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03/19/2010
EADS Backs Algae As Future Biofuel Aviation Week A 50:50 blend of conventional jet fuel and plant-derived biofuel, sometimes called hydrotreated renewable jet fuel, is expected to be approved for use in ...
Ferrari tops Bahrain GP using Shell biofuel Manila Bulletin The Ferrari F10 Formula One cars that dominated the Bahrain Grand Prix last Sunday used an advanced blend of biofuel made by Shell. ...
New Biofuel in American Le Mans Series Domestic Fuel A new biofuel mix will be making its debut in the American Le Mans Series this weekend – isobutanol and ethanol. The “Global Leader of Green Racing” ...
KLM wants to run biofuel flights by 2011 Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) stated yesterday (March 18) it wants to operate biofuel flights from 2011 according to this Reuters report. ...
Ethanol and Diplomacy Huffington Post (blog) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted sugarcane ethanol the status of "advanced biofuel" after recognizing -- based on scientific ...
KLM wants to offer biofuel flights from 2011
Reuters
PA) said on Thursday it wanted to make commercial flights which use biofuel from 2011. Last November, during a 1.5 hour KLM flight above the Netherlands, ...
Danisco backs Novozymes' 2nd-gen biofuel cost view
Reuters
COPENHAGEN, March 18 (Reuters) - Danish food ingredients and enzymes maker Danisco (DCO.CO) "agrees fundamentally" with rival enzymes producer Novozymes' ...
Leeds environment protesters claim biofuel victory
The Guardian
There is huge resource and effort being poured into exciting bio fuel technologies – for example, algae growth which shows great potential and bacteria that ...
Airlines Could Be Flying on Biofuel Within 5 Years
SolveClimate (blog)
Jim Proulx, a spokesperson for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said his company is involved in several biofuel-related projects as well, although for the ...
UK businesses to develop sustainable biofuel
Energy Saving Trust
A consortium of British businesses has been created by the Carbon Trust in a bid to develop a sustainable and commercially viable biofuel. ...
The True Cost of Corn Ethanol
Greentech Media
Additionally, there is a $0.54/gal tariff on imported Brazilian biofuel (see Brazilian Ethanol Takes a Hit) to insulate US ethanol producers from foreign ...
First parasitic nematodes reported in biofuel crops
EurekAlert (press release)
"However, when it comes to potential crops for biofuel production, we simply don't know which nematodes are present in these crops and at what levels. ...
IEA calls for biofuel revolution
UPI.com
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, March 17 (UPI) -- The economic recovery under way means energy usage will rise, creating the need for a revolution in the use of ...
Future Fuels to build biofuel plant in UK
Renewable Energy Focus
Future Fuels LLP has acquired a site and received planning consent for an industrial scale transport biofuel plant in Grimsby, UK. The bioenergy plant will ...
Renewable energy strong despite recession
San Francisco Chronicle
The global biofuel market rose 29 percent, hitting $44.9 billion, according to the annual Clean Energy Trends report from the Clean Edge Inc. research firm. ...
Sink sets economic goals if elected Fla. governor
MiamiHerald.com
Expanding renewable energy sources like biofuel, solar, algae cultivation and tidal power. Sink, a retired bank president, also suggested ways that state ...
Canadian government orders biofuels study
Ethanol Producer Magazine
Environment Canada solicited companies to complete an assessment of the ecological footprint of biofuel production facilities in Canada. ...
Biofuel OK'd For Use In ALMS RacinToday.com Last year, the Dyson team's Lola-Mazda finished ahead of all other LMP2 class competitors at the Petit Le Mans using the biofuel, but was denied any victory ...
D1 Oils chairman quits after losing biofuel fight nebusiness.co.uk THE chairman of biofuel company D1 Oils has stood down after his plans to change the focus of the business were rejected by fellow board members. ...
ANALYSIS-US soyoil lures funds on biofuel optimism Forexyard In addition to the $1-a-gallon tax credit, soyoil got an added boost in early February from being classified as an advanced biofuel that could help reduce ...
