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President Obama, USDOE And USDA See Green Value In Sapphire EnergySan Diego CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2009 Sapphire Energy has received another big boost for its groundbreaking energy work. Sapphire was awarded nearly $104.5 million as part of President Obama's American Recovery and Investment Act and the Biorefinery Assistance Program, authorized through the 2008 Farm Bill. The grant is from the U.S. Dept. of Energy for $50 million and the loan guarantee from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture for ... read more |
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Irvine CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2009VIASPACE has announced that the first harvest of Giant King Grass has been completed and that a new grass processing and storage facility is under construction on company land in China. Chief Executive Dr. Carl Kukkonen stated: "The grass from this harvest provided seedlings for planting on our new land and is also being used to supply samples for testing and analysis by potential ... more 
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 27, 2009Surplus 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 ... 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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 California Energy Commission Awards UCR Grant For Synthetic Fuel Facility  Switchgrass Produces Biomass Efficiently  Biofuel scores a first in green aviation |
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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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