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Microbe produces biofuel from biomassBerkeley, Calif. (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 U.S. scientists say they have developed a microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel directly from biomass. Scientists led by Jay Keasling from the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute said using synthetic biology they engineered a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria to produce biodiesel fuel and other chemicals derived from fatty acids. "The fact that our microbes can produce a diesel fuel directly from biomass with no additional chemical modifications is exciting and ... read more |
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Schwarzenegger To Launch New Low Carbon Fuel PlantMountain View CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2010 Cobalt Technologies, the leader in commercializing biobutanol as a renewable fuel and chemical, has launched its first facility. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Silicon Valley cleantech leaders were on hand, demonstrating the importance of clean technology to the state's future economic vitality. "It is great companies like Cobalt that will help California meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets under AB 32 and our Low Carbon Fuel Standard," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "Cobalt ... read more |
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Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Jan 21, 2009 Brazil has inaugurated its first commercial ethanol-fueled power plant amid questions being asked about the global impact of increased feedstock production on food agriculture. The ethanol used in the plant comes from sugarcane, but other biofuels being researched for ecologically friendly attributes or all-weather use are using huge quantities of soy, sunflower and other oil seeds. ... more 
Seattle (UPI) Jan 21, 2009 Seattle, which gets a small amount of electricity from its own trash, plans to increase its garbage power significantly, city officials say. The city of 602,000 plans to outfit a second landfill to pump methane gas from refuse by 2012, adding to an existing landfill in Arlington, Ore., where Seattle's garbage is taken by train, officials said. The city first began getting electri ... more 
Oviedo, Fla. (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 A Connecticut company that turns cow fat into motor oil says it's greasing engines from Florida to California, including cars in the American Le Mans. The city of Oviedo, Fla., has become the latest customer of Green Earth Technologies of Stamford, Conn., The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Wednesday. The company's G-OIL has no odor, is similar in cost to regular motor oil and performs as well as its petroleum-based competitor, said Jeff Loch, who founded Green Earth in 2007. ... more |
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Sunflowers could provide food and fuelVancouver, British Columbia (UPI) Jan 13, 2009 Determining the genetic makeup of sunflowers will lead to species that can be used for food and fuel, scientists in Canada said. A joint venture between Genome Canada, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy, and France's National Institute for Agricultural Research aims to create a reference genome for sunflowers within four years. The sunflower -- the world's largest plant family -- contains 24,000 species of food crops, medicinal plants, horticulture plants and noxious wee ... read more |
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