02/08/2010

Mongabay.com Amazon rainforest will bear cost of biofuel policies in Brazil Mongabay.com "To fill the biofuel production targets for 2020, sugarcane would require an additional 57200 [square kilometers] and soybean an additional 108100 sq km. ...

EQ² Report: Biofuel usage may save $2.01 billion by 2020 Airfinance Journal (subscription) EQ², a company specialising on sustainable economics, says in a report that using 15% of biofuels will avoid 35 million tonnes of CO 2 emissions, ...

Treehugger Saltwater Biofuel Production & Fish Farming Combined by UAE's Masdar Institute Treehugger This in turn is harvested and turned into biofuel. The runoff from this flows into specially planted mangrove swamp, which prevents any remaining fish water ...

US: GM's Duramax diesel has B20 biofuel capability Automotive World General Motors has announced that its new line-up of heavy-duty diesel pick-ups will have B20 biodiesel capability. B20 fuel is a blend of 20% biodiesel and ...

EPA rule benefits renewable fuels Southeast Farm Press Calling for 36 billion gallons of biofuel to be produced by 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a long-awaited final rule on the ...

Center For American Progress On the Road to Better Biofuels Center For American Progress A field of jatropha plants that is a source of biofuel. The trees cost $6 to $7 each, can be grown 400 to an acre, and produce more than two gallons of oil ...

NBB CEO Joe Jobe Addresses Conference Domestic Fuel It establishes very conclusively under EPA guidelines and federal law, that biodiesel is an advanced biofuel, because it meets the criteria and definition ...

Bright future for biodiesel in Indonesia Jakarta Post Recent estimates from the Indonesian National Team for Biofuel Development suggest that as much as 15 million hectares of land in Indonesia are suitable for ...

DailyTech ISS will be 90% complete after mission DailyTech ... such as cell structure, growth, and development of the Jatropha curcas plant, which has the potential to be used as an alternative biofuel crop. ...

02/07/2010

Biofuel production for beetle-killed trees? Helena Independent Record Because we want our political leaders to fix public problems, we may be heartened to hear that our county commissioners are considering a local biofuel ...

HeatingOil.com (blog) Toyota to Invest in Jatropha-Based Biofuel HeatingOil.com (blog) Like Valero, which has turned increasingly to biofuel investment as its traditional refining business goes through hard times, Toyota's move to diversify ...

We're wasting money on ethanol Dallas Morning News (blog) Re: "EPA to boost ethanol usage -- Revised fuel standard 'unlocks the door' for producers of biofuel," Thursday news story. The US produces about 100 ...

International attention on sewer plant: VVWRA eyes renewable energy projects ... istockAnalyst.com (press release) --If things go according to plan, the local wastewater treatment plant may be among the first in the world powered entirely by an innovative biofuel system. ...

Carbon tax on blended biofuels to be eased Sunday Business Post While pure biofuels are exempt from the carbon tax, it applies to blended fuels where the biofuel content is less than 10 per cent. ...

Algenol Partners With Lee County as Commission Votes to Approve Incentive ... PR-CANADA.net (press release) Algenol also announced a partnership with The Linde Group to develop CO(2) capture and management technologies to increase biofuel production from algae. ...

Trash: America`s best bet for energy independence Environmental Expert (press release) Since that time, the technology for turning trash and commercial waste into electricity and biofuel has come a long way. In just the past decade, ...

Examiner.com New awards to fund research on biofuels from non-food sources Examiner.com The most common biofuel, ethanol made from the starch in corn kernels, is already providing a small but significant amount of the US energy portfolio. ...

02/06/2010

Wallace's Farmer Group Opposes Biofuel Mandates Proposed By Iowa Lawmakers Wallace's Farmer "Since nearly everything comes to us on trucks that are using diesel fuel, these proposed biofuel mandates would unnecessarily increase our fuel costs by 5% ...

International attention on local sewer plant Victorville Daily Press The entire $11 million biofuel system should pay itself off in 6 1/2 years — six months less than Olds' rule of thumb for an acceptable investment. ...

FACTBOX-Endeavour to carry final space station hub, cupola Reuters Delivering new scientific experiments including a study on the Jatropha curcas plant, used for producing biofuel, to see if its breeding process can be sped ...

