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Asia's biofuel dreams shelved as crude oil tumbles
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) March 2, 2009Hopes of a biofuel bonanza for Southeast Asia, raised when sky-high oil prices made the search for alternative fuels a priority, have been shelved as global fortunes and crude prices nose-dive. Back when movie stars won plaudits for driving hybrid cars, and grains and oils were going cheap, regional governments grew excited over producing biofuel to lower energy costs and soak up agricultura ... read more Commercial Yeasts Upgraded With An Enzyme For Biofuel Production 
Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2009Eckhard Boles has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose is an unused waste sugar in the cellulosic ethanol production process. The researchers have recently filed a patent application for their process. In industrial fermentation processes, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is commonly used for ethanol production. Current bioethanol ... read more Honda says to open bio-ethanol research centre 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 26, 2009Japan's Honda Motor Co., seeking a boost in the race to build greener automobiles, said Thursday it would open a research centre to develop and produce bio-ethanol fuel from non-edible plant matter. Japan's second-largest carmaker said it aims to start building the facility in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo in April and begin operations in November. Bio-ethanol is a plant-derived fuel sourc ... read more Firm Acquires IP For Researching Renewable Liquid Fuels 
Cincinnati OH (SPX) Feb 24, 2009AdvanceBio Systems has acquired exclusive intellectual property (IP) rights to provide pre-treatment equipment and systems on a turnkey basis to the next-generation cellulosic ethanol and renewable chemicals industries. The acquisition of this IP marks a natural extension for AdvanceBio, a fuel and chemical consulting services and technology company. AdvanceBio provides consulting services ... read more Inbicon Introduces The New Ethanol 
San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 24, 2009At the 14th annual National Ethanol Conference, Danish biotech pioneer Inbicon announced a series of technical and marketing initiatives for bringing commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol to North America. Under the banner of The New Ethanol, and in collaboration with the U.S.-based G-team, Inbicon is putting the finishing touches on new engineering and business model that incorporates its ... read more |
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Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Feb 20, 2009Suncor Energy Products and Suncor Energy (U.S.A.), both wholly owned subsidiaries of Suncor Energy, and Lignol have determined it prudent not to enter into a joint venture to pursue the development of a cellulosic ethanol commercial demonstration plant in Grand Junction, Colorado given the instability of energy prices, the uncertainty in the capital markets and the general market malaise. ... read more Biofuels Can Anticipate A Promising Future In Sub-Saharan Africa 
Cape Town, South Africa (SPX) Feb 20, 2009There is huge potential for biofuel production in sub-Saharan African countries such as Nigeria, Uganda and Angola, provided there is a concerted effort from key stakeholders. The production of feedstock and the fuel itself would ultimately lead to socio-economic improvement and, with the correct implementation and management, the controversy about feedstock used for fuel vs. food can be resolve ... read more Orbital And Sygma Alternative Fuel Initiatives In Brazil 
Perth, Australia (SPX) Feb 20, 2009Orbital and Sygma Motors - Engenharia, Industria E Comercio de Motores Ltda of Brazil are pleased to announce that agreement has been reached on two significant engineering programs, with Vale Solutions in Energy ("VSE") as the end customer. Senior representatives of Orbital and Sygma, including Directors of Sygma Group and Sygma Motors, and the Chief Executive Officer of Orbital, have met ... read more Ricardo Technology Achieves Breakthrough Efficiency For Ethanol-fueled Engines 
Van Buren TWP MI (SPX) Feb 20, 2009Ricardo has revealed the development of technology that optimizes ethanol-fueled engines to a level of performance that exceeds gasoline engine efficiency and approaches levels previously reached only by diesel engines. The technology, called Ethanol Boosted Direct Injection or EBDI, takes full advantage of ethanol's best properties - higher octane and higher heat of vaporization - to ... read more MSU Scientists Speed Up Discovery Of Plant Metabolism Genes 
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 19, 2009Michigan State University researchers are dramatically speeding up identification of genes that affect the structure and function of chloroplasts, which could lead to plants tailored specifically for biofuel production or delivering high levels of specific nutrients. Chloroplasts, which are specialized compartments in plant cells, convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars and ... read more |
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Los Gatos CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2009The E-Fuel Corporation has reached an agreement with Sierra Nevada Brewing to create high-grade ethanol fuel from discarded beer yeast. E-Fuel, the inventor of the world's first home ethanol system - the Efuel100 MicroFueler - and Sierra Nevada have agreed to house MicroFuelers at the brewery in Chico, California, enabling Sierra Nevada to manufacture its own ethanol using waste from its ... read more Global Energy Announces Waste-to-Energy Production Trial 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 16, 2009AlphaKat, led by Dr. Christian Koch and Global Energy have conducted a first round of municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstock tests as part of the commissioning phase for AlphaKat's first-generation, commercial scale KDV 500 waste-to-diesel process. The KDV 500 is designed to produce 145 gallons (550 liters) of high quality diesel fuel from an average of 1.5 tons of MSW per hour. The trial ... read more Biofuels may speed up, not slow global warming: study 
Chicago (AFP) Feb 14, 2009The use of crop-based biofuels could speed up rather than slow down global warming by fueling the destruction of rainforests, scientists warned Saturday. Once heralded as the answer to oil, biofuels have become increasingly controversial because of their impact on food prices and the amount of energy it takes to produce them. They could also be responsible for pumping far more carbon ... read more Study: 21B ethanol gallons doable by 2030 
Livermore, Calif. (UPI) Feb 12, 2009 A nine-month study has found plant and forestry wastes and dedicated energy crops could replace nearly a third of U.S. gasoline use by 2030. The research conducted by the Sandia National Laboratories and the General Motors Corp. was designed to discover whether and how much cellulosic biofuels could be sustainably produced. Researchers said they assessed the feasibility, implicat ... read more Process turns raw biomass into biofuel
Madison, Wis. (UPI) Feb 12, 2009 U.S. biochemists say they have developed a two-step chemical process that can convert cellulose in raw biomass into promising biofuels. University of Wisconsin researchers said the new process is unprecedented in its use of untreated, inedible biomass as the starting material. They said the key to the new process is the first step, in which cellulose is converted into the "platform" ... read more
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