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Consumers should help pay the bill for 'greener' palm oil
Tue, Jan 12 | from Mongabay.com
Palm oil is one of the world's most traded and versatile agricultural commodities. It can be used as edible vegetable oil, industrial lubricant, raw material in cosmetic and skincare products and feedstock for biofuel production. Growing global demand for palm oil and the ensuing cropl...
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Researchers engineer bacteria to feast on sugars and produce biofuel
Eco Factor: Genetically engineered bacteria produces biofuel from sugars. According to reports more than 7.6 billion liters of biofuels were consumed worldwide last year and the demand continues to soar. However, this rise in demand has caused...
Thu, Jan 28 | from Ecofriend
Novozymes partners with Fiberight to fuel cars with government waste paper
The companies have partnered to produce a biofuel cocktail made using government wastepaper. In addition to wastepaper, the cars that include a Chevy HHR and a Ford F-150 can also be powered using energy crops, agricultural residue and other types of waste as well.
Wed, Jan 27 | from Ecofriend
GE and Petrobras In Biofuel-Fired Aeroderivative Generation Play
Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras, together with GE, has developed the world's first fully-commercial bio-ethanol-fired gas turbine power station.
Wed, Jan 27 | from RenewableEnergyAccess.com
Masdar Institute To Build Bioenergy Project
The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Boeing, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP this week announced an agreement to establish a research and demonstration project called the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project (SBRP), which will use integrated saltwater agricultu...
Tue, Jan 19 | from RenewableEnergyAccess.com
Aviation bioenergy research programme launched
An agreement to establish a major aviation bioenergy research institution and demonstration project in Abu Dhabi was unveilled today (18th January) by Boeing, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP. The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Pr...
Mon, Jan 18 | from Biofuel Review
Seeing the forest for the test-tube trees
Paper manufacturers and environmentalists seem to be reliving Robert Frost's age-old dilemma caused by two roads diverging in the woods. Proponents of genetically engineered trees say the road they’ve chosen will lead to trees capable of weathering freezing temperatures and diseas...
Thu, Jan 14 | from Mongabay.com
UK scientists win award for biofuel bioreactor
A team of scientists has developed an air-lift loop bioreactor which, it says, will make the production of biofuels more energy efficient, has won the Moulton Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineer. The team, from Sheffield University, has worked on developing a new more energ...
Tue, Jan 12 | from Biofuel Review
Eco Tech: Researchers engineer tobacco leaves to enhance biofuel production
The researchers have identified two genes - the diacyglycerol acytransferase (DGAT) gene and the LEAFY COTYLEDON 2 gene. Plants modified to over-express these genes produce more oil. While a typical tobacco plant contains about 1.7% to 4% of oil per dry weight, engineered plants carry ab...
Sat, Jan 2 | from Ecofriend
Mozambique voids biofuel contract
Agencia Informacao Mocambique reported Wednesday that the renewable-fuel project centered on a proposed 30000 hectare sugar plantation at Massingir, ... Mozambique:Shareholders Welcome Demise of ProcanaAllAfrica.com all 3 news articles »
Thu, Dec 24 | from United Press International
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Podcast: Eating Cellulose and Sweating fuels: The Next Biofuel Revolution?
Opinion: Biofuels: can they fuel our lifestyle without taking food from the poor? - guardian.co.uk
How To: Turning into
Podcast: September 10, 2009 - Surviving the Downturn for Biodiesel
Opinion: Study finds that biofuel threatens water supplies
How to make, store and use biodiesel for your automobile
Opinion: Enerkem's new Quebec biofuel plant enters start-up phase
Podcast: A Biofuel Process to Replace All Fossil Fuels
Trial to root out new biofuel source
Eco Tech: Nanofarming produces biofuel from algae without killing it
Podcast: Biofuel Plant Opens in Brazil
Opinion: Lurgi to build biofuel plant in Germany
New Ethanol Facility Turns Wood Chips Into Fuel
Professor's research aims to expand biofuel use
Podcast: September 11, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - Energy Equity: Diversifying the Market with New Incentives
One Billion Gallons Of Algae-Biofuel Could Flowing By 2025
When Making Fuel From Wood, Be Sure You Have Wood
Podcast: September 11, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - Energy Equity: Diversifying the Market with New Incentives
GreenShift Receives $375K State Grant for Algae Bioreactor Development
Dupont OKs rail facility for ethanol shipments
Podcast: March 19, 2009 - Inside Renewable Energy - The Next Four Years for Renewable Energy
Beaker Hill: Oliver Morton, Fourth Conference on Clean Energy
New US EIA Energy Outlook Projects Flat Oil Consumption to 2030, Slower Growth in Energy Use and CO2 Emissions, and Reduced Import Dependence; 2% PHEV New Sales Share by 2030
Podcast: Creative Minds Go Green (Studio 360: Friday, 14 November 2008)
ABF, BP and DuPont to Build $400M Bioethanol Plant and Biobutanol Demonstration Plant
Green Energy: Cost-Efficient Process Expected To Turn Algae Into Fuel
Podcast: Cheaper Butanol from Biomass
David Roberts: LS9 promises 'renewable petroleum'
Successful Initial Test of 30% Biofuel Blend in Commercial Jet Engine
Podcast: Big Oil, Biofuels and UC Berkeley
New EDM 523 - Biofuel from Use Cooking Oil and Renewables Obligation Scheme - DeHavilland (press release)
New Biofuel Manufacturing Facility Opens in Ohio
Eco Architecture: UPI-2M proposes biofuel generating vertical farms for the urban world
The Water Behind Ethanol
Muslim Scholar Worries Biofuels Could Be Sinful
A Short Essay on Biofuels and Related Matters
Cover crops and composting can offset carbon loss from corn stover ethanol production
Cheat sheet: Jatropha Curcas
FPL plans citrus-to-ethanol plant
Jane’s Warns Pursuit of Biofuels Brings New Global Security Risks
Xethanol Corp.: A winner through legislation?