Sciblogs (blog) This week in synthetic biology Sciblogs (blog) Researchers throughout the world are working to produce biofuel using synthetic engineered microbes in a cost effective way. Scaling up these different ...

Obama Wants 36 Billion Gallons of Biofuels, Ethanol per Year by 2022 CaymanMama.com (press release) This increase in biofuel production could be a boon for the biofuel industry, but industry representatives are concerned about whether the government has ...

In clean energy, US needs more steel in ground CNET ... which historically has not been the case in the US Having a multiyear policy makes it easier to finance projects, such as biofuel plants or solar farms, ...

Wallace's Farmer Iowa House Subcommittee Approves State Biodiesel Mandate Wallace's Farmer Truckers and fuel retailers have opposed a biofuel mandate in Iowa. Supporters of the biodiesel mandate this year in the Iowa Legislature have guarded ...

City, county to seek funding for biofuel project istockAnalyst.com (press release) 5--Helena city commissioners signed on with Lewis and Clark County commissioners on Thursday to jointly pursue federal funding toward a possible biofuel ...

02/05/2010

EPA's Biofuel Guidelines Won't Limit Corn Ethanol SustainableBusiness.com Yesterday we reported on the finalization of of the EPA's rules for the Renewable Fuels Standard, in which the Agency kept the land-use changes as part of ...

StreetAuthority President's Biofuel Push Clears Way for Billions in Revenue StreetAuthority But the chart also shows some phenomenal growth potential for cellulosic ethanol, a cutting edge biofuel that can be made from any plant material. ...

This Week in Heating Oil: Obama Extends Support for Biofuel Development HeatingOil.com (blog) Following up on the support he voiced for biofuel technology in his State of the Union address last week, President Obama laid out a general plan for ...

EU raises biofuel threat to rainforests Telegraph.co.uk In other words, the resulting biofuel could be marketed as environmentally friendly, even though its production had caused the destruction of some of the ...

Profit From the First Biofuel Winner – Before it Goes Public Money Morning First, the AltAir plant will produce its jet biofuel at a refinery located in Anacortes, Wash. It will blend with conventional production from the refinery ...

Biofuel revolution in US taking toll on food supply Irish Times New analysis of 2009 US Department of Agriculture figures suggests biofuel revolution is impacting on world food supplies, writes JOHN VIDAL . ...

BIO Thanks Obama Administration for Renewing Support for Biofuels TMCnet Obama's biofuel initiative was announced to support the development and expansion of domestic biofuels and the initial effort will be done through a working ...

US Soya Complex Rises On Strong Demand of Oil for Bio fuel Production BloombergUTV The cloud hanging over soybean oil as a valid source for biofuel production has been removed. It qualifies. Second, EPA reconfirmed consumption targets for ...

02/04/2010

02/03/2010

Obama kicks biofuel strategy into higher gear Los Angeles Times By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Washington - The Obama administration today will unveil a revamped strategy to ramp up the nation's use of biofuel in hopes ...

Biofuel industry touted for region The Chesapeake Bay Journal The report, Chesapeake Biofuel Policies: Balancing Energy, Economy and Environment, was prepared by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the commission, ...

MSU researches nonfood biofuel MSU State News By David Barker (Last updated: 13 hours ago) The future of alternative fuels and economic freedom might be as simple as grass clippings and wood chips. ...

Reuters Brazil hopes Shell-Cosan can boost ethanol exports Reuters SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's ethanol industry, which invested heavily to boost output of the cane-based biofuel, is counting on a tie-up between sugar and ...

Letter to Australia re ABC, climate change denialist Monckton, Biofuel ... Collective Bellaciao To give Mr Monckton further credit, he has also spoken out against the evil (and indeed CO2 polluting) perversion of “Food for Biofuel” that is driving up ...

US Biofuel Market Analysis : By Bharatbook PRMinds (press release) This report also highlights the market performance (both ethanol & biodiesel) and key success areas of biofuel industry. The US is the largest oil importing ...

ETF Trends (blog) Nuclear ETFs: The Wave of the Future? ETF Trends (blog) ... State of the Union address last week to reiterate his administration's commitment to taxpayer-subsidized solar cells, clean coal and biofuel technology. ...

Biomass Crop Assistance Program to Spur Production of Renewable Energy, Job ... USDA.gov (press release) "Advancing biomass and biofuel production holds the potential to create green jobs, which is one of the many ways the Obama Administration is working to ...

