Purdue University scientists have defined a hidden second option plants have for making an essential amino acid that could be the first step in boosting plants' nutritional value and improving biofuel production potential. The amino acid phenylalanine is required to build
Biofuels and Global Trade Study Goes Online
"Global trade and environmental impact of the EU biofuels mandate" is the title of a study finalised by the International Food Policy Research Institute this 25 March 2010. The report is one of four studies commissioned by the European Commission
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President Obama Recognizes Military Leadership in Advanced Biofuels Development
...Well, if there’s any doubt about the leadership that our military is showing, you just need to look at this F-18 fighter and the light-armored vehicle behind me. The Army and Marine Corps have been testing this vehicle on a
April 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Department of Energy to Invest Nearly $18 Million for Advanced Biofuels User Facility
U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Cathy Zoi today announced that the Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will build an advanced biofuels process development facility aimed at speeding the commercialization of advanced biofuels by
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GSA Doubles the Federal Hybrid Fleet, DOE Takes the Lead in Updating to Hybrids
Agencies Move to Increase Energy Security and Fuel Efficiency. President Obama announced March 31, 2010, that the Federal Government will lead by example in replacing older cars in the federal fleet with fuel efficient hybrids and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, reducing our
April 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Massachusetts City Agrees to Begin Talks on Waste-to-Ethanol Project
by Charles Winokoor (Tauton Daily Gazette) The city’s plans for what would be a landmark ethanol-based waste treatment plant cleared an important hurdle at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. The Council and its Committee on Solid Waste voted unanimously to enter
April 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Honeywell's UOP and Indian Oil Corp. to Collaborate on Biofuels Project in India
Companies would evaluate non-food Indian feedstocks for the production of green diesel and green jet fuels as well as the development of renewable power applications from biomass waste. UOP, a Honeywell company, announced March 31, 2010, that it signed a memorandum
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Construction Complete on Commercial-Scale Photobioreactor Demo for Algae Production
National Algae Association is pleased to announce that construction has been completed on a commercial-scale photobioreactor (PBR) demo located at Lone Star College in The Woodlands, Texas. “Thanks to donations of materials, time and effort by Ed Baker, Harvel Plastics,
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
E20 Fuel Reduces Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbon Emissions in Automobiles, Has No Measurable Impact on Drivability or Maintenance
A new study by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of E20 fuel, which blends 20 percent ethanol with gasoline, reduces the tail pipe emissions of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, compared
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Biodiesel Plant to Break Ground in May
by Richard Johnson (GlobeGazette.com) ...Mt. Valley will use all types of feed stock — grease, soy, sunflower seeds — in a closed-loop, emissions-free facility. It will be able to produce 3 million gallons of biodiesel fuel per year for its first
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Funding Secured for New Facility to Produce Biofuels
by Leah Beth Ward (YakimaHerald.com) The parent company of the AB Foods-Washington Beef processing plant in Toppenish has won $2 million in grants and loans to create a biofuels company that will transform waste into diesel. AB Bioenergy will use the
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Petroleum Industry Files Suit Over Renewable Fuel Standard
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) ...Both the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed the lawsuit Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the EPA rule, officially published
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
For The First Time, Researchers Harvest Raw Electric Current Directly From Algae
(Popular Science) ...But a collaboration of Korean and Californian researchers wanted to take raw electricity directly from algae themselves by harvesting electrons. Using the common Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a test subject, the researchers applied what's known as an overvoltage -- a
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Microbes Reprogrammed to Ooze Oil for Renewable Biofuel
(Physorg.com) Using genetic sleight of hand, researcher Xinyao Liu and professor Roy Curtiss at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have coaxed photosynthetic microbes to secrete oil—bypassing energy and cost barriers that have hampered green biofuel production. Their results appear in
