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Crapo, Udall Introduce Bill to Level Playing Field for Advanced Biofuels

(Senator Mike Crapo)  Would make renewable fuels standard more "technology neutral" U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID)and Tom Udall (D-NM)recently introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate that would help level the playing field for advanced biofuels like algae by reforming the Renewable

September 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Turning Waste into Inexpensive, Green Fuel

(University of California-Riverside) Two grants will allow further development of steam hydro-gasification process that turns waste from food, yards and other sources into transportation fuels or natural gas Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at

September 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Powered by Seaweed: Polymer from Algae May Improve Battery Performance

(Clemson)  By looking to Mother Nature for solutions, researchers have identified a promising new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that not only could boost energy storage, but also eliminate the use of toxic compounds now used to manufacture the

September 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Memo to Microalgae, Frankencritters and Biovarmints: Aloha Means I Love You

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Hawaii goes all in on microalgae to provide fuel, food, fiber and power to grow its energy-starved Mid-Pacific economy and fit its environmental values ...Hawaii has no fossil fuel resources of its own. Not to mention

September 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa Receives $20 Million for Renewable Energy Research

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Iowa’s research community has been awarded $20 million through the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research with the goal of establishing the state as a leader in renewable energy technology and

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

$15.6M Grant to Help Pay to Convert Manure to Methane in Oakley

by Mike Corn   (The Hays Daily News)  Leftover money from the federal Recovery Act will help pay for a project converting cattle manure to methane to help fuel the Western Plains Energy ethanol plant near Oakley. The Kansas Department of Commerce

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

The Green Strike Group: The Fuels, The Force, The Skinny

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...Tactically, a Green Strike Group, powered by renewable diesel-electric engines, nuclear power and aviation biofuels, is able to operate independent of fossil fuel supply line threat or disruption. In the near term, this is

September 13, 2011 Read Full Article

ABO Responds to USDA/DOE/Navy Biofuels Investment Promise

(Algae Industry Magazine)  The Algal Biomass Organization has voiced its opinion of the US government’s recently announced $510 million biofuels investment commitment over the next three years. Following is their statement: Late last month, three federal departments came together to

September 09, 2011 Read Full Article

European Partnership to Unlock the Potential of Algal Bioenergy

by Dr Matthew Aylott   (National Non-Food Crops Centre)  A major new €14 million (£12.3 million) initiative - bringing together experts from across North West Europe to develop the potential of algae as a source of sustainable energy - has been

September 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Trillium Awarded SBIR Grant from National Science Foundation

(Trillium FiberFuels/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Trillium FiberFuels Inc. has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant to further its work in developing innovative technologies for creating fuel-grade ethanol from straw and other biomass.  This latest award to Trillium from the

September 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Announces up to $12 Million in Investments to Support Development and Production of Drop-In Biofuels

(US Department of Energy)  In support of the Obama Administration's comprehensive efforts to strengthen U.S. energy security,  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $12 million to fund three small-scale projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, and North Carolina that

September 01, 2011 Read Full Article

NextCAT Gets NSF Award to Help Commercialize Catalyst Technology

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Detroit-based startup biodiesel technology developer NextCAT Inc. has received $498,830 in funding from a National Science Foundation Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award. The funding will help commercialize alternative biodiesel catalyst technology, developed at

August 31, 2011 Read Full Article

SDTC Announces Call for Statement of Interest Applications for Clean Technology Funding

(Sustainable Development Technology Canada)  If you have an innovative clean technology, we want to hear from you. That is the message Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) sent out today as it announced its 20th round of funding, which will be

August 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Canola Trials Show Great Promise in San Joaquin Valley

by Steve Olson (California Agricultural Technology Institute/Western Farm Press/Fresno State University) A study indicates possibilities for new farming methods on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley, which is challenged by selenium-laden irrigation effluent. One method of using excess selenium in

August 31, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA, Departments of Energy and Navy Seek Input from Industry to Advance Biofuels for Military and Commercial Transportation

(US Department of Agriculture)  Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus today announced the next step in the creation of a public-private partnership to develop drop-in advanced biofuels. The Secretaries

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Investor Interest in U.S. Biofuel Production Set to Soar

by John Daly (OilPrice.com)  ...While it remains to be seen how the joint investments between the U.S. government and private sector will work in practice, the announcement nevertheless represents an unprecedented commitment by several federal departments to stimulate the production

August 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Honeywell to Build Pilot-Scale Biomass Refinery in Kapolei

by Duane Shimogawa (Pacific Business News)  ...Groundbreaking for Honeywell’s UOP integrated biorefinery is scheduled for next week at Tesoro Corp. ’s refinery in Kapolei. The project, funded by a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, will integrate two

August 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Next-Generation Renewable Fuels to Play Crucial Role in Canada's Transition to a Bio-Based Economy: SDTC Canada Makes Annual Call for Applications to $500 million

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is  issuing its Annual Call for Applications under the NextGen Biofuels Fund™, which was created by the Government of Canada to support the establishment of first-of-kind large demonstration-scale facilities for the production of next-generation renewable

August 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Farmers Sought for Biofuel Project

(The Record)  Farm officials, hoping to get California farmers to plant as much as 25,000 acres of camelina, an oilseed, for a biomass start-up project are offering incentives to growers in San Joaquin County and other areas of the Central

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Funding Secured for Brazilian Research Study into the Sustainability of Renewable Jet Fuel Sourced from Sugarcane

