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Bioelectricity Promises More Miles Per Acre Than Ethanol
Stanford CA (SPX) May 11, 2009Biofuels such as ethanol offer an alternative to petroleum for powering our cars, but growing energy crops to produce them can compete with food crops for farmland, and clearing forests to expand farmland will aggravate the climate change problem. How can we maximize our "miles per acre" from biomass? Researchers writing in the online edition of the May 7 Science magazine say the best bet ... read more Baltimore To Evaluate New Gen Biofuels 
Lake Mary FL (SPX) May 11, 2009Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has signed a contract with the City of Baltimore, Maryland,("the City") to provide its renewable biofuel in an evaluation program for boiler applications in the heart of Baltimore. This is the first time the City of Baltimore has evaluated a non fossil fuel in its industrial boilers. In this program, New ... read more Propel Fuels Partners Up On Industry-leading Green Program 
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 05, 2009Propel Fuels ahs announced a partnership with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, to fuel Enterprise's rental cars in the Sacramento area with renewable E85 Flex Fuel. This first-of-its-kind program in the area helps educate Enterprise customers on how to "fuel green and save green" with Propel E85 (85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline), which, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, re ... read more SG Biofuels Launches Genetic Resource Center 
San Diego CA (SPX) May 01, 2009SG Biofuels has announced the opening of its Jatropha Genetic Resource Center (GRC) to further accelerate profitable, large-scale production of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of feedstock for biofuel. With research sites in San Diego and several Latin American countries, SG Biofuels and its GRC posses the largest, most genetically diverse library of Jatropha genetic material in ... read more California Air Resources Board Votes To Include Unfair, Unproven Theory In New Regs 
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2009The California Air Resources Board has voted to enact a standard that unfairly penalizes biofuels as compared to other fuels, including gasoline. "We're disappointed with the Board's vote," said General Wesley Clark, co-chairman of Growth Energy. "This was a poor decision, based on shaky science, not only for California, but for the nation. It is unfair to selectively single out the ... read more |
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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 LifeSciences BC Applauds Investment In Support Of Bioenergy Sector 
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 08, 2009This morning, at Lignol Innovations, in Burnaby, Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the provincial government will invest over $32.6 million in support of BC's biofuel and clean technology development. As the industry association representing the province's bioproducts and bioenergy sectors, LifeSciences BC strongly supports this decision, and congratulates the provincial government in ... 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 Algae promoted for biofuel use 
Conroe, Texas, April 3, 2009 The director of the National Algae Association in Texas says tiny waterborne plants may be the future of biofuels. Association Director Barry Cohen said the plants, commonly referred to as pond scum, are the perfect industry for the United States to invest in as the price of crude oil is expected to rise again and officials search for ways of decreasing dependence on foreign oil and cre ... read more |
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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 EcoSystem Applies For Grant For Biofuels Feedstock Development 
Dayton OH (SPX) Mar 30, 2009EcoSystem has announced its that it has submitted a grant application to the U.S. Department of Energy's Biomass Research and Development Initiative based on EcoSystem's proprietary bioconversion technology. EcoSystem's application is based on the voracious appetite of the black solider fly, a non-pest insect, to convert locally available food scrap waste into biofuels feedstock and biobas ... 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 i ... read more
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