by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) (T)he Digest spent time this week with Gary Luce, CEO of Terrabon, whose advanced biofuels technology converts MSW and other residues into drop-in biogasoline, renewable diesel and jet fuel. The company, which has attracted investment from Waste
RVers Outpace Military In Fuel Cell Use
by Bill Sweetman (Aviation Week) Fuel-cell manufacturer SFC of Germany has rolled out a new product in its line of methanol-air electrochemical cells, a system designed to provide secondary power to military vehicles - for example, keeping sensors and communications
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Why Is China Still Hoarding Its Rare Earths?
by Steve LeVine (Foreign Policy) ...China's ban on the export of the 17 so-called rare-earth metals -- indispensible as of now in the manufacture of high-tech products like wind turbines, advanced batteries and flat-screen TVs -- has now passed three
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Opportunity for Students to Win Scholarship to Attend National Ethanol Conference
(Renewable Fuels Association) Educating America’s students about America’s number one alternative fuel is an important step in working toward an oil dependent-free future. The Renewable Fuels Foundation (RFF) and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) are offering scholarships to six students
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
My Word | Boaters: Don't Fault Corn
by Jeremy Susac (Orlando Sentinel) ...Older boat motors and fuel systems were not designed for ethanol use. But, ethanol-blended fuels can still be successful in marine applications. ...So, what's a boater to do?Check the owner's manual — the vast majority of
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Power Reaches for the Sky
by Catriona Davies (CNN) Air travel could be powered from vast seas of algae growing close to airports within four years, according to researchers and airlines hoping to find a green future for aviation.Industry giants including British Airways and Airbus are
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Folks Pumped up over Ethanol Fuel
by Alyssa Sunkin (Times Herald-Record) One of the brand-new gas pumps at the 84 Quik Stop on Route 17M in New Hampton just isn't like the others. The pump is painted a vibrant yellow, but the difference isn't just in the color. It's
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Export Exchange Conference Zeros in on Supply
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) U.S. farmers will continue to produce an abundance of food and feed for both the domestic and international markets. This was an often repeated message at the Export Exchange, a conference focused on connecting
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Ford Scientists to Explore Algae Biofuels
(Algae Industry Magazine) Ford Motor Company scientists have announced that they are working to understand the suitability of algae as potential automotive biofuels. This effort is an integral part of Ford’s desire to better understand the use of biomass to produce
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Loyola University Chicago Becomes First School of Any Kind Authorized to Produce and Sell Biodiesel Fuel
Biodiesel Fuel Manufactured From Cafeteria Waste Oil and Sold to Area Businesses The Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy's (CUERP) Biodiesel Program has become the first school program in the United States to be licensed by state
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Financing Fix: Change Needed to Help Ensure Clean Energy
(BioTechNOW) Congress urged to restore funding to DOE Loan Guarantee Program Growth of clean energy has been stifled, biofuel advocacy groups maintain, by a lack of funding and shortcomings in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program for advanced biofuels. DOE established
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Plant in Rapho Township Wins Appeal
by Jon Rutter (LancasterOnline) Beets-to-ethanol site won’t have to pay impact fee. Developer expects to break ground in the spring. Proponents of a Rapho Township plant that would convert sugar beets to ethanol won a sweet victory last week. Lancaster County
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Reuters Summit: British Airways Sees Big Biofuel Role for Cutting Plane Carbon
by Kwok W. Wan (Reuters) Biofuel could cut plane carbon emissions by 20 pct by 2030. Aviation biofuel costs similar to jet fuel. Biofuels have a growing role to play in cutting carbon emission in the aviation sector and could save airlines
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Shell sees 2011 as "Year of Choices" on Biofuels
by Scott Malone (Reuters) Royal Dutch Shell, which is investigating about 10 second-generation biofuel technologies that would use nonfood raw materials, expects to narrow its research to about five options next year, its top scientist said. "I am putting a lot
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuel Technology Mature, Industry Says
by Teis Jensen and John Acher (Reuters) The technology to produce so-called second-generation bioethanol has moved beyond the research phase and is ready to be used if policymakers back it with incentives, Danish industry leaders said on Wednesday. ...Steen Riisgaard, head
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Let’s Not Rekindle “Food vs Fuel”
by Bob Meyer (Brownfield Ag News) ...The American Coalition for Ethanol, Growth Energy, Renewable Fuels Association and National Corn Growers issued a joint statement noting “Global coarse grain supplies are nearly unchanged, the USDA reports with lower U.S. supplies offset
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Industry Growth and Future Directions
by Mark Edwards (Algae Industry Magazine) ...The 2010 Algae World Europe Industry Survey was conducted in association with the Centre for Management Technology and 2nd Algae World Europe 2010 Conference in Brussels. The 2010 Algae World Survey follows the 2009
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Avantium Builds YXY Pilot Plant for Green Materials and Fuels
(Avantium) Avantium announced October 14, 2010, that it has started with the construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands). The pilot plant will produce YXY building blocks for making green materials and fuels. Avantium has developed a novel and
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New Method Emerges to Deter “Indirect” Land Grab for Biofuel Production
(World Wildlife Fund) A new methodology that could deter the “indirect” conversion of virgin or tropical forests for biofuel production was published today by prominent consultancy Ecofys, WWF and Conservation International. The Responsible Cultivation Area [RCA] methodology could complement emerging bans
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
First Corn-Powered Train Closer to Reality
by National Corn Growers Association (Natural Resource Report) ... “AHL-TECH has developed an ethanol-hybrid locomotive to capitalize on the growing ethanol market in the United States and to replace the railroad industry’s aging diesel-electric locomotive fleet,” said Tom Mack, president and
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Oil Receives More Taxpayer Dollars: DTN Finds Oil Industry Subsidized Much Higher Than Ethanol
by Todd Neeley (Progressive Farmer) In the eternal mudslinging between supporters and opponents of biofuels, "subsidies" are one of the opponents' biggest and most painful mud balls. "If ethanol is such a good idea, why does it need government help?" the
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Uganda: Do We Have Reasons to Support Local Research?