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Air Force Officials Take Step toward Cleaner Fuel, Energy Independence
by Samuel King, Jr. (Air Force Material Command) Air Force officials, embracing the national priorities of cleaner fuel and energy independence, took a step toward a greener, energy independent future when an A-10C Thunderbolt II here took to the air
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Motorists to Drive on World's First 'Green' Tires within Next 5 Years
(YahooNews, ANI) A revolutionary new technology that produces a key tire ingredient from renewable feedstocks rather than petroleum-derived feedstocks will enable motorists to drive on the world's first "green" tires within the next five years. The technology, described at the 239th
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Company Promotes In-Field Production of “Sorganol”
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) An Iowa inventor and entrepreneur is promoting a harvester he developed that can produce ethanol from sweet sorghum right in the field. Lee McClune of Knoxville, Iowa invented the SORGANOL® Process (PatPend) and Sor-Cane Harvester after studying
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
South Dakota Advocate: Use Ethanol to Save Your Kids' Lives
by Mikkel Pates (AgWeek) For Orrie Swayze, all roads eventually lead to ethanol. They have for a long time. As the still-young ethanol fuel industry returns to profitability in the wake of the financial crisis in the industry two years ago, this
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
EPA Awards Small Business Grants for Biofuels and Vehicle Emissions Reduction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $2.38 million to 34 small businesses to develop innovative, sustainable technologies to protect human health and the environment. These efforts will help improve air quality, protect our water, work to decrease the
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Federal Legislation for Ethanol Pipeline Being Introduced
March 29, 2010, Congressman Leonard Boswell (D-IA) and Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE) held a news conference to highlight a bipartisan effort to boost our country’s homegrown energy industry by improving infrastructure for moving ethanol from the Midwest to the rest
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
GM Partners with U.S. Department of Energy to Develop Jatropha-to-Biodiesel Project in India
General Motors Co. announced on March 30, 2010, a five-year partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop the potential of the jatropha plant as a sustainable biofuel energy crop. Traditionally considered a weed, jatropha plants produce
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Merrimack High School Biodiesel Crew Wants to Turn Algae into Energy
by Karen Lovett (Nashua Telegraph) ...Closer to home, the Merrimack Biodiesel Crew has also been experimenting with algae, growing different types in flasks on a science lab windowsill. Now, the crew hopes to expand its operation – and host other environmentally
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Green Rest Stops Planned in Ohio
by Michelle Kautz (DomesticFuel.com) According to the Associated Press, the Ohio Turnpike Commission has announced plans to open up two “green” rest areas, powered by renewable energy such as wind or solar power and they will carry E85. READ MORE
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Digest Special Report on Biofuels, Genomics, and Feedstock Development
by Mackinnon Lawrence (Biofuels Digest) ...Genomics research can be applied to energy crops to select for sequencing based on relevance to the DOE missions. Projects focus on one of three key aspects: the development of biofuel feedstocks; the identification of
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Historic Performance by G-Oil's Green Earth Team Gunnar: Class Pole Position and Full Race Completion for Revolutionary Team
(American Le Mans Series) G-Oil’s Green Earth Team Gunnar made history and an unprecedented run in the season-opening round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón at Sebring International Raceway over the weekend. The team was not
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Global Ethanol Production to Reach 85.9 Billion Litres in 2010: Global Renewable Fuels Alliance Releases 2010 Biofuels Production Forecast
The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) March 21, 2010, released its 2010 production forecast for ethanol and the future continues to look positive for growth in the industry. Total fuel ethanol production for 2009 was 73.9 billion litres according to data assembled by
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
North American Grid Operators Study Concludes 1M Plug-in Electric Vehicles May Be On the Road by 2020; Staggered Charging Can Reduce Potential Negative Impact on Grid
(Green Car Congress) A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. Their study, “Assessment
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
