BIO FUEL DAILY - Liquid Fuels For The 21st Century

BIO FUEL Algae biofuels: the wave of the future

Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists across the US in a project that aims to discover the best algae species for producing biodiesel fuel. The results have been published ... more

BIO FUEL Green catalysts with Earth-abundant metals accelerate production of bio-based plastic

It should be no surprise to most readers that finding an alternative to non-renewable natural resources is a key topic in current research. Some of the raw materials required for manufacturing many of today's plastics involve non-renewable fossil resources, co... more

FARM NEWS Spire Global partners with LatConnect60 to enhance data-driven agriculture practices

The World Bank emphasizes the high return on investments in climate-resilient agriculture, estimating benefits between three to eight times the costs. With this in mind, LatConnect60 will integrate Spire's GNSS-R data and Soil Moisture Insights into its platfo... more

ENERGY US Electricity Generation Wastes Huge Amounts Of Water

Huge demands on increasingly scarce water are a major hidden cost of a "business as usual" approach to American electricity generation that needs to be more fully understood by policymakers and the public, according to a new Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. repo... more

CARBON WORLDS Decarbonizing the power sector

They show that relying mainly on wind and solar would bring most co-benefits for the health of people and planet. Switching to carbon capture and storage in combination with fossil and biomass resources, in turn, is likely to convey significant environmental c... more

ROCKET SCIENCE NASA Signs Deal With German, Canadian Partners To Test New Fuels

NASA has signed separate agreements with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to conduct a series of joint flight tests to study the atmospheric effects of emissions from jet engines burning alternative fuels. The... more

BIO FUEL US Navy Tests Soladiesel HRD-76 During Operational Transit Voyage in USS Ford Frigate

Solazyme has announced that the USS Ford, a U.S. Navy Frigate fleet ship, successfully journeyed from its homeport in Everett, WA to San Diego, CA using Soladiesel HRD-76, Solazyme's 100% algal derived renewable marine diesel fuel. The voyage was fueled using ... more

BIO FUEL ZeaChem Signs Contract to Develop Drop-In Advanced Biofuels

ZeaChem has announced that it has successfully completed contract negotiations to receive its portion of a $40 million grant from USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Regional Coor... more