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 Nairobi (AFP) Oct 16, 2009 
The use of biofuels as a source of clean energy may lead to higher carbon emissions, but can also yield significant cuts if production is properly managed, the UN Environment Programme said Friday. As such, governments should assess energy needs, effects on climate, land and water use as well as agriculture if biofuel projects are to be beneficial. Citing a report by its Panel for Sustai ... read more
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 14, 2009Researchers and companies are racing to turn algae into a viable source of renewable energy. Leaders in the field will present progress and challenges in bringing algae biofuels and chemicals to the marketplace at the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO) 2009 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy, to be held Nov. 8-11, 2009 in Honolulu. Brent Erickson ... more
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Columbia MD (SPX) Oct 14, 2009Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has signed a Letter Of Intent (LOI) with Ace Biofuels of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Under this LOI, Ace Biofuels would license product formulations, manufacturing technology and know-how from NGBF with the intent of constructing a biofuel manufacturing facility and marketing NGBF biofuel in Puerto Rico. ... more 
Ruston, La. (UPI) Oct 12, 2009 U.S. scientists say they are using nanotechnology to improve the cellulosic ethanol processes involved in producing biofuels. Louisiana Tech Professors James Palmer, Yuri Lvov, Dale Snow and Hisham Hegab say biofuels will play an important part in sustainable fuel and energy production solutions for the future. But the professors say the nation's appetite for fuel cannot be satisfied ... more 
Georgetown SC (SPX) Oct 13, 2009The future of algae energy has come. Renewed World Energies unveiled an operational prototype of its photo-bioreactor at the Algae Biomass Summit in San Diego, CA on October 8, 2009. The energy company has achieved the technology breakthrough that will forever transform the dream of algae energy into a reality; making algae green the new black gold. Renewed World Energies has cracked the ... more |
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Houghton MI (SPX) Oct 07, 2009When society jumps on a bandwagon, even for a good cause, there may be unintended consequences. The unintended consequence of crop-based biofuels may be the loss of wildlife habitat, particularly that of the birds who call this country's grasslands home, say researchers from Michigan Technological University and The Nature Conservancy. In a paper published in the October 2009 issue of the ... more 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 02, 2009Volvo Trucks is now taking the next concrete step towards carbon dioxide-neutral road transport. Within the framework of a broad-based joint project, field tests are being conducted with 14 trucks running on Bio-DME - a fuel that combines a low environmental imprint with high energy efficiency. In August 2007, Volvo Group unveiled seven demo trucks from Volvo Trucks each running on a ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 02, 2009Despite a number of key issues such as land use and competition for feedstocks supplies for traditional food and feed uses, global use of biofuels is excepted to more than double from 2009 to 2015, according to a new global analysis released by Hart's Global Biofuels Center. Leading the expansion is the United States with a growth of total biofuels use of more than 35%. Brazil will grow ... more |
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