New Fuel Economy Standards May Benefit Ethanol
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) ...The easiest way to gain the improved fuel economy is through “engine downsizing,” in other words, using smaller engines. But the new smaller engine technologies will not mean less power, like in the past. According to
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Washington Post Supplement Highlights Advanced Biofuels
“Advanced Biofuels: Your Guide to Sustainable Energy Sources” was published on March 31, 2010, by MediaPlanet as a supplement to the Capitol Hill editions of the Washington Post and will be distributed at coming advanced biofuels conferences and events. As part
April 01, 2010 Read Full Article
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
MSU Researchers to Use NSF Grant to Develop Better Scientists
(Michigan State University) A $2.65 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation will allow Michigan State University graduate students to hone their skills as science communicators and teachers by working with K-12 students and teachers. The grant will fund eight
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
MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge - Michelin to Continue the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge
(Michelin) Building on the success it encountered in 2009, the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge is to be organised once again and will this year cover the American Le Mans Series, the Le Mans Series, the Asian Le Mans Series and
March 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Scientists Look to Tobacco as a Potential Biofuel
by Michael Felberbaum (AP) ...Tobacco is an attractive "energy plant" because it can generate a large amount of oil and sugar more efficiently than other crops, said Vyacheslav Andrianov, a researcher at the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University in
March 29, 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
Botswana Plans a 50m-Litre Per Year Biodiesel Plant
by Mokagedi Gaotlhobogwe (MmegiOnline) Coal-rich Botswana has announced its ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions by setting up a 50 million-litre per year bio-diesel processing plant to be fed from jatropha (oil seed) plantations by 2012. The project will be funded
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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
British Airways Calls for Carbon Revenues to Be Used to Help Scale up the Development of Aviation Biofuels
(GreenAirOnline) Carbon pricing is critical to the business case for aviation biofuels as airlines join schemes such as the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which starts in 2012, said British Airways’ Head of Environment Jonathon Counsell at last week’s
March 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Send the Marines: 17 Steps the US Military is Taking to Advance, Use, and Advocate for Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...orchestrating a sweeping revamp of energy strategy at the Department of Defense — where a new generation of leaders cite benefits such as these when they tout the features of biofuels: 1. Saving lives – as
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
Jet Biofuel Blends on Course for Certification within 12 Months as Testing Concludes and Research Report Issued
(GreenAirOnline.com) Aircraft and engine manufacturers have reported that after successful air and ground fit-for-purpose testing, jet biofuels blended 50/50 with conventional jet kerosene are likely to be certified for commercial airline use before the end of 2010, or early next
March 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Deforestation Continues, but More Slowly, Report Says
World deforestation, mainly the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, has decreased over the past ten years but continues at an alarmingly high rate in many countries, FAO announced today. Globally, around 13 million hectares of forests were converted to
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
Biofuels Test Flight Was a Promising Demonstration, Air Force Says
by John Nolan (Dayton Daily News) The Air Force flew an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, operating solely on a biomass-derived jet fuel blend Thursday, March 25, in a major step toward the service’s goal of diversifying its sources for aviation fuel. Officials
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EU Report Signals U-Turn on Biofuels Target
(Reuters) ...The European Union appears to be backtracking on its biofuels policy with a new study showing that more than 5.6 percent of biofuel in road fuels can damage the environment. EU leaders agreed in 2008 that 10 percent of transport
March 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Taiwan to Help Pacific States Plant Biofuel Trees
(Focus Taiwan) Taiwan is suggesting its South Pacific allies plant Jatropha trees to help solve energy shortages. ..."Jatropha is the recipe for green energy, " said Tao Wen-lung, secretary-general of Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund, which is in charge of