(GreenAir Online)   The regional initiative launched in June by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide finance for renewable jet fuel projects in Latin America and the Caribbean has made its first grant. The IDB, along with aircraft manufacturers

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Vilsack: USDA Will Continue to Push for Blender Pump Expansion

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The USDA’s Aug. 17 announcement of 900 Rural Energy for America Program grants included just 21 awards for blender pumps. USDA officials promise, however, that more funding is on the way. The announcement highlighted

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Berkeley Lab Opens Advanced Biofuels Facility

(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  The ailing United States’ economy would receive a much needed boost with the commercial development of a domestic source of transportation fuel – especially if that fuel were to be clean, green and renewable, and could

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Peterson Questions Federal Biofuels Plan

by Don Davis (Duluth News Tribune)  Minnesota’s senior congressman said that the plan administration officials announced this week probably will not work and threatens Minnesota’s 21 ethanol plants. “I think that is a big a problem,” said U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson,

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Drop In, Drop Out: NABC Tosses Two Projects off the R&D Island

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Survivor, biofuels style? NABC trims its project roster to two (or maybe three), as it nixes two projects and puts two on the “maybe” watch. Here’s what happened, why, and what’s next. In Washington, the DOE 

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

BCAP Helps Abengoa Solve Chicken-and-Egg Feedstock Issue

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  With help from the USDA Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Abengoa is on its way to establishing a significantly sized switchgrass plantation in parts of Kansas and Oklahoma surrounding the site of the company’s proposed

August 15, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA, DOE Award 10 R&D Grants for Advanced Bioenergy Feedstocks

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA and DOE have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 million to spur research into improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of growing biofuel and bioenergy crops.  The USDA and DOE

August 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Udall to Introduce Bill that Would Level Playing Field for Advanced Biofuels

(Senator Tom Udall) U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) today announced his plans to introduce bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate that would help level the playing field for advanced biofuels like algae by reforming the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to

August 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Awards More Than $175 Million for Advanced Vehicle Research and Development

(US Department of Energy)  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies. The funding will support 40 projects across 15

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Cantwell Applauds Launch of Jet Biofuels Program that Will Support Green Jobs Statewide

(AirportBusiness.com) Today (August 9, 2011)  U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) toured the cutting-edge laboratories at Targeted Growth in Seattle and announced the launch of Washington state's first large-scale program for the growth of camelina sativa, a promising non-food feedstock for

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Canada's SDTC Funds Four Biodiesel, Biorefining Projects

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  The Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s SD Tech Fund invested $53 million in 17 new clean technology projects across Canada in the areas of agriculture, transportation, mining and energy. Of those 17, four directly went to

August 03, 2011 Read Full Article

A Slimy Idea: Rowan Hopes to Derive Biodiesel from Algae

by Peter Key (Philadelphia Business Journal)  ...At least that’s the case for some professors and students in the College of Engineering at Glassboro, N.J.-based Rowan University, which recently won a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate making biodiesel

August 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Wichita QuikTrips Would Carry E85 in Effort State is Pursuing

by Emily Behlmann (Wichita Business Journal)   ...According to an application submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy, the state of Kansas wants to use $5 million of federal stimulus dollars on a project to install flex-fuel pumps at 38 Wichita-area

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Awards $45 Million to Four New BCAP Projects

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the creation of four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project areas in six states to expand the availability of non-food crops to be used in the manufacturing of

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

South Dakota Research Project Could Help Colonize Space

(NewsWise/South Dakota State University)   Humans may move one step closer to colonizing space thanks to a new research project that NASA is funding at South Dakota State University, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Oglala Lakota College. The

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Power Shifts

by Erin Ailworth (The Boston Globe)  ...“One of the big challenges with the federal budget is whether ARPA-E is going to be funded,’’ said Peter Rothstein, president of New England Clean Energy Council, a trade group in Boston. ...Alternative fuels Despite several

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Competition Open for Local Ecopreneurs

(Kirriemuir Herald)  FORFAR and Kirriemuir ecopreneurs with innovative ideas for tackling climate change are invited to apply for awards of up to £40,000 each as the Shell Springboard programme opens for its seventh year. Since 2005, the Shell Springboard programme has

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

State Wants to Pull Millions in Stimulus Dollars from the Efficiency Kansas Loan Program

by Christine Metz (Sunflower Horizons)  The Kansas Energy Office is pulling funding on a state program that has lent hundreds of Kansans thousands of dollars to make energy efficiency upgrades in their homes. Pending final approval from the U.S. Department of

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

GM Builds B100 Vehicles

by Virendra Pandit (ETCGreen.com)  The global giant recently joined a tripartite agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, in a $950,000 project in Gujarat for five years. CSMCRI on

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Lignol Phases Out Demo Project, Pursues Commercial Opportunities

by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine)  Lignol Innovations Inc., a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Lignol Energy Corp., has reached an agreement with the U.S. DOE’s Biomass Program to discontinue work of a proposed 2.5 MMgy cellulosic ethanol demonstration-scale project in Grand Junction,

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Greenhouse Packs A Power Punch

by Joan Melcher (BioCycle)  Closed loop system utilizes gasification, algae ponds and anaerobic digestion to convert wood waste to a variety of products, including biofuel, biogas and a soil amendment. Michael Smith is supervising the first commercial-scaleGreen Power House at the

