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Air New Zealand and Boeing Announce Date Of Biofuels Test Flight
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 13, 2008Air New Zealand and Boeing have announced Dec. 3 as the date for the airline's sustainable biofuels flight from Auckland using a 747-400 jetliner. Conducted in partnership with Rolls-Royce and UOP, a Honeywell company, one of the airplane's four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines will be powered in part using advanced generation biofuels derived from jatropha. Air New Zealand now becomes the first ... read more South Dakota: A Leader In Consumer Choice At The Pump 
Sioux Falls SD (SPX) Nov 13, 2008Consumers in South Dakota are reaping the benefits of the blender pump program offered by the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council (SDCUC) and the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC). Forty-five stations have filed applications to receive grants to install blender pumps and to date, 34 stations are operational. For years, E10 (10 percent ethanol, 90 percent gasoline) and E85 ... read more BIO Urges EPA To Complete Review Before Publishing Emission Estimates For Biofuels 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2008The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must establish a sound, science-based model for measuring net greenhouse gas emissions related to biofuels production before releasing estimates that may understate the positive role biofuels play in reducing climate change emissions. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released a letter sent to EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson on ... read more Scientific Community Called Upon To Resolve Debate On Net Energy 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2008"Net energy is a (mostly) irrelevant, misleading and dangerous metric," says Professor Bruce Dale, editor-in-chief of Biofuels, Bioresources and Biorefining (Biofpr) in the latest issue of the journal. Net energy is a metric by which some scientists attempt to assess the sustainability and ability of alternative fuels to displace fossil fuel but recent debate in Biofpr shows that scientist ... read more Fill her up please, and make it myco-diesel 
Paris (AFP) Nov 4, 2008Will the Ferrari of tomorrow be fungus-powered? A reddish microbe found on the inside of a tree at a secret location in the rainforests of northern Patagonia could unlock the biofuel of the future, say scientists. Its potential is so startling that the discoverers have coined the term "myco-diesel" -- a derivation of the word for fungus -- to describe the bouquet of hydrocarbons that it ... read more |
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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 more 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 more Siemens USDA ARS Second Gen Biofuel Feedstocks Pilot Plant 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 22, 2008Siemens Energy and Automation and the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) that will improve the processes used to convert second generation, non-food-based, biofuel feedstocks, including perennial grasses, animal wastes and agricultural residues such as corn stover, into ... read more Biodiesel Derived From Pennycress 
Albany NY (SPX) Oct 22, 2008Innovation Fuels has announced that it is conducting the first pilot program across New York State to plant the oilseed crop pennycress with the intent of producing biodiesel. Among the selected planting sites will be two acres on the campus of Morrisville State College in Morrisville, NY. This marks the first effort in United States history where non-edible pennycress has been planted to ... read more Green Star One Step Closer To Marketing Algae Booster 
Kansas City MO (SPX) Oct 17, 2008Green Star Products has announced that a major breakthrough had been achieved, which substantially increases the algae production rate of certain strains of microalgae. This all natural growth formula is now being studied on five continents. The first preliminary tests of the growth formula have come from John A. Lednicky PhD, principal scientist at Midwest Research Institute (MRI). ... read more |
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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 more Topsoil's Limited Turnover: A Crisis In Time 
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 07, 2008Topsoil does not last forever. Records show that topsoil erosion, accelerated by human civilization and conventional agricultural practices, has outpaced long-term soil production. Earth's continents are losing prime agricultural soils even as population growth and increased demand for biofuels claim more from this basic resource. Top geomorphologist David R. Montgomery of the University ... read more Experts: Better plan needed for biofuels 
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Oct 4, 2008 U.S. researchers said more research is needed to help the next generation of biofuels avoid the pitfalls of corn ethanol. Purdue University agricultural economist Otto Doering said cellulosic biofuels made from grasses, crop residues and inedible plant parts have the potential to be more efficient and environmentally friendly than current grain-based fuels, the university said Friday in ... read more EERC Creates First 100 Percent Renewable Jet Fuel 
Grand Forks ND (SPX) Oct 03, 2008The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota has achieved a major technical milestone in creating a 100% renewable domestic fuel that meets the JP-8 aviation fuel screening criteria, proving a pathway to providing energy security to the U.S. military and the entire nation. EERC fuel samples created from multiple renewable feedstocks were tested at ... read more Study urges science-based biofuel policies 
Woods Hole, Mass. (UPI) Oct 2, 2008 U.S. scientists are calling for "sustainable practices" in the nation's biofuels production that will "reshape the Earth's landscape in a significant manner." Jerry Melillo of the Marine Biological Laboratory and 22 co-authors call for "science-based policy in the emerging global biofuels industry, which by 2050, could command as much land as is currently farmed for food." ... read more
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