by Morgan Gallagher (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...Rather than look at only the total mass yield of either the corn grain or the crop residue, we took a different approach. We measured the mass yield of key biochemicals such as carbohydrate,
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Back TO HOMEAn Astonishing 2,564 Miles Per Gallon Achieved at Shell Eco-Marathon® Americas 2011
(Shell/PRNewsWire) Quebec's Universite Laval Defends Title Winning Shell Eco-marathon Americas for Third Consecutive Year Going the farthest distance might sound like a foot race. But this past weekend, it meant stretching the boundaries of fuel efficiencyas student teams competed in the
April 22, 2011 Read Full Article
State Corn Checkoff Sponsors Ethanol Eco-Challenge Team
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) A team of high school students from Durand placed third overall at the Shell Eco-marathon Americas competition in Houston, Texas last week, where they drove 572 miles per gallon with 100-percent ethanol fuel. The group's trip to the
April 22, 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
KiOR Files $100M IPO – The Complete Digest Analysis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Khosla-backed pyrolysis venture heads for the public markets. Is the IPO window still open? Will this one fly? Should it? The Digest looks at the technology, the team, the progress, the economics, the proof, and
April 13, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Experts International to Provide Enzymatic Process For Biodiesel Production
(Biofuels Journal) Biodiesel Experts International LLC is prepared to provide engineering, onsite supervision, startup, training, enzyme material, and complete plants for an enzymatic process to convert waste oils or greases into ASTM spec biodiesel. The enzymatic process consist of two (2)
April 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae Farm Education Affiliation
(MSN.com) Algae Farm, (Pink Sheets:ALGF), announces that it has signed an Education Affiliation Agreement with Lone Star College System (“LSCS”), Conroe, Texas. The purpose of this agreement is to provide educational experiences for students enrolled in algae related programs in
April 11, 2011 Read Full Article
Harvesting, Storage and Transfer Technology Update
by Maynard Herron and Bob Matousek (Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy) AGCO (Hesston, KS) received an award for biomass feedstock supply demonstration as a partial match of a $5 million renewable energy R & D grant
April 11, 2011 Read Full Article
Students Preparing to Push the Boundaries of Fuel Efficiency and Go the Distance at Shell Eco-Marathon® Americas 2011
(Shell/PRNewsWire) While many students spent the weeks and months leading up to spring break preparing for midterm exams, an ambitious group of students geared up for another important test. They are the 70 teams from 18 high schools and
April 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Algal Fuel: VG Energy Study Shows Price Parity Possible With Conventional Oil
by Mitchell Anderson (EnergyBoom) Proprietary technology owned by VG Energy could create algal biofuel at costs competitive with current prices for conventional crude according to a report released by the company this week. The study was authored by John Sheehan, former project manager at
March 14, 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
Texas A&M Dining Takes Sustainability To The Next Level
(Texas A&M University) Sustainability is more than a buzz word with Texas A&M University Dining, which partners with Terrabon, Inc. to collect post- consumer food scraps from the two biggest dining centers on campus for use in producing biofuels. Terrabon will produce the
February 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae Grown in Pecos for Fuel
by Geoff Folsom (OAOA.com) Icicles drip from the paddlewheel in the only one of the three 12th-of-an-acre algae ponds at Texas A&M University’s Pecos Research Center that’s operating this January morning. Not much is happening in the other six, smaller ponds
February 05, 2011 Read Full Article
KiOR Receives Loan Guarantee Term Sheet for over $1 Billion Project from US Department of Energy
(KiOR) Project would produce drop-in fuels from wood biomass at four facilities across three states KiOR, Inc., announced today that it has received a term sheet for a loan guarantee supporting an over $1 billion biofuels project from the U.S. Department of Energy’s
February 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Endicott Biofuels LLC to Construct 30-Million Gallon-Per-Year Second-Generation Biorefinery at KMTEX Ltd. Facility in Port Arthur, Texas
(Endicott Biofuels) Endicott Biofuels, LLC (EBF) has signed an agreement with KMTEX Ltd. (KMTEX) to construct a 30-million gallon-per-year biorefinery in Port Arthur, Texas, that will employ EBF’s proprietary technology for the production of high-purity G2 Clear™ biodiesel. KMTEX will
January 31, 2011 Read Full Article
Terrabon Exceeds Yield Targets for Biogasoline from Garbage
(Eco Friendly Magazine) Using CRI/Criterion’s catalyst technologies, Terrabon, Inc. has exceeded its target yield threshold of 70 gallons of biogasoline per dry ton of garbage received from the cafeteria dumpsters and paper shredders at Texas A&M University. ...The catalysts enabled Terrabon to
January 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Low Cost Algae Oil Production System Advances
