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Leidos To Assume Ownership Of Plainfield Biomass Power Facility
Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)
Leidos Holdings has reached an agreement on the terms pursuant to which it will assume ownership of a 37.5 megawatt (net) biomass-fueled electric generation fac...
Extracting energy from bacteria
Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)
Most of us wouldn't consider bacteria a promising energy source of the future. That would be shortsighted, says Leonard Tender, a microbial-electrochemist at th...
Maverick Biofuels Awarded Three US Patents for the Production of Mixed-alcohols from Methanol
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Maverick Biofuels has been awarded three U.S. patents for producing a mixed-alcohol fuel from synthesis gas (syngas) via a methanol intermediate. These inventio...
The proteins in major biodiesel plant have been mapped - and it does not look good
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
The castor oil plant produces some very fatty beans from which oil is refined into biodiesel in several countries, eg. Brazil. Now a team of researchers from th...
Plant used as biodiesel source found to hide poisonous problem
Oct 25, 2013 (UPI)
Danish scientists say a study of one biodiesel source plant -- the castor bean -- predicts problems if it's considered for large-scale use as a fuel source. Whi...
The potential of straw for the energy mix has been underestimated
Oct 24, 2013 (SPX)
Straw from agriculture could play an important role in the future energy mix for Germany. Up until now it has been underutilised as a biomass residue and waste ...
Scientists Identify Key Genes for Increasing Oil Content in Plant Leaves
Oct 23, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified the key genes required for oil production and accumulation in plant...
AREVA awarded a contract for the construction of a biomass power plant in the Philippines
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
AREVA and its partner Engcon Energy Philippines have been awarded a contract by the Green Innovations For Tomorrow Corporation, an independent power producer, f...
US Biodiesel Production Surpasses Set Target for Second Straight Year
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
The US biodiesel industry is on pace to produce more than the 1.28 billion gallons set under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) for this year, says a new report...
Ethanol Safety Seminar Planned in Tacoma
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway will co-host a free Ethanol Safety Seminar on Oct. 23 and 24 at the Ta...
New device harnesses sun and sewage to produce hydrogen fuel
Oct 18, 2013 (SPX)
A novel device that uses only sunlight and wastewater to produce hydrogen gas could provide a sustainable energy source while improving the efficiency of wastew...
Renewable fuel standard needs to be modified, not repealed
Oct 18, 2013 (SPX)
Congress should minimally modify - and not, as petroleum-related interests have increasingly lobbied for, repeal - the Renewable Fuel Standard, the most compreh...
Boeing, South African Airways Launch Sustainable Aviation Biofuel Effort in Southern Africa
Oct 16, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) have announced that they will work together to develop and implement a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in South...
Ethanol not a major factor in reducing gas prices
Oct 16, 2013 (SPX)
If you have stopped at a gas station recently, there is a good chance your auto has consumed fuel with ethanol blended into it. Yet the price of gasoline is not...
Team uses a cellulosic biofuels byproduct to increase ethanol yield
Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists report in Nature Communications that they have engineered yeast to consume acetic acid, a previously unwanted byproduct of the process of converting ...
Metabolically engineered E. coli producing phenol
Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)
Many chemicals we use in everyday life are derived from fossil resources. Due to the increasing concerns on the use of fossil resources, there has been much int...
Working together: bacteria join forces to produce electricity
Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)
Bacterial cells use an impressive range of strategies to grow, develop and sustain themselves. Despite their tiny size, these specialized machines interact with...
KAIST announced a novel technology to produce gasoline by a metabolically engineered microorganism
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
For many decades, we have been relying on fossil resources to produce liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and many industrial and consumer chemicals for dail...
Solving ethanol's corrosion problem may help speed the biofuel to market
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
If we're to meet a goal set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuels Standard to use 36 billion gallons per year of biofuels-mostly ethanol...
UCLA engineers develop new metabolic pathway to more efficiently convert sugars into biofuels
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
UCLA chemical engineering researchers have created a new synthetic metabolic pathway for breaking down glucose that could lead to a 50 percent increase in the p...
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