by Antionio Trabucco, Wouter M. J. Achten, et al. (Global Change Biology) Although acclaimed as a biofuel crop with high potential to sustainably
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Back TO HOMEAre You Driving Your Last Gasoline Powered Car?
(ETCGreen.com) Vehicle owners now understand the ever dwindling supply and higher expense and risks of extracting petroleum will continue to
June 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Le Mans 24h - Strakka Wins the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge
(Michelin) Victory in the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge at the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours ended up going to the HPD-ARX
June 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Report Predicts Biorefineries Will Offer a Solution to Significantly Reducing CO2 Emissions and Creating Economic Growth
(World Economic Forum) Biorefineries have a major role to play in tackling climate change, according to the World Economic Forum report
June 30, 2010 Read Full Article
CORE BioFuel Inc. Considers Montana for Wood-to-Gasoline Plant
(CORE Biofuel) CORE BioFuel Inc., a Canadian biofuel company that is commercializing an advanced biomass to gasoline production process, today announced
June 30, 2010 Read Full Article
DoD Seeking Commercial Quantities of Aviation, Marine Biofuels: RFI Issued
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) posted a Request for Information (RFI) on
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Zimbabwe: Chiefs Embrace Ethanol Project
by Lorraine Mandebvu (All Africa) Traditional leaders have embraced the US$600 million Chisumbanje ethanol project which they believe will bring much-needed development
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
BioMCN Opens Largest 2nd Generation Biofuel Plant
(BioMCN) June 25, 2010, the Queen’s Commissioner of the Province of Groningen, Sir Max van den Berg, together with Rob Voncken, CEO
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Venture Hasn’t Paid Off for Snohomish County
by Noah Haglund (Herald) A plan to lessen Snohomish County’s dependence on fossil fuels while helping local farmers has fallen
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Releases National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap
(US Department of Energy) Despite algae's potential, many technical and economic challenges must be overcome for algal biofuels to be commercialized. To
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Announces $24 Million for Algal Biofuels Research
(US Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced June 28, 2010, the investment of up to $24 million for three
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
San Diego Region Awarded $4 Million Workforce Development Grant to Support Expanding Biofuels Industry
(Sun Herald) The California Department of Labor today (June 29, 2010) awarded the San Diego region a $4 million grant to implement
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
ZeaChem Confirms Ethanol Biorefining Process
(ZeaChem) Company to Demonstrate Integration of Processes at Boardman Biorefinery ZeaChem Inc., a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Advocating Advanced Biofuels
by Anna Austin (Biomass Magazine) With their extreme versatility and often complicated nature, it isn’t easy for most people to
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Mission Achieves First Commercial Scale Jatropha Crush
(MarketWire) Mission NewEnergy Ltd., a vertically integrated biodiesel refiner, and one of the world's largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Amyris Enters Into Off-Take Agreement With Shell
(Amyris) Amyris, Inc. announced June 25, 2010, that it has entered into an off-take agreement with Shell for the supply of Amyris No
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
US Air Force Confident of Meeting 2011 Blended Fuel Target
by Jeffrey Decker (FlightGlobal) ...Biomass can be gasified and converted to fuel through the Fischer-Tropsch process as well, but the
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Energy of the Future? It’s Green and Slimy
by Penni Crabtree (SignOnSanDiego.com) Algae’s potential vast, but the cost so far is immense. ...Scientists agree that the science to turn
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
EADS Undertakes First Aircraft Flight Powered by Algae-Derived Biofuel and Signs Brazilian Production Venture
(GreenAirOnline) The first public flights of an aircraft with an engine fully powered by algae-derived biofuel took place last week
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Using Synergies to Save: Cellulosic Ethanol & Power Plant Co-Location
by Frances Williams (Biofuels Digest and Novozymes) ...Co-location of a cellulosic ethanol facility and a coal-fired power plant is one
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
DSM and Roquette to Start Bio-Based Succinic Acid Joint Venture
(DSM) At the 7th annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, taking place this week in Washington D.C. (United States), DSM and
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
University of Toledo to Add $1M Facility for Algae Biofuel work
(Toledo Blade) By early next year, the University of Toledo's Scott Park Campus for Energy and Innovation will be home to
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
US Politicians Oppose 2,000-Mile Oil Sands Pipeline
by Stacy Feldman (The Guardian) Nearly 50 members of Congress warn State Deptartment against rubberstamping 2,000-mile tar sands pipeline as
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Industry Uses Gulf Disaster to Press Feds for More Support
by David Sterrett (Chicago Business) Capitalizing on the Gulf oil spill, ethanol makers are launching a bold public relations offensive touting
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation by Agricultural Intensification
by Jennifer A. Burney, Steven J. Davis, and David B. Lobell (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) As efforts to mitigate
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Super-Yeast Generates Ethanol From Energy Crops And Agricultural Residues
(Red Orbit) A new type of baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has been developed which can efficiently ferment pentose sugars, as found
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Amyris: Farnesene and the Pursuit of Value, Valuations, Validation and Vroom.
