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Innovation Valley Builds First-of-its-Kind Biofuels Facility
Knoxville TN (SPX) Nov 04, 2008Construction started this week in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley of East Tennessee on a biofuel refinery that will use switchgrass, a perennial crop, as a feedstock to produce cellulosic ethanol. The pilot plant, a partnership between the University of Tennessee (UT), DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol and Genera Energy, should produce 250,000 gallons of ethanol by the end of ... read moremore Which Grass Will Power The Bioenergy Era
Ithaca NY (SPX) Oct 31, 2008A field of fuel dreams: Cornell bioenergy plant experts are learning which field grasses are the best candidates for "dedicated energy" crops in the Northeast, considering the region's climate and soil conditions. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' (CALS) Bioenergy Feedstock Project, now in its second year, is the only project of its kind devoted to exploring the many species of ... read moremore Powered By Olive Stones - Turning Waste Stones Into Fuel 
Jaen, Spain (SPX) Oct 31, 2008Olive stones can be turned into bioethanol, a renewable fuel that can be produced from plant matter and used as an alternative to petrol or diesel. This gives the olive processing industry an opportunity to make valuable use of 4 million tonnes of waste in olive stones it generates every year and sets a precedent for the recycling of waste products as fuels. Researchers from the ... read moremore Commission to allow EU biofuels to stay 
Brussels (UPI) Oct 29, 2008 The European Commission is working on a new directive to allow certain biofuels produced in Europe to meet greenhouse gas emission rules. The EU Observer said the commission had initially suggested biofuels had to achieve a 35 percent savings in greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional fossil fuels but the number was later tightened to 45 percent savings now and 60 percent saving ... read moremore London's First Biogas Fueling Station Installed 
London, UK (SPX) Oct 23, 2008In August Gasrec, Veolia Environmental Services and Iveco announced the beginning of a commercial trial of a CBM-powered street cleansing vehicle in Camden that could drastically reduce society's reliance on fossil fuels. Further to that announcement, Gasrec and The London Borough of Camden have announced Gasrec's successful installation of London's first biogas fueling station at the ... read moremore |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 17, 2008Researchers are proposing a new "flexible" approach to producing alternative fuels, hydrogen and electricity from municipal solid wastes, agricultural wastes, forest residues and sewage sludge that could supply up to 20 percent of transportation fuels in the United States annually. The method offers a potential solution to problems that might be created by increasing production of ethanol ... read moremore New Generation Biofuels Announces First Sale To Industrial Heating Customer 
Lake Mary FL (SPX) Oct 15, 2008Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has signed a sales agreement with Taunton State Hospital in Taunton, MA, to provide renewable biofuel. The hospital will be the first facility to use New Generation Biofuels' product in its industrial boilers. "We are excited to have Taunton State Hospital on board," said New Generation Biofuels CEO and ... read moremore Ethanol Buzz Fuels Planning By Colonial Pipeline Company 
Redlands CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2008Amid the clamor of national debate over how best to reduce reliance on oil, the call to replace petroleum with ethanol made enough noise recently to attract government and industry attention. In response, a major U.S. pipeline company, Colonial, began its study of the feasibility of introducing alternative fuels, such as ethanol, to pipeline shipments. To manage the study, Colonial Pipeline ... read moremore U.S. announces 'Biofuels Action Plan' 
Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2008 U.S. government officials have released the National Biofuels Action Plan, an interagency plan to accelerate development of a sustainable biofuels industry. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer and Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said the plan is in response to President George Bush's goal of cutting U.S. gasoline consumption by 20 percent in the next 10 year ... read moremore Biofuel boom threatens food security, UN agency warns 
Rome (AFP) Oct 7, 2008The UN food agency cast doubt Tuesday on the potential of biofuels to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while warning that their development threatens food security. "The expanded use and production of biofuels will not necessarily contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions as was previously assumed," Food and Agriculture Organisation Director General Jacques Diouf told a news ... read moremore |
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San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 02, 2008Tesoro has announced that its operating subsidiary, Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co., has filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to prevent the implementation of a new regulation, which would essentially mandate the addition of more crop-based ethanol to gasoline in the State of California. In addition, the company is seeking a temporary injunction to stop ... read moremore New Bill To Expand Promotion Of Biofuels Welcomed 
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 24, 2008A bill designed to strengthen energy cooperation in the Western Hemisphere, approved today by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is a positive step to expands ongoing efforts by Brazil and the United States to promote the production and use of sustainable biofuels throughout Latin America, according to the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA). "It shows a clear desire ... read moremore Government Renewable Energy Mandates Would Lead To Unsustainable Harvests 
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 24, 2008A new study -- The Emerging Biomass Industry: Impact on Woodfiber Markets -- published by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, found that federal and state mandates, if fully implemented, would lead to over-harvesting of forests in the United States and are therefore unrealistic. This new study examines the proliferation of woody biomass projects throug ... read moremore Range Fuels Recognized For Technological Leadership In Renewable Fuels 
Broomfield CO (SPX) Sep 24, 2008Range Fuels has been recognized by Frost and Sullivan as the recipient of its 2008 North American Alternative Fuels Technology Innovation Green Excellence of the Year Award. The award is presented to companies that have demonstrated superior technological advancement in the green energy field and whose technologies are aligned with sustainable and environmentally-conscious objectives. ... read moremore GSMA Launches Renewable Energy Push For Mobile Networks 
Nairobi, Kenya (SPX) Sep 24, 2008The GSMA has launched the Green Power for Mobile programme with the goal of helping the mobile industry use renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, or sustainable biofuels, to power 118,000 new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries by 2012. Achieving that target would save up to 2.5 billion litres of diesel per annum and cut annual carbon emissions by up to 6.3 ... read moremore
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