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Hoover Algae-to-Oil Fuel Plant Fails to Get Grant

by Steve Irvine (The Birmingham News)  The Ohio-based company seeking to put a pilot plant in Hoover that would harvest oil from algae to form an alternative fuel didn't receive the $45 million grant it was seeking to build the

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

LS9 and HCL CleanTech Awarded a $9 Million Grant From the Department of Energy

(LS9)  LS9, Inc., a technology leader in the development of sustainable products, today announced that it has been awarded in conjunction with partner HCL CleanTech Ltd., a $9 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to improve and demonstrate

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Lignol Energy Says U.S. Gov't Will Phase out Funding for Ethanol Pilot Project

(Canadian Business)  Lignol Energy Corp. says its demonstration project to show the commercial potential of producing ethanol from plant cellulose no longer qualifies for up to US$30 million of funding from a U.S. government biofuels program. The Vancouver-based company said Friday

July 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Chicago Park District Launches New Biodiesel Production Program

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Through a public/private partnership with Darling International, in participation from this year’s Taste of Chicago and area restaurants for the supply of feedstock, the Chicago Park District officially launched a biodiesel production program that will

July 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Energy Commission Awards Over $29 Million For Biofuel and Natural Gas Technology

(The California Energy Commission)  The California Energy Commission has approved more than $29 million for projects that advance biofuels and demonstrate California's commitment to develop cleaner transportation fuels. The seven awards total $29,675,072 and are funded through the Commission's Alternative

July 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Global Bioenergies is Awarded a New Funding from the French Innovation Agency OSEO to Finance the Industrialization of Its Bio-Isobutene Process

(Global Bioenergies)  One month after its successful IPO,  Global Bioenergies ,  located in the Genopole technology park in  Evry, South of Paris, today announces the receipt of a €475K  funding from the French innovation agency OSEO. The funds will be used to

July 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center Applications Due August 16, 2011

Energy cooperation is a central element of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership. During President Obama’s November 2010 head of state visit to India, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Government of India signed an Agreement to Establish a Joint

July 05, 2011 Read Full Article

The Jobless Recovery, Biofuels, Eency-Weency Balance Sheets, and You

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, President Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership – ho-hum, you say, and I think I hear you yawning. ...“Invent here, make elsewhere” is a failed industrial policy, according to a PCAST report, “Ensuring Leadership

June 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Major Financial Institution to Support Sustainable Aviation Biofuel Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

(GreenAirOnline)  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced an initiative help finance public and private institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean to develop a sustainable jet biofuel industry from locally grown organic feedstock. The initiative will fund consultancy services,

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Detroit Metro Land to Be Used to Grow Bioenergy Crops

By Carole Shifrin  (Air Transport World)  Detroit Metro operator Wayne County Airport Authority said it has agreed to partner with Michigan State University Extension to grow, harvest and process bioenergy crops on the property of DTW and another of the authority's

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa Ethanol Plant Gets Grant for Bolt-On Cellulosic Facility

by Kris Bevill   (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Quad County Corn Processors, which operates a 30 MMgy ethanol facility in Galva, Iowa, was recently awarded a $1.45 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund to assist in constructing a bolt-on cellulosic

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Reforming Ethanol in a Responsible Way

by Senator Mike Johanns (York News-Times)  ...Ethanol helped keep $34 billion of our money at home last year instead of going to other countries for foreign oil. ...Though these benefits are significant, today's fiscal realities require us to rethink our approach

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Santorum Tells Iowa Farmers He Would End Ethanol Subsidies

by William Petroski (Des Moines Register)  ...Santorum, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said he advocates phasing-out the existing tax incentive for ethanol production, commonly known as the blenders’ credit, by reducing the credit 9 cents annually over each

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Ashtabula County: Growing New Energy Industry

by Tom Beres (WKYC)  Farmers in Northeast Ohio and Pennsylvania are being recruited to grow a special grass that can be converted to biofuel energy. Some are already planting miscanthus, a durable grass that won't spread and requiries little fertilizer and care. It

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Watch for a Flex-Fuel Pump Near You

by Tom Bechman  (Indiana Prairie Farmer)  Corn growers in Indiana promote more pumps. One of the highlights of the ethanol summit in Indianapolis a few days ago was an announcement that the Indiana Corn Marketing Council has launched a new program

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Indian River Agrees to Provide 55,000 Tons of Vegetative Waste Annually to Planned Bio-Ethanol Fuel Plant

by Henry A. Stephens  (TCPalm)  INEOS New Planet BioEnergy, which is building an estimated $150 million plant on Oslo Road, will be shipping in 90,000 tons a year of yard clippings, tree trimmings and other vegetative waste from other counties

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

First Large-Scale Oahu Biofuel Crops Planted

by Daryl Huff (KITV 4)  Military, Local Company Testing Plants To Replace Petroleum ... Pacific Bioldiesel, which has succeeding in recycling used cooking oil into vehicle fuel on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island, is managing the Hawaii Military Biofuels Crop Demonstration

June 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Duplin County E-85 Gas Station Opens, 2nd In Eastern Carolina

(WITN.com)  At the Magnolia Marketplace in Duplin county, just off of Interstate 40, flex fuel vehicles can now fill up. The E-85 fuel dispenser is the first one to open that's funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Organizers

June 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Valley Plants Plan to Make Corn-Free Ethanol

by Tim Sheehan (The Fresno Bee) Two plants aim for biofuels made without corn. With corn prices up and demand rising, work is under way in the Valley to develop two biorefineries to make ethanol without using the golden grain. In Visalia,