New biodiesel project comes to SoCal Biodiesel Magazine By Ron Kotrba A new biodiesel project, Golden State Biofuel, is under development in southern California. Located in Indio, Calif., Golden State Biofuel is ...
AGRAme, Honeywell, and Biofuel Projects in Dubai Green Prophet (blog) Honeywell launches project that converts the oil from salicornia plants, commonly known as samphire into biofuel at Dubai's AGRAme conference later this ...
REG claims title as largest biodiesel producer in US BrighterEnergy.org As finalized by the US Environmental Protection Agency last month, the RFS requires 12.95 billion gallons of biofuel to be supplied in 2010, ...
USDA funds available for biofuel, bioenergy production Biomass Magazine "This funding will help the nation's advanced biofuel industry produce energy from sustainable rural resources, and in doing so create jobs and stimulate ...
AutoWeekALMS adds another biofuel for 2010 competition AutoWeek The American Le Mans Series is adding another biofuel for its lineup of green race cars, and an advanced fuel employing isobutanol and ethanol will debut in ...
Telegraph.co.ukGrass cuttings 'to be used as biofuel' Telegraph.co.uk Grass cuttings could soon be used to power cars, under a scheme to transform garden waste into biofuel. By Chris Irvine According to the Carbon Trust, ...
Indian Firms Get 15000ht for Tea, Bio Fuel Addis Fortune The land that will be leased is going to be used to grow tea and Pongamia Pinnata, a plant used for bio fuel and industrial chemical production. ...
Algae Promises Biofuel Solutions Laboratory Equipment As such, an alga is being considered as a viable alternative biofuel feedstock. In a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, the editors picked nuclear-, ...
Biofuel use 'could threaten poor' Aljazeera.net Biofuels - fuels derived from renewable and natural materials such as vegetable oils, animal fats and sugar - are not common forms of energy used worldwide. ...
Grass cuttings 'to be used as biofuel' By UK news, breaking UK news, latest UK news,... Grass cuttings 'to be used as biofuel'. Written by UK news, breaking UK news, latest UK news, latest UK politics news on March 15th, 2010. Grass cuttings could soon be used to power cars, under a scheme to transform garden waste into ... Headline UK News - http://uknews.expatlifespain.com/
Warning Issued Over Invasive Biofuel Crops The recommendation, which is legally binding to member states, states that biofuel crops of species which are already recognised as invasive in the proposed ...
Biofuel cash used for cars, nappies
Fin24
Pretoria - Part of the more than R20m investors paid to buy franchises and shares in the controversial biodiesel company De Beer Fuel Ltd (DFF) was used to ...
EU to Lead Biofuel Industry Future Developments: RNCOS
PR-USA.net (press release)
The global market research pioneer RNCOS has extensively evaluated the global biofuel industry potentials in its latest research offering “Global Biofuel...
Brussels sued over biofuels' report 'cover up'
Click Green
“The complexity of the biofuel issue makes a compelling case for a carbon tax - we need a clear, simple and open method to work out the impact that any ...
Biofuel Car Conversions
Biofuels Watch
by Shannon Page The ability to utilize biomass such as vegetable oil rather than conventional fossil fuels to power vehicles is an appealing idea for many, ...
Gaza university students produce biofuel
Ma'an News Agency
Gaza – Ma'an – Two Gaza science students are using municipal waste to produce biofuel that could replace domestic gas amidst a shortage as the Israeli ...
Your 10 Questions
Malaysia Star
However, an EU development that does bother us is the proposal to restrict biofuel imports from developing countries so as to favour biofuel produced in the ...
Hot style!
Times and Transcript
This type of modern fireplace comes with a variety of styles, models and fuel options, including gas, electric, pellet and biofuel. ...
Tesoro rethinks Hawaii refinery operation
Pacific Business News
The San Antonio-based company is looking to offset a dramatic decline in US demand for gasoline and is considering refining biofuel, which could create a ...
