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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2009 
An Open Letter signed by more than 80 organizations from 31 countries was delivered yesterday to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) co-initiator of the initiative. In the letter, they are urged to end the "greenwashing" and certification of palm oil plantations as being "sustainable". According to the Open Letter, palm oil companies certified by ... read more
Cold Spring Harbor NY (SPX) Nov 11, 2009As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome Research, scientists have analyzed the genome structures of bioethanol-producing microorganisms, uncovering genetic clues that will be critical in developing new ... more
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Urbana IL (SPX) Nov 11, 2009Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger bang for their buck - by about 20 percent. "The conventional ethanol production method has fewer steps, but other than distillers dried grains with soluble, it doesn't have any other co-product ... more 
Thousand Oaks CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2009Energy crop company Ceres has announced that it plans to expand an advanced trait development project to increase biomass yields of several energy grasses by as much as 40% in coming years, while simultaneously decreasing the use of inputs such as nitrogen fertilizers. The project, which was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from among 3,700 renewable energy proposals, will ... more 
Irvine CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2009VIASPACE has announced it has applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark "Giant King" as a unique brand of grass. Interest in, and demand for, Giant King grass is growing, as energy producers seek next-generation feedstock for biofuel to reduce dependence on high-polluting fossil fuels and biomass for replacing coal in electric power plants. Due to advantageous grow ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Nov 02, 2009Boro Fuel Oil is going green. The company will introduce BioGreen in November - a new premium biofuel that's good for heating systems and the earth. Boro Fuel Oil is the first heating oil dealer in New York City to offer BioGreen. A blend of traditional heating oil and 10% soybean oil, eco-friendly BioGreen premium biofuel is clean, renewable, biodegradable, and non-toxic. BioGreen is also ... more 
Burlington MA (SPX) Nov 02, 2009SPEC Process E and C has helped Qteros reach an important milestone last week. After less than a year working with SPEC to develop their new process, Qteros broke ground on their pilot plant. SPEC started working with Qteros a year ago when they were still located at a UMass Amherst lab. Qteros had developed a 1 L bench scale model of their fermentation process and needed to bring it up ... more 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 02, 2009Verenium has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Value Prior to Pulping (VPP) to test the effectiveness of Verenium's C5 technology for the creation of cellulosic ethanol from the hemicelluloses generated by the pulp and paper process, creating higher value products without negatively impacting paper quality. VPP is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the State ... more |
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