June 20, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Announces Projects to Provide Increased Renewable Energy Production, Reduce Reliance on Foreign Oil

(US Department of Agriculture)  Projects Further Obama Administration's Effort to Produce Clean Home-Grown Energy, Create Sustainable Rural Jobs Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the establishment of four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project areas to promote the cultivation of

June 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Officials Expect USDA Blender Pump Financing to Be Successful

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The USDA’s June 15 application deadline for blender pump funding via the Rural Energy for America Program is fast approaching and state energy coordinators say they have been busy fielding calls and assisting with

June 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Indiana Corn Announces Grants for Fuel Retailers

(Indiana Corn Marketing Council)  A new program launched by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) looks to give Hoosier consumers a choice at the pump when it comes to purchasing ethanol blends. The Flex Fuel Pump Program, unveiled during the Indiana

June 14, 2011 Read Full Article

UMass Amherst Biologist Will Improve Ethanol Yields from Energy Crops with Energy Department Grant

(University of Massachusetts Amherst) Detecting the genetic mechanism for how certain strains of the energy crop model systemBrachypodium can produce more ethanol than others is the aim of a new five-year, $750,000 Early Career Research grant from the U.S. Department

June 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Prof. Chandran Wins Gates Foundation Award

(Columbia University)  Kartik Chandran, an associate professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia Engineering, has been awarded $1.5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his project to develop a revolutionary new model in water, sanitation, and energy. Working with

June 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Virent Makes Gasoline from Cellulosic Biomas

(Virent)  Biofuels Pioneer Converts Corn Stover and Loblolly Pine Into BioFormate™ Gasoline with Molecular Composition Similar to Gasoline Derived from Fossil Fuels Virent announced it has successfully produced biogasoline from corn stover and pine harvest forest residuals, as a recipient of the U.S.

June 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Tobacco Funds Give Danville Boost

by Tara Bozick (GoDanRiver.com)  ...Other projects receiving tobacco commission money: ...• The commission approved $490,000 for Piedmont BioProducts in Gretna to improve its biofuel-making process, which will lead to the company’s first commercial bio-refinery in Gretna Industrial Park.  READ MORE and MORE and

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

DEINOVE Achieves the First Key Milestone in the DEINOL Project and Receives €1.6 Million from Oseo

(DEINOVE)  Oseo has validated the first key milestone in the DEINOL project (on the production of  second-generation ethanol using Deinococcus bacteria) with Deinove and its partners. As a result, Oseo has paid Deinove a second tranche of €1.6 million in funding. DEINOVE,

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

ESF Produces ‘Next Generation of Biofuels’

(SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry)  Researchers work to make biobutanol from sustainable resource: wood ...(S)cientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) are researching ways to turn wood into sustainable biobutanol. Researchers in the college's Department of

May 26, 2011 Read Full Article

EdeniQ Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony in California

by Brian Sims (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  State, county and city dignitaries were on hand to witness the official groundbreaking last week of EdeniQ Inc.’s Corn-to-Cellulosic Migration pilot plant at EdeniQ’s headquarters in Visalia, Calif. EdeniQ had been optimizing its biomass conversion

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Improving Ethanol Production Economics

(WOWT.com)  Iowa State University's Hans van Leeuwen has moved his research team's award-winning idea for improving ethanol production from a laboratory to a pilot plant. Now he knows the idea, which produces a new animal feed and cleans water that can be

May 23, 2011 Read Full Article

DOE Announces Funding for U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center

(US Department of Energy)  As part of the Partnership to Advance Clean Energy announced by President Obama and Prime Minister Singh of India last November, the Department of Energy has committed $25 million over the next five years to support

May 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Project to Turn Nearly Any Organic Waste into Biofuels

by Melissa O'Neil Perdue (Washington State University)  An innovative idea for making advanced biofuels such as jet fuel, diesel and gasoline from regional resources is moving forward with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). “This process will demonstrate the

May 17, 2011 Read Full Article

A Renewable Twist on Fossil Fuels

by Tracey Bryant (University of Delaware)  Pulling valuable fuels out of thin air? It sounds like magic, but Joel Rosenthal, a chemist at the University of Delaware, is working to transform carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, into

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Ford and Georgia Tech Partner on “Green Eco School Bus” - Nation’s First Hydraulic Hybrid School Bus Conversion

(Ford)  The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the nation’s first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Ag Secretary Touts Agrivida

by Donna Goodison (Boston Herald)  Greater Boston doesn’t usually rate as a Hub of agriculture but yesterday U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Medford to praise start-up Agrivida Inc. as an example of how renewable energy research could help

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Project Wins $1 Million Competition

(University of Hawaii)  A two-pronged University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa project to advance the use of biofuels in the Islands has won a $1 million sustainability research competition. The two-year project, led by Michael J. Cooney from UH Mānoa’s Hawai‘i Natural

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Company Studies Tobacco for Biofuels

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  A start-up company, Tyton BioSciences, is looking for a new outlet for tobacco – biodiesel and ethanol. The company is developing genetically modified tobacco that will, according to their website, “produce both ethanol and biodiesel at yields

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Striking the Right Balance: JBEI Researchers Counteract Biofuel Toxicity in Microbes

by Lynn Yarris  (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)   Advanced biofuels – liquid transportation fuels derived from the cellulosic biomass of perennial grasses and other non-food plants, as well as from agricultural waste – are highly touted as potential replacements for

