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New Science Shows Biofuels Carbon Debt Can Be Eliminated
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2009A newly published study shows that effective land management practices can reduce the so called carbon debt attributed to biofuels to near zero. Greenhouse gas emissions associated with growing agricultural feedstocks for biofuels can be greatly reduced using available crop management techniques, such as no-till agriculture, according to the new study in the journal Environmental Science and Tec ... read more Cold Flow Properties Of GreenShifts NextDiesel Branded Corn Oil Biodiesel Outperform Soybean Biodiesel 
New York NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2009GreenShift has announced that its NextDiesel branded corn oil derived biodiesel has superior cold flow properties compared to biodiesel produced from soybean oil, a conventional biodiesel feedstock. GreenShift's patent-pending corn oil extraction technology ("COES") extracts inedible crude corn oil from distillers grain, a co-product of ethanol production, for conversion into biodiesel. ... read more Microbes Fuel Energy Debate 
Drew NJ (SPX) Jan 26, 2009"The future of biofuels looks very bright...the best is yet to come", says an American scientist. Microbes may well be the answer to our global energy crisis. By fermenting biomass to produce biofuels, they offer a possible climate-friendly solution to the anticipated shortfall in fossil fuel supply. A review by Professor Arnold Demain from Drew University in New Jersey, USA, on how microb ... read more Second Gen Biofuels Critical To Future Biofuel Mandates In Europe 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 26, 2009First generation biofuels are outdated and second generation biofuels are not yet commercially feasible. Improvements in conversion processes of second generation biofuels will be an important factor in regions such as Europe complying with the 10 per cent biofuels mandate by 2020. Third and fourth generation biofuels are still in their infancy. Consequently, Europe is expected to achieve ... read more ZeaChem Building Third Gen Cellulosic Ethanol BioRefinery 
Lakewood CO (SPX) Jan 26, 2009ZeaChem has announced that it has raised $34 million in initial Series B financing. The funding round was co-led by venture capital investors Globespan Capital Partners and PrairieGold Venture Partners with follow-on investment by MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, Firelake Capital and Valero Energy Corporation, the largest petroleum refiner in the United States. ZeaChem is developing a cellulose- ... read more |
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Toledo OH (SPX) Jan 05, 2009N-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, 2009GreenShift 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, 2009Ceres 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, 2009Sustainable 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 Analysis: Brazil pumps ethanol to Japan 
Miami (UPI) Dec 30, 2008 Brazilian state energy firm Petrobras is planning to open gas stations in Japan with the intent of distributing its sugar-based ethanol to the energy-hungry nation. While gasoline will constitute the majority of sales at Petrobras stations in Japan for now, sugar-based ethanol produced in Brazil will also be a featured fuel. Brazilian energy officials said they hope to establish ... read more |
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Chicago (AFP) Dec 16, 2008President-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, 2008President-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 VIASPACE Plants Biofuel And Animal Feed Grass 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2008VIASPACE has announced that it has planted 1.2 million seedlings of its proprietary fast-growing China Giant King Grass near the IPA factory in Guangdong province in China. Giant King Grass is a natural hybrid perennial grass which is propagated from seedlings rather than seeds. In tropical and subtropical areas such as Southern China, it can yield four crops per year and up to 156 tons of ... read more Sweden Offers World-Class Cleantech Solutions For The Future 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Dec 12, 2008Sweden is a world leader in bioenergy and renewable vehicle fuels, and is the fastest growing windpower market in Europe. There are excellent investment opportunities for Indian investors, as Sweden can offer innovative and sustainable cleantech solutions for the future. Major Swedish cities have integrated the planning of transport and traffic, water and sewage treatment, waste collection ... read more
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