by Jim Lane (Biotech Digest) ...Amyris had its technological foundation nine years ago in the Keasling lab at Berkeley, when
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Amyris Announces $133 Million Equity Sale, Partnerships, Investments, JVs with Total, P&G, Cosan, Soliance, M&G
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Amyris Biotechnologies unveiled this week a stunning series of partnerships and investments from
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Inhofe to Unveil Bill Allowing States to Opt Out of Ethanol Mandate
by Michael O'Brien (The Hill) Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) will offer legislation next week that would allow states to opt
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Novozymes Says Demand for Crop-Residue Biofuel ‘Uncertain’
by Jeremy van Loon (Bloomberg) Demand for fuel made from crop residues including straw and wood is “uncertain” as U.S. and European
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
North Carolina Highway Canola Plants May Provide Biofuel
(Citizen-Times.com) A small field of bright yellow flowers planted by the N.C. Department of Transportation along Interstate 40 may look
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
E85 Pumps Get UL Approval
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) After nearly four years of Underwriters Laboratory (UL) testing, certifications have finally been issued to both
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
As Ethanol Booms, Critics Warn of Environmental Effect
by Erica Gies (New York Times) ...One group, Growth Energy, has blanketed the Metro subway station closest to the U.S.
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
California Energy Commission Approves $114.3 Million for Electric and Ethanol Vehicle Infrastructure
(Los Angeles Times) ...The California Energy Commission approved three awards to help set up electric- and ethanol-powered vehicle infrastructure around
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Honeywell Wins $27 Million Contract To Develop New Technologies To Reduce Fuel Burn And Emissions From Jet Engines
(Honeywell) Agreement Includes Testing of Bio-Based Renewable Fuels Honeywell announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Federal
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Arizona Makes Tax Credits Available for Solar-to-Biofuel Projects
(BrighterEnergy.com) Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed new legislation that makes tax credits available for projects that use algae to
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
France's Total to Buy 17 pct Stake in U.S. Amyris
by Dominique Vidalon(Reuters) Total, Amyris to build biomass-based fuels partnership. French oil group Total said on Wednesday it will buy a
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
SCENARIOS-Outlook for US Ethanol Market as EPA Delays
by Timothy Gardner (Reuters) U.S. environmental regulators have delayed decisions on whether to allow higher concentrations of ethanol in gasoline, a
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
First Commercial-Scale Algae Production Incubator
(National Algae Association) The National Algae Association, a 501(3)6 non-profit association, located in The Woodlands, Texas is starting a new algae production incubator
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Ireland - Biofuel Debate
(Meat Trade News Daily) BIOFUEL producers want the Government to protect jobs by prioritising home-produced fuels over exports under its
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Are Growing Up Quickly
by Michelle Dunlop (Herald) It wasn't supposed to happen so quickly. But the development of aviation biofuels has occurred at a
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Beyond Petroleum: An Investor's Response to Oil Stocks
(CSR Press Release) Portfolio 21 Mutual Fund Favors Investing in Energy Efficiency and Green Technology In response to a growing number
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Albemarle Partners With Louisiana State University Students to Become a Key Sponsor of LSU's Biodiesel Tiger Truck
(Albemarle Corporation) Albemarle Corporation, a leader in providing innovative and sustainable chemistry solutions to its customers and communities, partners with LSU
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
USDA Issues Landmark Plan for Achieving 36 Billion Gallon Renewable Fuel Standard Targets by 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the USDA released its highly-anticipated “Regional Roadmap to Meeting the Biofuels Goals of
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Artificial Blood Vessels Developed from Jatropha
(CSIR India/The Economic Times) ...The Central Salt Marine Chemicals and Research Institute (CSMCRI) located in Bhavnagar district of the state
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Digest Special Report on India: Indian Biofuels Shining
by Joelle Dent (Biomass Digest Asia) ...On the science and technology front it has an excellent technical education system in
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Le Mans Looks to the Future
