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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's skycar
London (AFP) Jan 13, 2009
A British adventurer plans to set off Wednesday in a home-made vehicle which can transform itself from a car into an aircraft in minutes - destination Timbuktu. On the ground the Skycar runs on a biofuel-powered engine, and can accelerate from zero to 100 kilometres (60 miles) per hour in 4.5 seconds. But with a powerful fan on the rear its take-off speed is 60 kph (37 mph), and once in ... read more
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    US Oil Use Remains Flat Due To Expanded Biofuels Industry
    Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2009
    The U.S. Energy Administration (EIA) recently released its Annual Energy Outlook 2009 (AEO), projecting U.S. energy consumption and production through 2030. Due to the use of biofuels, oil use has become flat and will continue to remain flat as biofuels use continues to increase. However, the 'consensus' from several media outlets is, 'EIA report says ethanol production will fall short of ... read more

    N-Viro International Biofuel Project Receives Initial Approval
    Toledo OH (SPX) Jan 05, 2009
    N-Viro International has announced that the Michigan State University Board of Trustees has authorized MSU to proceed with the planning and design of a biofuel processing facility adjacent to the T.B. Simon Power Plant, which is located on the University's 5,200 acre campus. Subject to approval of a definitive agreement between MSU and N-Viro by the MSU Board of Trustees, this facility wil ... read more

    GreenShift To Build Twelve Corn Oil Extraction Facilities
    Adrian MI (SPX) Jan 05, 2009
    GreenShift has announced that it has executed agreements to receive a $38 million investment to produce 20 million gallons per year of biodiesel from corn oil extracted from ethanol plants. Under the terms of the agreements, GreenShift will receive an investment of $38 million in a new GreenShift joint venture subsidiary that will use the proceeds to build twelve corn oil extraction facili ... read more

    First Seed Sales Of Dedicated Energy Crops Begin
    Thousand Oaks CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2009
    Ceres has announced that it has begun booking switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum seed under its Blade Energy Crops label. The highly anticipated launch marks the first seed sales of non-food, low-carbon crops developed specifically as raw materials for biofuels and biopower. The company simultaneously launched a Blade website to support direct-to-farm sales. The company reported th ... read more

    Camelina-Based Aviation Fuel Cleared For Takeoff
    Bozeman MT (SPX) Jan 05, 2009
    Sustainable Oils will participate in an historic flight by Japan Airlines (JAL) planned for January 30, 2009. The demonstration flight will make JAL the first Asian carrier to fly on fuel derived from sustainable feedstocks and the first airline to use camelina-based bio-jet fuel. "We're proud to have been selected to participate in this historic event," said Tom Todaro, CEO of Sustainable ... 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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    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

    Scientists get closer to creating artificial life: study
    Chicago (AFP) Dec 4, 2008
    Scientists have discovered a more efficient way of building a synthetic genome that could one day enable them to create artificial life, according to a study released Wednesday. The method is already being used to help develop next generation biofuels and biochemicals in the labs of controversial celebrity US scientist Craig Venter. Venter has hailed artificial life forms as a potential ... read more

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