March 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Accelergy and EERC Reach Milestone in Development of Cleaner Jet Fuel
Accelergy Corporation, a global leader in high-grade domestically sourced liquid fuels, today announced that it has begun production of their highly efficient fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry
March 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Great Plains- The Camelina Company Teams with Accelergy to Produce Clean Jet Fuel
Camelina oil and domestic coal will soon be blended to create clean biojet fuel using coal-biomass-to-liquid technology (CBTL), thanks to an agreement between Accelergy Corporation and Great Plains Oil & Exploration – The Camelina Company. "This teaming gives Great Plains the
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
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Alternative Petroleum Technologies Enters Agreement with Port of Los Angeles
Alternative Petroleum Technologies (APT) announced March 21, 2010, that it has completed contractual arrangements and will begin a diesel emissions control technology demonstration at the Port of Los Angeles. The demonstration will take place as part of the Technology Advancement Program, a
March 25, 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
Uiversity of Nebraska at Lincoln Team Looks to Tap Algae for Energy
by Kevin Abourzk (Lincoln Journal Star) But algae? A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers is working to extract oil from that sticky green stuff that gums up boat motors and fishing lines. Then they'll study the feasibility of using it
March 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Oil Reserves 'Exaggerated by One Third'
by Rowena Mason (Telegraph) The world's oil reserves have been exaggerated by up to a third, according to Sir David King, the Government's former chief scientist, who has warned of shortages and price spikes within years. The scientist and researchers from
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
Angolan Parliament Approves New Biofuels Law
by Henrique Almeida (Reuters) Angola's parliament on Wednesday approved a new law to regulate the production of biofuels, opening the way for multi-billion dollar investments in the sector. The African nation, which rivals Nigeria as the continent's top oil producer, hopes
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
Air Transport Association/Defense Energy Support Center Announce Strategic Alliance for Alternative Aviation Fuels
The Defense Logistics Agency’s Defense Energy Support Center and Air Transport Association of America, Inc., signed a strategic alliance agreement today in Washington, D.C., recognizing a partnership for the development and deployment of alternative aviation fuels. The agreement highlights the shared
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
Solazyme and Unilever Partner to Bring Algal Renewable Oil to Personal Care Products
Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company, has signed a research and development agreement with Unilever to develop oil derived from algae for use in soaps and other personal care products. The agreement follows the culmination of a yearlong
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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
Fowl Fuel? Scientists Have Developed a Process for Converting Chicken Feather Meal into Biodiesel Fuel
(NACS Online) Is biofuel development going to the birds? Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, have found a way to convert chicken feather meal into biodiesel fuel, Alternative Energy reports. The team, lead by professor Manoranjan “Mano” Misra, found that
March 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Tilapia Entrails Churn Out Biodiesel
(FIS) The Ceara Nucleus Foundation of Industrial Technology (NUTEC) is moving forward with a project that will transform it into a pioneer in the research of biodiesel production from tilapia entrails. For Fernando Pedro Dias, a researcher at NUTEC, the
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
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OriginOil Announces Initiative to Make Jet Fuel from Waste Using Algae
OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, March 24, 2010, announced the formation of an industry working group to develop jet fuel from algae
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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
Shapoorji, Ethiopia Ink 50,000ha Land Deal
by Shutapa Paul (liveMint.com, Wall Street Journal) The 140-year old construction firm, Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. Ltd, signed an agreement with the government of Ethiopia to take on lease up to 50,000ha of land to cultivate pongamia pinnata—a feedstock for
March 23, 2010 Read Full Article
US Dow Minimises Oil, Gas Exposure, Looks to State-Run JVs
(ICIS news) Dow Chemical is minimising its exposure to the volatility of feedstock oil and gas prices through an emphasis on alternative energy sources and petrochemical joint ventures with government-run companies, the chief executive of the largest US producer said.