(Michelin) As part of the festivities programmed in parallel to last weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours, the race organisers included a
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
New Yeast Can Ferment More Sugar, Make More Cellulosic Ethanol
(Purdue University) Purdue University scientists have improved a strain of yeast that can produce more biofuel from cellulosic plant material by
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Zero Carbon Britain 2030 Study Published
(Center for Alternative Technology) zerocarbonbritain2030 is a fully integrated solution to climate change. It examines how we can meet
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
LPP Combustion Generates Clean, Green Power Using Bio‐ethanol
(LPP Combustion) LPP Combustion, LLC, a Columbia, MD based innovator in liquid fuel technology, has successfully demonstrated the clean generation of
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
ICM to Begin Construction on Pilot Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
(ICM) ICM, Inc. Signs Contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for $31 Million Cooperative Agreement. Construction to Commence August
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
With a Little Kelp from my Friends
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Like other sectors in advanced biofuels, macroalgae is a world of pilot projects and proposals
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Using Carbon to Fight Carbon
by Janneke Pieters (REnewable Energy World) ...CO2 — along with sunlight and water — is needed to grow algae, which
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Lewis: A Digital Revolution - for Engines
by Al Lewis (Dow Jones Newswires/Denver Post) Eddie Sturman wants to kill the electric car. Electric cars were all the buzz this
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Will the BP Gulf Tragedy Spur Faster Adoption of Biofuels?
by Joshua Kagan (GreenTechMedia) ...Although first-generation biofuels account for more than 99% of U.S. biofuel production, there are several hundred
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Green Steel: LanzaTech to Turn Chinese Mill’s Emissions into Energy
by Camille Ricketts (Green Beat) Five years after its founding, LanzaTech, a company that transforms waste gases released by steel
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Poll Finds Deep Concern About Energy and Economy
by John M. Broder and Marjorie Connelly (New York Times) Overwhelmingly, Americans think the nation needs a fundamental overhaul of
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
USDA Releases Corn-Ethanol Industry Report Showing Improving Energy Efficiency
(USDA) USDA's Chief Economist Joseph Glauber today announced the publication of a report by the Office of Energy Policy and New
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
World’s Largest Ethanol Bus Fleet Grows by 85 New Scania Buses
(Scania) Scania is delivering 85 ethanol-powered buses to Nobina, which operates on behalf of the Stockholm regional public transport company,
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
The Song That Never Ends: the Financing of Cellulosic Ethanol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The Infinite Loop in financing cellulosic ethanol is the setting of conditions for loan guarantees
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Biomass Better than Coal? War over Carbon Accounting Erupts
by Jim Lane (Biomass Digest) In Washington, the Environment Working Group has released a study that claims the impacts of
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Plant Will Have Official Opening in October
by Markus Schmidt (Progress-Index) The official opening of the Osage Appomattox Bio Energy plant has been pushed back to at least
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
ABFA President to Congress: Advanced BioFuels Will Drive America's New Economy and Fuel the Future
(Advanced Biofuels Association) Advanced Biofuels Association President Michael McAdams briefed the House Agriculture Committee this afternoon, telling its members, "It's
June 24, 2010 Read Full Article
ZeaChem Breaks Ground on a Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery in Oregon
(EERE) ZeaChem, Inc. held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 2 for a new cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Boardman, Oregon. Cellulosic ethanol
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
NASA Boss Investigated for Possible Conflict of Interest on Biofuel Project
by Robert Block and Mark K. Matthews (Orlando Sentinel) Charlie Bolden asked Marathon Oil for its opinion on Project OMEGA —
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Fungus Among Us Could Become Non-Food Source For Biodiesel Production
(Chemical Online) In the quest for alternatives to soybeans, palm, and other edible oilseed plants as sources for biodiesel production,
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Toyota R&D Unit, Hitachi Join Algae-Biofuel Study
by Shigeru Sato (Bloomberg Business Week) Toyota Motor Corp.’s research and development unit, Hitachi Ltd. and more than 40 other
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
