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Biofuels Summit To Explore Latest News On Biofuels Industry Albuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 26, 2010 Leaders from the agricultural, research, industrial, academic and public policy sectors of the biofuels industry will meet April 13-14 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Albuquerque for the Southwestern Biofuels Association (SWBA) Annual Policy Summit to discuss new challenges facing biofuels development and strategies to advance renewable fuels in New Mexico and the Southwest. At this year's Summit, an expert group convened by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the New Mexico congressional delegatio ... read more |
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Biogas Plant Markets Finally On The Upswing London, UK (SPX) Mar 17, 2010 The German biogas plants market plunged 80 per cent in 2008 pushed by the close succession of the global financial crisis, rising energy crops prices, and the revision of the German Renewable Energy law (EEG). However, because the German biogas market accounted for nearly 70 per cent (1 billion USD) of the global/European total in 2009, Germany will likely remain the key market arena for b ... more Flanders And Netherlands Cooperate On Biofuels Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 17, 2010 Bio Base Europe is making progress in the development of sustainable biofuels. The recent first crop of genetically modified poplars of the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) will be modified into bioethanol in a Flemish-Dutch pilot installation. Bio Base Europe, a joint initiative of Biopark Terneuzen and Ghent Bio-Energy Valley, is a successful collaboration between The Netherland ... more Agrilife Scientists Do Groundwork For Genetic Mapping Of Algae Biofuel Species College Station TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 Using green algae to produce hydrocarbon oil for biofuel production is nothing new; nature has been doing so for hundreds of millions of years, according a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. "Oils from the green algae Botryococcus braunii can be readily detected in petroleum deposits and coal deposits suggesting that B. braunii has been a contributor to developing these deposits and may be ... more |
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New Process Yields High-Energy-Density, Plant-Based Transportation Fuel Madison WI (SPX) Mar 01, 2010 A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has developed a highly efficient, environmentally friendly process that selectively converts gamma-valerolactone, a biomass derivative, into the chemical equivalent of jet fuel. The simple process preserves about 95 percent of the energy from the original biomass, requires little hydrogen input, and captures carbon dioxide under high pressure for future beneficial use. With James Dumesic, Steenbock Professor of Chemical and Biological Engin ... read more |
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