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ATA Applauds Biofuel Funding Announcement
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2009The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) has hailed the announcement made jointly by the U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) to release up to $25 million in funding for research and development of biofuels, including aviation biofuels. ATA, a founding and principal member of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI), has been working to hasten ... read more Biofuels Ignite Food Crisis Debate 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 03, 2009Taking up valuable land and growing edible crops for biofuels poses a dilemma: Is it ethical to produce inefficient renewable energies at the expense of an already malnourished population? David Pimentel and his colleagues from Cornell University in New York highlight the problems linked to converting a variety of crops into biofuels. Not only are these renewable energies inefficient, they ... read more Continental Tests Biofuels As Energy Source For Jet Travel 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 03, 2009Continental Airlines is demonstrating the use of sustainable biofuel to power a commercial aircraft for the first time ever in North America. The demonstration flight - which is being conducted in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell's UOP - marks the first sustainable biofuel demonstration flight by a commercial carrier using a two-engine aircraft, a ... read more SAIC Awarded DARPA Contract 
Mclean VA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009Science Applications International has announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help develop an affordable alternative to petroleum-derived jet fuel (JP-8) from agricultural and aquacultural feedstock materials. The contract has a total value of up to $25 million if all phases of the development program are completed. Work ... read more New Generation Biofuels Forms Alliance With First Florida Biofuels 
Lake Mary FL (SPX) Feb 03, 2009New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with First Florida Biofuels to pursue development of potential biofuel projects in Florida. Under the MOU, New Generation Biofuels will provide technology and know-how for the development of a potential joint venture, with the purpose of exploring and pursuing biofuel projects in Florida. FFB will ... read more |
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Upton NY (SPX) Jan 29, 2009A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and Yeshiva University, has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible. The highly efficient catalyst performs two crucial, and previously unreachable steps needed to oxidize ethanol and produce cle ... read more N-Viro Fuel Technology Receives Alternative Energy Status From US EPA 
Toledo OH (SPX) Jan 29, 2009N-Viro International announces its renewable biofuel technology, N-Viro Fuel, has satisfied guidelines set forth by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to qualify as an alternative energy source that may be utilized in commercial power generation. Attaining this status means that N-Viro Fuel technology is now eligible to qualify for certain economic incentives that are granted a ... read more Verenium Announces First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Project 
Tallahassee Fl (SPX) Jan 29, 2009Verenium has announced plans to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Highlands County, Florida. The Company has entered into long-term agreements with Lykes Bros. Inc., a multi-generation Florida agri-business to provide the agricultural biomass for conversion to fuel. Verenium also announced that the Highlands Ethanol project has been awarded a $7 million grant ... read more US DoA Awards Range Fuels A Loan Guarantee 
Broomfield CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2009Range Fuels has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the company a conditional commitment for an $80 million loan guarantee to assist construction of Range Fuels' commercial cellulosic ethanol plant near Soperton, Georgia, the first phase of which is under construction and on track to begin production in 2010. The loan guarantee is the result of efforts between the ... read more Phase II Biofuels: The Tie Between Biofuels And Chemicals From Biomass 
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2009Two things are apparent concerning the biofuels industry. First, they are entering a new era. Second, their future as well as the future of many chemicals is linked together. Today, SRI Consulting (SRIC) published its new report: 2008 Biofuels and the Impact on Chemicals, providing its most comprehensive study on phase II biofuels, bioethanol, biodiesel, biobutanol, and many other products. ... read more |
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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 Process Can Cut The Cost Of Making Cellulosic Biofuels 
East Lansing MI (SPX) Jan 26, 2009A patented Michigan State University process to pretreat corn-crop waste before conversion into ethanol means extra nutrients don't have to be added, cutting the cost of making biofuels from cellulose. The AFEX (ammonia fiber expansion) pretreatment process, developed by Bruce Dale, University Distinguished Professor of chemical engineering and materials science, uses ammonia to make the ... read more Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's skycar 
London (AFP) Jan 13, 2009A 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 US Oil Use Remains Flat Due To Expanded Biofuels Industry 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2009The 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, 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
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