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 Syracuse NY (SPX) Oct 20, 2009 
Summerhill Biomass Systems is planting the seeds of innovation into the Syracuse Tech Garden. Summerhill, named after the Cayuga County community where the technology was developed, has pending patents across the globe on its system for grinding up timber, brush, corn stalks and other plant waste and converting the fine powder into heat. Dr. James T. McKnight, Summerhill president and ... read more
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 20, 2009No dependency on oil: this is the objective of the five research partners who, on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 in Doha, Qatar, signed a cooperation agreement to investigate alternative fuels for use in aviation. Together with the energy company Shell, the technology centre Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), Texas A and M University at Qatar and the engine manufacturer Rolls Royce ... more
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Nairobi (AFP) Oct 16, 2009The 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 ... 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 
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 |
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Bozeman MT (SPX) Oct 09, 2009Sustainable Oils has announced it has been awarded a contract by the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) to supply camelina-based jet fuel for the Air Force. The contract is for 100,000 gallons of HRJ-8 beginning 2009 through 2010, and includes an option to purchase an additional 100,000 gallons between June 2010 and December 2012. "Once again, camelina is the choice for high-performance ... more 
Washington (UPI) Oct 6, 2009 Boeing and international academic and business partners are looking into ways of producing commercially viable aviation fuel from saltwater plants in a push toward reducing carbon emissions from air travel. The Boeing Co. said scientific studies were focused on salicornia bigelovii and saltwater mangroves -- plants known as halophytes. Research conducted in the United States ... more 
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 |
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