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Analysis: EPA delays biofuels rule 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2009More than a year ago, Congress passed a law requiring massive increases in the production of ethanol and other biofuels, but with the economy tanking, concerns about the mandate are popping up in every corner. The Renewable Fuel Standard, passed as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, requires the nation to produce 36 billion gallons of biofuels by 2022. Although in ... read more New Generation Biofuels Signs Sales Contract With Catoctin Mountain Growers 
Lake Mary FL (SPX) Apr 02, 2009Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it is has signed a sales contract with Catoctin Mountain Growers of Keymar, Maryland to supply up to 370,000 gallons of renewable biofuel annually. "We are delighted to be supplying a proactive and environmentally aware company like Catoctin Mountain Growers with our biofuel, which provides a lower carbon footprin ... read more IATA aims for biofuels on commercial flights by 2011 
Geneva (AFP) March 31, 2009The international airline association IATA is aiming to approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 or 2011, its director general Giovanni Bisignani said Tuesday. Bisignani told a civil aviation industry meeting that recent tests by Continental Airlines, Japan's JAL, Air New Zealand and Virgin had shown that "next generation sustainable" clean burning biofuels worked. "We have made a ... read more Analysis: Brazil to increase ethanol 
Miami, April 1, 2009 Brazilian ethanol producers are reportedly gearing up to increase production of the alternative fuel in reaction to stronger sugar prices, energy experts said. Production of sugar-based ethanol in Brazil is expected to increase by 5 percent, and two-thirds of all sugar produced would go toward the creation of the fuel, Platts reported Tuesday, citing sources in the country's ethanol se ... read more Advanced Biofuel Companies Ask Congress For Comprehensive Biofuels Policy 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2009Biofuel producers and biotechnology companies have asked Congressional leaders to help them overcome economic obstacles to obtaining financial backing and bring commercially ready advanced biofuels to the marketplace. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) submitted a letter to Congressional leaders proposing six principles to guide development of legislation needed to support conti ... read more |
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Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Mar 30, 2009Swedish bioenergy company SEKAB was presented the prestigious "Sustainable Bioethanol Award" for its development of verified sustainable ethanol and the technology for bioethanol based on cellulose at an event in Brussels including the world's foremost leaders in biofuels. "This prestigious recognition is a welcome acknowledgement of the efforts SEKAB has made to drive de ... read more EcoSystem Unveils MAGFUEL Feedstock For Biodiesel 
New York NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2009EcoSystem has announced its MAGFUEL biofuel feedstock model. EcoSystem will apply its bioreactor technology to convert food scrap waste into natural oils for biodiesel feedstock and specialty chemical applications. The key to EcoSystem's bioreactor technology is the use of the Black Soldier Fly. When at full capacity, Black Soldier Fly food scrap waste conversion technology could yield up ... read more Townsend Oil And Propane Offers Biofuel To Entire Regional Customer Base 
Danvers MA (SPX) Mar 25, 2009Townsend Oil and Propane has announced the introduction and general availability of BioPureTM, a clean burning alternative to petroleum-based fuel oil made from domestic, renewable sources of energy. BioPure is a blend of traditional home heating oil and between two and five percent of biofuel made from a variety of agricultural and vegetable feed stocks including soybeans. Since BioPure ... read more Valero Energy Has Winning Bid To Purchase VeraSun Plants 
San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 25, 2009Valero Energy has announced that its bid to buy ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy has been accepted by the bankruptcy court overseeing the assets' auction. In addition to the five plants and a sixth site under development in Valero's original bid, the bankruptcy court approved Valero's purchase of two additional ethanol plants from VeraSun. Together, the plants have an annual production ... read more City buses turn to sewage for 'clean' fuel 
Oslo (AFP) March 22, 2009Can the key to "clean" energy be found down in the sewer? That's the idea in Oslo, where city officials soon plan to introduce buses that run on biofuels extracted from human waste. As of 2010, the new buses are due to start plying the streets of the Norwegian capital. "It's a win-win situation: It's carbon neutral, it hardly pollutes the environment, it's less noisy and its endlessly re ... read more |
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Miami (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is turning to the American business community for help in convincing the United States to lift the import tariff on his country's ethanol, a world-leading alternative fuel. Following his recent talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, Lula, the first Latin American leader to meet with the president, asked for business leaders to join him in ... read more Growth Energy Slams ARB Staff Report On New Low Carbon Fuel Standard Rules 
Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2009Growth Energy has called on the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to reject rules developed by its staff that would impose unfair standards in calculating the carbon intensity of fuels as part of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The ARB staff report calls for the adoption of a flawed indirect land use change (ILUC) theory that would only penalize biofuels while ignoring the signific ... read more Netafim To Supply Smart Irrigation Solutions For Peruvian Ethanol Project
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 09, 2009Netafim has entered into an EPC agreement with Maple, under which Netafim will provide engineering, procurement and construction of a drip irrigation system and become the exclusive supplier of smart irrigation solutions for Maple's sugar cane project to be constructed and operated in Peru. The project, spanning close to 8,000 hectares of land in Northern Peru, will include cultivation of ... read more Doubling A Gene In Corn Results In Giant Biomass 
Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, Moose said, due to a greater number of leaves and larger stalk, which could also make it a good energy crop. The gene known as Glossy 15 was originally described for its role in giving corn seedlings a waxy coating that ... read more Study Critiques Corn-For-Ethanol's Carbon Footprint 
Durham NC (SPX) Mar 04, 2009To avoid creating greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it up for corn to make biofuel, according to a comprehensive Duke University-led study. "Converting set-asides to corn-ethanol production is an inefficient and expensive greenhouse gas mitigation policy that should not be encouraged until ethanol-pro ... read more
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