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Biofuels Could Hasten Climate Change
London UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2009A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost when biofuel plantations are established on forestlands. If the original habitat was peatland, carbon balance would take more than 600 years. The study appears in Conservation Biology. The oil palm, increasingly used as a source for biofuel, ha ... read more Plant Gene Mapping May Lead To Better Biofuel Production 
Upton NY (SPX) Apr 20, 2009By creating a "family tree" of genes expressed in one form of woody plant and a less woody, herbaceous species, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered clues that may help them engineer plants more amenable to biofuel production. The study, published in Plant Molecular Biology, also lays a foundation for understanding these genes' evoluti ... read more The Impact Of Ethanol On Water Supplies 
St Paul MN (SPX) Apr 14, 2009At a time when water supplies are scarce in many areas of the United States, scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol - often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future - may consume up to three times more water than previously thought. Their study is scheduled for the April 15 issue of ACS' Environmental Science and Technology, a semi-monthly publ ... read more Analysis: Advanced biofuels roundup 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 08, 2009With the economy tanking, federal officials are turning toward green energy as an economic and financial savior, and new biofuels are appearing increasingly attractive to legislators and industry for a number of reasons. More than a year ago, Congress passed a law requiring dramatic increases in biofuel production, ramping up national production from 8.5 billion gallons in 2008 to 36 b ... read more GAEC Brings Crops To Fuels To Reality 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 08, 2009Transforming cellulose to ethanol efficiently is a technical challenge that will transform the biofuels industry. Gulf Alternative Energy believes it has moved the industry much closer to economic viability with its preprocessing technology that turns non-food plant material (called biomass) into extremely small particles that can more quickly and more cheaply be turned into ethanol. ... read more |
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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 AE Biofuels Announces Strategic Agreement With Merrick And Company 
Cupertino CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2009AE Biofuels has announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with Merrick and Company to commercially implement AE Biofuels' patent-pending enzyme based technology for the conversion of non-food biomass into ethanol and other materials through the design of new biofuels facilities or the conversion of existing biofuels facilities. Merrick is a leading provider of engineering and arch ... read more |
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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 PetroAlgae Sprukes Next Gen Biofuels To World Biofuels Markets 09
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Mar 19, 2009At World Biofuels Markets (WBM) 09, the scene last year of mass protests against corn and soy based biofuels, PetroAlgae this year helped demonstrate the near-term commercial viability of algae-based biofuel. In contrast with corn and soy, algae does not compete with the food supply, actually consumes C02 (2.2 times its own weight), leaves no toxic waste during the harvesting process, is e ... read more Netafim To Supply Smart Irrigation Systems For Sugar Cane Project
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 19, 2009Netafim has concluded an agreement with Etanalc, pursuant to which Netafim will be the sole provider of irrigation equipment and related services for the world's largest drip irrigation project. The project includes production of both Ethanol and electricity from cultivation of sugar cane. The total development cost of the first phase of the project is over 900 million dollars. The project ... read more
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