by Mary Rosenthal (Algal Biomass Organization/Biofuels Digest) ...The federal government must follow its long history of investing in national
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Back TO HOMEFarm Bureau Supports Change in Biofuels Policy
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) The American Farm Bureau Federation is supporting a new direction in biofuels policy away from the blenders tax
January 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Bright Future for Biodiesel Gains Focus at North American International Auto Show
(National Biodiesel Board) Automakers Back Biodiesel, America’s First Commercially Available ‘Advanced Biofuel’ The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit
January 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Green Dream Team Memories: Gunnar Jeanne
(ALMS) GETG's ace pilot talked green with students from UW-Madison Gunnar Jeannette did not hesitate to raise his hand last season
January 11, 2011 Read Full Article
Study Estimates Land Available for Biofuel Crops
(EurekAlert/University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana) Using detailed land analysis, Illinois researchers have found that biofuel crops cultivated on available land could produce
January 11, 2011 Read Full Article
Broomfield's Range Fuels Cuts Staff
by Alicia Wallace (DailyCamera.com) CEO says he's optimistic about future of firm, technology Range Fuels, a company based here
January 11, 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
January 11, 2011 Read Full Article
The Top Five Heating Oil Stories to Watch in 2011
by Josh Garrett (HeatingOil.com) ...Fitful economic recovery in the US and around the world, looming fights over financial and environmental
January 11, 2011 Read Full Article
The Hidden Cost of Oil at the Grocery Store Checkout Counter
by Stephanie Dreyer (Renewable Energy World/Growth Energy) ...The cost of crude is a major inflator of grocery prices, because transportation,
January 11, 2011 Read Full Article
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Announces Summer Programs for Teachers and Undergraduates
Research Experience for Teachers (RET) (UW): The RET allows grade 6 -14 science or agriculture teachers to spend 6 weeks on
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
National Energy Security: U.S. Government Eyes Biofuels
(BiotechNow) ...Paul Bryan, biomass program manager for the Energy Department, who also spoke at the Pacific Rim Summit, points out
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Philadelphia Eagles Go Greener with Eco-Friendly Stadium
by Neela Banerjee (Los Angeles Times) ...(Jeffrey) Lurie and his wife, Christina Weiss Lurie, are retrofitting Lincoln Financial Field with wind
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines Power Biofuel Tests for U.S. Air Force
(Pratt & Whitney) A Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 engine recently powered its first biofuel test flight of a U.S. Air
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Four Clear Lake-Area Inventors among Team Patenting New Process to Make Ethanol
by Andrew Benedict-Nelson (Ultimate Clear Lake) Four inventors in the Clear Lake area are among a team receiving a
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Ethanol 'All about National Security'
by Daniel Looker (Agriculture.com) To farmers who pioneered the ethanol industry, the goal was creating another market for corn. To
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Grasslands for the Birds
by Tim Wall (Discovery News) Picture the vibrant wildflowers and swaying grasses of prairies covering the Midwestern United States once
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Household Sewage: Not Waste, but a Vast New Energy Resource
(American Chemical Society) In a finding that gives new meaning to the adage, “waste not, want not,” scientists are reporting
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Global Renewable Fuels Alliance: Biofuels Can Ease the Impact of Hazardous Oil Prices
(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance) This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued a wakeup call to the world that high
January 10, 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
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
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
International Algae Competition DEADLINE October 11, 2011
The First International Algae Competition was launched at the World Algae Congress held in San Francisco, CA, December 6-8, 2010. Algae
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
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
POET Helps 4th Graders Study Alternative Energy
(POET) Partnership with Dakota State University adds renewable fuel/energy component to ‘South Dakota Road Trip' The history of alternative fuel is
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Tax Holidays, Cheap Loans: Why Mississippi is Attracting Greentech
by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechSolar) In the past year, the state of Mississippi has convinced an impressive array of green tech and other
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Crops to Be Turned into Fuel on Big Island
by Mark Niesse (AP/Washington Examiner) Crops grown on Hawaii's Big Island will be converted into liquid fuel as part of
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
With a Little Help From My Friends
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) ...Yet while we lament about high energy costs, we downright howl over the higher costs of alternative
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
How Oil Could Kill the Recovery
by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic) ...(E)xpensive oil is poisonous to an oil-driven economy. Every severe oil spike in the last
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Plug-in Vehicles and Their Dirty Little Secret
by John Petersen (Renewable Energy World) ...The dirty little secret of plug-in vehicles is that they'll all charge their batteries