World Biofuel Production | Snipsly
By bharatbookseo
World biofuel production will track increases in demand as most countries seek to foster domestic biofuel industries, both to reduce reliance upon imported oil, and to foster domestic economic development. This will continue to favor ...
Snipsly - http://snipsly.com/
Lobbyists defend requests for funding
UPI.com ... president and chief executive officer of Technology Management in Cleveland, which received a $500000 earmark to commercialize a biofuel system. ...
FACTBOX-Neste Oil's growing palm oil use for biofuels
Reuters UK
HE) could buy 2.4 million to 2.5 million tonnes of vegetable oils for four biofuel plants, putting the Finnish refiner on par with consumer goods giant ...
IRL re-ups with ethanol supplier
Indianapolis Star
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association says it renewed its agreement to supply the biofuel to the IndyCar series in 2010, including the Indianapolis ...
FutureFuel Corp. Declares Dividend
PR Newswire (press release)
FutureFuel Corp. was created in 2005 as a special purpose acquisition vehicle to acquire companies and make a notable impact in the biofuel and fuel ...
Cars, Bombs, and Climate Change
Project Syndicate
Remember how biofuel requirements were supposed to help reduce carbon emissions? In fact, the artificially inflated demand for ethanol – and for the corn to ...
More ethanol usage may be bad for Earth
UPI.com
The study focused on how mandated increases in production of the biofuel in the United States will trigger land-use changes domestically and elsewhere. ...
Greentech MediaBiofuel Catalyst from a Crustacean? Greentech Media It seems that not one week goes by without a new "breakthrough" in advanced biofuels (see Solar + Water + C02 = Diesel?). While we are sanguine about the ...
Bugs Could Solve the Worlds Energy Crisis Cooler Planet In another venue, namely biofuel production, the tiny gribble may become a superstar, quickly and cheaply converting wood, straw, corncobs and the like into ...
Concentrated solar used to turn biomass into biofuel Energy Collective (blog) by Todd Wallace on 03/11/2010 08:38 0 comments , 3 views Sundrop Fuels, Inc., has developed a process using concentrated solar to vaporize biofuel that ...
EU to Lead Biofuel Industry Future Developments: RNCOS Emailwire (press release) (blog) Government tax breaks along with increasing acceptance, as a clean fuel will drive biofuel industry towards dynamic improvements in European Union region. ...
Bio-fuel plant opens Fiji Times Cdre Bainimarama said the development of Fiji's bio-fuel resources had the potential to give the people a secure energy future. Mr Vosarogo said the Koro ...
Biofuel company proposes shorter tower near Aerodrome Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) By Henry A. Stephens INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — County planners and engineers gave an initial green light Wednesday to a proposed biofuel company to replace the ...
Biofuel Market in India | Snipsly By bharatbookseo The Indian biofuel market has been consistently witnessing growth and developments for past few years. The Government of India is injecting huge amount of money and resources into the development of this sector in an attempt to reduce ... Snipsly - http://snipsly.com/
BBC NewsHarrabin's Notes: Battle over biofuel strategy BBC News Environmentalists fear it is - and their latest manoeuvre to stem the biofuel tide is a legal action to force the European Commission to publish thousands ...
Potential new source for biofuel found UPI.com YORK, England, March 10 (UPI) -- British scientists say they've discovered a mechanism that might lead to a new way of converting wood and straw into liquid ...
LanzaTech receives interest from China Sydney Morning Herald Biofuel entrepreneur LanzaTech says it has attracted interest from China in its technology, which was last September used in a pilot plant at the New ...
EU to Lead Biofuel Industry Future Developments: RNCOS PRLog.Org (press release) PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 10, 2010 – The global market research pioneer RNCOS has extensively evaluated the global biofuel industry potentials in its ...
Switchgrass Bio Fuel Could Boost Local Economy WHSV Local farmers and scientists are promoting a form of fuel that you can grow in your backyard... called switchgrass. It's a tall warm season grass, ...
TonicIs the Road Ready for Car-puccino? Tonic Rather than turning trash into biofuel first, in the latest model, coffee grounds can be poured directly into the car. In true Back to the Future fashion, ...