China Corn Purchases Could Exceed 1 Million Tonnes
(Farm Chemicals International) The US Grains Council (USGC) says China could increase its corn purchases from the US to more than
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Oil Spill Reminds Us Again of Need for Renewable Energy
(Prairie Star) Editorial Age and experience has its benefits. Many of us involved in agriculture have witnessed past oil spills
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
LS9 Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award
(LS9) Renewable Petroleum(TM) technology efficiently converts renewable raw materials into low-carbon fuels and chemicals. LS9, the Renewable Petroleum Company(TM), today announced
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
High-Yield Agriculture Slows Pace of Global Warming, Say Stanford Researchers
by Louis Bergeron (Stanford University) Advances in high-yield agriculture over the latter part of the 20th century have prevented massive amounts
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Southern Online Eyes Rs 75-cr from Biodiesel Exports
by K Rajani Kanth (Business Standard) Southern Online Biotechnologies Limited, a Hyderabad-based Internet services provider (ISP) and biodiesel manufacturer, is tapping
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Industrial Ethanol Consumption in Brazil to Rise
(Agra-net.com) Ethanol demand by the chemical industry in Brazil is forecast to reach 2 bln litres in 2011, according to
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
PTT Widens E85 Availability, Prepares for Boom in E20
by Yuthana Praiwan (Bangkok Post) PTT Plc plans to increase the availability of ethanol-based E85 to 15 stations over the next
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
The Impact of Linking Ethanol and Beef Production on Economics, Carbon, and Nutrient Budgets
by C.G. Carlson, D.E. Clay, C. Wright, K.D. Reitsma (South Dakota State University) This publication uses a case-study approach to investigate the
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
The Effect of Landscape Position on Biomass Crop Yield
(e! Science News) ...Scientists at the University of Minnesota led by Gregg Johnson investigated differences in woody and herbaceous crop
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
The Universitat Jaume I and the UBE Group Optimise the Use of the Waste Generated by Biodiesel Production
(Alpha Galileo) Producing alternative fuels to petrol, such as biodiesel, is not exempt of generating waste. This is the case
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
First Commercial Biodiesel Produced in Alaska
(Biodiesel Magazine) Alaska Green Waste Solutions begins production in its new biodiesel plant designed and built by Pacific Biodiesel Technologies. On
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Portrait of a Transformative Technology: Qteros and Its Q Microbe
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...McCarthy arrived less than a year ago from a long stretch at Verenium, where he
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Approves Biofuels Testing at Hawaiian Electric’s Kahe Power Plant
(HECO) The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Hawaiian Electric Company’s plan to test biofuel blends in a 90-megawatt steam
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Silver Nanoparticles Mitigate the Cell Damage Caused by Ethanol, Study Suggests
(Science Digest) A new article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) describes how nanoparticles formed by very
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Enerkem Awarded $1.8 Million Funding by Alberta’s Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation for Demonstration Project
(Enerkem) Enerkem Inc., a leading waste-to-biofuels and advanced chemicals company, today announced that it has been chosen by the Climate Change
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Soon, Fuel Out of Date Palms
byFahad Al Mukrashi (Times of Oman) Date palms that have provided food to desert caravans for centuries could soon be
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
A New, Improved Outlook for Biofuels
by Martin Mittelstaedt (Globe and Mail) The mania over ethanol as fuel didn’t play out so well for investors last
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
SunBelt Biofuels Business Acquired by REPREVE Renewables
(REPREVE Renewables) SunBelt Biofuels, LLC, a leader in bioenergy crops, and Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI), makers of the REPREVE® family of
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
AIM Interview: National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Al Darzins
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) ... I’ve heard a lot of people say that developing algal biofuels is just an
June 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Guidelines To Implement EU's Renewable Energy Drive Adopted
(BERNAMA.com) The European Commission on Thursday (June 10, 2010) adopted guidelines to implement the European Union's Renewable Energy Directive which forms
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Soon, Green Fuel for Indian Cars?