AutoblogGreen for 04.16.07
Jamie Court: Chevron Kills Green Fuels, Other Scoops At Oilwatchdog.org
Joule Biotechnologies Creates a New Fuel Source
Novel cellulosic biofuel technology to be commercialized
Biofuel optimism waning?
Eco Gadgets: Lunchbox Laboratory helps young students to generate renewable fuel
Another day, another self-defeating energy bill compromise
IEA's Report on 1st- to 2nd-Generation Biofuel Technologies
JAL Biofuel Demo Flight First to Use Energy Crop Camelina
Biofuel Bentley Coming Sooner Than Expected
Integrated SSFR Process Could Make Cellulosic Biobutanol More Competitive with Ethanol
Perennial biomass crops build soil carbon
UK Throttles Back on Biofuels; More Funding to Study Algae and Pyrolysis
Glenn Hurowitz: Environmentalism for Billionaires
Neste Oil and Stora Enso to Partner on Biomass-to-Liquids from Wood Residues
Chris McGowan: Gas, Grass Or...Corn: Nobody Rides For Free
Biofuel Praj up for grabs ahead of climate summit
PRAJ and Novozymes collaborate on advanced biofuels
Switchgrass could be used to produce biomass efficiently
Greenpeace's secret anti-palm oil agenda
Researchers Assess Lifecycle Water Intensity of a Range of Light-Duty Vehicle Fuels
Two-step chemical process turns raw biomass into biofuel
BP: Biofuels Could Potentially Account for up to 30% of Global Transportation Fuel by 2030
Fastest Bentley Ever Is Cleanest Bentley Ever
Biofuels Accounted for 2.6% of UK Road Fuel in First Reporting Quarter
AlgoDyne Launches Biofuel Projects in Brazil; Algae-Based Bio-Kerosene for Aviation Leads the List
Boeing Says Aviation Biofuel Is Just Three Years Away
Whatever happened to food versus fuel?
Texas Company Targeting Sorghum for Cellulosic Ethanol
Report: Global Biofuel Output to Double by 2012
Algal Fuel Headed For The Racetrack
Tim Pawlenty: Creating strategic South American ties with ethanol commerce in mind
UK Carbon Trust Launches Algae Biofuels Challenge; Commercialization Targeted for 2020
AEA wins Scottish algae biofuel programme work
11 Good Energy opens biofuel facility in Magnolia
ACS National Meeting to Hold Biofuels Symposium; Paper to be Presented on Sustainability of Switchgrass as Ethanol Source
Eco Tech: California-based startup uses solar energy to convert CO2 into bio-fuel
Wisconsin Awards $7.3 Million in Biofuels, Clean Energy Funding
Beer waste to be used for home biofuel production
Algae could become the new petroleum
Cobalt Biofuels Raises $25 Million to Commercialize Biobutanol
Scientists discover tree fungus that could provide green fuel for transport
DOE Awards Novozymes $12.3M to Increase Efficiency of Enzymes for Cellulosic Ethanol Production 2x
Republicans Block Democrat Attempt To Make Gas More Expensive
The Ethanol Curtain
The EU climate and energy package welcomed by EuropaBio
Bosch and Siemens Testing Carbon-Neutral Biofuel Cooking Stove
Biofuels pilot plant passes
New Joint Venture Targeting Biofuels from Plasma Arc Gasification of Waste
Air New Zeland to fly bifouel
Food for Gas: U.S. Ethanol Policy is "Genocidal"
Catholic NGOs Miss the Boat on the Food Crisis
USDA Research Suggests the Amount of Corn Stover Available for Ethanol Production Must Be Reduced to Preserve Soil Quality
Wednesday Edition
New Process for Direct Conversion of Glycerol to Methanol
Poet's success pushes biofuel boundaries
AutoblogGreen for 06.04.07
UOP to produce 600,000 gal of biofuel for US military
Boeing and Virgin Atlantic to Partner on Biofuels, Ground Operations Conservation; Largest 787 Order Yet for Europe
The Cellulosic Ceiling
Study Suggests “Flexible Carbon to Liquid” Fuel Process Could Displace 15-20% of Transportation Fuels in the US
AutoblogGreen for 05.28.07
AutoblogGreen for 04.23.07
DOE Joint Genome Institute completes soybean genome — data released to advance biofuel, food, & feed research
UOP To Develop Technology to Produce Bio JP-8 for Military Jets
JCVI researchers streamline efficient construction of synthetic genomes - future biofuel applications
UN Report Proposes Framework for Considering Bioenergy Sustainability Issues
Grants Announced for Bioenergy Centers
Researchers Evaluate Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Different Cropping Systems
Darling International: Render yourself some profits
Norske Skog/Xynergo and CHOREN to Cooperate on Biomass-to-Liquids in Norway
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Biofuel Companies Question ARB’s Inclusion of Indirect Effects in Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Biofuels sustainability scorecard updated by IDB
Study: Miscanthus More Than Twice as Productive as Switchgrass for Energy Crop
Is the Future of Biofuels in Algae?
