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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 27, 2009 
Surplus biomass from the production of flax shives, and generated from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol. This has been suggested by two studies carried out by Spanish and Dutch researchers and published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. "These studies evaluate, from an ... read more
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2009Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition to initiate methane hydrate exploration in the Beaufort Sea and determine the spatial variation of sediment contribution to Arctic climate change. Utilizing the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ... more
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Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2009The California Energy Commission has awarded a $1 million grant to UC Riverside's College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) to build a process demonstration unit (PDU) to convert biosolids to clean synthetic diesel fuel. The PDU will be located at CE-CERT's facilities on Columbia Ave. in Riverside and will use a steam hydrogasification process ... more 
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 27, 2009A USDOE and USDA study concluded that 50 million U.S. acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass could be harvested for use as a biofuel feedstock. Economically viable production of a perennial grass monoculture from which substantial quantities of biomass are ... more 
Amsterdam, Netherlands (UPI) Nov 25, 2009 Biofuel made a significant headway in aviation as a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing aircraft using the renewable energy source flew over the Netherlands with about 40 people on board. KLM said it was the first time a passenger aircraft using sustainable biofuel took flight anywhere in the world. The test flight used 50 percent kerosene fuel and 50 percent biofuel in one of the ... more |
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Honolulu HI (SPX) Nov 16, 2009Joule Biotechnologies has announced a major step forward in its development of renewable fuels, achieving direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy. Joule is advancing a new, photosynthesis-driven approach to producing renewable fuels, avoiding the economic and environmental burden of multi-step, cellulosic o ... more 
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2009DuPont and BSES Limited announced a research, development and commercialization alliance to improve productivity and use of sugarcane varieties. The agreement brings together DuPont's extensive plant biotechnology expertise with BSES's unrivalled knowledge of sugarcane breeding, production and processing. The alliance will focus on the development and delivery of technologies to improve cu ... more 
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 |
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