Environment groups sue EU over biofuel documents
Monsters and Critics.com
According to environmental groups, the commission holds a considerable body of research into the environmental impact of biofuel production, but has refused ...
Gribble could hold key to cellulosic biofuel
tce today
by Helen Tunnicliffe A SMALL marine creature which lives solely on wood could hold the key to commercial cellulosic biofuel, according to UK researchers. ...
Stars Aligning for Biofuel Stocks
tickerspy Newswire
According to Bloomberg, a decline in corn prices and record ethanol supplies have weighed heavily on the biofuel's pricing over the last three months. ...
ISS Hosting Alternative Energy Crop Experiment
eWeek
This is the first study to assess the effects of microgravity on cells of a biofuel plant. NASA scientists have launched a new experiment on the ISS ...
Koro awaits opening of bio fuel plant today
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd
The people of Nacamaki Village in Koro are awaiting the arrival of the Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama on the island this morning to open the ...
Shipping giants on JV to test biofuel in marine engines
Biofuels International
Shipping giants Maersk and Lloyd's Register are joining forces with the Dutch government and other specialist contractors to test the performance of a mix ...
Used tea leaves can be a cheap biofuel: Pak scientists
Press Trust of India
Mumbai, Mar 9 (PTI) Used tea leaves could be a cheap source of biofuel without compromising on food security, according to Pakistani scientists. ...
USDA Guarentees Loan for GA Wood Ethanol Plant
Domestic Fuel
“USDA's investment in the construction of Range Fuels' commercial facility, which will produce cellulosic biofuel from non-food biomass, such as wood chips, ...
US biofuels hurt if 2010 tax break expires-report
Reuters
By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - US fuel ethanol and biodiesel production would be cut by 10 percent if Congress allows biofuel tax credits ...
Small biofuel farm bears fruit
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Their venture, called HIPPO for Hawaii Pure Plant Oil, is the first commercial biofuel plantation in the state. "We have to go into agriculture if we want ...
Biofuel station opens in Queenstown
The Southland Times
Shotover Jet engineer maintenance manager Brett Dingle said he hoped the jetboating tourism company would start trialling the biofuel in one of its buses ...
Federal loan programs ill-suited for cellulosic ethanol
Prairie Business
In addition to problems on Wall Street following the collapse of the financial markets, cellulosic biofuel producers have lacked standard benchmarks of ...
Seafarers' scourge provides hope for biofuel future
For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and ...
The Green Life: British Airways Pursues Biofuel
By 2014, British Airways could be powering its fleet with biofuel, reducing its carbon emissions by 145000 tons per year. The airline recently announced a ...
Bio-fuel from waste tea
Ceylon Daily News
Waste tea leaves could be a cheap source of bio-fuel that does not affect the global food security, a Pakistan scientific study disclosed. ...
Grimsby to host a biofuel blockbuster
Times Online
Ensus, which last week shipped off Britain's first batch of domestically produced biofuel from its Teesside plant, expects to consume 1.2m tonnes of wheat a ...
Alternative Energy Crops in Space
RedOrbit
Jatropha is known to produce high quality oil that can be converted into an alternative energy fuel, or biofuel. By studying the effects of microgravity on ...
IMO starts carbon tax to boost greener shipping
Emirates Business 24/7
As part of the pilot project, Maersk has retrofitted one of its ships, Maersk Kal Mar, to test biofuel. "Firstly we are testing bio-diesel – the first ...
EU papers warn of biofuels' link to hunger
The News International
Impact studies drafted for EU policymakers — included in 116 documents released to Reuters under freedom of information laws — predict that current biofuel...
CER-Climate Change Update:Carbon trade lessons
Commodity Online
Australian carrier Qatar Airways announced plans to develop a biofuel for commercial jet operations in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint. ...
The biofuel era - not on horizon - yet
Arab News
And biofuel development got a fillip, at least in part, to address the above challenges. Driven by the motive to enhance energy security through the ...
EPA to Raise Biofuel Limits?