May 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Celebrating 30 Years with 30 $10,000 Grants

(Vernier)  Vernier says "thanks" to science educators Vernier is providing 30 grants to ten elementary or middle schools, ten high schools, and ten college or university departments to honor the important work science educators do every day. Each grant awardee will

May 12, 2011 Read Full Article

LSU-AgCenter and Aquatic Energy Recommended for Clean Technology Grant

(KOLD/Aquatic Energy, LLC/PR Newswire)  Following a rigorous 3-Phase review process, Louisiana-AgCenter (LSU-AgCenter) and Aquatic Energy LLC (AE) have been recommended 1st for state research funds by the Industrial Ties Research Subprogram (ITRS) component of the Board of Regents Support Fund

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Aviation Fuel from Ohio Grown Algae Tested

(Independence Bio-Products/PR Web)  Independence Bio-Products (IBP) of Dublin, Ohio has produced algae oil, which has been converted to jet fuel and then tested by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The algae was grown in

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

First Flex Fuel Pump Opens in Pennsylvania

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Pennsylvania is the home of its first flex fuel pump. Rhoads Energy worked with Growth Energy to install the pump at its station located at 2176 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA. The pump was installed with assistance provided

May 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Rep. George: Alternative Fuels Grant Program Accepting Applications

(The Progress News)  State Rep. Camille "Bud" George, D-74 of Houtzdale, encouraged local businesses and political subdivisions to apply for grants available through the state's Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program. "The AFIG program was established in 1992 and has consistently helped

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

The Council on Sustainable Biomass Production (CSBP) congratulates the Show Me Energy Cooperative for its selection by USDA as the first Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project area

(Show Me Energy)  The Council on Sustainable Biomass Production (CSBP) congratulates the Show Me Energy Cooperative for its selection by USDA as the first Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project area. The designation creates a “fuel shed” of 30 counties in

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

UK Gets $6.9 Million Federal Grant to Help Reduce Reliance on Imported Oil

by Mary Meehan (Lexington Herald-Leader)  The University of Kentucky has received a $6.9 million federal grant to help reduce America's reliance on imported oil, one of eight awards in the country. "It's going to be big," said UK's principal investigator, Sue

May 06, 2011 Read Full Article

KU Research Team Awarded $5.6 Million to Convert Biomass into Chemicals

(The University of Kansas)  ...A University of Kansas-led research team has received a $5.6 million grant to develop clean technologies to convert biomass into chemicals that could ultimately replace the petroleum-based chemicals currently used in many household items. Bala Subramaniam, director

May 06, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA and DOE Award Biomass Research and Development Grants to Reduce America's Reliance on Imported Oil

Projects will help develop sustainable, renewable biofuels in the U.S. As part of the Obama Administration's comprehensive plan to address rising gas prices, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a total of $47 million

May 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Pennsylvania DEP Announces Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects Grant Opportunity

(Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection)  The Department of Environmental Protection is accepting applications for projects to be funded by the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program (AFIG). The program makes available $4 million in grants to assist in funding eligible projects

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Researchers in Three States Work on Densification

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In order for ag residues and energy crops to be profitably converted to biofuels, it is expected that biorefineries will need to acquire all of their feedstocks from within close proximities to the plants.

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Reducing Oil Dependence and Creating a Better Environment: The Promise of a Bio-Based Society

by Steen Riisgaard (Huffington Post Green)  ...More complicated types of biomass -- corn cobs, wood chips, waste paper -- are far more difficult to turn into energy. But this type of biomass--known as "cellulosic biomass" -- is plentiful and renewable.

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

SUNY Researchers Optimizing Efficient Biobutanol Pathway

by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine)  A team of researchers at State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry are experimenting with different strains of microorganisms to efficiently ferment sugars, extracted from woody biomass, into biobutanol and

May 02, 2011 Read Full Article

$1.6 Million in Biofuels Center Grants to Accelerate Commercialization of Renewable Fuels

(Biofuels Center of North Carolina)  The Biofuels Center of North Carolina has awarded $1.6 million for 15 projects statewide to accelerate the commercialization of renewable liquid fuels. Awards are made through the 2011 Statewide Biofuels Development Grants Program. Biofuels Center president

May 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Learn to Run a Biorefinery in a Virtual Control Room Developed by Iowa State Researchers

(EurekAlert!)  David Grewell flipped on the augers that carry corn from a truck to a biorefinery. Then, with a few more clicks of his computer mouse, he turned on the pumps that send grain all the way through an ethanol plant,

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

UC Berkeley Launches Synthetic Biology Institute to Advance Research in Biological Engineering

(EurekAlert!)  An alliance of top researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has formed the UC Berkeley Synthetic Biology Institute (SBI), advancing efforts to engineer cells and biological systems in ways that promise to transform technology in health and medicine,

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

How to Decrease Algae Culture “Crashes”

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Arizona State University through a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is studying the factors involved in algal crop failure known as culture “crashes.” Grazing zooplankton are considered predators to algae and

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

SC State University Professor Looks to Make Biofuel Cheaper

by Adam Pinsker (MidlandsConnect.com)  A South Carolina State University professor is leading a team of engineers and economists on a three-year study into how to make biofuel cheaper. Professor Jae-Dong Hong says one of the biggest reasons biofuels aren't taking over