Mazda unvelils Hot "Eco" Car Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) That's why I drive a Jetta diesel (I use varying degrees of Biofuel). Now Mazda is coming to party with the new 6. Apparently it provides fuel economy that ...

02/02/2010

Lee County approves biofuel facility The News-Press Lee County commissioners are close to the three votes needed to give $10 million in job creation tax money to a locally based biofuel company to build a ...

Telegraph.co.uk Shell stakes green future on sugar biofuel in $2bn Brazil venture Telegraph.co.uk The two companies claim that biofuel made from ethanol emits more than 70pc less carbon dioxide than traditional fuels. However, not all vehicles can run ...

Algae, brine shrimp and tilapia make recipe for biofuel and weather (UM Cooperative Media Group Release) – Using algae, brine shrimp and tilapia, researchers have designed a novel system that extracts oil for use as biofuel, ...

Modified Eucalyptus to Transform Forests CBS News What's more, the wood could potentially serve as a biofuel feedstock Critics, however, worry that the plant would grow untrammeled, like a weed gone wild, ...

Turning Beef Fat into Biofuel AZoCleantech Turning the beef fat into biofuel is one way to tackle an environmental problem, financial and even a public health issue. Did you know that several ...

The Dayton Power and Light Company to Test Alternative Fuels at its Power Plants AZoCleantech A new market is also created for biofuel producers and local farmers, if power plants that use coal to generate power adopt biofuel technology. ...

Domestic Fuel Evogene Researching Castor Bean for Biofuels Domestic Fuel ... and the castor beans have been designed for higher yield and growth on semi-arid land making it a candidate for second generation biofuel production. ...

WSU Today Prof works to create reliable source of biofuel (see video) WSU Today Neff said the work is crucial in developing a potentially lucrative agricultural crop and a source of renewable material for biofuel production.

Oil-refining operations at Eagle Point grind to permanent halt NJBIZ “We wanted to preserve the option for other potential uses,” such as biofuel production, though “it would likely be some time before a plan of that nature ...

Is Health Care Passage Assumed In The Budget? Firedoglake (blog) One is a $6.6 billion savings from closing a loophole that allows paper manufacturers to claim cellulosic biofuel tax credits. ...

02/01/2010

The Guardian Shell to do deal with Brazilian biofuel producer Cosan to secure future The Guardian Shell will now lobby the US administration to reduce its tariffs on biofuel imports in a move that could transform profitability. ...

Biofuel plant in eastern Tennessee starts turning grass into gas Bizjournals.com A small-scale experimental biofuel plant has begun producing ethanol in eastern Tennessee, about a year and a half after it was announced by Gov. ...

Red light cameras, biofuel lab on Lee commissioners' agenda The News-Press 11:37 AM — Lee County commissioners will meet this afternoon to discuss the result of a red light camera and a contract that could bring a biofuel lab to ...

Lee County nears decision to bring biofuel company The News-Press 4:11 PM — Lee County Commissioners are close to the three votes needed to give $10 million in taxpayer money to a locally-based biofuel company to relocate ...

Dayton Power & Light forging ahead with biofuel power tests Dayton Daily News As the utility works to meet state-mandated renewable energy goals, the biofuel pellets manufactured at a growing Kentucky company are undergoing extensive ...

UK failing to meet biofuel sustainability standard Mongabay.com Only 4 percent of biofuel imported for use in the UK — and 20 percent of biofuel used overall — meets the environmental sustainability standard set by the ...

Biofuel Blending in India Gerson Lehrman Group Policy has been in place for quite long and two terms of different goverrnments elapsed and Indian Sugar has moved in Cycles yet same rhetoric with little ...

Virginia Engineers Say Algae-based Biofuel Has Bigger Footprint EP Magazine Researchers from the University of Virginia's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have found there are significant environmental hurdles to ...

Ormat, Evogene end biodiesel collaboration Globes Ormat said that it would continue its biofuel R&D activity on the basis of its accumulated know-how, including the use of castor bean varieties not ...

domain-B DuPont Danisco bio fuel demonstration facility goes on stream domain-B The DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol demonstration facility to turn corncobs and switchgrass into energy went on stream in Vonore, Tennessee, last week, ...

01/31/2010

Food inflation: Govt, not biofuel, to blame Hindu Business Line Biofuel market-drivers vary from country to country; but there are some common elements such as energy security, environment concerns and support to ...

