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Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar
Paris (AFP) April 20, 2008Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor. Billions have been poured into developing sugar- and grain-based ethanol and biodiesel to help wean rich economies from their addiction to carbon-belching fossil fuels, the overwhelming source of man-made global warming. Heading ... more Germany touts wood residue, straw and sour milk as biofuel sources 
Berlin (AFP) April 17, 2008Rapeseed and sugar cane are out, making way for wood, straw and curdled milk to play key roles as future biofuel energy sources that would not starve the planet by taking over land need for food. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on hand Thursday with the heads of automakers Daimler and Volkswagen to inaugurate what was billed as the world's first refinery of "second generation" biofuels ... more Gulf Ethanol Orders Prototype Cellulosic Processing Unit 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Gulf Ethanol has announced that it has delivered the purchase order and initial payment for the manufacture of its initial prototype bio-processing unit. This unit will be designed to preprocess cellulosic biomass into a very fine, dry powder ready for processing into ethanol. The unit is expected to be ready in about 60 days. "One of the obstacles faced by the cellulosic fuels industry is ... more Hydroprocessing Technology Could Lead The Way For Global Bio Jet Fuels 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 17, 2008This Frost and Sullivan research titled Global Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuel Market A Strategic Overview provides a strategic and analytical insight into the alternative aviation fuel market in commercial aviation that is poised to rise. It also points out the most prospective aviation fuel that is feasible for the market. In this research, Frost and Sullivan's expert analysts ... more Methane Generated From Sioux Falls Regional Landfill To Provide Energy For POET Ethanol Plant 
Sioux Falls SD (SPX) Apr 15, 2008An agreement between POET and the City of Sioux Falls will allow methane generated from the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill to provide energy for an ethanol production facility near Chancellor, S.D. Replacing a portion of the natural gas at POET Biorefining - Chancellor's with methane from the landfill will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs for the ethanol plant while ... more |
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Amherst MA (SPX) Apr 15, 2008Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees. Reporting in the cover article of the April 7, 2008 issue of Chemistry and Sustainability, Energy and Materials (ChemSusChem), chemical engineer and National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awardee ... more New Method Rapidly Produces Low-Cost Biofuels From Wood, Grass 
Amherst MA (SPX) Apr 14, 2008George Huber of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $400,000 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to pursue his revolutionary new method for making biofuels, or "green gasoline," from wood or grasses, a process that would be much less expensive than conventional gasoline or ethanol made from corn. Results of Huber's research were published in the April 2008 ... more ConocoPhillips, NREL and Iowa State To Establish Biofuels Research Alliance 
Golden CO (SPX) Apr 14, 2008ConocoPhillips and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), headquartered in Golden, CO, have announced a strategic research alliance with Iowa State University (ISU) to identify promising cellulosic biomass conversion technologies to further diversify the nation's energy sources and help meet growing energy demand. The collaboration will bring three ... more Britain wants G8 to discuss biofuel link to food prices: report
London (AFP) April 10, 2008British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has written to his Japanese counterpart asking for the impact of biofuel-production on food prices to be discussed at the Group of Eight rich nations summit in July, The Guardian reported Thursday. "There is a growing consensus that we need urgently to examine the impact on food prices of different kinds and production methods of biofuels, and ensure that ... more Cow Stomach Holds Key To Turning Corn Into Biofuel 
East Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 10, 2008An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cow's stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists. The enzyme that allows a cow to digest grasses and other plant fibers can be used to turn other plant fibers into simple sugars. These simple sugars can be used to produce ethanol to power cars and trucks. MSU scientists have discovered ... more |
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Frankfurt (AFP) April 3, 2008Germany's automakers association played down concerns Thursday that large numbers of cars would be incompatible with a new biofuel mix that the government wants to introduce to cut emissions. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to double the proportion of biofuel in petrol to 10 percent by 2010 as part of the country's efforts to fall in with European Union aims to reduce the bloc's ... more Sandia's Fleet Services Department Exceeds DOE Fuel And Energy Efficiency Standards 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 03, 2008Sandia National Laboratories Fleet Services Department has exceeded fuel and energy efficiency standards set by the Department of Energy, one of a few organizations to do so in the nuclear weapons complex. By making a conscious effort to reduce the use of petroleum fuels and increase the use of gasoline enhanced with ethanol and alternative fuel vehicles, Sandia has met - and even exceeded ... more Fueling Ethanol Production While Protecting Water Quality
Madison WI (SPX) Apr 03, 2008Grain-based ethanol production has increased dramatically in recent years as the cost and instability of oil has increased. New U.S. government policies require major increases in ethanol production. While future plans call for a viable cellulosic ethanol industry, expanded grain ethanol production will lead to further growth of corn acres in the near term, with unintended negative water quality ... more World cooling on biofuel solution to climate change
Jakarta (AFP) April 1, 2008Once a golden promise in the fight against climate change, biofuels are fast losing their lustre as high demand for essential crops drives land clearing and pushes up the price of food. Biofuels made from food crops such as corn, sugar, soybeans and oil palm burn cleaner than fossil fuels, but experts say high demand is sending ripples through the world economy, and could be doing the ... more VeraSun Energy To Pass One Billion Gallons Of Ethanol Production Capacity 
Brookings SD (SPX) Apr 01, 2008VeraSun Energy has announced the startup of its 110 million gallon per year production facility located near Bloomingburg, Ohio. With the closing of the merger between VeraSun and US BioEnergy becoming effective April 1, 2008, the Bloomingburg biorefinery represents the 11th VeraSun facility in operation, pushing the company's annual operating capacity to more than one billion gallons. ... more
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