by Bob Brooks (Automotive Industries) Photon8, a new venture algae oil development firm has emerged from research work at the University Of Texas, Brownsville, TX, by placing its priority on the economics of making algal based diesel fuel oil at
January 13, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae Growth Sensor Developed at Texas A&M
(Algae Industry Magazine) According to Texas A&M University’s Robert Burns, writing in the Western Farm Press, Texas AgriLife Research engineer Dr. Alex Thomasson has developed an optical-electronic sensor to automatically measure algae growth stages and allow micro-management of its production
December 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Drop-In Biofuel Developer Dorsan Joins ATI-Clean Energy Incubator
(University of Texas at Austin) The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a not-for-profit unit of The University of Texas at Austin, announced today that Dorsan Biofuels, Inc., joined as a member company of the ATI-Clean Energy Incubator. Dorsan uses proprietary technology to create
December 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Special Feature: A Conversation with LS9’s New CEO, Ed Dineen
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Ed Dineen is taking over the reigns at LS9 from Bill Haywood, who led the company from 2008, and from a #25 ranking to #4 in this year’s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Salutes to Bill,
December 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Viral Genetics Launches VG Energy to Market Biofuel Technology
(BusinessWire) Viral Genetics, Inc., (Pinksheets: VRAL.PK) has launched a subsidiary called “VG Energy, Inc.” The new entity is majority-owned by Viral Genetics and its current shareholders, and was formed to market the company’s biofuel technology. “The new brand will help open
December 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Terrabon: Accelerating Commercialization of Drop-In Fuels, Waste-to-Energy
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
October 15, 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
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
Valero is Expanding the Availability of E85, a Blend of 85 Percent Ethanol and 15 Percent Conventional Gasoline, throughout Its System
by Vicki Vaughan (San Antionio Express-News) ...The use of E85 is about to get more exposure, as San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp. recently announced it will add E85 pumps to all of its new Valero Corner Stores as they're built
September 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Locals Eyeing Sorghum for Fuel
by Kevin Welch (Amarillo Globe News) ...Agronomist Brent Bean with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service put three of the stalks in a press Thursday during the summer field day at the agriculture research complex at Bushland. The nearly 9-foot stalks
September 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Candidate for Ag Commissioner Talks Biofuels
by Bob Thaxton (The Gazette-Enterprise) Hank Gilbert, the Democrats’ nominee for Texas agriculture commissioner, discussed his proposed biofuels policy here Thursday during the next-to-last stop on a 13-city tour around the state. ...“Texas has the potential to become a major biofuels
August 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Denton, TX to Have E85 and Biodiesel
by Michelle Kautz (DomesticFuels) ... City of Denton Fleet Services Division in Denton, Texas has been awarded a $599,860 grant to install E85 and Biodiesel. The award is part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds by the North Texas
August 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Gilbert Plan: Bring Jobs to Texas through Biofuels
by Jj Valesquez (Victoria Advocate) ...Hank Gilbert spoke on the steps of the Victoria County Courthouse, his cowboy hat shading him from the 95-degree heat, about his plan to make Texas a major biofuels producer. "What biofuels can do is add
August 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Study Asks, Can Bio-Fuel Crops Be Grown in Lubbock?
by James Clark (KCBD) A new study done in Lubbock and other parts of Texas will look at growing crops for use as bio-fuels. The Texas Ag Extension in Lubbock and five other cities will do the study that looks
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Launch of Commerical Scale Seawater-Based Biofuels Project in Egypt
Energy Allied International, a Houston-based energy projects development company, and The Seawater Foundation and Global Seawater, Inc., pioneers in the development of Integrated Seawater Agriculture Systems (ISAS), have executed an MOU to jointly develop the world’s first commercial scale seawater-based
April 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Baylor Professor Turning Cow Manure into Fuel-Grade Ethanol
J.B. Smith (Waco Tribune-Herald) To critics who object to making ethanol fuel out of grain, Larry Lehr, of Waco, has an ecology-minded answer: Run it through a cow first. Lehr, who teaches environmental science at Baylor University, is planning to build
January 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Texas Loses “Food vs. Fuel” Biofuel Feud
by Angela Neville (Power Mag) ... In April, the Texas governor jumped into the middle of this debate. Responding to what some observers thought was strong pressure from TSCRA, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) submitted a formal request to the Environmental
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