MSU: Fiber harder to convert to fuel, worth effort Chicago Tribune Scientists are now at work on improving the techniques for turning plant making biofuel from plant cellulose. Cellulosic biofuels would be an alternative to ...

Fars News Agency Iran Asks for Brazil's Cooperation in Biofuel Production Fars News Agency Brazil is considered to have the world's first sustainable biofuels economy and is the biofuel industry leader, a policy model for other countries. ...

The Economic Voice The environment, what do we really know? The Economic Voice In another story, the Renewable Fuels Agency the enforced use of biofuel in vehicles may be accelerating the destruction of rainforests. ...

Guess who's pumped about 'green' energy now Barre Montpelier Times Argus Proponents concede that there's currently no way to supply the tens of millions of gallons of biofuel that would be necessary to replace 5 percent of the 6 ...

Institute Launches Oil and Gas Sector Management Course istockAnalyst.com (press release) (Source: Info-Prod Research (Middle East))According to ANBA: The Brazilian Oil, Gas and Biofuel Institute (IBP) is offering an extension course in Oil and ...

Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation - Financial Analysis Review - New Report ... OfficialWire (press release) ... Energy Systems Corporation (Dynamotive) develops and markets biofuel technology and products based on its patented fast pyrolysis technology. ...

Canada's best honored at Sovereigns ESPN ... Club also were privy to the first dead heat in the 35-year history of the Sovereign Awards as Biofuel and Negligee shared the 2-year-old filly title. ...

Inside autos: Tesla will offer stock Detroit Free Press E85, derived from wastepaper-based biofuel, powered the HHR and a similar flex-fuel-powered Ford F-150 on exhibit at the show. ...

Vilsack: Rural America is in need of renewal DesMoinesRegister.com Second, promote biofuel and renewable energy production. The president instructed his administration to develop a plan to build a robust biofuel industry ...

01/30/2010

01/29/2010

Telegraph.co.uk Biofuel requirements for cars may help destroy the rainforest, watchdog says Telegraph.co.uk Using biofuel in vehicles could be destructive to the rainforest as well as leading to higher green house gas emissions than using just petrol and diesel, ...

Vonore biofuel plant officially opens Knoxville News Sentinel Officials with DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, the University of Tennessee and Genera Energy were on hand today for a ribbon-cutting event at the $50 ...

Novozymes, Fiberight make biofuel from waste Ethanol Producer Magazine By Luke Geiver Novozymes Inc., has partnered with Fiberight LLC, to produce advanced biofuel made from government office waste paper and cardboard. ...

Lee County's efforts to lure biofuel firm could be costly The News-Press 1:10 AM — Lee County commissioners will vote Tuesday whether to pledge $10 million in incentives to Algenol Biofuels to relocate a research laboratory from ...

Domestic Fuel Blendstar to Add Biofuel Terminal In Louisiana Domestic Fuel Blendstar, LLC has announced the launch of a biofuel transload terminal to distribute ethanol and biodiesel in Bossier City, Louisiana, ...

CBC.ca Quebec City to get biofuel plant CBC.ca Construction of the plant, which will convert organic matter such as table scraps into biofuel, is expected to begin this summer. ...

Workshops focus on benefits of growing oilseed crops in Southern High Plains Indian Country Today “We are holding these workshops because a lot of people are becoming more interested in oilseed and its importance in the production of biofuel and for ...

The Malaysian Insider Biodiesel may be put on hold The Malaysian Insider 2 palm oil producer, may delay a mandate for blending palm oil-based biofuel with petroleum diesel to next year due to cost concerns, the Star reported ...

Boosh News (press release) (blog) E. Coli now proves eco and economic friendly as the new source of biofuel ... Boosh News (press release) (blog) So, with E.coli hitting the screen the biofuel production economics, efficiency and ease is sure going to set new records.

01/28/2010

UK biofuel suppliers fall short of sustainability targets Environmental Finance Overall, only 20% of the biofuel supplied was verified as meeting the environmental standards, against a target of 30%. The targets for data reporting and ...

New crops to boost biofuel MSU State News A team of professors from MSU's Department of Entomology examined several biofuel crops to see how many beneficial insects were attracted to the plants and ...

