Diesel Tree”

by Carol Christian (Fort McMurray Today) ...John Mitchell, general manager of Bedford Biofuels, explained the company has 160,000 hectares of prime development land for jatropha cultivation in the eastern coastal region of Kenya with 200,000 additional hectares being secured. Its

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Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Stakeholder Announcement

(US Department of Agriculture) On March 12, 2010, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (the Agency) published a notice in the Federal Register for the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program seeking requests from eligible advanced biofuel producers for additional, supplemental payments from the

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Algae – Will Bulls or Bears rule?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...A significant number of voices in the community continue to caution that algal biofuels are 10 years away, or likely to arrive at commercial scale only in the waning years of the existing Renewable Fuel

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New York County Welcomes Sunoco's Foray into Biofuels

by Andrew Maykuth (Philadelphia Inquirer) Sunoco Inc. is producing a new brew at a former Miller Brewing Co. plant. Last month, the Philadelphia refiner began distilling corn ethanol at a massive converted brewery just outside the Fulton city limits in central New

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HPD Highcroft, Flying Lizard Prosche Claim MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge Honors at Mid-Ohio

(Michelin) Repeat winners were the order of the day in the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge at Mid Ohio. Finishing second in the overall race by 0.506 seconds and taking their second MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge win of the season were the E10

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Opportunities and Barriers for International Bioenergy Trade

by Martin Junginger, Jinke van Dam, Simonetta Zarrilli, Fatin Ali Mohamed, Didier Marchal, and Andre Faaij (IEA Bioenergy) Task 40 under the IEA Bioenergy Agreement entitled: ‘Sustainable International Bioenergy trade; securing supply and demand’, started in 2004 and currently has fourteen country members

August 13, 2010 Read Full Article

APOV: A Strong Case for Ethanol

by John M. Sawyer and Michael C. Sawyer (The Daily News) ...Corn ethanol is not responsible for destruction of forest land. Total U.S. crop acres are actually declining, total U.S. land devoted to crops will be 346 million acres in

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Wide Range of Plants Offer Cellulosic Biofuel Potential, Ecological Diversity

(EurekAlert) When it comes to selecting the right plant source for future cellulosic biofuel production, the solution won't be one-size-fits-all, and it certainly doesn't have to involve food and feed crops. In a "Perspective" article in the Aug. 13 edition of the

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Camelina Gaining Favor with Farmers for Biodiesel

(AgWired) Farmers in several regions of the U.S. are discovering a new potential cash crop – camelina. Camelina is beginning to find favor with both the biofuels industry as a strong potential feedstock for biodiesel, as well as with farmers who

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The Summer of IPOs: Gevo Files $150M Initial Public Offering

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In New York, biobutanol and renewable chemical developer Gevo, ranked #13 in the 2009-10 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” by Biofuels Digest readers and international selectors, filed its S-1 registration statement with the SEC for

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LakeMaster Building Algae-to-Biofuel System

by Joseph Holroyd (Algae Industry Magazine) LakeMaster Corporation, a clean energy technology company headquartered in Rochester, New York, is engaged in the development and commercialization of a proprietary algal to biofuel system that captures carbon dioxide. The company recently filed for

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Biorefinery a Step Closer

by Bob Boughner (Chatham Daily News) A proposed $38-million Chatham facility designed to prove corn cobs can be used to produce ethanol fuel received $4 million Wednesday from the province. The (Ontario) government is supporting the development of innovative, bio-fuel technology by Greenfield

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Update Ethanol Subsidies to Pressure OPEC

by John D. Graham (Lexington Herald-Leader/McClatchy-Tribune) Editorial ...Due to large swings in oil prices, which are partly manipulated by OPEC, a domestic ethanol industry wouldn't survive without government support. Countries with strong ethanol industries such as Brazil have pro-ethanol policies. ...Now is

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Electric Aircraft Generates Buzz at Oshkosh Air Show

by Jon Hilkevitch (Chicago Tribune) Imagine a hyper-efficient aircraft as large as a Boeing 737, although weighing much less. It would run quieter and cleaner than any other commercial plane ever made, requiring two-thirds less energy, according to NASA-funded research. The hybrid-powered

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The AIM Interview: OriginOil’s Brian Goodall

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) ... “I’ve always wanted to work on things that are really important, at least to the company where I’m working and, ideally, beyond that. I don’t mind how big the challenge is or how hard

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Sugar Stakeholders Seek Palace Assistance

by James Konstantin Galvez (The Manila Times) Some 100 sugarcane industry stakeholders asked the support of the Department of Agriculture during a recent dialogue in providing the necessary equipment in the mechanization of sugarcane production for both sugar and ethanol.