(All Africa) ...CREEC - Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation is an institution doing research in renewable energy (Biomass stoves and gasifiers); Biofuels; Solar PV and energy efficiency in households, industry and institutions. Obviously, CREEC gets a lot of
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Fifteen-Year Plan for Jatropha Plantation in Arid Districts
(Times of India) Beginning later this month, the jatropha crop will be planted across 30,000 acres in the arid districts of Bankura, Birbhum, West Midnapore and Purulia over the next 15 years. Around 10 lakh saplings will be transplanted this
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Getting Our Act Together: An All-Star Invitational Summit Brings Second Generation Biofuels and Global Policy Leaders to India
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest Asia) What if we could get all the decision-makers together in one room? I’m not the only person who believes a lot of problems in our industry would be solved. That’s been the premise behind a
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Alternative Fuels Center of Excellence to be Launched
(University of California, Riverside) Introducing new center on Oct. 14 at the Center for Environmental Research and Technology highlights day of alternative fuels related ...A $1.2 million grant from the California Energy Commission will allow the center of excellence to work
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Hunting Microorganisms for Lignocellulosic Biofuel
(Renewable Energy Focus) A consortium of research institutes, universities and industrial partners are looking for microorganisms with enzymes that could help process lignocellulosic biomass into biofuel. The EU-funded project, known as DISCO, is searching for microorganisms that can degrade lignocellulosic material. If successful,
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Shell Partners with MIT to Pursue New Energy Technology Solutions
(PRNewsWire) MIT Energy Initiative to receive $25 million to fund research and collaboration - Drives innovative technology solutions addressing the global energy challenge - Joins world-class industry and academic leader in the expansion of high value, sustainable technologies - Utilizes open innovation, leveraging
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Will the Proposed Pipeline Hurt Nebraska’s Ethanol Industry?
by Robert (Aglines) The battle is raging over the public airwaves about the proposed oil tar sand pipeline from Canada that will cross Nebraska. As, the proponents rightly state, there are plenty of oil and gas pipelines crossing Nebraska and some of
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
EPA Grants E15 Waiver for Newer Vehicles/A New Label for E15 Is Being Proposed to Help Ensure Consumers Use the Correct Fuel
(US Environmental Protection Agency) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks. The waiver applies to fuel that
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
The Culture Club: The World of Algae R&D and Commercialization, an Inside View, in Pictures
by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest) What exactly does the commercialization and research effort on algal fuels look like? A collection of highly funded home brewers? Secretive temples of technology peopled with mad scientists intent on unleashing bizarre Frankenfuels on an
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Future Transportation Fuels Role of Motorsport
by Richard Karlstetter (Shell Global Solutions-Germany) At the Future of Transportation Technology seminar at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on September 30, 2010, in connection with the ALMS Petit Le Mans endurance race, Richard Karlstetter, Shell's Racing Fuels Technology Manager, demonstrated
October 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Project Hits Bureaucratic Snag
by Ron Brochu (BusinessNorth.com) ...Federal loan guarantees are available to support construction of the high-tech Flambeau River Biofuels refinery in Park Falls, but project sponsors say the government’s terms could derail their chance to succeed. Those Department of Energy terms, they
October 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Scientists Say It Is High Time for Hemp-Based Biofuel
by Danny Bradbury (BusinessGreen) University of Connecticut reveals plan to build biofuel research plant capable of turning hemp into biodiesel. Researchers at the University of Connecticut have found that hemp is a viable feedstock for biodiesel fuel and are now working
October 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs
by Brent D. Yacobucci (Congressional Research Service) ...Ethanol and biodiesel, the two most widely used biofuels, receive significant government support under federal law in the form of mandated fuel use, tax incentives, loan and grant programs, and certain regulatory requirements. The
October 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Future of Electric Cars? Running Fuel Cells on Biodiesel
(Science Daily/Research Council of Norway) A smart diesel reformer and a tolerant fuel cell are the core components of a new type of electric power supply unit. Environmentally friendly and flexible, the unit could be a serious contender in the
October 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Home Made Biodiesel is Cheap and Easy
by William Surman (Farmers Guardian) Buy a litre of diesel today and it will cost you £1.20, but do it yourself and it can cost you as little as 20 pence per litre. That was what visitors to EBEC – the UK’s
October 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Breakthroughs in Fixing Ethanol in Fuel Problems; Bell Performance MIX-I-GO and Marine MXO
(BYMNews) ...With the government's proposed mandate that all gasolines use up to 15% ethanol, are you ready for the switch? Using a highly advanced formula developed first for car engines, Bell Performance's MIX-I-GO and Marine MXO are the first products on
October 12, 2010 Read Full Article
American Biofuels Now Coalition Calls for Real American Energy Policy
(BusinessWire) American Biofuels Now is a broad coalition of local (Tampa, Florida) biofuels producers, trade and environmental organizations, academics, and energy users who want smart, comprehensive policies to support the development of American Biofuels Now. America Biofuels Now wants a homegrown solution
October 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Japanese Invests in $120-M Ethanol Plant in Isabela
by Melody M. Aguiba (Manila Bulletin Publishing) The biggest in the Philippines tochu Corp. of Japan is investing $120 million in an ethanol plant in San Mariano, Isabela, which is expected to become the Philippines’ biggest and the only integrated biofuel
October 11, 2010 Read Full Article
British Sugar and Air Liquide Partner in Bioethanol CO2 Liquefication Capacity
(British Sugar) British Sugar and Air Liquide have today announced their partnership in a new carbon dioxide recovery and liquefaction plant at British Sugar's Wissington factory, scheduled for commissioning in the summer of 2011. The plant will be able to recover