GE and Petrobras In Biofuel-Fired Aeroderivative Generation Play RenewableEnergyWorld.com Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras, together with GE, has developed the world's first fully-commercial bio-ethanol-fired gas turbine power station. ...

Sydney Morning Herald Lord Monckton's genocidal overkill Sydney Morning Herald The twin dangers of biofuel production if not pursued carefully, he said, were further deforestation and the driving up of food prices. ...

Discover Magazine (blog) Engineered E. Coli Bacteria Produces Road-Ready Diesel Discover Magazine (blog) Still, the news of bacteria producing biofuels has been welcomed by biofuel manufacturers who usually use corn and sugarcane to produce ethanol; ...

State of the Union proposals by President Obama Washington Post Construction of "safe" nuclear plants and continued investment in biofuel and "clean coal" technologies. Also suggested that "tough decisions" must be made ...

Obama on Healthcare Reform: 'Let's Get It Done' ADVANCE He wants to build safe, clean nuclear power plants and open new offshore areas for oil and gas development, as well as develop biofuel and clean-coal ...

Biofuels increase energy options Bismarck Tribune The EERC is pursuing one biofuel project in this area in collaboration with the Tesoro refinery outside of Mandan. The research facility is designing a ...

01/27/2010

Algae as Biofuel Still Rough Around the Edges U.S. News & World Report The team then compared these with similar values from algae's biofuel peers — corn, canola and switchgrass. The algal life-cycle analysis, ...

Scientific American Bacteria Transformed into Biofuel Refineries Scientific American The idea in this case is to produce a batch of biofuel from a single colony through E. coli's natural ability to proliferate and, after producing the fuel, ...

AFP Doubts over India's 'miracle' biofuel crop AFP The seeds of the wild plant, which grows abundantly across India, produce non-edible oil that can be blended with diesel, to make the biofuel that is part ...

Biofuel footprint 'can be small': expert ABC Online Concerns have recently been raised about the potential for biofuel crops to take up land that could otherwise be used for producing food. ...

New crops to boost biofuel MSU State News By Emily Wilkins (Last updated: 12 hours ago) A team of professors from MSU's Department of Entomology examined several biofuel crops to see how many ...

DC Auto Show Debuts Vehicles Fueled By Government Waste U.S. News Rankings & Reviews This year is no different: Research company Novozymes is demonstrating its biofuel enzyme technology in the flex-fuel Chevrolet HHR and Ford F-150. ...

Biofuel can save the rainforests The Engineer London – Refining EU wheat to produce bioethanol and high protein animal feed can reduce pressures on the world's threatened rainforests by reducing ...

Pytrade looks to Kitimat as model bio-fuel market Northern Sentinel ... has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the District of Kitimat in hopes of installing three power-producing bio-fuel generators in the area. ...

East Bay Business Times Berkeley lab scientists make fuel using E. coli East Bay Business Times Steen said the project would make it easier to create biofuel from plants that aren't used to feed people or animals. LS9 paid for the research, ...

01/26/2010

New York Times (blog) Biofuel Companies Attack Algae Study New York Times (blog) By SINDYA N. BHANOO In a face-off between academia and industry, algae biofuel companies have made a joint statement decrying recent research that ...

Exxon's Biofuel Research Is Underway SustainableBusiness.com ExxonMobil's (NYSE: XON) efforts to develop biofuel are underway, according to a report in The National. Six months ago the oil giant announced plans to ...

Food or fuel? The biofuel debate rumbles on… Energy Efficiency News Or put another way, the amount of grain needed to produce enough biofuel to fill the tank of an SUV would feed one person for a year. ...

Gulf Oil president says price should decide biofuel use Radio Iowa by Dar Danielson on January 26, 2010 The president of Gulf Oil Company spoke to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association summit Monday and said biofuels have a ...

2010-01-26 Malaysian biofuel plant commissioned in Borneo New Energy Matters (subscription) Senari Biofuels, a subsidiary of government owned petrochemical group Assar Senari, has completed a MYR 80m (USD 23.4m) biofuel plant at the company's ...

DC Follies: Chevrolet HHR and Ford F-150 fueled by government waste debut in ... Autoblog (blog) The demonstration is masterminded by Novozymes, which has partnered with Maryland-based Fiberight to show off that firm's biofuel enzyme technology. ...

Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research Science Centric Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly ...