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
China’s Biofuels Market Grows, Remains on Subsidy Life-Support
(GCiS China/PR.com) China’s pricing controls, subsidies and cultivation policies have played a critical role in shaping this USD 2.3
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
The Big Price Build-Up: Are You Ready?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The US economy is just now showing signs of revival, and already we are seeing
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
EU Wants Answers over German Animal Feed Dioxin Scandal
by Gregg Benzow (Deutsche Welle) ...The poisonous chemical dioxin was discovered in eggs and poultry last week and is believed to
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Banned Four Loko Gets New Use as Auto Fuel
by Zinie Chen Sampson (AP/MSNBC) Virginia company turns alcoholic drinks into ethanol Truckloads of Four Loko and other alcohol-laced energy drinks
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Confederation of Indian Industry Proposes Bio-Diesel Price Hike
(The Economic Times) The government should raise the price of bio-diesel obtained from the jatropha plant to support the
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Not Sustainable as Fuels for Automobiles in India: Ramesh
(India Transport Portal) While biofuels are being considered as the alternative fuel for the vehicles in number of countries, they
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Firm Asks Restaurants to Be Part of the Green Network
by Liza Agoot (Baguio Midland Courier) ...Nathan Angara of the Noble Trends Unbound (NTU) together with Biodiesel Philippines have
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Ten Asian Trends to watch in 2011
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) ...#1 It’s a breakthrough year for Asian biofuels science and technology. Many scientific and
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
German Study Shows Rapeseed GHG Potential
by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) The German Biomass Research Center has conducted a study on optimizing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels: A Market of Political Opportunities
by Robert Vierhout (ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine) In Europe, much more than in the United States, green (but not just) non-governmental
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Another Biofuel Coalition Forms
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) A newly-formed coalition, American Biofuels Now, has been formed in Florida with the mission to
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Firm Plans to Generate Electricity from Ethanol
by Xinhua (Business Daily) A Kenyan green energy firm has announced plans to generate ethanol-based electricity. Gravitas Ltd managing
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund Reports Investments Totaling $2.5 Million in 2010
(PR NewsWire) Several Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, pushing the total investments made through the Fund
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Popping the Hood on California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard: A Digest Special Series
by Brooke Coleman (NewFuelsAlliance/Biofuels Digest) ...(W)hat’s good and what needs to be fixed in the LCFS? Where should the biofuels industry
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
The USDA Loan Guarantee Program and the Congressional Deficit-Reducing Drive
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...At risk in that budget process is the entire funding for the Section 9003 loan
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
INEOS Bio JV Receives Commitment for $75 Million USDA Loan Guarantee
(INEOS Bio) Funding will create jobs through the construction and completion of advanced commercial facility in Florida INEOS Bio and its
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
RFA Proposes Alternative E15 Label to EPA
(Renewable Fuels Association) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed label for E15 (15% ethanol/85% gasoline) “will do little, if
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
U.S. Lacks Infrastructure to Consume More Ethanol
by Brian Wallheimer (Purdue University/Western Farm Press) The United States doesn't have the infrastructure to meet the federal mandate for renewable
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Fill Her up with Super Pine
by Rose Stirling (Dargaville News) Pine plantations in the Kaipara can be converted into biofuels as part of a nationwide proposal
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Growth Energy Proposes New E15 Label to EPA
(Growth Energy) In formal comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday, Growth Energy proposed a new label
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Thorntons Adds E-85 to 36 Locations
(Convenience Store News) Thorntons is now offering E-85 Flex Fuel in 36 store locations -- seven in Illinois, 11 in
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Tennessee Switchgrass Initiative Looking for Investors
(Nashville Public Radio) The state’s switchgrass initiative is looking for new investors. The program aims to turn crops of the tall
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Quantum Leap for the Q Microbe: Qteros closes $22 Million in New Financing; Global Partnership with Praj
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Qteros and Praj will collaborate on a highly focused, multi-year development program with the objective
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
A Primer on Algal Genomics
by Integrated Gemomics (Algae Industry Magazine) To the untrained eye, microalgae are typical photosynthetic, unicellular organisms. Most species are characterized
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Protec Fuel Opens Three E85 Sites in Atlanta
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) Protec Fuelalong with Indore Oil Company announce the opening of three new E85 sites in the Atlanta, Georgia vicinity.
