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Researchers Find Nature's Shut-Off Switch For Cellulose Production
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 22, 2008
Purdue University researchers found a mechanism that naturally shuts down cellulose production in plants, and learning how to keep that switch turned on may be key to enhancing biomass production for plant-based biofuels. Nicholas Carpita, a professor of botany and plant pathology, said that small-interfering RNAs (siRNAs) play a normal role in plant development by shutting off genes invol ... read more
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    New Processes Release Energy From Cellulose
    Menlo Park CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2008
    The significant increase in global production of ethanol as a biofuel is driven by the need to decrease dependence on petroleum products and reduce pollution. In 2007, worldwide production of ethanol was over 57 billion liters, and in the U.S. alone, production exceeded 24 billion liters. Corn or sugarcane is the main feedstock for global ethanol production. Because the potential future gr ... read more

    Energy Dept. biofuels grants available
    Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2008
    Up to $200 million for pilot and demonstration-scale biorefineries is available to develop cost-efficient advanced biofuels, the U.S. Energy Department says. The money is to support development of programs that include using feedstocks such as algae and production of advanced biofuels such as bio-butanol, green gasoline and other innovative biofuels, the department said Monday in a news ... read more

    Obama names agriculture, interior picks
    Chicago (AFP) Dec 16, 2008
    President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday filled out his incoming cabinet with nominees to take over the agriculture and interior departments, two hot-button jobs where controversy is never far. The Democrat nominated former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as his secretary of agriculture, putting the fervent advocate of corn-based ethanol in charge of the nation's much-criticized 300-billion-dollar ... read more

    Obama rounds out cabinet, games out global crises
    Chicago (AFP) Dec 17, 2008
    President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday filled out his incoming cabinet with picks for agriculture and interior, while stepping up his contingency planning for a post-inauguration emergency. The Democrat nominated former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as his secretary of agriculture, putting the fervent advocate of corn-based ethanol in charge of the nation's much-criticized 300-billion-dollar ... read more

    New method of killing bacteria is created
    Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Dec 16, 2008
    U.S. scientists say they have developed a method of "fooling" a bacterium's evolutionary machinery into programming its own death. Researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst said their achievement shows a synthetic "hole punching" anti-microbial depends upon the presence of phosphoethanolamine -- a cone-shaped lipid found within ... read more

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    New Nexant Study Profiles Brazilian Biofuels Industry
    White Plains NY (SPX) Dec 12, 2008
    A new ChemSystems Special Report published by Nexant - Brazil's Biofuels Industry: Outlook for a Global Leader - assesses the technical, commercial and policy status of existing and anticipated biofuel and biofuels-related activities in Brazil, and draws conclusions on opportunities and challenges in the industry. It also forecasts changes to come, considering critical elements of the ... read more

    Honeywell Supports Biofuel Demonstration Plant
    Kuopio, Finland (SPX) Dec 12, 2008
    Honeywell has announced it will provide the process control and safety systems for a new NSE Biofuels Oy research facility in Varkaus, Finland. The demonstration plant will develop processes to produce renewable biofuels from wood residues. The resulting biofuels will help reduce greenhouse gases in the automotive transportation sector and help meet stringent European Union standards for ... read more

    Grant Secured For Biodiesel Study
    Havre MT (SPX) Dec 12, 2008
    The Montana Agriculture Development Council awarded $50,000 in grant funding from the Montana Growth Through Agriculture (GTA) program to Great Plains - The Camelina Company. The funds will be used to conduct a feasibility study for an oilseed crushing plant in Montana. Great Plains is focused on developing Camelina sativa (camelina) as an oilseed crop for biodiesel production in Montana ... read more

    Frost And Sullivan Award Honours Global Biofuels
    London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2008
    The 2008 Sub-Saharan Africa Biofuel Emerging Company Award is presented to Global Biofuels Limited of Nigeria in recognition of its commitment to producing biofuel, promoting the socio-economic upliftment of Nigerians and reducing greenhouse gases as set out in the Kyoto protocol. "Global Biofuels Limited is establishing the first refinery for the production of bioethanol from sweet ... read more

    Continental Airlines Will Start 2009 With Flight Powered By Biofuels
    Houston TX (SPX) Dec 12, 2008
    Continental Airlines has announced plans for the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner, to be conducted in Houston on Jan. 7, 2009. The demonstration flight, which will be operated with no passengers, will be powered by a special fuel blend including components derived from algae and jatropha plants - sustainable, second-generation fuel sources that don't ... read more

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    Biofuel Plantations On Tropical Forestlands Bad For Biodiversity
    Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2008
    Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds. The study reveals that it would take at least 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost through forest conversion. And if the original habitat was ... read more

    GreenHunter BioFuels Resumes Production At Houston Biodiesel Refinery
    Grapevine TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2008
    Greenhunter Biofuels gas announced that startup of biodiesel production at the Company's biodiesel refinery in Houston has been initiated following repairs and recovery from Hurricane Ike. Located along the Shipping Channel in Houston, Texas, the Company's biodiesel refinery, one of the country's largest, sustained a direct hit from Hurricane Ike in mid-September of 2008. Plant debugging ... read more

    Frost And Sullivan Lauds Rainbow Nation Renewable Fuels
    London, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2008
    The 2008 Frost and Sullivan South Africa Biofuel Feedstock Market Share Advancement Award is presented to Rainbow Nation Renewable Fuels (RNRF). The company is building the biggest soybean processing facility in Africa, a particularly strategic choice of location since South Africa has the greatest demand for biofuels in Southern Africa. This, together with its coherent, growth-focused ... read more

    Central Florida Pipeline System Begins Ethanol Transport
    Houston TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2008
    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced it is now transporting commercial batches of denatured ethanol along with gasoline shipments in its 16-inch Central Florida Pipeline (CFPL) between Tampa and Orlando, Fla., making CFPL the first transmarket gasoline pipeline in the United States to do so. Kinder Morgan has invested approximately $10 million to modify the line for ethanol shipment ... read more

    Green Star Announces Odessa Biodiesel Plant Completed
    Odessa WA (SPX) Nov 27, 2008
    Green Star Products has announced that the Inland Empire Oilseeds Biodiesel Facility in Odessa, Washington is completed. Its initial continuous acceptance run produced 36,000 gallons of spec biodiesel to complete GSPI's contractual obligations. The biodiesel fuel was tested by an independent certified lab. The certificate of analysis No. 111208030 reported that all ASTM 6751 specifications ... read more

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