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Indicating the true start of the Green Age, Sapphire Energy, the leader in algae-based renewable fuel, joined with the team behind the award winning film FUEL, to complete the first cross-country car tour fueled by a blend of algae-based gasoline in an unmodified engine. The Algaeus completed its 10-day, 3,750 mile US tour that started in San Francisco and arrived into New York City on ... read more
Brasilia (AFP) Sept 17, 2009The Brazilian government presented new legislation Thursday intended to protect the Amazon from deforestation by banning any new planting of sugar cane, widely cultivated for ethanol production. "Now we can say that our ethanol is 100 percent green," said Environment Minister Carlos Minc announcing the proposed rules. The legislation would ban new clearing or planting of the crop in more ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2009September 11th is always a stark reminder of the threats posed to our nation every day, the bravery of our armed forces, and the vulnerability created by our heavy reliance on foreign sources of energy. It was with this somber memorial in mind that the Renewable Fuels Association recognized the grand opening celebration at Highwater Ethanol in Lamberton, MN. Highwater Ethanol will utilize ... more 
Mumbai (AFP) Sept 15, 2009It's a question that has left the best minds in India scratching their heads: how to harvest the coconut crop when no one either wants or knows how to climb trees any more. But officials in Kerala, the southern agricultural state famed for laid-back tourism at its tropical beaches, are hoping new technology can be harnessed to solve the problem. They have announced a six-month ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 14, 2009"Salt-loving algae could be the key to the successful development of biofuels as well as being an efficient means of recycling atmospheric carbon dioxide", Professor John Cushman of the University of Nevada told the Society for General Microbiology meeting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. The current major limitation of biofuel production is the lack of adequate feedstocks, soybeans ... more |
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Colton CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2009U.S. Development Group has announced that it will begin construction on the West Colton Rail Terminal, a new ethanol hub located in the Inland Empire area of southern California. Construction of the facility will occur in two phases. The first phase, located in Rialto, Calif., will consist of a manifold transfer system that will begin receiving and offloading ethanol railcars in the fall ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2009Following over a year of intense work by the Renewable Fuels Association with the Internal Revenue Service, the agency on August 24 issued a Notice of Proposed Revenue Ruling clarifying that it will not seek to impose a change in the cost recovery periods used by most ethanol producers. Historically, most ethanol producers have used cost recovery (or depreciation) periods of five years. ... more 
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Aug 25, 2009Brazil's largest organization representing its ethanol industry and the official fuel supplier for this Indy Racing League season will be represented at this weekend's Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, by its Institutional and Government Relations Executive, Leticia Phillips. In its fuel supply agreement with the IRL, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry ... more |
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