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Disarming the Food to Fuel Conflict Part 2: The Misinformation Campaign
by Christopher Klug (Tiny Green Bubble) ...According to the Renewable Fuels Association data, the United States produced and used approximately
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Disarming the Food to Fuel Conflict Part 1: The Biofuel History
by Christopher Klug (Tiny Green Bubble) In the United States, domestic ethanol production and motor fuel additives are becoming more
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Virent and HCL CleanTech Receive Grant to Demonstrate Cellulosic Sugars as Feedstocks for 'Drop-In' Biofuels and Bioproducts
(Virent) BIRD Energy Grant Will Support Virent's Conversion of HCL CleanTech's Pine Tree Sugars Into Hydrocarbon Fuels and Products That can
January 05, 2011 Read Full Article
National Algae Association End of Year Report
by Barry Cohen (National Algae Association) ... Some of the accomplishments include: - Construction of commercial-scale demo PBR at Lone Star College - Delivery
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Will Biogenic Emission Regulation Curb Biomass Growth?
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) ...In December 2010, Forisk Consulting released a study titled, “Economic and Regional Impact Analysis of the
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Growing Willows as Biofuel
by Jane Milliman (Democrat and Chronicle) Normally the word "willow" brings to mind those huge weepers that hug stream banks or
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
A Nanoscale Biofuel Cell for Self-Powered Nanotechnology Devices
by Michael Berger (Nanowerk) Nanotechnology researchers working on self-powered nanodevices – nanoscale systems that scavenge energy from their surrounding environment –
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Seaweed: The New Trend in Water Purification
(PhysOrg.com) Charles Yarish is, by his own definition, a seaweed enthusiast. Over his 35-year career, the Stamford professor of ecology and
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
China Automaker JAC Sends First Batch of Ethanol-Powered Cars to Brazil
(Green Car Congress/FavStocks) Chinese carmaker Jianghuai Automobile Co.,Ltd. (JAC) shipped 500 ethanol-powered cars to Brazil at the end of December, the
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Fears over Impact of £200m Biofuel Refinery due to Open at Saltend
(ThisIsHullAndEastRiding) FEARS have been raised over the environmental impact of a new £200-million biofuel plant due to open early this year
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
San Francisco Falling Short on Use of Biodiesel for Public Vehicles
by Katie Worth (San Francisco Examiner) In late 2007, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that every diesel-powered vehicle owned by The
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Developers Get a Taste for Waste
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...a lot of strong commentary from the readership on the potential for Fischer-Tropsch technologies. And
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Oil Industry Tax Issues in the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Proposal
by Robert Pirog (Congressional Research Service) ...These proposals included repeal of the enhanced oil recovery and marginal well tax credits,
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Industry Primed to Flourish
by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register) Boom times are ahead for a biodiesel industry that struggled just to stay alive
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Canada Pulls ahead with Biofuels
(WBCB TV/Driving Today) Although the Obama administration slowed U.S. efforts on biofuels in favor of electric vehicles, a new report
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Vilsack Pushes to Turn Waste into Ethanol
by David DeWitte (Sioux City Journal) USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack expects a forthcoming round of federal grants to help start non-corn-based
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Hypoxylon sp., an Endophyte of Persea indica, Producing 1,8-cineole and Other Bioactive Volatiles with Fuel Potential
(National Institutes of Health/Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University) An endophytic fungus of Persea indica was identified, on the basis
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Malaysia's Sime Darby, Japan's Mitsui Engineering Sign Biofuel Deal
(Japan Today) Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation is collaborating with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co to construct and operate a bioethanol