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December 11, 2009
Manure focus of electricity effort in Kan.
Ulysses, Kan. (UPI) Dec 9, 2009
A planned project in southwest Kansas is focused on using cow manure to create fuel that can help produce electricity, an official said. Grant County economic development director Gene Pflughoft said the plan to turn cow manure into electricity is a perfect fit for Kansas given the state has two cows for every person, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported Wednesday. "There's a lot ... read more

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Major Report Released At Bioenergy Australia 2009
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Enerkem Awarded Funding By US DoE For Biorefinery Project
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University's Plan To Create Petroleum-Free Fleet
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President Obama, USDOE And USDA See Green Value In Sapphire Energy
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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Logos Technologies And EdeniQ Awarded Cellulosic Bio-Ethanol Grant
Arlington VA (SPX) Dec 08, 2009
Logos Technologies and EdeniQ have announced that they have been awarded a $20.4 million grant to modify and operate a pilot-scale bio-refinery plant to produce low-cost ethanol bio-fuel from cellulosic feedstock, such as corn stover and switch grass. Logos will manage the project, and EdeniQ will be responsible for the modification and operation of their existing refinery site in Visalia ... more

Developing Renewable Fuels From Algae Oil
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 07, 2009
Endicott Biofuels and TransAlgae have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of algae as a potential transportation fuel and renewable chemical feedstock source. According to Endicott Chief Executive Officer David Robinson, TransAlgae's strategy is consistent with Endicott's goal to create economically sustainable new sources of energy through the development of renewable ... more

Ceres And CHOREN Assess Energy Crops For Thermochemical Production Of Biofuels
Thousand Oaks CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2009
Energy crop company Ceres has announced that it is working with CHOREN to optimize energy crops for thermochemical conversion to advanced low-carbon biofuels. The two-year bioenergy project is funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The thermochemical process does not require enzymes or microorganisms; instead, the biomass is gasified under certain heat and pressure ... more

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First Goodyear Concept Tires Made with BioIsoprene Technology


First Giant King Grass Harvest


Flax And Yellow Flowers Can Produce Bioethanol
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Iraq: Big Oil's dream investment or worst nightmare?

China a bright spot on climate with energy-saving bulbs

Large natural gasfield discovered offshore China

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

Fragmented Tropical Forests Store Less Biomass And CO2

Climate change could cost Brazil 2 billion dollars: study

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

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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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

California Energy Commission Awards UCR Grant For Synthetic Fuel Facility
Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2009
The 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

Switchgrass Produces Biomass Efficiently
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 27, 2009
A 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

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Biofuel scores a first in green aviation


KLM flies world's first "passenger flight on biofuel"


Scientists complete corn genome
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Developing nations furious over Danish climate text

Guinea junta talks hit impasse as junta pulls out

Guinea junta chief improving, to return soon: spokesman

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

Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole

Hubble telescope finds 'never-seen' galaxies

Towards An Exquisite Look At Black Holes

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

ATK Successfully Ground Tests New Castor 30 Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor

Virgin spaceship to take visitors into suborbital space

Steering The Ares Rockets On A Straight Path

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New Facility To Test Aircraft Engines, Alternative Fuels

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

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

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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

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

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