Biodiesel Maker Contends Study Proves Algae's Worth Domestic Fuel And even the algal-biofuel industry seems to be split on the issue. As you might remember from my story last week, University of Virginia researchers have ...

InfoSpi Set to Acquire its First Company as Part of a Strategic Plan in the ... PR Newswire (press release) The result of such process is a high grade Biofuel fuel from which an insignificant amount is used to drive the plant leaving the bulk of the production ...

01/25/2010

Researchers say wastewater may be used to produce algae-based biofuel Water Technology Online ... to offset some of the environmental impact that is associated with the production of algae-based biofuel, according to an article on newstrackindia.com. ...

Treehugger US Navy to Demonstrate Biofuel-Powered 'Green Strike Force' by 2012 Treehugger by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY on 01.25.10 We've reported a number of times on efforts by the US military to lower the environmental footprint of its ...

Sweet Success for Sustainable Biofuel Research Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2010) — Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to ...

New York Times (blog) Study Examines Costs and Benefits of Algae New York Times (blog) Other biofuel crops like corn, canola and switchgress result in a net carbon dioxide uptake, the study found. The main reason for this is that fertilizers ...

US used quarter of 2008 grain crop to make biofuel The Ecologist The world's largest grain exporter is feeding increasing amounts of its crop to cars rather than people, according to figures released by the US Department ...

Bill Gates Posts Annual Letter, Backs Khosla Seattle Post Intelligencer Gates is also an investor in the San Diego biofuel firm Sapphire Energy, and TerraPower, a nuclear energy spinout from Bellevue, WA-based Intellectual ...

Tree Top Industries Announces Financing & Venture with GeoGreen Biofuels CNNMoney.com (press release) GeoGreen Biofuels, a leader in the alternative energy industry, recycles waste cooking oil into clean, safe, renewable biofuel. ...

01/24/2010

BBC News Is biofuel is the green answer to oil-based jet fuel? BBC News Two of the Middle East's biggest airlines Etihad and Qatar Airways -have announced plans to run their planes on biofuel. Environmentalists have criticised ...

Wastewater may solve eco hurdles in algae-based biofuel production Oneindia The U.Va. research demonstrates that algae production consumes more energy, has higher greenhouse gas emissions and uses more water than other biofuel ...

Green IPO Watch at Renewableenergystocks.com Reports on Announced IPO's in ... PR.com (press release) ... news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, reports on recent green IPO's announced in biofuel and solar markets. ...

Gov't eyes American technology for nonfood bioethanol GMA news.tv The government is wooing American investors who will bring in the technology for biofuel production using wood, grasses, or the nonedible parts of plants, ...

Researchers, economic development experts excited about potential for plant Knoxville News Sentinel As the new biofuel plant in Vonore opens next week and production of ethanol begins, UT is actively researching the best ag component to be produced in the ...

Farm fuel hopes grow Berkshire Eagle The prototype, under development by Berkshire Green Energy, will grow algae and use it to produce biofuel for use in farm equipment. ...

AFP Climate talks threaten Saudi with anti-oil bias: official AFP He said the proposals did not equally address coal, nuclear, biofuel and other energy sources that also generate harmful emissions and other problems but ...

N-Viro International Submits Permit Application for Pennsylvania Alternative ... PR-USA.net (press release) Its renewable biofuel technology, N-Viro Fuel(TM), has received alternative energy status from the US Environmental Protection Agency, which qualifies the ...

Luxury Auto Heavy Hitters Forbes It's the fastest, most powerful Bentley ever produced (0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds), and the first to run on E85 biofuel. Combined with a 240-plus-pound weight ...

01/23/2010

UA team is part of $43M study to make use of a slimy resource Arizona Daily Star That's the promise of turning algae into a biofuel and the premise on which the Department of Energy is investing hundreds of millions of research dollars. ...

Seaweeds to energize the countryside Philippine Star “Seaweeds grow faster than other biofuel sources such as sugarcane and wood, and allows for as much as six harvests per year,” he said. ...

Book Review - Author argues going 'green' saves green, as in money StarNewsOnline.com He tried biofuel diesel – and found he liked it. (And appropriately, too: When Rudolf Diesel unveiled his engine at a Paris world's fair in 1900, ...