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
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Kinder Morgan Inks NJ Biodiesel Terminal Deal
by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com) Kinder Morgan, one of the nation’s pioneers in biofuels by pipeline development, has signed a 30-year deal with Carteret, New Jersey to turn 14 acres of brownfields into a biodiesel storage and processing facility. ... Ultimately the project
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Milwaukee Brewing Co. Saves Big on Energy Costs by Brewing Biodiesel
(BizTimes.com) Every Monday morning, a crew of workers inside the Milwaukee Brewing Company brews up a special batch of product. Unlike the brewery’s beer, this product is usable right away, and becomes fuel for the brewing process. For more than one
March 23, 2010 Read Full Article
CAMELINA Aviation Biofuels: Market Opportunity and Renewable Energy Report
by Biomass Advisors Available for USD $695, the Camelina Market Opportunity and Renewable Energy Report includes: Graphs, charts and at-a-glance summaries for a quick understanding of key information Summaries and updates of over 50 North American Camelina trials and research and development
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CO2-Eating Algae Turns Cement Maker Green
by Tyler Hamilton (TheStar.com) A mixture of hot gas rises out of a flue stack at the St. Marys Cement plant about 50 kilometres west of Waterloo. But not all the CO2-rich exhaust is vented to the open air. Some is redirected
March 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Partnership Focuses on Sustainability
SG Biofuels, a sustainable plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of oil, today announced it has developed the first large-scale Jatropha community-farming initiative in Central America and entered into the first project
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
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Biofuels Association of Zambia Urges Govt to Set up Biofuels Fund
by Mutale Kapekele (The Post Online) The government should set up a biofuels fund, Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) chairperson Professor Thomson Sinkala has advised. ...“Biofuels is a turnkey industry for Zambia. We must go beyond potential and turn 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,
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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
New Zealand's First Biodiesel Station Opens in Queenstown
(NZHerald) New Zealand's first biodiesel station has opened in Queenstown. The Queenstown Lakes Biodiesel Consortium will supply B20 blended biodiesel -- 20 per cent biodiesel and 80 per cent standard diesel -- to commercial vehicles. The consortium, set up by Otago Polytechnic
March 22, 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
Todd Bodine and Frank Cicci Take Green Racing Commitment to NASCAR
"At almost 80 million strong, the NASCAR fan base can be an incredible force on a real threat that is upon all of us and impacts our future.” -- Frank Cicci, Get Green Racing Owner Meet Todd Bodine – Get Green Racing
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
ASABE Revises Its Biodiesel Standard
by Nicholas Zeman (Biodiesel Magazine) The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers has revised its standard for testing biodiesel fuel. ASAE EP552.1, Reporting of Fuel Properties when Testing Diesel Engines with Alternative Fuels Derived from Plant Oils and Animal
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
International Energy Forum's Assessment of Biofuels Potential and Limitiations
by Claude Mandil and Adnan Shihab-Eldin (International Energy Forum) Biofuels production, driven by the potential to contribute to energy security, climate change mitigation and rural development, has experienced rapid growth in recent years. Several countries have initiated policies to support
March 22, 2010 Read Full Article
EADS Backs Algae As Future Biofuel
by Graham Warwick (Aviation Week) Airbus parent company EADS is backing algae as the best source of sustainable jet fuel, arguing that other feedstocks will not allow the airline industry to meet its carbon-footprint reduction goals. EADS Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti
March 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Biomass Feedstock Harvest from Conservation Reserve Program Land in Northwestern Oklahoma
by B. C. Venuto and J. A. Daniel (Crop Science) Development of a biofuel industry based on biomass will require large quantities of cellulosic feedstock. Among the proposals for acquiring this feedstock, without impacting other land uses such as food
March 19, 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
UK Looks to Produce 70bn Litres of Biofuel a Year from Pondlife
(clickgreen) The Carbon Trust has announced plans to take on the world in the global race to develop a sustainable, cost-effective biofuel from algae. The "dream team" of eleven leading UK institutions was unveiled who will work together with the Carbon
March 19, 2010 Read Full Article
How ‘Green’ Are Industrial Carbon Emissions?