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

AE Biofuels Gets Grant for Co-Located Cellulosic Pilot Plant

by Holly Jessen  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  AE Advanced Fuels Keyes Inc. is aiming for the future. At the same time the company is working to restart a 55 MMgy ethanol plant located in Keyes, Calif., it announced approval of a

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Michigan State University Receives $2.9M in Federal Grants for Biofuel Research

by Melissa Domsic  (LSJ.com) Michigan State University has received $2.9 million in federal grants for bio-based energy research. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded five-year grants for three projects focusing on various aspects of producing biofuels, which use renewable plant materials

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA is Working to Create Supply, Demand for Biofuels

by Heather Thorstensen   (AgriNews.com)   The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to create more supply and demand for renewable fuels nationwide, said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. ...During a media briefing, he discussed how the government isfunding research into different

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Secretary Chu Announces $130 Million for Advanced Research Projects

(US Department of Energy)  ARPA-E's 4th round of funding focuses on rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $130 million from

April 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Cobalt Technologies, American Process to Build First Cellulosic Biobutanol Refinery

(SustainableBusiness.com)  Biobutanol company Cobalt Technologies and American Process Inc. (API), a developer of lignocellulosic sugar production technologies, announced an agreement to build the world's first industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery to produce biobutanol. Additionally, the companies agreed to jointly market a GreenPower+TMBiobutanol solution

April 22, 2011 Read Full Article

MINN. LEGISLATURE ROUNDUP: Ag Bill Could Get Dayton Signature

by Don Davis (Grand Forks Herald)  Gov. Mark Dayton likely will sign an agriculture funding bill despite earlier demands that the Republican-controlled Legislature agree on all of its spending plans before he approves any individual bill. ...The most-discussed item in the

April 18, 2011 Read Full Article

U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy Announce Funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiative

(U.S. Department of Agriculture)  To support President Obama's goal of reducing America's oil imports by one-third by 2025, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) today jointly announced up to $30 million over three to four years that

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Feds, Gas Stations Hope E-85 is Cure to Pain at the Pump

by John Pepitone  (FOX4KC.com)   As part of the government's strategy to help control fuel prices, Uncle Sam wants drivers to use a blend of ethanol called E-85, which is a lot cheaper than regular unleaded, but unfortunately for many

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Rural Development Invites Applications for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects

(US Department of Agriculture)   Agricultural Producers in Non-rural Areas are Now Eligible, Funding May Be Used for Flex-Fuel Pumps Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today (April 14, 2011) invited agricultural producers and rural small businesses to apply for loans and grants

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

BIOeCON Raises 1 Million Euro’s for a Biomass Based Fuel Cell

(BIOeCON)  BIOeCON a leading pioneer in the field of non-edible biomass conversion, has raised an additional 1 million Euro’s from existing shareholders, including a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Economic affairs, to design and build a prototype of a

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Grants Support Sustainable Bioenergy Production

(U.S. Department of Agriculture)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced research grants awarded to spur production of bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s

April 13, 2011 Read Full Article

NYSERDA Announces $6.5 Million in Incentives to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Buildings with 5 or More Apartments, Co-ops or Condos in New York

(RealEstateRama)  To help encourage the early adoption of New York City’s planned phase-out of #6 fuel oil, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced $6.5 million in incentives to help multifamily buildings with five or more units

April 13, 2011 Read Full Article

House Appropriations Committee Releases Final Continuing Resolution; Incrementally Positive for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Industries

(Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati)  On April 12, 2011, the House Appropriations Committee released the final Continuing Resolution bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 (the CR).1 As described below, the CR amends the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authority

April 13, 2011 Read Full Article

NASA Awards $16.5 Million towards Research into Green Technologies for Aircraft Entering Service after 2030

(GreenAirOnline)  Four industry and academic teams have been awarded contracts by NASA to continue research on technologies that could enable aircraft entering service between 2030 and 2035 to further reduce fuel consumption, emissions and noise. In NASA-speak, this time period

April 12, 2011 Read Full Article

DOE Pulls the Plug on Massive Training Initiative

by Jeffrey Mervis (Science Magazine)  In April 2009, President Barack Obama announced an ambitious 10-year, $1.6 billion education and training initiative at the Department of Energy (DOE), dubbed "Regaining our Energy Science and Engineering Edge." But Congress twice declined to

April 08, 2011 Read Full Article

EPA Solicits Applications for RE-Powering America’s Land

(US Environmental Protection Agency)   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications from states, tribes, regional governments, and communities that are interested in the development of renewable energy on current and formerly contaminated properties. The opportunity is offered

April 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Scientists Aim to Improve Photosynthesis to Increase Food and Fuel Production

(University of Glasgow)   Scientists from the University of Glasgow are working with international colleagues on a £5.4m collaboration to improve the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process whereby biological systems convert sunlight into food and the source of all the

April 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Hoping for Surge

by Kate Galbraith  (New York Times)    Cellulosic ethanol could be poised for a surge — finally. Around the country and especially in the Midwest, a number of proposed plants that would turn corn cobs, wheat straw and other plant-based feedstocks

March 31, 2011 Read Full Article

DOE Announces $12 Million in Available Funding to Support Advanced Biofuels Development

(US Department of Energy)  To support the goal announced by President Obama today to reduce America’s oil imports by one-third by 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it will be accepting applications for $12 million in funding for