(Times of India) In a major eco-friendly step towards renewable energy generation in India, seaweed sourced ethanol (ethyl alcohol), a
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Protectionism as Environmentalism
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest Asia) As if the global trade in biofuels wasn’t already fragmented enough, last week Europe
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Smart Bioenergy: Guiding Sustainable Bio-Based Energy and Fuels Development
(Union of Concerned Scientists) The Billion Gallon Challenge: Advanced Biofuels from diverse sources such as grasses and agricultural waste hold the
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
New Microbial Genetic System Dissects Biomass to Biofuel Conversion
by Margaret Broeren (University of Wisconsin) A research team at the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has developed
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Industry Counters Environmental Stall Tactics
(Renewable Fuels Association) The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), Growth Energy, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), and the Renewable
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Transformative Technology: SynGest Cornucopia BioRefinery
by Jack Oswald (SynGest, Biofuels Digest) ...The SynGest Cornucopia model takes an entire ear of corn and simultaneously produces The
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Lord Paul Drayson's Comments to the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) Conference - Long Beach
by Paul Drayson (Drayson Racing) ...Consider the first round of the American Le Mans Series at Sebring last month. Peugeot
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuels Association Writes to USDA on Proposed Rule on Biorefinery Assistance Guaranteed Loan Program
by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association) ...The technology exists to process ethanol from cellulose feedstocks; however, the commercialization of cellulose
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Hard Choices Now: Financing the Renewable Fuel Standard
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Bottom line – if you make the ethanol blender credit go away, but stand behind
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels Workshop Precedes FEW
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) All biofuels producers- from biobutanol to renewable diesel plus cellulosic ethanol and more-must work
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
The Fuel that Could Lower Foreign Oil Dependence
by Ken Suarez (MyFoxTampaBay.com) With images of oil-slicked beaches along the Gulf Coast and millions of gallons of oil spewing into
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Honeywell Green Jet Fuel(TM) Powers Royal Netherlands Air Force Helicopter
(UOP) Fuel produced using Honeywell's UOP process technology will power the first helicopter flight on sustainable biofuels. UOP LLC, a Honeywell company,
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
POET Cellulosic Ethanol Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 111 Percent over Gasoline
by POET (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) Biogas production highlighted in lifecycle analysis for Project LIBERTY. Ethanol produced by Project LIBERTY, POET's first planned commercial
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
“Most Sustainable Building in London” to Use 25% Recycled Biodiesel
by Philip Reynolds (MRW) The PricewaterhouseCoopers More London building, near Tower Bridge, will use biodiesel powered ‘tri-generators’ to generate 25% of
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Microbes Reprogrammed to Ooze Oil for Renewable Biofuel
(Science Daily) Using genetic sleight of hand, researcher Xinyao Liu and professor Roy Curtiss at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Novozymes and Lignol Sign Deal to Make Biofuel from Wood
(Novozymes) Partners to develop a commercially viable process for making ethanol from forestry waste. Aiming for a cost down to $2
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Novo Energies Corporation Enters Into Collaboration Agreement With Novo Energies International, Ltd.
(MarketWire) Agreement to Focus on the International Commercialization and Implementation of Waste to Energy Technology Novo Energies Corporation, an alternative energy company,
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Biobutanol – the Fuel to Leap the Blend Wall?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Digest readers who closely analyze the Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database will have noticed that, commencing in
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
New Technologies Can Result in Significant Fuel Savings for Passenger Vehicles, But at Higher Purchase Prices for Consumers
(National Acadamies) Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and other
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
ICM to Begin Construction on Pilot Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
(ICM) , Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Ryan Hunter-Reay and Ethanol USA Reunite for Iowa Corn Indy 250
(ICM) “Reunited and it feels so good.” Those may be the lyrics to a classic song by Peaches and Herb, but
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Think Gas Is Too Pricey? Think Again.