October 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Melbourne Sites Vie for Waste-Fed Biofuel Plant
by Barry Park (Business Day) Biofuels company Coskata plans to name a Melbourne-based site for its $400 million waste-to-ethanol plant within the next few months. Wes Bolsen, chief marketing officer of the US-based company that has attracted business partners including car maker
October 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Dry Ice to be Manufactured from Ethanol Plant CO2
(The Andersons) Supply Agreement Reached between The Andersons Marathon Ethanol and Continental Carbonic Products, Inc. The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC (TAME), a partnership between The Andersons, Inc. and Marathon Petroleum Company LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation, announced October 6,
October 11, 2010 Read Full Article
The Top 100 People in Bioenergy Poll Results Announced: Includes Advanced Biofuels USA Executive Director
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack headed the “Top 100 People in Bioenergy” as voted by the readers of Biofuels Digest and the Digest’s editors, just edging out POET CEO Jeff Broin and a trio
October 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Arizona Firm Banks on Farm Troughs for Commercializing Algae
by Rebecca McClay (Arizona Capitol Times) ...One Arizona firm, Phyco Biosciences, is banking on its agricultural-style series of plastic-lined troughs bubbling with oxygen and nutrients to commercialize algae biomass. The Phyco system is different from the standard mass-cultivation process of growing
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Enzyme May Hep Ulock Bofuels from Waste
by Alister Doyle (Reuters) * Enzyme accelerates breakdown of biological waste * Could help in producing "second generation" biofuels * Help shift from using crops for biofuels A new chemical process may help unlock biofuels from trees and plant waste in a shift from
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Summit Highlights Frustration Over Regulations
(Nebraska.TV) ...(Duane) Kristensen, General Manager for Chief said, "Most leaves the state and a lot goes west, so California's a big market for us." ...Bill Roddy of ethanol firm ICM of Wichita said, "The downside is when you add that number and
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Domestic Ethanol Industry Approaching 'Feed Wall'
by Jacqui Fatka (Feedstuffs.com) On the ethanol fuel side, the industry has heard much about the blending wall. Just as the fuel side approaches the maximum amount of blending, the use of distillers grains has a maximum use amount domestically, according
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Report from Cato Institute Briefing: Rethinking Biofuel Policy
By Cindy O’Connor (Advanced Biofuels USA)The Washington DC, September 30 briefing topic was why the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) should not be renewed. The first speaker, Dr. Harry de Goerter, Cato Fellow and Professor, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
EPA and NHTSA Announce a First Step in the Process for Setting Future Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks
(US Environmental Protection Agency) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), are announcing the next step toward reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fuel
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Montana State University Researchers Discover Chemical Trigger that Doubles the Yield of Algal Lipids for Biodiesel from Farmed Algae
(MSU News Service) Algal biofuel production could double in yield and in far less time, thanks to a chemical trigger discovered at Montana State University. The chemical trigger is a well-timed dose of bicarbonate, a low-cost, easy-to-use chemical, similar to common
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Brown University Chemists Simplify Biodiesel Conversion
(Physorg.com) As the United States seeks to lessen its reliance on foreign oil, biodiesel is expected to play a role. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a branch of the Department of Energy, biodiesel "represents a significant energy resource and
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
University of Cincinnati Research Wins 2010 Earth Award For Biofuel-Producing Foam
(HealthNews)An artificial photosynthetic foam developed at the University of Cincinnati has won the 2010 Earth Award. David Wendell, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and civil and environmental engineering, received the award for the foam, designed with Carlo Montemagno, PhD,
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Program to Create Biodiesel from Brown Grease Begins Operation at San FranciscoTreatment Plant
(PowerMag.com) A demonstration plant that creates biodiesel fuel from restaurant trap grease (commonly called brown grease), located at the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Francisco, has begun operation. Developed by URS Corporation, it is the first municipal wastewater program in the
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Calif. Officials Write Law By Overestimating Pollution 340%
(Jalopnik) The California Air Resources Board put tough restrictions on off-road trucks three years ago based on estimating such machines burned 1 million gallons of diesel a year. Its estimates were off 340%, and now CARB has to weaken its rules. Turns
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Engine Could Reduce Foreign Oil Demand
(CleanSkies.com) Argonne Laboratories are working on technology that could change the way your car drives. It's an engine that runs on any type of fuel - an omnivorous engine. That could be music to the ears of carmakers, and biofuels
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
A Biorefinery Goes 'Mod' and Small
(Energy Empowers) Minnesota-based company sells small-scale, easy-to use biorefineries Modular systems use feedstock scraps and wastepaper to fuel plant Company estimates creating an additional 100 jobs in the next year to fulfill orders Imagine a biorefinery small enough to fit in your town’s department
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
NASCAR Near Deal with Ethanol Lobby Group
by Sporting Wire Service (Yahoo Sports) NASCAR is poised to sign its first new high-profile sponsorship in 20 months and take a significant step forward in the green initiative it began two years ago by aligning with an ethanol lobby group
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Bio-Based Fuels and Materials through 2015: Growing Capacity Past a Drop in the Bucket
(Lux Research, Inc.) ...Tallying more than 1,000 producing and planned biorefineries,we forecast that global biofuel capacity will grow 7.8% annually to 53 billion gallons in 2015, while materials grow at 17.7% per year to reach 8.1 million tons. Modeling probable