Biofuels Watch
While it is well known that biofuel blends generally produce significantly less carbon dioxide than conventional petroleum based fuels this does not mean ...
Experts probing biofuel impacts
DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
The National Research Council is digging into the economic and environmental impact of biofuels, but the results of the congressionally mandated study won't ...
Finding a new way in the woods
Vancouver Sun
Among other plans, the Northwest BC Forest Coalition is looking to sell its low-quality wood to Europe to be used as biofuel. A federation of first nations ...
Bus services to improve
The Star ... index-linked bus fares, and a ring of park and ride facilities. There will be a trial of recycled biofuel and new low-emission vehicles.
9W2XAN: Alternative Energy Crops in Space
By 9W2XAN
This is the first study to assess the effects of microgravity on cells of a biofuel plant. "As the search for alternate energy sources has become a top priority, the results from this study could add value for commercialization of a new ...
9W2XAN - http://9w2xan.blogspot.com/
EU drafts reveal biofuel's "environmental damage"
Mother Nature Network
"Many decades may be needed before the initial induced carbon losses are compensated by the savings due to greater biofuel use," reads one draft study by ...
Biofuel co-op nears make-or-break point
Ontario Argus Observer
By LARRY MEYER ONTARIO — Officials working to start up a new biofuel cooperative in Malheur County are nearing the point of make or break as the time for ...
Advanced Biofuel Makers Call for Tax Credits
Domestic Fuel
According to US Department of Energy numbers, it costs $250 million to get a 50 million-gallon-a-year advanced cellulosic biofuel operation up and running, ...
Argentina's Biofuel Mandate
Biofuels Watch
by Shannon Page Legislators in Argentina have recently established a new government mandate on all diesel used within the country – in order to qualify for ...
Advanced biofuel industry pushes for tax credit
Biomass Magazine
By Anna Austin A large number of advanced biofuel industry members are urging Congress to grant an investment tax credit to advanced biofuel producers in ...
Expert: Algae Must Be Commercial Scale or Just Playing
Domestic Fuel
The article goes on to say that some biofuel companies, such as Synthetic Genomics, are forming partnerships with some big oil companies to address the ...
Uhde process for biofuel R&D project
The Engineer
Dortmund, Germany – BioTfueL is a new joint project launched by five French partners and Uhde. BioTfueL integrates the various technology stages of the ...
Perry Named To New Generation Biofuels Board
India Business Blog (blog) ... from plant oils and animal fats that it markets as a new class of biofuel for power generation, commercial and industrial heating and marine use. ...
Algae biofuel industry seeks tax incentive
UPI.com
The amendment would ensure algae fuels receive the financial and regulatory benefits afforded to other advanced biofuel feedstocks and promote the ...
EPA Ruling Could Mean a +50% Increase in Biofuel Demand
StreetAuthority
However, that is not true for cellulosic ethanol, a biofuel that can be derived from any plant material -- not just corn. Its output is expected to go from ...
EU drafts reveal biofuel's "environmental damage"
Reuters UK
By Pete Harrison BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Biodiesel and other "green" fuels that Europeans put in their cars can have unintended consequences for tropical ...
A Self-Fulfilling Bet on Biofuels?
Energy Collective (blog)
Doubling or tripling biofuel output would certainly cost oil producers money, if they ignored this factor in their capacity planning. ...
Strong algae momentum
Energy Collective (blog)
Algal oil will be extracted from the algae for biofuel feedstock, and the algae residual can be converted to pyrolysis oil, which can be burned to generate ...
Proposals on biofuel obligation
Lexology (registration) ... Energy and Natural Resources has published the Energy (Bio-Fuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 to establish a biofuel obligation and ...
Feds' biofuel fund backs Que. ethanol plant
Alberta Express
The ecoEnergy program, which is budgeted for up to $1.5 billion over nine years, is taking applications from new and existing biofuel producers until the ...
Colorado Company Building Fuel Plant In Georgia
WJBF-TV
A Colorado company is building a biofuel plant in southeast Georgia. Range Fuels Inc. of Broomfield says it has received an $80 million federal loan for the ...