Chile - Seaweed-Based Biofuel Plant Goes Ahead In Chile Meattradenewsdaily (blog) The project's ambitious goal is to produce 165 million litres of bio-fuel — an equivalent to 5% of Chile's petrol consumption — in one year. ...

Nursery Management & Production Weaning off bark Nursery Management & Production When former President George W. Bush enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act, he set a goal for the amount of biofuel added to gasoline to be ...

Santiago most active senator in 2009 Manila Bulletin Republic Act 9367 or the Biofuels Act, on the other hand, mandates the use of biofuel in gasoline, and establishes a national biofuel program. ...

Premier meets Al Gore in Silicon Valley as she promotes investment in ... PressZoom (press release) “I congratulated him on the work the United States is doing in the areas of biofuel and clean energy technologies,” she said. “Queensland has the potential ...

The Hindu 25 per cent of US grain crops now feed cars The Hindu AP The new Bentley Continental Supersports is the first car of the manufacturer capable of running on both petrol and biofuel. Photo: AP One-quarter of all ...

01/22/2010

Navy and USDA Team Up to Encourage Biofuel Development Energy Collective (blog) By 2012, demonstrate a Green Strike Group composed of nuclear vessels and ships powered by biofuel. By 2016, sail the Strike Group as a Great Green Fleet ...

MSU News Biofuel crop diversity adds value, Michigan State researchers say MSU News Diverse biofuel plantings such as native prairie attract more beneficial insects than do single crops such as corn, Michigan State University scientists ...

University of Virginia Report Says Algal Biofuel Has Larger Environmental ... EnergyBoom A new report says that algae-based biofuel may generate more greenhouse gas emissions than corn-based ethanol. This is a damning indictment for biofuel ...

Biofuel company plans lab, headquarters in Lee County The News-Press By gabriella souza • gsouza@news-press.com • January 22, 2010 1:10 AM — Biofuel company Algenol will build a 43000-square-foot laboratory and administrative ...

Quarter of US grain ends up at the biofuel pump Business Green A quarter of all the grain crops produced in the US last year ended up being used to make biofuel, according to a new study that will reignite the debate ...

US corn production and use for fuel ethanol The Guardian (blog) Raw biofuel: An operator displays a handful of corn at an ethanol plant. Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters Last year 107m tonnes of grain, mostly corn, ...

Green IPO Watch at Renewableenergystocks.com Reports on Announced IPO's in ... PRMinds (press release) Investorideas.com, reports on recent green IPO's announced in biofuel and solar markets. Investors can watch for the following green stock listings in 2010: ...

DOE Funds Sunflower Power Research Clean Skies News The Department of Energy wants to look at the possibilities of using sunflowers as a commercial biofuel. The agency is joining with the US Department of ...

Energy Lessons from Brazil Energy Collective (blog) Yet as we see in today's news, Brazil's extraordinary reliance on biofuel creates a different kind of energy-security vulnerability, one related to crop ...

01/21/2010

Oversight Panel Sees Biofuel Crops Helping Chesapeake Bay Cleanup New York Times By ALLISON WINTER of Greenwire Farming more cellulosic biofuel crops in the Chesapeake Bay watershed could help improve water quality, according to a report ...

Engineers Find Significant Environmental Impacts With Algae-Based Biofuel Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2010) — With many companies investing heavily in algae-based biofuels, researchers from the University of Virginia's Department of ...

Biofuel Production Could Boost Economy, Clean the Bay Southern Maryland Online The commission is urging member states to grow feedstocks, or raw material used to make biofuel, that it believes will produce 500 million gallons of ...

Local firm, SoKor partner to build $300-million biofuel plant BusinessWorld Online A number of biofuel production projects have already been under way or are about to start. San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc., in partnership with British Bronzeoak ...

SDTC funds Ont biofuel technology Ecolog.com (subscription) An Ontario company that is working on a new technology to increase biofuel production has received up to $5.5 million from Sustainable Development ...

Reserachers Pooh-Pooh Algae-Based Biofuel (Score:2) Slashdot by Yvan256 (722131) by igadget78 (1698420) by John Hasler (414242) by Gordonjcp (186804) ... but arable farming uses an unholy amount of petrochemicals. ...

Airbus to test biofuels when available Reuters "If there is biofuel available we will do the flights, but we have absolutely no reason to believe there would be any problem," Rainer Ohler, ...