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels Capacity to Reach 3.917 Billion Gallons by 2015; Free Downloadable Project Database
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biofuels Digest is projecting that global advanced biofuels capacity will reach 3.917 billion gallons by 2015, based on company announcements to date. Today, the Digest released version 1.6 of its free Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database, projecting
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Scania Gets SEK30 Million Grant To Develop Biofuel Truck Engine
by Stockholm Bureau (Fox Business News) Scania said it has been granted SEK30 million by Sweden's Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative to develop a biofuel engine intended for heavy commercial vehicles. ...Focus will be on developing an engine using sustainable
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Spanish Biodiesel Plant to Get Upgrade
(Argus Media) Austrian biodiesel engineering company BDI has been commissioned to upgrade a Spanish biodiesel plant, in a move that is hoped will meet growing biodiesel demand in Spain and reduce the cost of imported vegetable oil feedstocks. ...BDI will install
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Malaysia Mulls Ways to Boost Biofuel
(Jakarta Globe/Agence France-Presse) Malaysia will consider cutting a diesel subsidy next year in a bid to make its biofuel industry more attractive after production of the alternative fuel virtually ground to a halt. ...Plantations and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok said the
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Growth of Biofuel Industry Hurt by GMO Regulations, Say Experts
(Science Daily) Faster development of the promising field of cellulosic biofuels -- the renewable energy produced from grasses and trees -- is being significantly hampered by a "deep and thorny regulatory thicket" that makes almost impossible the use of advanced
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Texans Seek Industry Legal Protection from Higher Ethanol Use
by Darren Goode (The Hill) Texas lawmakers in both parties are seeking legal protection for oil refiners and others that fear exposure to costly lawsuits if EPA allows an increase in the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline. ...The Texas lawmakers
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Planting Seeds of Support: State Politicians Speak in Favor of Industrial Hemp
by Campbell Wood (Business Lexington) "I'm a farmer, and that's why I'm here tonight," said State Senator Joey Pendleton, Hopkinsville-D, speaking at the Lexington Public Library after a showing of a documentary film, The Hemp Revolution, sponsored by the Good Foods
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
'Energy Beet' Crop Grown Here is Called a Success
by Ad Crable (Lancaster Online) Proposed plant in Rapho would use them. The results are in: Special sugar beets can be grown in and around Lancaster County to produce the alternative fuel ethanol. What's more, farmers in the region should be eager
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
New 3475 Placard Mandated for 10%-Plus Ethanol in Gasoline
(Bulk Transporter) New placarding regulations took effect October 1 for fuel haulers handling gasoline blends with more than 10% ethanol. The placard ID number is 3475 for gasoline/ethanol blends above 10%. The easiest way to comply with the requirement is to put
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Corn Mash: Boaters Leery of Push for E15 Fuel
by Robert Montgomery (ESPNOutdoors) Clogged carburetors, crumbling components, ruptured fuel lines. Boats stalled at sea, lives put at risk, and thousands spent on repairs. That's the legacy of gasoline with 10 percent ethanol (E10) used to power marine engines. ...That's but one
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
More than 22,000 Americans E-mail President Obama Urging Him to “Say NO to Untested E15
(FollowTheScience.org) More than 22,000 Americans have e-mailed President Obama urging him to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from approving a 50 percent increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline until comprehensive, independent and objective scientific testing can show that higher
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
E15 Scenarios
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) Sometime in the coming days, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce a partial waiver decision allowing the use of E15 in light duty vehicles with a model year (MY) of 2007 or
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
The Health Benefits of Ethanol
(Ethanol Across America) C. Boyden Gray, one of the architects of the historic 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments that established the nation's reformulated gasoline program, called for increased regulation of air toxics by the Environmental Protection Agency and in so
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
NREL Releases BioEnergy Atlas – a Comprehensive Biomass Mapping Application
(US Department of Energy) BioEnergy Atlas, a Web portal that provides access to two bioenergy analysis and mapping tools, was released September 28, 2010, by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The visualization screening tools, BioPower and BioFuels
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Ceres Publishes Best Practices on Energy Crop Production
(Ceres) Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. has published two new crop management guides that include the most current recommendations on the establishment, management and harvest of switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum. Energy grasses, which provide high yields of biomass that can be converted
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels Develops Jatropha Hybrid Seed Technology
(SG Biofuels) SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company developing and producing elite seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has established a proprietary technology for large-scale Jatropha hybrid seed production. Hybrid seeds result in greater yield, uniformity and vigor while significantly reducing
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Lexington Woman Recognized for Innovative Environmental Leadership: Honoree Receives Audubon/Toyota TogetherGreen Fellowship
(Audubon) A Lexington, KY woman is the recipient of a national conservation fellowship, enabling her to bring biofuel education to Kentucky schools. TogetherGreen Fellow. Supported by a conservation alliance of Audubon and Toyota, the TogetherGreen Fellowship offers specialized training in
October 06, 2010 Read Full Article
American Le Mans Series Cuts Carbon Footprint by Over One Third
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) According to Robert P. Larsen, Director Emeritus of the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, the results of the 2010 Petit Le Mans race showed more than a 38% displacement of oil through
