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 Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 24, 2009 
Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to double the production of the biofuel butanol, which might someday replace gasoline in automobiles. The process improves on the conventional method for brewing butanol in a bacterial fermentation tank. Normally, bacteria could only produce a certain amount of butanol - perhaps 15 grams of the chemical for every liter of water in the ... read more
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 19, 2009The Southwestern Biofuels Association (SWBA) has announced its support for a bipartisan coalition in the U.S. Senate calling on President Barack Obama to keep the U.S. biodiesel industry alive by immediately implementing the biomass-based diesel mandate required under the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). "The delay in getting a final rule on biodiesel from EPA is crippling ... more
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San Carlos CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2009LiveFuels has announced the start of pilot operations at the company's test facility in Brownsville, TX. Consisting of 45 acres of open saltwater ponds, the facility will be used for research on optimizing algal productivity and increasing the rates of conversion of biomass into renewable oils. "Our new Brownsville facility allows us to explore a system-level solution for producing algal ... more 
Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2009VIASPACE has announced that an independent analysis of Giant King Grass as an energy crop by the China National Center for Quality Supervision and Test of Coal confirmed that Giant King Grass has an energy content of 18.4 MJ per dry kilogram (4402 kcal per kilogram), which makes it suitable as a renewable feedstock for generating electric power and producing liquid biofuels. A well-known ... more 
Columbia MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2009BP and Martek Biosciences have announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to work on the production of microbial oils for biofuels applications. The partnership combines a broad technology platform and operational capabilities to advance the development of a step-change technology for the conversion of sugars into biodiesel. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement ... more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2009If you are an owner of the 244 million cars that exist in the US, probably yours can run only in regular gasoline. And with the oil prices on a permanent roller-coaster price, you probably wonder if there is some way you could make the old faithful run on for example that E85 fuel that you heard on the news and that is being offered by that shiny new fuel pump near your job. ... more 
New York NY (SPX) Jul 30, 2009Carbonics Capital is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive license with GreenShift for use of its algae bioreactor technologies in municipal and industrial applications excluding ethanol production. GreenShift's patented and patent-pending bioreactor technologies rely on thermophillic cyanobacteria (among other organisms) to consume carbon dioxide emissions and to produce car ... more 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jul 30, 2009Joule Biotechnologies has unveiled its breakthrough Helioculture technology-a revolutionary process that harnesses sunlight to directly convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into SolarFuel liquid energy. This eco-friendly, direct-to-fuel conversion requires no agricultural land or fresh water, and leverages a highly scalable system capable of producing more than 20,000 gallons of renewable ethanol ... more |
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