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Avoiding virus dangers in 'domesticating' wild plants for biofuel use
Feb 21, 2013 (SPX)
In our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources, researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels, plants such as switchgras...
U.S. grasslands losing to biofuel crops
Feb 20, 2013 (UPI)
The rush to increase planting of biofuel feedstock is rapidly killing off unique grasslands and pastures in the central United States, researchers report. Chris...
What green algae are up to in the dark
Feb 19, 2013 (SPX)
How green algae produce hydrogen in the dark is reported by biologists at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in the "Journal of Biological Chemistry". Hereby, they hav...
California is the Top State in US for Advanced Biofuel Companies
Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)
California is home to nearly 30 advanced biofuel companies, but dozens of other states from coast to coast also are beginning to realize the economic benefits o...
Herty Advanced Materials Opens First New Pellet Mill
Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)
Georgia Southern University's Herty Advanced Materials Development Center has opened the first fully-integrated pilot pellet mill in the United States. The new ...
Newly discovered plant structure may lead to improved biofuel processing
Feb 13, 2013 (SPX)
When Li Tan approached his colleagues at the University of Georgia with some unusual data he had collected, they initially seemed convinced that his experiment ...
Hydrothermal liquefaction - the most promising path to a sustainable bio-oil production
Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)
A new generation of the HTL process can convert all kinds of biomasses to crude bio-oil, which is sufficiently similar to fossil crude oil that a simple thermal...
Scientists turn toxic by-product into biofuel booster
Feb 08, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes -- long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacement for the hydrocarbons in gasoline...
Alter NRG announces commissioning of biomass gasifier at waste to liquids facility in China
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
Alter NRG Corp. has announced that Wuhan Kaidi, which purchased a Westinghouse Plasma gasifier design, and plasma torch systems, from Alter NRG in 2010, has suc...
Reaping Profits from Landfill Biogas
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
Biogas is a versatile energy carrier with potential to satisfy power and fuel demand across a range of end-use applications while mitigating greenhouse gas emis...
Corn Cobs Eyed for Bioenergy Production
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
Corn crop residues are often left on harvested fields to protect soil quality, but they could become an important raw material in cellulosic ethanol production....
Agricultural Growth in Chinese Desert Offers Opportunities For Economic Value and Better Ecology
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
Kee Global Advisors (KGA) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Sun Ecological Technology Development Co., Ltd. to identify strategic par...
Versalis and Yulex partner to produce guayule-based biorubbers
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
Versalis and Yulex Corporation have announced they are forming a strategic partnership to manufacture guayule-based biorubber materials and will launch an indus...
Biofuels Blend Right In
Feb 01, 2013 (SPX)
Winemakers have long known that blending different grape varietals can favorably balance the flavor characteristics of the wine they produce. In the future, mak...
Marginal Lands Are Prime Fuel Source for Alternative Energy
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
Marginal lands--those unsuited for food crops--can serve as prime real estate for meeting the nation's alternative energy production goals. In the current issue...
Fuel Choices and How They Affect Car Insurance
Jan 25, 2013 (SPX)
Primary reasons for using biofuels such as ethanol or biodiesel are pretty well established: They provide a hedge against dependence on petroleum, and they burn...
Wind in the willows boosts biofuel production
Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)
Willow trees cultivated for green energy can yield up to five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, compared with those that are allowed to grow naturally...
Photovoltaics beat biofuels at converting sun's energy to miles driven
Jan 21, 2013 (SPX)
In 2005, President George W. Bush and American corn farmers saw corn ethanol as a promising fossil fuel substitute that would reduce both American dependence on...
Marginal lands are prime fuel source for alternative energy
Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)
Marginal lands - those unsuited for food crops - can serve as prime real estate for meeting the nation's alternative energy production goals. In the current iss...
US Ag Sec Visits Renmatix For Plant-To-Sugar Facility Commissioning
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
Renmatix welcomed Secretary Tom Vilsack, leader of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for the commissioning of the company's BioFlex Conversion Unit, a ...
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