Renuka Sugars sets sights on Balrampur Chini
LSU AgCenter step closer to biofuels institute
AutoblogGreen for 07.09.07
Coalition Calls for Phase Out of Ethanol Subsidies
German biodiesel firms say U.S. imports escape duty
UW-Madison Engineers Produce Higher-Energy Liquid Transportation Fuel From Sugar
New Zealand Drops Biofuels Mandate
Aviation Biofuels: More Hype Than Hope?
Researchers Propose Biofuels Rating System
Iowa biodiesel plant gets grant to test exciting new technology
Dynamotive in stover to biofuel process in China
Rentech, AltAir Fuel sign biofuel deals with dozens of new airlines
Researchers Develop Enhanced Bio-oil for Diesel Fuel Extender or Substitute
Biofuel study
AutoblogGreen for 04.30.07
Lord Mandelson welcomes biofuels centre in Hull
U.S. Biofuels : Near-term challenges and prospects
Expert: Hydrocarbon Biofuels' Promise Tops That of Ethanol and Gasoline
Canada shipping more canola meal overseas
E85 Still Not Worth It
Ethanol Bust
European Transportation Biofuel Consumption Up 78% from 2005 to 2006
AutoblogGreen for 05.21.07
Petrobras and Eni to Partner on New Biofuel and Heavy Oil Production Technologies
India Likely to Have National Biofuels Policy in Place in Several Months
Slow going ahead in 2010 economy - Chicago Tribune
Senate Votes Down Amendment To Drop Tariff On Imported Ethanol
Council leader against new biofuel power station in Bristol
Homegrown Algae
Aberystwyth Uni unveils biofuel project
NASA looks at plant biomass as new source of biofuel in space
The future of air travel?
GM and Coskata Highlight Cellulosic Biofuels Opportunity in China; Estimates of 45-49 BGPY Market by 2030
Mushroom Genome Could Assist In Biofuel Production and Carbon Management
Brazil Nov auto output falls after October surge
EPA Raises Renewable Fuel Requirement to 10.21% for 2009; 11.1B Gallons
USDA & DOE Release National Biofuels Action Plan; UN FAO Report Calls For Review of Biofuels Policies
Studies: Corn Ethanol Production Has Smaller Carbon Footprint than Gasoline and Will Continue to Improve; Room for Growth Without Affecting Food and Feed
New Enzyme-Based Fuel Cell Produces Electricity from Hydrogen in Plain Air
EU biofuels policy undermines governance in Indonesia, alleges report
Mali, where climate change talks mean life or death
Federal grants for biofuels projects help cultivate California companies
Biodiesel Blows Up
Mercuria acquires German biofuel plant
Can Botanical Tweaking Turn Jatropha Into a Biofuel Wonder Plant?
South San Francisco biofuel firm awarded $22 million federal grant
Tyrie - Biofuel pollution - DeHavilland (press release)
UPM Complete Environmental Impact Assessment for Second Generation Biofuel ...
World's largest wheat-based biofuel refinery opens on Teeside
Farmers look to switchgrass as biofuel
Alfa Laval wins order for Vietnamese biofuel plant
Algae Tech’s Latest Goal: Make Ethanol for Bioplastics
Nitrous oxide concerns cloud future of biofuels
Cetrel and Novozymes to Make Biogas and Electricity from Bagasse - Earthtimes
Santa Monica greases the way for restaurants to convert used oil into biofuel
Uncle Sam funding 'clean' coal, biofuel via grants
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