October 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Public Hearings Scheduled for Utah Governor's Ten-Year Energy Initiative
Governor Gary R. Herbert announced today an important next step in the creation of his 10-Year Strategic Energy Plan, with four public hearings scheduled across the State. "We are moving forward with our plan to responsibly develop Utah's abundant energy resources,
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Friends of the Earth Calls for Moratorium on Synthetic Bio-Based Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, Friends of the Earth released a report “Synthetic Solutions to the Climate Crisis: The Dangers of Synthetic Biology for Biofuels Production,” concluding that synthetic biology projects including the creation of algae with synthetic
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Taiwan Unveils Microalgal Biofuel Technology
(Focus Taiwan) ...The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) , which developed the technology, showed off the process of turning microalgae into biodiesel at the four-day Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart exhibition organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council... During
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Ford Joins in Researching Algae for Vehicle Fuel
(USA Today) ...Ford says it wants to better understand the use of biomass to produce future biofuels as part of an overall strategy to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil and address climate change. ...This year, Ford researchers visited Wayne
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Seaweed: A New Wave of Investment in Macro-Algae
by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest/Emerging Markets Online) Macro-algae attracts greater investment for sugar-based Advanced Biofuels, Drop-In Fuels and Chemicals An emerging rise in investment in from petrochemical majors and governments in Asia, Europe and the Americas aims at extracting sugars from
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
2010 Petit Le Mans: Cellulosic E85 Powers Champions
[caption id="attachment_12726" align="alignleft" width="257"] E85 cellulosic racing fuel used by Corvette at Petit Le Mans. Photo: J. Ivancic[/caption] by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) For the first time in any race anywhere, all the cars using E85 used cellulosic ethanol racing
October 03, 2010 Read Full Article
2010 Petit Le Mans: Michelin Green X Challenge ALMS Race Recap
by MSulka (Paddock Talk) ...The (Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda2) race was the first in which all five energy and fuels permitted in ALMS competition (GTL-diesel, E85R; E10; Isobutanol, and hybrid electric) were on track together in competition. The Hilliard,
October 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Cellulosic E85 Standard for First Time at Petit Le Mans
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Breaking News! For the first time in any race at any venue in any country, all the entries using E85 are powered by cellulosic E85. It is happening at Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Georgia from
September 30, 2010 Read Full Article
EUR 6.1 mln Project to Farm Algae for Biofuels
(FIS) Scientists are proposing the creation of methane gas from algae grown in great offshore farms to power adapted vehicles. A new GBP 5 million (EUR 6.1 million) UK and Irish joint project called BioMara disclosed the plan and seeks to
September 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Purdue Receives Nearly $1.6 Million for Biofuels Crop Research
(AgriMarketing/Purdue) Purdue University is receiving $1.59 million in federal funding for a project to conduct a sustainability assessment of energy crops for biofuels. The funding is part of a $16.5 million renewable fuel initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy to
September 30, 2010 Read Full Article
ALMS: Inside The Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid
by Marshall Pruett (SpeedTV) It doesn’t use a battery. It draws technology from F1. It handles like an AWD car. And with an extra 160hp on tap, it simply flies. Meet Porsche’s racing hybrid. ...Porsche also offers a battery-based hybrid with
September 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Cleantech Stimulus Still Not Stimulating
by David Gold (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) ...While stimulus supporters and the press love to focus on the selection of award winners for grants and loans, funds appropriated but sitting in the U.S. Treasury have zero potential to stimulate the economy irrespective of
September 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Verenium Launches DELTAZYM(R) GA L-E5 Enzyme for Fuel Ethanol Production
(Verenium) Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development and commercialization of high-performance industrial enzyme solutions, today announced that it will now market and sell DELTAZYM(R) GA L-E5, a high performance enzyme for the saccharification of liquefied starch in the fuel ethanol
September 29, 2010 Read Full Article
William & Mary Receives $500,000 for Biofuel Study
(TAPPI) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, D.C., USA, has awarded the College of William & Mary, WIlliansburg, Va., $500,000 to study various aspects of using wild aquatic algae as both biofuel feedstock and as a medium for helping to
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Dutch Researchers Use Modified Pyrolysis Technique to Produce Bio-oil
(TAPPI) Researchers at the University of Technology in Twente, the Netherlands, have reportedly developed a new technique that enables large-scale production of biofuels without adverse effects on food supplies. According to a report this past week by Radio Netherlands, an
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Colorado State University Study: Turning Algae Into Fuel Is Ecofriendly
(CBS4Denver.com/AP) A Colorado State University study says turning algae into a biofuel is more environmentally friendly than the process for petroleum diesel or soy biodiesel. The study based its conclusion on the complete process for each fuel and included factors such
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
USDA: US Ethanol Production More Efficient than Ever
John Davis (DomesticFuel.com) ...In an interview with USDA radio, Harry Baumes, Director of USDA’s Office of Energy Policy and New Uses says a new study shows that we’re getting more energy out of corn than what it takes to raise the
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Aviation Week & Space Technology Explores Future of Green Aviation
(Aviation Week) Special report includes latest innovations in biofuels, laminar flow, and electric propulsion Much progress has been made in recent years in the development of biofuels made from microalgae, animal fat and other non-petroleum-based substances, and they likely will be approved
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Drayson LMP1 Green Racing Message Celebrated at Petit Le Mans
