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02/08/2010
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. ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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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. ...
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02/06/2010
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% ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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02/05/2010
02/04/2010
Obama Unveils Plans To Boost Biofuel Market
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Reaction to Obama's plans, as well as EPAs decision from inside the biofuel industry for bioenergy has been mostly positive, though not without reservation. ...
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EPA's New Biofuel Rules
Energy Collective (blog)
In the process of laying out a roadmap for how new corn-based ethanol facilities can contribute to the expansion of biofuel in the US, the EPA effectively ...
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EU: rainforests can be converted to palm oil plantations for biofuel production
Mongabay.com
The European Union may be planning to classify oil palm plantations as forests, raising fears among environmental groups of expanded conversion of tropical ...
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Havelock High turns to biofuel
ENC Today
The teachers were trained to make biofuel as part of a plan to launch a renewable energy course called “Renewable Energy and Agriculture” at West Craven and ...
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EPA finalizes biofuel rules, says corn ethanol beats gasoline in GHG emissions
Autoblog (blog)
by Sebastian Blanco (RSS feed) on Feb 4th 2010 at 4:09PM Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced new biofuel rules for a Renewable Fuels Standard (aka ...
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BIO Proposes Second Wave of Advanced Biofuel Commercialization Policy to ...
Business Wire (press release)
We applaud the policy initiatives announced yesterday, which call for federal coordination of programs to help integrate the complete biofuel value chain. ...
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Process to Use Shrimp, Tilapia to Extract Algae Oil for Biofuel
EP Magazine
Using algae, brine shrimp, and tilapia, researchers have designed a novel system that extracts oil for use as biofuel, potentially reducing greenhouse gas ...
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Second-Generation Biofuel, Namely Cellulosic Fuel Ethanol, Has Attracted The ...
OfficialWire (press release)
by Press Office The rapidly developing Chinese biofuel market has been the hotspot in the past few years since the renewable biofuel is of great importance ...
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Alternative sources for biofuel
Post-Bulletin
... ethanol from just the fiber content of corn — not the food part — only make up one kernel in a larger array of US and worldwide biofuel experiments. ...
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Greens to Obama: What the Hell?
Newsweek (blog)
For example: Obama's goal is to scale up biofuel production from 12 billion gallons a year (what we currently produce) to 36 billion gallons by 2022. ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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. ...
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02/01/2010
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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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Biofuel Companies Attack Algae Study – « Africa Climate Debate
By Editor
The research, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, found that algae production can be energy intensive and can end up emitting more greenhouse gases than it sequesters. algae Sapphire Energy A study citing ...
Africa Climate Debate - http://africaclimate.org/
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China's technology level of biofuels production
By admin
Owning to technology bottleneck and food security concern, biofuel production has encountered barriers, especially fuel ethanol production in China. At present, the second-generation biofuel, namely cellulosic fuel ethanol, ...
Building A Greener Earth - http://www.buildingagreenerearth.com/
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Demonstration of Field Test to Detect Water in Diesel and ...
By hybrid_bot
Biofuel and Alternative Energy Videos! Ref-Demonstration of Field Test to Detect Water in Diesel and Biodiesel Fuels Get More Biofuel Videos, Alternative Demonstration of Field Test to Detect Water in Diesel and Biodiesel Fuels.
Hybrid Car Friends Green Auto Tech News - http://hybridfriends.com/
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GREENIE WATCH
By JR
Under the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation, a growing proportion of biofuel must be added to diesel and petrol. This year fuel must be at least 3.25 per cent biofuel on average. By 2020 the proportion will be 13 per cent. ...
GREENIE WATCH - http://antigreen.blogspot.com/
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FOR 26 JAN: Calculating the footprint of biofuels « Novozymes ...
By admin
Furthermore, the individual players in the biofuel production value chain have no influence on the result. This is the contribution which is most heavily debated and it is generally accepted that the calculation methods must be improved ...
Novozymes Bioenergy Blog - http://blog.bioenergy.novozymes.com/
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01/30/2010
Vonore biofuel plant opens
Knoxville News Sentinel
After transferring the technology developed at the plant to large-scale production, the US might be producing as much as 16 billion gallons of biofuel by ...
