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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 
For the first time in its 31-year history, the world's largest rally competition, formerly known as Paris-Dakar, will include in its 2010 edition a category in which competing vehicles will run on ethanol. The new category was introduced by the organizers at the request of Brazilian rally veteran and former Paris-Dakar winner Klever Kolberg, who will drive the first-ever flex-fuel vehicle ... read more
Mclean VA (SPX) Sep 08, 2009Dynamotive Energy Systems and BlueLeaf are pleased to provide a mid-season report for the second year of the BlueLeaf commercial farming field trial begun and reported in 2008. The findings further support the economic potential for CQuest Biochar as soil enhancer. CQuest Biochar is a by-product of the BioOil production process and represents approximately 25% of the total product output ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Lane, Okla. (UPI) Sep 7, 2009 A U.S. Agriculture Department researcher in Lane, Okla., says he has discovered a way to turn watermelons into ethanol. Chemist Wayne Fish said while investigating how to enrich the health benefits of watermelon, he discovered the sugar in the juice from cull watermelons could be transformed into ethanol, The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman said Monday. Fish said a fermentation unit ... more 
Pleasanton CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2009Fulcrum BioEnergy has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the ability to economically produce renewable ethanol. This milestone - achieved at the company's TurningPoint Ethanol Demonstration Plant - confirms the second of the two new technologies that Fulcrum will use for the large-scale production of transportation fuel from garbage that would otherwise be landfilled. "The ope ... more 
Rothschild WI (SPX) Sep 02, 2009We Energies has announced the proposed construction of a $250 million biomass-fueled power plant at Domtar Corporation's Rothschild, Wisconsin paper mill site. Wood, waste wood and sawdust will be used to produce 50 megawatts of electricity and will also support Domtar's sustainable papermaking operations. The project would be funded by We Energies. The partnership between We Energies and ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 25, 2009Massachusetts' implementation plan for its Biofuels Mandate excludes biofuels made from renewable biomass being researched and developed by Massachusetts companies. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has urged the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to accept applications for qualifying advanced biofuels from biofuel producers using all sources of renewable biomass, which hav ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 25, 2009A scholarly analysis of the keystone of indirect land use study - Searchinger et al. - found the science fell far short of acceptable scientific standards. Professor John Mathews and Dr. Hao Tan, researchers from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, undertook an exhaustive analysis of Searchinger et al. which revealed that the framework used was inappropriate in that it started with ... more 
Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 24, 2009Engineers 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 ... more |
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