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Miscanthus Can Meet US Biofuels Goal
Champaign IL (SPX) Aug 08, 2008In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources - by a lot. Using Miscanthus as a feedstock for ethanol production in the U.S. could significantly reduce the acreage dedicated to biofuels while meeting government biofuels production goals, the researchers ... more BlueFire Ethanol Receives First Installment Of DOE Grant Funds 
Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2008BlueFire Ethanol Fuels has received the first installment of funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the development of the BlueFire Mecca, LLC plant in Southern California. Upon completion, the plant will produce approximately 17 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year from green waste, wood waste, and other cellulosic urban wastes. Receipt of this funding brings ... more New Biomass Technology Increases Ethanol Yield 
Athens GA (SPX) Aug 04, 2008University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass-and even yard waste. "Producing ethanol from renewable biomass sources such as grasses is desirable because they are potentially available in large quantities," said Joy Peterson ... more Louisiana Enacts Comprehensive Advanced Biofuel Legislation 
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, the most comprehensive and far-reaching state legislation in the nation enacted to develop a statewide advanced biofuel industry. Louisiana is the first state to enact alternative transportation fuel legislation that includes a variable blending pump pilot program and a hydrous ethanol pilot program. ... more Innovative Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Facility 
Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 31, 2008DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE) and the University of Tennessee (UT) Research Foundation, through its Genera Energy, has announced a partnership to construct an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery and state-of-the-art research and development facility for cellulosic ethanol in Vonore, Tenn. The pilot-scale biorefinery will develop the commercial package for DDCE's leading cellulosic ... more |
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Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jul 21, 2008The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomes the OECD Report "Economic Assessment of Biofuel Support Policies" as another major report that highlights the benefits of sugarcane ethanol in terms of greenhouse gas reduction and urges governments to level the playing field by removing trade-distorting subsidies and tariffs. "In recent weeks, reports by diverse organizations ... more Crop Residue May Be Too Valuable To Harvest For Biofuels
Pullman WA (SPX) Jul 18, 2008In the rush to develop renewable fuels from plants, converting crop residues into cellulosic ethanol would seem to be a slam dunk. However, that might not be such a good idea for farmers growing crops without irrigation in regions receiving less than 25 inches of precipitation annually, says Ann Kennedy, a USDA-Agricultural Research Service soil scientist and adjunct professor of crop and ... more Verenium And Marubeni Advance Cellulosic Ethanol Facilities 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jul 18, 2008Verenium and Marubeni have announced that, pursuant to the terms of their joint development agreement, they are continuing to advance the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol projects utilizing Verenium's proprietary technology in Asia with the opening of a three million-liter-per-year plant in Saraburi, Thailand. Marubeni and Tsukishima Kikai have already incorporated Verenium's ... more First Industrial Scale Municipal Waste-To-Ethanol Facility
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jul 18, 2008Edmonton will be home to the world's first industrial scale facility to produce biofuels from municipal solid waste. The City has signed a 25-year agreement with GreenField Ethanol, Canada's largest ethanol producer and Enerkem, a leading biofuels technology company. The $70 million biofuels facility will initially produce 36 million litres of biofuels per year and reduce Alberta's carbon ... more The Current Biofuel Market In India 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 17, 2008The 'Indian Biofuel Industry' report analyzes the current biofuel market in India. It focuses on the causes for the growing demand of biofuels, the manufacturing technologies for the production of biofuels and government regulations. This report also enumerates the opportunities and challenges faced by the biofuel industry in India along with the current trends, addressing the client needs ... more |
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Ames IA (SPX) Jul 15, 2008Ground cover may be one workable method to reduce the effects of erosion that future biomass harvests are predicted to bring. Iowa State University researchers are looking at ways to use ground cover, a living grass planted between the rows of corn, in production farming. The seemingly limitless national appetite for ethanol has industry and government looking beyond the kernel to ... more Lula and Indonesian president pledge biofuel cooperation 
Jakarta (AFP) July 12, 2008Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Indonesian counterpart pledged cooperation on biofuels during talks here Saturday in a bid to take advantage of surging oil prices. Lula and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed off on an agreement to share knowledge on biofuel technology after meeting at Jakarta's presidential palace. The Brazilian leader called spiralling global ... more Ecologists Warn Biofuels And Biodiversity Don't Mix 
London, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2008Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have warned. A new study of the potential ecological impact of various management strategies published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology found that very little can be done to make palm oil ... more G8 leaders seek sustainable use of biofuels 
Toyako, Japan (AFP) July 8, 2008The Group of Eight powers on Tuesday agreed to explore ways to reduce the impact of biofuels on food prices amid concern they may be hurting the poor and adding to global warming. Biofuels, derived from organic materials such as palm oil and sugar beet, were once seen as a promising way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming by cutting the use of fossil fuels. ... more New use possible for ethanol plant wastes 
Washington (UPI) Jul 8, 2008 U.S. scientists say a byproduct of corn ethanol fuel production might become useful as a way of controlling weeds in potted ornamental plants. Researchers said the potential herbicide -- dried distillers grains with solubles, or DDGS -- is a byproduct of converting corn to fuel ethanol. DDGS is typically used as livestock feed but U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers Rick ... more
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