(Alpha Galileo) There are various kinds of CO2. Emissions of fossil CO2 that result from the burning of fossil fuel affect the environment. Biogenic CO2 resulting from the burning of wood or biofuels, however, is 'climate neutral'. Scientists at the
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
The Power of Nature; The Speed of Technology
by Mark Emalfarb (Dyadic International) In addition to explaining Dyadic's C1 enzyme, its history and uses, this presentation includes clear diagrams of how enzymes are used in breaking down cellulose and hemicellulose and charts of the published effectiveness of a
March 19, 2010 Read Full Article
Navy’s Energy Reform Initiatives Raise Concerns Among Shipbuilders
by (National Defense Magazine) The secretary of the Navy’s announcement last fall of several initiatives to wean the sea service off fossil fuels has generated excitement but also some trepidation among energy researchers and defense contractors. Much of the hope for
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Availability of Funding to Promote Rural Biofuel and Bioenergy Production
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 funding is available again through three USDA programs to promote increased production of biofuel and bioenergy. The programs are authorized under the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008
March 18, 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
Microalgae Research Advances towards Biodiesel Production
(FIS) A team of researchers at the National Technological University of Mar del Plata (UTN) is working on a research project to produce biodiesel from marine microalgae, with the aim of developing economically viable and environmentally sustainable processes. The group already
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “If Policymakers Thought This Is a CO2 Sequestration Approach…We Would Be Entirely Screwed.”
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Jack Oswald, CEO, SynGest: “One of the things worth pointing out about most algae approaches, is that they rely on large sources of CO2. These will come from our existing fossil fuel sources such as
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Consortium Gets Government Backing to Turn Waste Biomass into Transport Biofuel
(Greenwise) A consortium of British businesses has netted £7 million of Government funding to develop a technology that could see mini refineries sited near landfill sites up and down the country producing cheap, carbon efficient biofuel for transport from waste. ...The
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Uhde Process for Biofuel R&D Project
(The Engineer) BioTfueL is a new joint project launched by five French partners and Uhde. BioTfueL integrates the various technology stages of the so-called biomass to liquid chain (BTL chain = biomass to fuel) with the aim of developing and
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
“Fuel Is Strategic” says Aviation Expert at ITB; Biofuels Are Key to “Thinking out of the Box”
Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Germany, Dr. Jurgen Ringbeck, Senior Partner of Booz & Co said “Fuel is strategic, and there is an argument that can be made that an energy monopoly will be dominating the aviation industry.” Dr. Ringbeck
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Oil Subsidies Could top $500 BILLION
by Jacqui Fatka (Feedstuffs) A study on energy subsidies commissioned by G20 nations found that the world could be spending $500 billion annually to subsidize fossil fuels - the majority from subsidized end-user prices. The report, "Analysis of the Scope
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Sorghum's Gaining Momentum, Farmers & Policy-Makers Say
by Dave Mowtiz (AgricultureOnline) Grain sorghum is gaining the attention of eastern Corn Belt farmers in an area dominated by corn, soybeans and wheat, reports a category winner of the National Sorghum Producers Association's yield contest. Chris Robinson, who farmers in
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Craig Venter: Without Scale, Algae Fuel Companies “Playing”
by Katie Fehrenbacher (Earth2Tech) Craig Venter, considered to be the father of genomics and the founder of synthetic biology startup Synthetic Genomics, said there’s a fundamental problem with algae fuel at the Wall Street Journal’s Eco:nomics conference on Thursday: in
March 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Site Selection for Bio-Energy Projects
by Bob McNiesh (Harris Group) This paper describes factors in selecting a site for construction of a bio-energy facility. This general approach assumes that a marketing study has been completed to identify a specific area or areas that the facility would
March 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Daimler Committed to Jatropha Biodiesel
(TheBioenergySite) Daimler AG has started a new project for the cultivation of the biodiesel raw material jatropha in the south of India and the seedlings for the first 100 hectares have been planted. The company is supporting several village communities in
March 17, 2010 Read Full Article
The Wrong Kind of Green
by Johann Hari (The Nation) Groups like Conservation International are among the most trusted "brands" in America, pledged to protect and defend nature. Yet as we confront the biggest ecological crisis in human history, many of the green organizations meant
March 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Small Biofuel Farm Bears Fruit
by Craig Gima (Star Bulletin) If the vision of father and son farmers Christian and James Twigg-Smith becomes reality, acres of now-fallow sugar cane land will be growing crops again. But rather than producing food, the land would be used
March 17, 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
BIO Asks Congress to Support Deployment of Biotech Chemical Platforms to Create Green Jobs
Federal tax policies should incentivize commercial deployment of advanced industrial biotechnologies, which can create jobs, reduce reliance on petroleum, and achieve greenhouse gas reductions. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today released a white paper on the growth and jobs potential
March 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Southeast Asia – the Bio-Based Arabia?