by Ezra Klein (Washington Post) ...Most of us would call the BP spill a tragedy. Ask an economist what it
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Big Oil Can't Get Beyond Petroleum
by Deborah Gordon and Daniel Sperling (Washington Post) ...To hear President Obama tell it, the old 20th century economy, fueled
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Going for the Green
(Frederick News Post Editorial) ...Last week's Go Green Energy Conference at the Frederick Fairgrounds, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett,
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Grant Support for Teesside Bioethanol Plant
(Evening Gazette) An advanced bioethanol from waste plant, set to be developed on Teesside, has received a multi-million pound boost. INEOS
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Sustainable Oils Opens Expanded Camelina Research Facility in Bozeman
(Sustainable Oils) North America's Largest Camelina Research Program Expands to Deliver Improved Varieties to Growers Even More Quickly. A new, larger camelina
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Airline Industry's First-Ever Carbon Footprint Assessment Carried out on North American Regional Carriers
(GreenAirOnline) Sustainability measurement and environmental risk management company EQ2 has conducted the first-ever airline industry carbon and environmental footprint assessment
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Producing and Using Biodiesel in Afghanistan
(biodieselinafghanistan.com) On December 1, 2009, at West Point, President Obama announced to the nation that the U.S.will send 30,000 additional troops
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Company Says Biofuel Can Replace Off-Shore Oil
(Tampa Bay Online) Low carbon ethanol and renewable power produced from Florida grown sugar - biomass crops can help displace off-shore
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Genencor Launches New Enzyme for Ethanol Production
(Genencor) Genencor June 14, 2010 launched SPEZYME® Robust Starch Liquefaction (RSL) at the 2010 Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo (FEW) in St. Louis,
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
ADM Receives $99 Million in Federal Aid for Second Carbon Capture Project
(Herald-Review.com) Archer Daniels Midland Co. has been selected to receive funding for a second carbon sequestration project that is in addition
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Ending Fossil-Fuel Aid Will Cut Oil Demand, IEA Says
by Ben Sills (Bloomberg.com) Fatih Birol, the International Energy Agency’s chief economist, called on leaders of the Group of 20 Nations
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae BioReactor Project Wins National K-12 School Science Competition
(Algae Industry Magazine) Richard Ira and Brian Niguidula, sixth grade students at Scofield Magnet Middle School, in Stamford, CT, won the
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
European Commission Encourages Certification of Biofuels
(Climate-L) To prepare for implementation of the 2009 EU Renewable Energy Directive, the European Commission has released three documents on biofuels:
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
New Enzyme Increases Yields in the Biofuel Industry
(Novozymes) New enzyme from Novozymes increases yields in ethanol production. A typical ethanol plant can gain at least $1 million per
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Biomass Now Generates 32% of All Energy in Sweden, Causing Increased Competition for Pulpwood, Reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
(WebWire) Biomass has now surpassed oil to become the number one source for energy generation in Sweden. The increased competition
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
A Call to Triple U.S. Spending on Energy Research
by John M. Broder (New York Times) The United States is badly lagging in basic research on new forms of
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Waste Management's Far Out Trash-to-Energy Plans
by Jonathan Fahey (Forbes) ...Waste Management Chief Executive David Steiner thinks that the 110 million tons of waste his company
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Co-products Boost Nutrition in Asian Flatbread
(Innovations Report) South Dakota State University research shows a traditional Asian flatbread called chapathi, or chapati, gets a big boost in
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Africa Heralds Biofuel Pipeline
by Michael Dynes (The New Economy) Of the billions of dollars that have been ploughed into the biofuel sector around
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Closed Down Methanol Plant Turned into the World's Largest Biofuels Production Plant
(Chemrec) On the northern coast of the Netherlands a few driven entrepreneurs transformed a closed down methanol factory into the
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
The Environment Friendly Biodiesel Fuelled SUV Mahindra Scorpio
(Xomba) Megha Rathee’s mint green Scorpio sits like any other car in a corporate parking lot in Gurgaon, Delihi’s suburb of
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Ignore The Brickbats
by Pramod Chaudhari (Business Outlook India) Leadership isn’t a popularity contest. It involves taking tough decisions that may not go
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Marine Corps Base Hawaii Testing B20
(Biodiesel Magazine) Pacific Biodiesel Inc. announced that the Marine Corps Base Hawaii is using a B20 blend of biodiesel for the
June 09, 2010 Read Full Article
'Psychedelic' Maize May Help Increase Crop and Biofuel Yields
(Science Daily) ...(S)cientists from Pennsylvania State University have identified new genes in maize which promote carbohydrate export from leaves. These
June 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Seaweed Biofuel - How It Can Be Done
(YouTube) Seaweed biofuel could be the largest renewable energy source of the the 21st century. This video by Mr. Kaare
June 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Importance of Biofuels in Rural Revitalization
Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) The expansion of biofuels will play a significant role in the revitalization of rural America, according to U.S.