March 31, 2011 Read Full Article

State Alliance to Pump $200,000 into KU Biofuels Lab

(CheckBioTech)  The Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy (KABB) announced its investment Tuesday, of $200,000 in the Biofuels Testing Laboratory at the University of Kansas. The Biofuels Lab is a $1.2 million initiative to develop a full suite of testing facilities

March 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Benishek under Pressure to Block Federal Funding for Ethanol ‘Boondoggle’

by Eartha Jane Melzer  (The Michigan Messenger)  Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Crystal Falls) campaigned on cutting federal spending. Now some of his constituents are asking him to keep the U.S. Dept. of Energy from spending $58 million on a project to

March 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Builders Erect Cellulosic Ethanol Plant at Port of Morrow

by Dean Brickley  (East Oregonian)  Zea-Chem’s cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant is more than one-third finished. Builders erected three 40,000-gallon fermentation tanks this week and continued bolting together the steel structure for the two-story operations building. Excavation began last fall, and contractors poured

March 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Sustainable Development Technology Canada's Round 19 Accepting Statements of Interest Until April 20th

(Sustainable Development Technology Canada)  SDTC’s SD Tech Fund™ invests in late-stage development and pre-commercial demonstration of clean technologies by Canadian companies. The Statement of Interest (SOI) is an initial application used for preliminary screening and is subject to a competitive review

March 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Budget Cuts May Target MSU-N Biodiesel Facility

by Kay Rossi    (KXLH.com)  ...Five years ago, Montana State University-Northern received $800,000 in grant funding for infrastructure and staffing for a new biofuel lab at the MSU-N Bio-Energy Center Now the nationally-certified facility performs a variety of functions, from researching

March 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Saint Michael’s Receives $766,000 NSF Grant as Part of Plant Genome Project

(VermontBiz.com)  Saint Michael's College biologist Dr Mark Lubkowitz and his students join a team of researchers from the University of Missouri, University of Florida, Purdue University and the University Nebraska-Lincoln, on a five-year project to study the genes that control

March 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Logos and EdeniQ Receive Department of Energy Funding for Corn-to-Cellulosic Pilot Biorefinery

(Logos Technologies)  DOE commits full $20.5 million to retrofit and build pilot plant in Visalia, CA Logos Technologies®, Inc. and EdeniQ, Inc., announced U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approval to fully fund $20.5 million in federal cost share under DOE's Integrated

March 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Airline Industry Last in Line to Sign up for Algae Fuel: Sapphire CEO

by Kerry Reals   (FlightGlobal)   One or two pioneering airlines may begin using jet fuel derived from algae and use it to create a competitive advantage in the nearer term, but the commercial airline industry as a whole will

March 22, 2011 Read Full Article

UConn Reactor Uses More Efficient Process to Make Biodiesel Fuel

(PhysOrg.com)  Deep inside the University of Connecticut’s chemical engineering building in Storrs, Professor Richard Parnas and a team of students quietly monitor a murky brown emulsion bubbling inside an enormous 6-inch diameter glass tube like doctors carefully observing a patient

March 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Propel Fuels Hosts USDA’s Judith Canales

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Propel Fuels hosted Judith Canales, Administrator for Rural Business and Cooperative Programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), yesterday at one of the fuel retailer’s stations in Oakland, California yesterday to promote the positive and

March 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Evaluating a Biomass Refinery

by Rowley Tedlock (Kleinfelder) and Richard Holder (Jason Associates/Renewable Energy World)   Detailed environmental evaluations consider alternatives and the effect of developing a cellulosic ethanol plant with a power generation component. The Abengoa Bioenergy Biorefinery of Kansas (ABBK) in Hugoton, Kansas,

March 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Algstralia: the Land of Gold from Green

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Solazyme teaming up with Qantas for a renewable jet fuel project. A Dunaliella salina plant at Hutt Lagoon in Western Australia, co-developed by Murdoch University. The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), which has

March 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Industry Magazine Interview: Algenol's CEO, Paul Woods

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)   "The conclusions from the Aquatic Species Program are not correct,” says Algenol CEO Paul Woods, taking issue with the 1980’s assessment that photobioreactors cannot be a cost effective means for biofuel creation. He

March 01, 2011 Read Full Article

The Brew Barons: Masters of Advanced Fermentation, Driving the Redefinition of Biofuels: Pt 1

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Is there enough energy, food, fiber and feed for all? Advances in industrial fermentation – a/k/a an incredulous “you’re making what? from what? using what? – will be the key to answering that question. The stars of this drama

March 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Funding Boost for Biofuel Development in Wales

by Emily Thomas  (Energy Saving Trust)  Scientists in West Wales and the Valleys looking to develop biofuels from locally grown plant crops have been given a funding boost of £20 million from the Welsh Assembly. Aberystwyth University's Institute of Biological, Environmental

February 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Study Confirms Viability of Jatropha Plant Oil for Electric Power Generation and Industrial Heating

(SG Biofuels)  SG Biofuels and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) today released results of a study revealing the performance and emissions benefits of using Jatropha oil as a drop-in replacement for diesel fuel in industrial furnaces used for electric power generation

February 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Detroit-Based NextCAT Inc. Secures $250,000 to Commercialize Biodiesel Technology Developed at Wayne State University

(Wayne State University)  NextCAT Inc., a Detroit-based company, announced that it has received $250,000 in seed funding from Automation Alley in Troy, Mich. NextCAT is commercializing biodiesel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University

February 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Project Advances at Green Plains Renewable Energy Plant