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WB calls on African countries to speed up biofuel policies
Global Times
The World Bank has called on African countries, including Tanzania, to speed up the process of putting in place policies governing production of biofuel in ...
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Salinas Valley's Johnson Canyon Landfill may become regional park, biofuel ...
The Salinas Californian
By RIA MEGNIN • rmegnin@thecalifornian.com • January 29, 2010 The Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority will hold a public workshop Feb. ...
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Biofuel Crops Great For Chesapeake Bay's Economy and Environment
EnergyBoom
The study, conducted by Pennsylvania State University, found that biofuel crops combined with traditional agriculture could help clean up the bay. ...
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Producers of biofuels want changes to carbon tax
Irish Times
A group representing the biofuel industry claims the manner in which the tax has been applied is penalising environmentally-friendly fuels. ...
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Asia Pacific to be Global Ethanol Hub by 2012
PRLog.Org (press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 30, 2010 – RNCOS, a leading market research firm, has released a report “Global Biofuel Market Analysis” to help clients ...
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Future of biodiesel top talk at ag expo
Minot Daily News
Suzanne Wolf, communications director, said their efforts to market the product as a biofuel source over the last decade has helped to increase availability ...
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It's time to stop worshipping the false gods behind global warming
IrishExaminer.com
SOME authorities argue that the focus on biofuel has actually increased the amount of oil used and greenhouse gas generated. Following studies at Princeton ...
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Cavitation Technologies, Divine Fuel Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement for ...
AZoCleantech
Divine Fuel has commitments to develop a biofuel plant that is capable of producing 100 million gallons per annum. This is its first 100-million gallon ...
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This Week in Heating Oil, January 29, 2010: Biofuels and the State of the Union
HeatingOil.com (blog)
Assuming Obama follows through with his intention to continue and/or ramp up government support of the biofuel industry, heating oil consumers and expect to ...
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Using Biofuel In Cars 'may Accelerate Loss Of Rainforest' - Manx ...
well not stupid if it cost say 1000gallon of fossil fuels to produce 10000gallons fo bio fuel, then its not stupid is it. because its made more than it put in. That's true. But even better to have sustainable alternatives, ...
Manxforums.com - http://manxforums.com/?q=http://www.evilaliv3.org/
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African Agriculture: Hunger looms as farmers abandon food crops ...
By Africa News Network
Top on the agenda, Kamese says, is the quick enactment of a national policy governing the biofuel industry. “If a person has 10 acres of land, how much of it must he put to growing jatropha or other fuel crops? ...
African Agriculture - http://www.africanagricultureblog.com/
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Blendstar to Add Biofuel Terminal In Louisiana | Synergy Blog
By admin
Blendstar, LLC has announced the launch of a biofuel transload terminal to distribute ethanol and biodiesel in Bossier City, Louisiana, a suburb of Shreveport.
Synergy Blog - http://synergyblog.co.cc/
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Open Your Eyes News » Biofuel requirements for cars may help ...
By The Historian
Daily Telegraph – 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, a fuels watchdog has claimed. Fuel providers are compelled to ...
Open Your Eyes News - http://www.openyoureyesnews.com/
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Advanced BioFuels USA » Sweet Success for Sustainable Biofuel Research
By admin
Sweet Success for Sustainable Biofuel Research. Submitted by admin on January 29, 2010 – 3:45 pmNo Comment. Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to ...
Advanced BioFuels USA - http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/
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01/29/2010
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, ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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01/28/2010
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, ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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Algae As Biofuel Still Rough Around The Edges - Science News
By scinews@sciencenews.org (Science News)
Sources of nutrients, carbon dioxide can make or break this potential renewable fuel heavyweight.
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Algae Study Attacked By Biofuel Companies
By The Huffington Post News Editors
In a face-off between academia and industry, algae biofuel companies have made a joint statement decrying recent research that highlights algae's drawbacks. The research, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/
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Biofuel blends commercially viable, says Gull | Otago Daily Times ...
Forty percent of all Gull petrol now had biofuel content and blended fuel sales, by volume, increased 33 percent for December and 23 percent for the 2009 calendar year, said general manager Dave Bodger. Gull, which started selling ...