(Drayson Racing) One year ago, Drayson Racing debuted theNo.8 Drayson Racing Lola Coupé with Judd Power in the Le Mans Prototype One (LMP1) class of the Petit Le Mans. The clear mission of the move into the American Le Mans
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Genome of Chlorella Microalgae Decoded
(Algae Industry Magazine) The analysis of the complete genome of Chlorella microalgae, a promising genus for biofuel production, has been completed by the Laboratoire Information Génomique et Structurale of CNRS. The Laboratory is currently heading an international collaboration involving American and
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Farmers Urge States to Implement Sustainable Biofuel Criteria
by Dafydd ab Iago (EuroPolitics) The European organisation of farmers’ associations Copa-Cogeca warned, on 24 September, that schemes to verify the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids may not be implemented by member states on time. READ MORE (subscription needed)
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels: a New Methodology to Estimate GHG Emissions Due to Global Land Use Change
by Roland Hiederer, Fabien Ramos, et al. (European Commission Joint Research Centre) This study implements a new methodology developed by the JRC IES and IE for estimating changes in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soil and above- and below-ground biomass resulting
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Sekab Trials Corn Waste Ethanol Production
(Argus Media) Swedish ethanol producer Sekab and Swedish technology specialist Taurus Energy will next month begin trialling the production of ethanol from corn waste. The trials will take place at Sekab's ethanol demonstration plant in Ornskoldsvik, northern Sweden, and involve the development
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Mumias to Start Production of Ethanol Next Year, Says Kidero
by Joseph Bonyo (Daily Nation) ...The plant that is expected to produce about 22 million litres of ethanol a year will be the latest addition to the firm’s portfolio. According to the company, the ethanol will be targeted for sale within
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
EPA Helps to Launch Science and Engineering Festival
(US Environmental Protection Agency) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development, Paul Anastas, joins other science leaders to kick off the USA Science and Engineering Festival on September 29 in Washington, D.C. Dr.
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Midwest Biodiesel to rehire workers thanks to $300,000 loan
by Kelsey Volkmann (St. Louis Business Journal) Midwest Biodiesel Products LLC, the only biodiesel refiner in the St. Louis area, plans to use a $300,000 loan from the St. Louis Business Development Fund and St. Louis Private Fund to rehire
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Journal of Peasant Studies Publishes Perspectives on New Agrarian Relations Related to Biofuels
(Journal of Peasant Studies) In this collection we ask a number of questions emerging out of the new agrarian political economy created by the ‘biofuel complex’. Together the papers offer perspectives from political economy, political sociology and political ecology, and
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Deal Reached on Malaysian Ensyn Biofuel Plant
by Bert Hill (Ottawa Citizen) Construction will start this year on a biofuel plant in Malaysia that uses the technology of Ensyn Technologies, an Ottawa company. A Malaysian government agency has announced that the plant will turn palm oil biomass into biofuel
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Green Star Signs Contract to Fabricate Biodiesel Plant for Processing Algae Oil
(Green Star Products) Green Star Products, Inc., announced it has signed a contract to build a biodiesel facility. This is the first of several contracts in conjunction with an ambitious Algae-to-Biodiesel project on the west coast. Green Star has already started fabrication
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Southeast Missouri St. Official Says Sorghum May Replace Corn as Preferred Crop for Ethanol
(AP/KSPR) ...Wesley Mueller, Southeast professor of agriculture, said sorghum grown at the university farm in the future could produce 500 gallons of ethanol per acre. These figures rapidly outpace corn, which generally yields 235 gallons of ethanol per acre. READ
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Corvallis Ethanol Producer Optimistic
by Nathalie Weinstein (Daily Journal of Commerce: Oregon) Large basins of fermented sugars are brewing at Trillium FiberFuels in Corvallis. But this brew isn’t beer; it’s cellulosic ethanol, a promising biofuel that the start-up company says could steal some of corn
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Montana Senators Push Military Option on Biofuels
by James Cartledge (BrighterEnergy.org) As the Senate debated and ultimately failed to pass reforms in the military this week, two Senators from Montana introduced legislation to boost markets for biofuel. Sens. Max Baucus and John Tester’s bill, American Security and Freedom Fuels
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Cunning Capitalists Go Blazing Into Biofuels
by Hilary Kramer (Forbes) ...One Renaissance man in the thick of the green chemical and biofuel revolution is David Milroy. I knew Australian-born Milroy from his days as the trailblazer in the global telecom and broadband revolution of the mid-
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Ohio to Offer $8M in Subsidies for Ethanol, Biodiesel
(Dayton Business Journal) Ohio is preparing to dole out $8 million to boost manufacturers by subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel refining equipment purchases. ...Under the Advancing Biofuels Beyond the Basics program, companies can snag $500,000 to $1 million for buying equipment that
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Hot Technologies, RFS Power US Biodiesel Revival
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...With the collapse in markets, rising prices and the evaporation of the tax credits, condition were ripe for the end of biodiesel 1.0. By early 2010, only two major producers were left standing, Imperium Renewables
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
United States Joins Alliance to Promote Clean Cooking in Developing Countries
By Arpita Bhattacharyya, Andrew Light (Center for American Progress) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday an impressive collaboration at the Clinton Global Initiative that brings together U.S. agencies and the United Nations Foundation to form the Global Alliance for
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
BlueFire Renewables Signs 15 Year Feedstock Supply Contract for Fulton, MS Cellulosic Ethanol Facility
(PRNewsWire) BlueFire Renewables, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced a contract with Cooper Marine & Timberlands to provide feedstock for BlueFire's planned cellulosic ethanol