HeatingOil.com (blog) Washington College Tests 100% Biofuel in Heating Oil Boiler HeatingOil.com (blog) It only looks like milk measured out for baking—that beaker is filled with biofuel. (image: washcoll.edu) Washington College in Chestertown, ...

Novozymes 4Q Profit Beats Views; Outlook Cautious Wall Street Journal Business areas including biofuel and detergent enzymes will show healthy growth in 2010, and remain key growth drivers in the long run, he added. ...

AgriLife Research receives algae biofuel funding Media Newswire (press release) “The Pecos team's pilot plant facility is conducting research and development with other team members on suitable biofuel algae species, algae oil analysis, ...

01/20/2010

Joule Biotechnologies to build solar-powered biofuel pilot plant Mass High Tech By Mass High Tech staff Joule Biotechnologies Inc., a Cambridge-based alternative fuel company, will build its first pilot plant in Leander, Texas, ...

Exxon starts biofuel research National Dr Emil Jacobs, the vice-president for research and development at ExxonMobil, says commercial-scale biofuel from algae is 10 years away. ...

ATW Daily News ATWOnline The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project will use integrated saltwater agricultural systems to support the development and commercialization of biofuel ...

Biofuel bus driver arrested in India TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk (blog) Andy Pag from Croydon has been travelling round the globe in a bus powered by biofuel to demonstrate the potential for greener transport. ...

Business Wire (press release) National Algae Association Announces Speakers At West Coast Workshop Business Wire (press release) ... information on algae growing systems, equipment and harvesters and how algae is a growing force in the quest for second generation biofuel independence. ...

Peza approves creation of Cavite bio-fuel park Manila Standard Today Peza and the Agriculture and Energy Department have drawn up guidelines to promote and support the bio-fuel program of the government by including the ...

Blended fuel could add to pressure on cane Economic Times ... at the beginning of the new cane harvest season, and prices for the biofuel shot up to 67 cents per litre last week, the highest since July 2007. ...

$250 million 'green diesel' plant planned in Park Falls Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Thomas Content of the Journal Sentinel Plans are moving ahead to build a $250 million biorefinery that would make diesel and wax out of waste wood and ...

New Generation Biofuels Helps Washington College to Establish a Clean Fuels ... Your Renewable News (press release) Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc., today announced that it successfully burned its biofuel at Washington College of ...

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Company plans to build $250 million biofuel plant in northern Wisconsin Los Angeles Times (AP) — A company wants to build a $250 million biofuel plant in northern Wisconsin. Flambeau River Biofuels says it wants to build the plant at an existing ...

Report to Highlight Chesapeake's Biofuel Potential ABC News AP The Chesapeake Bay Commission says a new report outlines the Chesapeake Bay watershed's biofuel potential. The report, scheduled to be released Wednesday ...

BOEINGS BIO-FUEL INITIATIVE Zacks.com Sustainable bio-fuel development is a key element of Boeing's aviation business growth strategy by reducing carbon emissions. Headquartered in Chicago ...

Biofuel bus driver held for satphone Metro A British green activist who is travelling the world in a bus powered by chip fat has been arrested in India. Andy Pag was detained in Pushkar in ...

ISU gets $8 million for biofuel research The Ames Tribune By Bob Zientara The announcement that Iowa State University has secured $8 million in federal funds for biofuel research is a boon to both the university ...

Campus biofuel lab promotes efficiency University Daily Kansan With the added funds, the lab can focus on ways to increase the efficiency and decrease the waste of making biofuel from cooking oil. ...

Mother Nature Network (blog) DOE announces $80 million for biofuels research Mother Nature Network (blog) The consortium is headed by the Missouri-based Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and is working on algal biofuel and bioproducts. ...

OpenLink Acquires dbc SMARTsoftware Inc. Establishes Leading Position in ... Bobsguide (press release) ... Inc., ("dbc"), a global provider of software solutions for the agricultural, biofuel and soft commodity industries. dbc develops and markets SMARTsoft, ...

Glamorgan builds on biofuel expertise with microbial fuel cells funding Renewable Energy Focus The University of Glamorgan in the UK has been awarded £630 000 (US$1m) to develop its research into biological fuel cells. ...

New Generation Biofuels Helps Washington College to Establish a Clean Fuels ... PR Newswire (press release) The purpose of the burn was to provide first hand data and practical information to Washington College about a biofuel that would help the College meet its ...