Otago Daily Times: - http://www.odt.co.nz/news
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Algae: Maybe Not the Miracle Biofuel We All Thought It Was | Free ...
By admin
We've seen plenty of algae fuel startups pop up in the last year. It's not surprising--algae has been heralded as something of a miracle biofuel because it doesn't compete with food crops (unlike corn) and it has high energy yields.
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Smoking Hot Fuel: Tobacco Could Be Next Big Biofuel Crop | Gadgets ...
By delana
The school's Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories say that tobacco is an ideal biofuel that hasn't been adequately utilized in the past, despite the fact that it generates bioful more efficiently than most other crops. ...
Gajitz - http://gajitz.com/
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01/26/2010
Biofuel R&D updates - Green Chemicals
The biofuel industry might be struggling right now but advanced technology developments are definitely still alive and kicking -- especially if government ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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01/24/2010
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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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: ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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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, ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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Camelina Acreage for Aviation Biofuel in US to More Than Double in ...
KLM is one of the growing number of airlines looking to camelina, completing the first aviation biofuel with passengers late last year. Photo: Peter Hellberg. Camelina is emerging as an aviation biofuel feedstock with some promise.
TreeHugger Science and Tech Feed - http://www.treehugger.com/
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Microbubbles to make biofuel production more energy efficient
By apasolini
A team of scientists from the University of Sheffield in Yorkshire, UK, have won an award in recognition of their work on a device which can make the production.
Alternative Energy Blog - http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/
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Emerging Biofuel Market in India
By rncos
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 ...
Press About - http://www.pressabout.com/
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ISU gets federal funds for biofuel research | Biodiesel and ...
By Mike
The Tribune reports that Iowa State University (ISU) has secured $8 million in federal funds for biofuel research. This news comes against the backdrop of the biofuel industry being threatened by the loss of a $1-per-gallon tax credit ...
Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing - http://www.biodieselinvesting.com/
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Today in Biofuels Opinion: “We believe that biofuel produced by ...
By Jim Lane
The world's most widely-read biofuels daily - biofuels, biodiesel, ethanol, algae, jatropha, green gasoline, green diesel, and biocrude daily news.
Biofuels Digest» – Biofuels DIgest - http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/
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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, ...
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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. ...
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ATW Daily News
ATWOnline
The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project will use integrated saltwater agricultural systems to support the development and commercialization of biofuel ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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$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 ...
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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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01/19/2010
BIOFUEL BUST
Advanced "cellulosic" biofuels could emit more greenhouse gas during the next few decades than burning gasoline will, according to researchers...
NCPA | Daily Policy Digest - http://www.ncpa.org/
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Efforts For Sustainable Biofuel Project In Abu Dhabi Picks Up ...
By AditiJ
Greendiary can be a converging point of latest news, information and analysis on our planet's dynamic environment - be it global warming, pollution, climate change, conservation, ecology or sustainable development...
Green Diary - http://www.greendiary.com/?q=http://www.evilaliv3.org/
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WC Tests Biofuel for Heating Campus : The Chestertown Spy
By John Lang
Briggs Cunningham, climate action coordinator for WC's Center for Environment & Society, said the biofuel burn showed a reduction of 50 percent in nitrogen oxide and produced no sulphur at all because there is no carbon in the fuel mix. ...
The Chestertown Spy - http://www.chestertownspy.com/
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biofuel racing alliance | Energybloggers.
By admin
pWith one teaspoon of crop residue potentially able to produce as much as 100 gallons of ethanol, it is no wonder that biomass is being considered a viable alternative to grain-based biofuel. However, crop residue removal techniques can ...
Energybloggers. - http://www.energybloggers.com/
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ON LINE HINDI JOURNAL: Biofuel cultivation: A new business ...
By DR.MANISH KUMAR MISHRA
The new policy may consider financial incentives such as subsidies and grants for biofuel production. The policy also envisages setting up of a National Biofuel Fund and a National Biofuel Coordination Committee headed by the prime ...
ON LINE HINDI JOURNAL - http://onlinehindijournal.blogspot.com/
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