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Phyco BioSciences and CBE to Develop Algae in China
(Algae Industry Magazine) Phyco BioSciences, Inc., has announced an agreement with Hong Kong based China Biological Engineering, Limited to develop two projects in the Peoples Republic of China beginning this Fall. The first project is a joint venture in JaingShu Province
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Searching in the Microbial World for Efficient Ways to Produce Biofuel
by Dennis O'Brien (USDA/ARS) With the help of genetic materials from a cow's rumen, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are developing new ways to break down plant fibers for conversion into biofuel. To convert corn stover and switchgrass into biofuel, the
September 24, 2010 Read Full Article
California Bioenergy Bill Killed
by Anna Austin (Biomass Magazine) A bill (AB 222) that would have expedited the introduction of new conversion technologies to produce green power and advanced biofuels from solid waste materials in California is officially dead, due to lack of key
September 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Deficit Hawks Not Talking Turkey About Ethanol
by Matt Hartwig (Renewable Fuels Association) A Bloomberg story today warned that deficit hawks in Congress – and potentially those that might be elected this fall – are targeting ethanol as an example of wasteful government spending. ...Our government spends
September 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Swedish Biofuels Do Have Major Benefits for the Climate
(Alpha Galileo) For the first time, researchers have taken an overall look at Swedish biofuels and analysed what impact they have on the environment, both in relation to one another and to the fossil fuel alternatives petrol and diesel. The results
September 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Dutch flowers Grown with Carbon Dioxide from Bioethanol plant in Rotterdam
(IBTimes/Green Energy UK) More and more of the millions of flowers grown in Dutch greenhouses each year are receiving carbon dioxide from carbon capture and storage systems. As the leading European bioethanol producer, Abengoa Bioenergía is contributing to this shift
September 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Oxford Resource Partners, LP and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. Announce a Miscanthus Biomass Pilot Project in Ohio
(Oxford Resource Partners) Opportunity to Convert Reclaimed Mine Lands for Renewable Energy Oxford Resource Partners, LP and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. announced their collaborative agreement to develop a pilot project to produce Mendel's proprietary Miscanthus varieties on land previously reclaimed from mining operations by
September 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Waste-Based Microbial Oil set to Become a Raw Material for Renewable Diesel
(Neste Oil Corporation) Neste Oil has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and molds for use as a feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. Research work
September 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Making an Impact on and off Track with Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid
(American Le Mans Series) Porsche and the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón were guests Tuesday of the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as Washington DC got its first look at Porsche’s 911 GT3
September 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Cellulosic Ethanol Production Shows Promise
By Kerri Ebert (Midwest Producer) ...Kansas State University agricultural economist David Lambert has been developing economic models focusing on how development of the cellulosic ethanol industry could help meet EISA targets of 16 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol production by
September 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Camelina: Potential Biofuels Crop in Western Nebraska
by IANR News Service (North Platte Bulletin) ...Camelina is a yellow-flowering oilseed crop that grows one to three feet tall. It has some advantages as an industrial oil crop, said University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientist Ed Cahoon. For example, it's not
September 23, 2010 Read Full Article
The A.I.M. Interview: Algae Genetic Engineer Dr. Stephen Mayfield
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) If moving genes around on a chromosome is your idea of a good time, meet Dr. Stephen Mayfield, Director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology. ...Steve is now the John Dove Isaacs Professor
September 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Leillani Returns to Racing:New Partnership Brings Together Racing, Veterans for Clean Energy
(Operation Free) Stock car racing fans at Kansas Speedway on September 30 will receive an unusual message from one of the cars speeding around the track: America needs to compete in the "Race to Energy Independence." Operation Free, a group of
September 23, 2010 Read Full Article
USDA Report Shows Improving Corn-Ethanol Energy Efficiency
(US Department of Agriculture) Harry Baumes, Acting Director of USDA’s Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, says a report that surveyed corn growers in 2005 and ethanol plants in 2008 indicates the net energy gain from converting corn to ethanol
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Fueling a New Market
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A mid-Atlantic company may have developed a solution for two of ethanol producers’ main problems: natural gas usage and how to increase demand for their product. ...LPP Combustion LLC may have the answer to the
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
MemfoACT Carbon Membrane Helps to Convert Low-Grade Biogas into Biofuel
(AZo Materials) MemfoACT, a spin-off from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), has secured NOK 25 million to turn its award-winning membrane technology into a commercial product. Based on research conducted at NTNU's Department of Chemical Engineering, the company's
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
The Biorefinery Project of the Future: A 10-Part Series
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...We have spoken to farmers, local business owners, environmentalists, community development officials, engine developers, scientists, policy makers, producers, investors, lenders, blenders, wholesalers, retailers, and end users. We have visited development projects on four continents. We have
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Hoover Eyed for Site to Grow Algae for Biofuel
by Val Walton (The Birmingham News) Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos wrote a letter of support last week for the SouthEast Region Algae Consortium (SERAC) -- a group of scientists, engineers and experts in biofuels and algae research which is pursuing a
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Progress for Abengoa’s Kansas Cellulosic Ethanol Project