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Jet Fuel from Plants: A Way to Get a High-Energy Fuel out of an Abundant and Renewable Resource.

by Nidhi Subbaraman (Technology Review) ...The company, Gevo, has engineered a yeast that helps transform the cellulose found in wood chips and plant stalks into butanol, an ingredient of gasoline. The researchers can then modify the butanol into jet fuel. Butanol

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Auburn Forest-Products Firm Receives $1 Million Biofuel Grant

by C.R. Roberts (The News Tribune) Auburn-based Forest Concepts LLC has won a $1 million Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research grant for the second phase of a biomass-production system. The system makes uniform particles from wood waste, and the particles

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Switchgrass Highlighted at Farm and Field Day

by Carlton Purvis (SCNow.com) Native grass burns cleaner than coal and promotes wildlife. The Pee Dee Research and Education Center announced the next step in its study of switchgrass as an alternative energy source during its annual Pee Dee Farm Field Day on Tuesday. Later

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Denton, TX to Have E85 and Biodiesel

by Michelle Kautz (DomesticFuels) ... City of Denton Fleet Services Division in Denton, Texas has been awarded a $599,860 grant to install E85 and Biodiesel. The award is part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds by the North Texas

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Gilbert Plan: Bring Jobs to Texas through Biofuels

by Jj Valesquez (Victoria Advocate) ...Hank Gilbert spoke on the steps of the Victoria County Courthouse, his cowboy hat shading him from the 95-degree heat, about his plan to make Texas a major biofuels producer. "What biofuels can do is add

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Obama Signs Bill Trimming DOE Renewable Energy Loan Total

by Jean Chemnick (Platts) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed legislation that would fund emergency assistance to various states, partly through the trimming of $1.5 billion in funding for renewable energy loan guarantees. The US House of Representatives approved the

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First Wild Canola Plants With Modified Genes Found in United States

(Newswire) Scientists at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have found populations of wild plants with genes from genetically modified canola in the United States. Globally, canola can interbreed with 40 different weed species, and 25 percent of those weeds can

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Magor Promoting Jatropha Plantations in NE

(The Assam Tribune) The D1 Williamson Magor Bio Fuel Ltd has developed jatropha plantation over 51,000 hectares of land and the plantation carried out by the company in 2007 has started yielding sub-commercial crops ... The yield of the plantation

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Chinese Experts Urge Government to Halt Corn-Based Ethanol Production on Price, Food Security Concerns

(People's Daily) China's industrial experts are advising the government to halt projects making ethanol bio-fuel with corn, as the projects are pushing up corn prices and sparking food security concerns. Zhao Youshan, director of the Commercial Petroleum Flow Committee (CPFC) under

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The Benefits of Ethanol

byGen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.) (New York Times) Letter to Editor: ...The consequences include not only huge environmental risks, but a $300 billion-a-year drain from our economy to pay for imported petroleum. Growth Energy’s Fueling Freedom plan would redirect the ethanol

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Governor Riley Visits Enterprise, AL on Thursday

(WTVY) ...Governor Riley will join local officials to celebrate the grand opening of a biodiesel facility that uses cooking oil collected from area restaurants to produce fuel for city vehicles and equipment. The project was funded in part with a

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Promising Ethanol Yeast Nears Market Launch

(Xylogencis, Inc.) ...Two-year-old Xylogenics Inc. also says it plans to license its first bioengineered yeast later this year. This version is intended to boost yields and lower costs of making the automotive fuel ethanol at conventional distilleries that use corn. The

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PetroAlgae Files for $200M IPO; Goldman, UBS, Citi, Piper Jaffray Underwriting

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The announcement was greeted with a hilariously inaccurate story in the New York Times, which apparently confused PetroAlgae’s technology with the OMEGA project developed by NASA (NASA proposed to grow algae in sealed bags floating

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Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: The Last of the Privateers Show How It’s Done. Jonny Cocker Puts the Cellulosic Ethanol Drayson Lola on the Pole

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) We’ve written a fair amount about Lord Paul Drayson’s Green Racing efforts and for good reason. Since joining the ALMS circuit in 2008 Paul and Elspeth Drayson, and the team led by Dale

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DOE Announces Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

(US Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). Eliminated during the last administration, SEAB is being reestablished under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The twelve member board comprised

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San Francisco Green Party Opposes Biodiesel, Arguing It's Not Eco-Friendly

Peter Jamison (SF Weekly) ...The Examiner reported this morning that a facility that renders bones and fat from slaughtered animals into oil is moving to upgrade its facilities to make biodiesel from animal parts, as well as from used cooking

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POET Conducts Biomass Harvest Research in Texas

(POET) Work will focus on maximizing corn cob removal for cellulosic ethanol. POET this week will begin harvest research in corn fields near Navasota, Texas to learn more about biomass collection for cellulosic ethanol production. POET uses corn cobs and light stover

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What’s New and Cool: What Inventors are Inventing in Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, here’s a look at some of the more interesting biofuel-related patent applications logged at the US Patent and Trademark Office in recent weeks. The USPTO’s archive is not for the faint of heart, or

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World Conference of Bioenergy April 25-29 Dalian, China

Theme: Developing Bio-renewable Energy from Nature WCBE-2011 aims to bring together industry leaders, professors, policy makers, investors, and researchers and provide a unique insight into evolving governmental policies, breakthrough technologies, major project updates and investment strategies for this multi-billion dollar

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Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: The Little Team That Could! Dyson Lola Wins Emotional Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Race with Bio-Isobutanol (From BP)

By Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Imagine. Imagine you’re a small but very smart racing team with a history of innovation and success. Following your strengths, you spent a considerable amount of money modifying your turbocharged engines to run on

August 11, 2010 Read Full Article

BFC Leverages Platform for Commercial Scale Biomass Gasification Feasibility Program

(PR.com/BFC) BFC recently created the Rapid Verification ProgramTM a program designed for prospective clients to test their alternative fuels, at tonnage levels, with immediate analysis of the synthesis gas produced and full reports on anticipated operational production results. BFC helps