BioFuel Announces Earnings Release and Conference Call
PR Newswire (press release) BioFuel Energy currently has two 115 million gallons a year ethanol plants operating in the Midwestern corn belt. The Company's goal is to become a leading ...
Warning biofuel targets may hit oil supply
Financial Times
The report, which will be a central topic for discussion at the summit, says there is an “urgent need” to review existing biofuel policies. ...
Nigeria: Bio-Fuel Ethanol Refinery to Take Off in Ekiti
AllAfrica.com
Lagos — Governor Segun Oni of Ekiti state has Saturday laid the foundation stone of a N3.5 billion, about ($23.4million) integrated cassava-based bio-fuel...
Green Fuels Could Damage Environment, Study Claims
The Epoch Times
Millions of acres of forests will be destroyed and turned into plantations to meet the British government's targets on increasing the level of biofuel sold ...
Aquaflow 'dips its toes' into international waters
National Business Review
Aquaflow had partnered with UOP to apply some of its technology to grow the algae used to make biofuel. It would be allocated some of the $US1.5 million ...
Qatar Airways going green
UPI.com
DOHA, Qatar, March 3 (UPI) -- Australian carrier Qatar Airways announced plans to develop a biofuel for commercial jet operations in an effort to reduce its ...
Fuel from Algae – Challenges do not Stop Big Bucks...
Cleantech Blog (blog)
Algal biofuel can have a major impact on all three observed Dr. Michael Webber in opening the recent American Association for Advancing Science (AAAS) ...
Virgin Airlines uses biofuel
By admin
Virgin said the fuel to be used for Sunday's flight — a 20 percent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of the plane's four main fuel tanks — was of a type that wouldn't compete with food and fresh water resources amid mounting ...
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Seeking a More 'Poplar' Biofuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gas money for your car doesn't grow on trees, but one day you might be filling up with fuel that does.
Canada invests C$80 mln in Quebec biofuel plant
Reuters Canada
Canada has earmarked C$1.5 billion for the biofuel industry over nine years. GreenField produces 450 million liters of fuel ethanol a year, which is sold at ...
Money Doesn't Grow on Trees, but Biofuel Does
CleanTechnica
The poplar tree has entered the crowded field of sustainable biofuel crops, and now it seems that China, Israel and the US are racing to tap into its ...
Waste tea leaves used as biofuel
Healthcare Today
He said that the process his team had studied was less costly in the long run, and that the first batch of bio-fuel it produced was the only one that ...
SciPreview: Sustainability, Biofuel, and Slaughterhouses
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Why is ethanol-based gasoline creating an entirely new issue for sustainability? How is sugarcane-based ethanol hurting the Brazilian people? ...
GLOBAL: Are we heading for another food crisis?
IRINnews.org
In a scenario that takes into account a planned and predictable biofuel expansion in some countries, the US-based International Food Policy Research ...
Biofuel 'worse than regular petrol or diesel'
Environmental Transport Association
The environmental impact of clearing forests to make way for biofuel crops is such that using fossil fuel in cars is better for the environment than ...
Pentagon Torpedoes BioFuel
SDNN (blog)
100LL is like old-time auto gas, whereas biofuel development has primarily concentrated on diesel and jet fuel. We have been watching some local technology ...
Biofuel power plant decision due
Ethiopian Review
BBC West business correspondent Dave Harvey said Bristol's decision was being closely watched as there were several similar applications for biofuel power ...
The DC Morning: 3/1/2010
Daily Caller
Green fuels require killing mother earth, study finds — A study conducted by the British Department of Transport found that increasing the use of biofuel...
Biofuel inquiry is a “stitch-up” say campaigners
Click Green
Published Mon 01 Mar 2010 19:49 Campaign groups 'Food not Fuel' and 'Down to Earth' have pulled out of the public inquiry into the controversial biofuel...
Warning issued over invasive biofuel crops
New Energy Focus
The recommendation, which is legally binding to member states, states that biofuel crops of species which are already recognised as invasive in the proposed ...