by Per Dahlen (Portelet Asia and Biofuels Digest) “Saudi Arabia is the largest crude oil producer in the world and produces some 11 million barrels per day. Southeast Asia has the potential of producing 14 million barrels per day of renewable
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
OriginOil CEO Presents on Algae Extraction Methods, Algae Oil Production
by Riggs Eckelberry (Origin Oil) In his presentation at the World Biofuels Markets conference March 2010 in The Netherlands, Eckelberry reviewed current industry approaches to extraction and harvesting in depth. These approaches typically require high capital investment, heavy energy usage,
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
GreenTrackers Algae Biofuels Company Database Launches
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Strategic Fit: ...(I)t is important to remember that the original success of 1st generation biofuels stemmed from Brazil having an advantaged sugar industry that achieved scale and innovation benefits. This allowed diversification into biofuels when
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
Sneak-Peek at “Fuel from Thin Air”: Joule Biotechnologies and Its “Game-Changing Technology”
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In the Joule technology, biomass is not used as an intermediate. Via a solar converter unit, the microorganism obtains carbon and oxygen by fixing atmospheric CO2 or utilizing direct fed waste CO2, and obtains hydrogen
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
Florida Woody Biomass Economic Study
In 2008, the Florida Legislature passed legislation requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an economic impact analysis on the effects of granting financial incentives to energy producers who
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
Space Could Increase Production of Bio-Fuel
by Aaron Pickering (KOLD) ...The experiment, National Lab Pathfinder-Cells 3, is aimed at learning whether microgravity can help jatropha curcas plant cells grow faster to produce biofuel, or renewable fuel derived from biological matter. Jatropha is known to produce high
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
Nippon Oil and Hitachi Aim at Mass-Producing Microbe-Derived Biofuel
by Serkan Toto (Crunch Gear) Major Japanese oil wholesaler Nippon Oil and Hitachi subsidiary Hitachi Plant Technologies are developing a technology that’s supposed to make it possible to mass-produce eco-friendly jet fuel from Euglena, single-celled organisms that live in ponds
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
Europe Kicks Off the Global Bioenergy Project
At least 20% of the energy needs in Europe can be met by bioenergy from sustainable agriculture without compromising food safety and security. Key sustainability issues such as the use of water and maintenance of biodiversity can be respected. In
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
How Food And Water Are Driving a 21st-Century African Land Grab
by John Vidal (The Guardian; The Observer) ...The farm manager shows us millions of tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables being grown in 500m rows in computer controlled conditions. Spanish engineers are building the steel structure, Dutch technology minimises water use from two
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
University of Minnesota Speaker Says Global Land Use Must Be Considered in Biofuel Debate
by Heather Thorstensen (AgriNews.com) John Sheehan of the University of Minnesota says the debate on biofuels should shift from food versus fuel to how land is used globally for biofuel production and other purposes. "We need to not look at land
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
U.S. Government Awards DuPont, Partners with Technology Investment Agreement for Macroalgae-to-Biobutanol Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a Technology Investment Agreement to DuPont for the development of a process to convert sugars produced by macroalgae into next-generation biofuels called isobutanol. Bio Architecture Lab (BAL)
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
Algae Industry Magazine Launched
William Laski & David Schwartz, publishers, launched an online magazine addressing the growth and development of the algae biofuels and co-products industry: • its influential personalities • developing technologies • evolving businesses • breakthrough products • important news and timely information READ MORE
March 15, 2010 Read Full Article
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