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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 
China's President Hu Jintao presided over the signing of a raft of deals with Malaysia Wednesday and indicated an interest in its vast palm oil and timber sectors. Hu, who is wrapping up a two-day official visit, and Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak witnessed the signing of five agreements and the awarding of a major infrastructure project to a Chinese firm. Malaysia's Bank Negara ... read more
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 U.S. researchers say they've determined using a so-called wet ethanol production process yields not only more ethanol, but also more usable co-products. University of Illinois scientists, led by agricultural engineering researcher Esha Khullar, said the wet ethanol process involves soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, resulting in more gallons of ethanol. ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2009An 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 ... 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 
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 |
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Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2009A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which is much more ethanol-tolerant than the bacteria in which these structures are normally found. The yeast cellulosome could enable efficient one-step "consolidated bioprocessing" by maximizing the ... more 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Nov 2, 2009European palm oil buyers who are refusing to purchase expensive eco-friendly palm oil were named and shamed Monday by environmental campaigners WWF International. Only 10 out of the 59 major retailers and manufacturers surveyed in an industry scorecard have lived up to their commitments to buy "sustainable" palm oil which is manufactured according to strict standards, it said. At an indu ... more 
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 |
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