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Biorefinery makes use of every bit of a soybean
Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)
The corn industry produces almost 4,000 products from every bushel. Oil refineries produce fuels and ingredients for an estimated 6,000 products with a thorough...
Genetically Engineered Algae For Biofuel Pose Potential Risks That Should Be Studied
Aug 21, 2012 (SPX)
Algae are high on the genetic engineering agenda as a potential source for biofuel, and they should be subjected to independent studies of any environmental ris...
New biorefinery finds treasure in Starbucks' spent coffee grounds and stale bakery goods
Aug 21, 2012 (SPX)
With 1.3 billion tons of food trashed, dumped in landfills and otherwise wasted around the world every year, scientists have described development and successfu...
Fueling the future with renewable gasoline and diesel
Aug 21, 2012 (SPX)
A new process for converting municipal waste, algae, corn stalks and similar material to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel is showing the same promise in larger pla...
Warning issued for modified algae
Aug 20, 2012 (UPI)
Genetically engineering algae as a source of biofuel has potential risks to the environment that demand study, U.S. scientists warn. Cultivating genetically mod...
Argentina unhappy over EU biofuels curbs
Aug 20, 2012 (UPI)
Argentina's $2 billion biofuels export market is at risk from an EU trade dispute that has been complicated by Argentine seizure of local energy company Repsol ...
New process doubles production of alternative fuel while slashing costs
Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)
A new discovery should make the alternative fuel butanol more attractive to the biofuel industry. University of Illinois scientist Hao Feng has found a way arou...
Major advance made in generating electricity from wastewater
Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)
Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, ...
AREVA invests in bio-coal
Aug 09, 2012 (SPX)
The AREVA group, a major player in renewable energies, has announced the acquisition of a technology enabling the production of bio-coal. Based on the Thermya t...
Senegalese villagers vow to fight biofuels project
Aug 09, 2012 (AFP)
Villagers from northern Senegal vowed Thursday to fight a project by Senegalese and Italian investors to produce biofuels on their land, a venture already force...
German National Academy of Sciences issues a critical statement on the use of bioenergy
Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)
In a statement on the chances and limits of using bioenergy, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has come to the conclusion that in quantitative ...
U.S, Australian navies focus on new fuels
Jul 26, 2012 (UPI)
The Australian navy has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to explore the increased use of environmentally friendly fuels such as blended biofuels. Australi...
Strategies to improve renewable energy feedstocks
Jul 25, 2012 (SPX)
To enable greater reliance on renewable biomass resources for power generation, combination approaches such as co-firing of high percentages of biomass with coa...
Brazil to build first algae-based biofuel plant
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
The world's first industrial plant producing biofuels from seaweed will be built in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco in late 2013, the official in...
OriginOil Ships First Production System to Paris-Based Ennesys
Jul 23, 2012 (SPX)
OriginOil has shipped the first production model of its Algae ApplianceT harvester to Paris-based Ennesys, its urban algae joint venture. This marks the first c...
Beating the fuel prices: Using yeast for economic production of bioethanol
Jul 20, 2012 (SPX)
Finding renewable and economic sources of energy are one of the most important concerns for the continuation of the human species. New research, published in Bi...
The Future of Biomaterial Manufacturing: Spider Silk Production from Bacteria
Jul 20, 2012 (SPX)
A new video article in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, demonstrates procedures to harvest and process synthetic spider silk from bacteria. The proc...
New Cuban biodiesel looks to 'bellyache bush'
Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)
A new biodiesel plant in Cuba -- the first of its type -- is turning seeds from the so-called "bellyache bush" into a green energy source, it was announced Mond...
Gevo Flies High with USAF Alcohol-to-Jet Test Flight
Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)
Gevo, working with the Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL), the Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification Division (AFCD) and the 40 Flight-Test Squadron, pr...
AFPM Testifies on Concerns of the Renewable Fuel Standard and RIN Fraud
Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)
The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna has testified before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations...
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