US $3.2M NSF Grant To Support Poplar Trees into Biofuel
Instal Biz
The biofuels include ethanol, the renewable biofuel used in gasoline blends and flex-fuel vehicles. Existing woodlands would not be affected, as the hybrid ...
Biofuel breakdown
Scientist
As a result of this paper, most biofuel assessments today incorporate land use change into their emission calculations.
Mitsui and Inbicon sign licensing agreement
Ethanol Producer Magazine
Other byproducts include “solid biofuel for energy production” and animal feed. This is the first time Inbicon has signed a licensing agreement for its ...
Ekiti govt to construct another bio-fuel refinery
Vanguard
According to him, “by the time the three biofuel plants become operational, apart from putting the state on the world map as a major bio-fuel/ethanol ...
Cereals manufacturing for bio-fuel
Ukrainian Biofuel Portal
In future cereal straw can not be used as bio- fuel because it is required for soil fertility maintaining. Professionals point out that this aspect should ...
Bloom Energy Promises Energy Savings to Customers
Tech Jackal
Since this cell produces energy by combining oxygen and natural gas, or bio fuel, to create the chemical reaction it uses to make electricity, the cell runs ...
Qatar and US join hands for energy projects
SteelGuru ... of electricity from hot water from oil production and other applications of solar and geothermal technologies, as well as biomass and biofuel research. ...
UW-Madison developing a greener jet fuel
FOX 21 Online
But it'll still be awhile before your next flight runs on the biofuel. Engineers at the UW-Madison took a biomass compound, called GVL. ...
Clean Tech: A New Way to Hasten Energy Solutions
TIME
"The cost of scaling up capital is a real business risk for us," says Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of the algal biofuel startup Solzyme. (Watch TIME's video "The ...
Growth strategy aired
Martinsville Bulletin
He did not identify those companies, but he said they included federal government contractors, biofuel makers, a solar panel manufacturer and a company that ...
Colorado Green Tech» Blog Archive » Nov 9 – Water, Biological ...
By Kevin Geminiuc
The presentation begins with an introduction of the journey from research to biological growth experimentation to the development of systems to improve bio-fuel production. ... The existing target facilities are 183 biofuel plants in the
U.S. that product 11B gallons/year where a majority is corn-based ethanol. The 2022 goals set by the FDA in the Renewable Fuels Standards Program outlines a goal to produce 36 Bgal/year of bio-fuel production for the U.S. ...
Colorado Green Tech - http://www.coloradogreentech.net/meetupblog/
Oni Lays $22.3m Biofuel Refinery Foundation
THISDAY
"Upon completion, the refinery will have the capacity to produce 30000 metric tonnes of biofuel per annum, using cassava as raw material. ...
Mozambique: The costs of biofuel
ReliefWeb (press release)
With enthusiasm for biofuel growing, countries like Mozambique want to cash in. But diverting resources from food crops comes with dangers. ...
Sustainable Investment Recommendations from FDI
PR Leap (press release)
COM) Fair Deal Investments (FDI) has completed due diligence on two new socially responsible investment opportunities: Jatropha Biofuel and Ecocity Brasil. ...
Generating electricity from waste
Newberg Graphic
Another renewable resource is bio-fuel — usually meaning wood or agricultural waste. These partially-renewable fuels include municipal waste (garbage) and ...
10 Reasons to Avoid Genetically Modified Foods
Food Consumer
A 2008 World Bank report concluded that increased biofuel production (crops grown for fuel rather than food) is the major cause of the increase in food ...
Bloombox: It Might Power our Houses
Tech2
The Bloombox basically comes in different sizes and output capacities, and uses oxygenation of biofuel and its like, to produce power. ...
Another Reason to Avoid GMOs « Oryana
By Luise
A 2008 World Bank report concluded that increased biofuel production (crops grown for fuel rather than food) is the major cause of the increase in food prices. GM giant Monsanto has been at the heart of the lobbying for biofuels – while ...
Oryana - http://oryana.coop/blog/