June 09, 2010 Read Full Article
World's First Integrated Algae Bio-Refinery Has Just Opened Near Carlsbad
by Reid Wright (Currrent-Argus, CEHMM) It takes hundreds of thousands of years for fossil organisms beneath the earth's crust to
June 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Get off the Dope: Supporting Biofuels Prices without Taxes or Subsidies – a Biofuels Digest Special Report
(Biofuels Digest) ... (A)n overview by Digest special correspondent Tim Sklar, "Supporting Biofuels Prices without Taxes or Subsidies," which examines the
June 09, 2010 Read Full Article
What Role Does Ethanol Play as an Alternative Fuel Source?
(New Hampshire Public Radio Earth Talk) Ethanol—a biofuel derived from corn and other feedstocks—is already playing a major role in helping
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Battery-Only Cars Face Avalanche of Negatives
by Neil Winton (Detroit News) ...The only way that unaffordable, impractical, battery-only cars will sell is because of huge government
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Ethanol Startups Hope Oil Spill Opens the Investor Pipeline
by Susan Salisbury (Palm Beach Post) With oil prices hovering around a modest $70 a barrel, coupled with the poor economy,
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Hawaii PUC Approves Sime Darby Contract
(Biodiesel Magazine) The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved a contract for Sime Darby, Malaysia's leading multinational conglomerate, to provide approximately
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Life Cycle Assessment Comparing the Use of Jatropha Biodiesel in the Indian Road and Rail Sectors
by Michael Whitaker and Garvin Heath (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) This life cycle assessment of Jatropha biodiesel production and use evaluates the net
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Opinion: “BP…We Should Cut to the Chase…Biofuels, Please.”
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest Asia) ...We’ve had enough of “tough oil” and the damage caused by leaks, spills and
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Shell Takes Stake in Virent; Re-ups with Iogen through 2012; Shell and Its Biofuels Babies in Review
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It was about a year ago that Shell jettisoned all of its wind, solar and
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Can 3rd and 4th Gen Biofuels Wean Us from Our Petro-Addiction?
by Eric Wesoff (GreenTechMedia) With images of oil-drenched wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico fresh in our minds, we look at
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Franken: Nation Will Not Drill Its Way out of Energy Problems
by Jeff Hage (The Fergus Falls Daily Journal) If there was ever a time in our history that the United States
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Hoosiers Confident China Will Buy More Corn
by Gary Truitt (Hoosier Ag Today) After a Sunday touring Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China,
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$5m Research Effort in Nova Scotia to Explore Production of Biofuels from Algae
by Michael Tutton (The Canadian Press, Winnepeg Free Press) Tiny, slimy East Coast algae could eventually be a viable form
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Metro Company Could Soon Be Turning Brown Sludge Into Green Power
by Rob Low (Fox4KC.com) When most of us flush a toilet, it's a matter of out-of-sight, out-of-mind. But a Prairie
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GM Starts Its Own Venture Capital Firm
(ABC News/Money) General Motors Co. has set up its own venture capital company with $100 million to invest in companies
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South Dakota Reviewing Blender Pump Grant Applications
by Hank Behar (Convenience Store News) ...Now the South Dakota legislature, recognizing the benefits of ethanol blending by retailers, has