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  BioProcess Algae LLC has begun operating commercial-scale algae bioreactors at Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.’s 65 MMgy ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa. The project is a joint venture among GPRE, BioProcessH20 LLC, a division

February 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Georgia Southern University Awarded $250,000 U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Research Alternative Fuels

(Georgia Southern University)  Georgia Southern University researchers have been awarded a $250,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy that will allow them to study the emissions of alternative fuels designed to replace fossil fuels. The grant will go towards purchasing

February 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Plant Would Turn Waste to Ethanol in Holland, MI

by Andrea Goodell (The Holland Sentinel)  From the dump to powering your toaster in the morning — a company is proposing to turn waste into energy with a plant in Holland. Renewable Energy Technologies LLC wants to retrofit an empty factory

February 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Funds SRI to Enhance Bioinformatics Tools for Renewable Energy Research

(SRI)  DOE-funded project will develop enhanced tools to accelerate bioenergy research SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today it has been awarded a grant by the Department of Energy (DOE) to expand its MetaCyc database and enhance

February 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Biomass Pretreatment Development Gets $1 Million Boost in Funding

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  One year after receiving $1 million grant from Ohio Third Frontier, SuGanit Systems Inc. is getting another $2 million from the same group to establish a cellulosic ethanol pilot plant in Toledo, Ohio. The company, which

February 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Project Eyes Algae for Biofuel

by Lori Shull (Watertown Daily Times)  Algae could, one day, save the Development Authority of the North Country money on its power bills. The agency is teaming up with a group of researchers from Clarkson University to find out whether wastewater

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Educators Will Be Trained in Ways to Teach about Biofuels, Thanks to $5 Million Grant

by Stacey Shackford (Cornell Chronicle)  From the farm to the fuel pump, Cornell educators hope to get youngsters excited about science, technology, engineering and math through interactive lessons in bioenergy with the help of $5 million from the U.S. Department

January 30, 2011 Read Full Article

European Commission Approves State Support for Development of Second Generation Biofuel

(Chemrec)  The European Union has  approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million, $75 million) R&D  grant  awarded by the Swedish Energy Agency towards the industrial scale demonstration biofuels plant based on Chemrec’s gasification technology at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery in

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Producer Payments to Promote Bioenergy Production in Rural America

(USDA) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new investments in 33 states to support the production and usage of advanced biofuels. Vilsack highlighted these projects as ways the Obama Administration is working to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Announces Grants to Boost Sustainable Bioenergy Education

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced January 18, 2011, two grants that will create educational opportunities in math and science for students interested in bioenergy and bio-based products. “Bioenergy and bio-based products hold vast potential as the foundation

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Enerkem Awarded Loan Guarantee from U.S. Department of Agriculture for Its Mississippi Waste-to-Fuel Biorefinery

(Enerkem)  Enerkem Inc. today announced that Enerkem Corporation, its wholly-owned U.S. affiliate, has  obtained a conditional commitment  for an US$  80 million  loan guarantee by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for  the construction of its  landmark waste-to-biofuels project in Pontotoc, Mississippi, which

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Advancing Colorado's Renewable Energy (ACRE) Doles out Colorado Renewable Energy Grants

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)   The Advancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy program awarded 15 grants totaling more than $600,000 in an effort to spur additional instate renewable energy development. Administered by the Colorado Agricultural Value Added Development Board, ACRE specifically

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Power Fund Board Approves Terms for Iowa Cellulosic Ethanol Project by DuPont-Danisc

(Iowa Office of Energy Independence)  Project Would Produce Jobs and New Energy Technology for Iowa The Iowa Power Fund Board (Board) approved terms January 12, 2011, to start contract negotiations on a grant award for one of the first in the nation,

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Much-Touted Cellulosic Ethanol Is Late in Making Mandated Appearance

by Dina Fine Maron (ClimateWire/New York Times)  ...U.S. EPA figures indicate that in the second half of 2010, not a drop of cellulosic ethanol -- a much-touted fuel that taps the sugars from farm wastes and other non-food sources of

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Norway Backs Ethanol Plant

(Argus Media)  Norwegian chemicals and technology specialist Borregaard has secured a government grant of 58mn kroner ($9.8mn) to build a 400m³ pilot ethanol plant in Sarpsborg, southeast Norway. ...The Sarpsborg plant will use a diverse array of agricultural feedstock including straw,

January 11, 2011 Read Full Article

The Formation of The Center for Sustainable Energy Farming, a Non-Profit Research Foundation, Was Announced by Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., a Leader in Jatropha and Energy Farming

(Globe Newswire)  Global Clean Energy Holdings announced the establishment of a new non-profit research organization: The Center for Sustainable Energy Farming (www.CfSEF.org). The Center's mission is to perform cutting-edge plant science research in genetics, breeding and horticulture, and further develop technologies to allow

January 10, 2011 Read Full Article

The New Economics of Next-Gen Gasification: ClearFuels Technology

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...(S)team reformation, a process by which gasified biomass is converted into a useful balance of hydrogen and carbon monoxide ... itself has struggled with high costs associated with the high temperatures at which the system operates.

January 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Effort under Way to Restore BCAP Funding in 2011 Appropriations Bill

by Sue Sterling  (The Daily Star-Journal) Agricultural and environmental groups hope to convince legislators to restore funding for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program in the Senate Omnibus Appropriations Bill that will be considered in March. The BCAP program, enacted as part

January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
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