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Flax And Yellow Flowers Can Produce BioethanolMadrid, 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 |
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The Hague (AFP) Nov 23, 2009A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel. "This is technically feasible. We have demonstrated that it is possible," KLM chief executive officer Peter Hartman said after the flight, which took off and landed at Schiphol airport near ... more 
Ames, Iowa (UPI) Nov 20, 2009 After three years and $30 million, U.S. scientists have finished mapping the complete genome sequence of corn, the most widely eaten cereal after rice. A strain of corn called B73 may prove to be a textbook of how genes work, said Patrick Schnable, a geneticist at Iowa State University, where the strain was developed in the 1970s. "Corn is a good model for biology in general," ... more 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 19, 2009Purdue University will operate a new federally funded facility to test aircraft engines and develop alternative fuels in work that also aims to reduce the nation's reliance on imported oil. The National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion is funded with a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Air Force and will be housed in the Niswonger Aviation Technology Building at the Purdue Airport. ... more |
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 Encouraging Ethanol Truths Prove Inconvenient In New Gore Book  NASA Develops Algae Bioreactor As Sustainable Energy Source  UCI Computer Model Foresees Effects Of Alternative Transportation Fuels |
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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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 VIASPACE To Trademark Giant King Grass  Genomes Of Biofuel Yeasts Reveal Clues That Could Boost Production  Ceres Wins Grant To Develop High-Yielding, Low-Input Energy Grasses |
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