by James Cartledge (BrighterEnergy.org) Abengoa Bioenergy has secured 60% of the feedstocks it needs for its hybrid ethanol facility being developed in Hugoton, Kansas. ...The Hugoton facility is set to be the first commercial-scale installation of a hybrid refinery – a
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Students Learn FFV Conversion Process
by Michelle Kautz (DomesticFuel) Students at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) are studying the flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) conversion process. As first reported on KMIT.com, by using FlexFuel U.S.’s system, the students are excited to learn how to lessen
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
2010 Fuel Scorecard Released
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel) The Truman National Security Project has released its 2010 Fuel Scorecard and ethanol scores near the top of the list as viable fuel options for the future. Based on several factors that affect America’s security including instability of
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Green race: Algae-to-Biofuel Firm Announces Breakthroughs
by Steve Clark (The Brownsville Herald) Photon8 Inc., Brad Bartilson’s Brownsville-based startup company, has managed to plow through some sticky issues in its quest for commercially feasible algae-to-biofuel production and is two years ahead of schedule in terms of production milestones.In
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Improved Labs Energize Biomass Research
(National Renewable Energy Laboratory) When you've lived in the same "home" for more than 20 years, a time comes when you need to upgrade your furnishings to keep current and spruce things up a bit. That is exactly what has
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Central America Working towards Standardised Biofuel Evaluation Criteria
(Eco Periodicals) During a recent meeting in San Salvador, member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) weighed up the possibility of standardising criteria for assessing the quality of biofuels and their potential impact in each country. SICA comprises Belize, Costa
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
E-Fuel Introduces MicroFusion™ Reactor
(PRNewsWire) Disruptive technology makes possible to process all organic biomass into ethanol fuel. E-Fuel is pleased to announce its latest innovation, the E-Fuel MicroFusion Reactor, a disruptive technology which empowers users to process all forms of cellulosic waste into sugar water,
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Hostile Takeover: What Happens to Biofuels if Republicans Take Congress?
Interview of BIO's Brent Erickson by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...BE: I have been a little bit disappointed in the Obama administration. When he was in the Senate he as very pro-biofuels. He had to choose his priorities, and that
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
The Valley of Death: Why Energy Is Not Like IT
by Stephen Lacey (RenewableEnergyWorld) We often wonder when the next Google of clean energy will materialize. When will the lone inventor finally emerge from his garage to change the world and solve our energy problems? What stealth company will bring
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Could Be Cleared For Aircraft Use
by Graham Warwick (AviationWeek) In just five years, the aviation industry’s decades-long reliance on petroleum-based fuels has been turned on its head. The future lies in fuels from sources that range from animal fat to microalgae. But with the technology in
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Holden Running with Ethanol
by John Parry (WeeklyTimesNow) Buyers of Holden's new Commodore will be able to run it on 85 per cent ethanol. But they will have to drive to Melbourne or one of four other capital cities to re-fuel. From late this month, Commodore
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
EPA Emissions Rules Could Hinder Ethanol
(Des Moines Register) Biofuels producers don't like to think of themselves as a cause of global warming, but that's how they could be regulated under the Obama administration's regulations on greenhouse gases. The regulations, due to take effect in January, would
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Can Biofuels Beat Drugs Crops and Save Lives in Afghanistan?
by Dean Irvine (CNN) ...Wayne Arden, who has a background in technology and finance, and John Fox whose career has been in the renewable energy field, published a White Paper on producing and using biodiesel in Afghanistan earlier this summer. ...With
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Where There's Bugs, There's Brass: UK Firm Lands $500m Biofuel Contract
by Shanta Barley (The Guardian) TMO Renewables wins contract with US firm Fiberight using its 'turbo-charged' GM bacteria that convert rubbish into biofuels. A British company that uses a genetically modified compost-heap bug to produce biofuel from rubbish has signed a
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
BlueFire Renewables Secures 15-Year Off-Take Agreement with Tenaska BioFuels for Mississippi Cellulosic Ethanol Facility
(PRNewswire) Contract Is Among First of Its Kind in U.S. BlueFire Renewables, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced an off-take agreement with Tenaska BioFuels,
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Renewable Algal Energy Scores $3 Million from DOE
(Algae Industry Magazine) Renewable Algal Energy, LLC of Kingsport, Tennessee, has announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded them $3,000,000 to develop “Algal Biodiesel via Innovative Harvesting and Aquaculture Systems.” READ MORE and MORE (Department of Energy)
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Airbus and British Airways Join Cranfield U. on Algae for Aviation Fuel
(Algae Industry Magazine) The Sustainable Use of Renewable Fuels (SURF) consortium, which brings together Airbus, British Airways, Rolls-Royce, Finnair, Gatwick Airport, IATA and Cranfield University was announced at this week’s Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva. The consortium will take a
September 21, 2010 Read Full Article
ISAAA Chief Said Biotech Crops Only Way out of Global Poverty, Food Crises
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Canada, Dr. Clive James, executive director of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), said that “In the next 50 years, the global population will consume two times as much food
September 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Hatcher Team Creates New Process to Boost Biofuel Production from Algae
(Old Dominion University) ...During the past five years, researchers at Old Dominion University have devised ways to cultivate and harvest microscopic algae, and then to convert them into a biodiesel fuel by a proprietary one-step process. Now they have discovered
September 21, 2010 Read Full Article
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