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December 09, 2009
President Obama, USDOE And USDA See Green Value In Sapphire Energy
San 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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Logos Technologies And EdeniQ Awarded Cellulosic Bio-Ethanol Grant
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Developing Renewable Fuels From Algae Oil
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Ceres And CHOREN Assess Energy Crops For Thermochemical Production Of Biofuels
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First Goodyear Concept Tires Made with BioIsoprene Technology
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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First Giant King Grass Harvest
Irvine CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2009
VIASPACE 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

Flax And Yellow Flowers Can Produce Bioethanol
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 ... more

Arctic Expedition Investigates Climate Change And Alternative Fuels
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2009
Scientists 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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Vietnam vows peaceful resolution of maritime disputes

Institute aims to promote carbon capture

Mercosur nations mull joint oil projects

Lithuania invites bids for new nuclear plant

India, Russia sign deals on nuclear energy, defence

S.Korea hails first nuclear reactor export

Less Nitrogen Oxide In Tropical Weather Than Expected

Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Up By 29 Percent Since 2000

NASA Conducts Airborne Science Aboard Zeppelin Airship

Climate change could cost Brazil 2 billion dollars: study

Study Finds Logging Effects Vary Based On A Forest's History, Climate

Carbon And Oxygen In Tree Rings Can Reveal Past Climate Information

The Impact Of The Diffusion Of Maize To The Southwestern United States

UN food body to help farmers fight climate change

Feds set up online help for farmers

Stronger Chinese auto sales lift luxury German brands

China auto sales and output go over 12 million units

Munich Lab Demonstrates Diesel Truck Engine With Barely Measurable Emissions

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KLM flies world's first "passenger flight on biofuel"
The Hague (AFP) Nov 23, 2009
A 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

Scientists complete corn genome
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

New Facility To Test Aircraft Engines, Alternative Fuels
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 19, 2009
Purdue 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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Guinea junta chief improving, to return soon: spokesman

Guinea foreign minister denounces military 'insubordination'

China, World Bank in drive for African factories: Zoellick

Stronger Chinese auto sales lift luxury German brands

China auto sales and output go over 12 million units

Munich Lab Demonstrates Diesel Truck Engine With Barely Measurable Emissions

Astronomy Question Of The Week: How Is A Black Hole Discovered

Towards An Exquisite Look At Black Holes

LHC Produces First Physics Results

Russia To Launch MIM1 Module To ISS Next Year

Russia Plans To Send 10 Spacecraft To ISS Next Year

SpaceX Begins NASA Astronaut Training For Dragon Spacecraft COTS Program

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Virgin spaceship to take visitors into suborbital space

Steering The Ares Rockets On A Straight Path

India Hopes To Join Cryogenic Rocket Engine Club January 2010

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Joule Reports Breakthrough In Renewable Diesel Production

DuPont And BSES Partner To Improve Sugarcane

WWF Confronted Over Greenwashing Of Sustainable Palm Oil

VIASPACE To Trademark Giant King Grass

Ceres Wins Grant To Develop High-Yielding, Low-Input Energy Grasses

Wet Ethanol Production Process Yields More Ethanol And More Co-Products

Genomes Of Biofuel Yeasts Reveal Clues That Could Boost Production

Honeywell's Biomass-to-Oil Process Selected By Italian Company

Dongtai Organic Waste Treatment Project Update

Renewed World Energies Merges With BioCentric Energy

K-State Engineers Study Surface Texture And Algae Growth

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Researchers Create First Synthetic Cellulosome In Yeast

European palm oil buyers shunning eco-friendly variety: WWF

Brooklyn Fuel Company Launches BioGreen

SPEC Process E And C Helps Qteros Achieve Cellulosic Ethanol Milestone

Verenium And VPP Test C5 Cellulosic Technology On Pulping Feedstocks

Sequencing Microbial Genes For Potential Biofuels Use Receives DoE Funding

Making Tape Better and Biofuels Cheaper

Brazil to raise biofuel content in diesel

Orangutans struggle to survive as palm oil booms

Biofuels could increase greenhouse gases: US studies

Biofuel for commercial flights by 2010: IATA

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