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Making Eco-Friendly Diesel Fuel From ButterWashington DC (SPX) Aug 02, 2010 The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product - butter. In a new study in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they report that butter could be used as an eco-friendly feedstock, or raw material, for making diesel fuel. Michael Haas and colleagues cite rising global demand for biodiesel, and the desire to expand the feedstock base, as motivating factors for their research. The United States alone has committed ... read more |
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Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Jul 16, 2010 BP Biofuels North America, a unit of oil giant BP, acquired the cellulosic biofuels business of Verenium Corp. for $98.3 million, the two companies announced Thursday. The agreement gives BP control of Verenium's research and development facilities in San Diego and a pilot plant and demonstration-scale facility in Jennings, La. Cambridge, Mass.-based Verenium will retain control of its ... more 
Kalundborg, Denmark (SPX) Jul 16, 2010Inbicon is declaring Energy Independence Day for Planet Earth as the first Inbicon Biomass Refinery swings into operation. It turns wheat straw into 1.4 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol, making it the largest producer of cellulosic ethanol in the world. "We're producing not only The New Ethanol to replace gasoline but also a clean lignin biofuel to replace coal," says Inbicon C ... more 
La Jolla CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2010Exxon Mobil and Synthetic Genomics have announced the opening of a greenhouse facility enabling the next level of research and testing in their algae biofuels program. The new facility, opened at a ceremony at SGI headquarters in La Jolla, CA, moves the project from a laboratory setting to an environment that better reflects real-world conditions for algae production. SGI and ExxonMobil re ... more |
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Breaking Biomass BetterWashington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 One of the challenges in making cellulosic biofuels commercially viable is to cost-effectively deconstruct plant material to liberate fermentable energy-rich sugars. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is funding several projects focused on identifying enzymes in organisms that optimally degrade cellulosic feedstocks. One such source are fungi, which break down dead wood and leaf litter in forests; in fact, some pest management companies consider wood rot more destructive for homes than termites. ... read more |
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