BIO FUEL - BIO FUEL DAILY

Is bioenergy expansion harmful to wildlife?

Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)

Despite the predicted environmental benefits of biofuels, converting land to grow bioenergy crops may harm native wildlife. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre ...

2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage

Apr 02, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing in municipal se...

AREVA awarded funding for innovative biomass project

Mar 29, 2012 (SPX)

AREVA was awarded funding by KIC InnoEnergy to develop an innovative bioenergy solution. AREVA is developing a concept of modular and compact power plants to ta...

Biofuel cell generates electricity when implanted in False Death's Head Cockroach

Mar 29, 2012 (SPX)

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" podcast series describes an advance in biofuel...

Butterfly wings' 'art of blackness' could boost production of green fuels

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

Butterfly wings may rank among the most delicate structures in nature, but they have given researchers powerful inspiration for new technology that doubles prod...

New Synthetic Biology Technique Boosts Microbial Production of Diesel Fuel

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

Significant boosts in the microbial production of clean, green and renewable biodiesel fuel has been achieved with the development of a new technique in synthet...

Fungal Analysis Reveals Clues for Targeted Biomass Deconstruction

Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)

Massive-scale genome sequencing projects supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and being carried out at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) highligh...

Boeing , Airbus and Embraer team up to develop aviation biofuels

Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)

Boeing, Airbus and Embraer have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on the development of drop-in, affordable aviation biofuels. The three lea...

US Navy Tests Soladiesel HRD-76 During Operational Transit Voyage in USS Ford Frigate

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Solazyme has announced that the USS Ford, a U.S. Navy Frigate fleet ship, successfully journeyed from its homeport in Everett, WA to San Diego, CA using Soladie...

Barrels of Biofuel Flowing from Success at Louisiana Facility

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

With barrels of biofuel flowing from the success of America's first commercial advanced biofuels plant, the Advanced Biofuels Association, ABFA, takes its onlin...

Mendel Biotechnology and BP Biofuels to Conduct Demonstration Field Trial of PowerCane Miscanthus

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Mendel Biotechnology and BP Biofuels have signed a four-year agreement to conduct a demonstration field trial of Mendel's PowerCane Miscanthus and evaluate its ...

First complete full genetic map of promising energy crop

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers in Wales and the United States have collaborated to complete the first high-resolution, comprehensive genetic map of a promising energy crop called ...

Cobalt and the Naval Air Warfare Center Team Up to Produce a Renewable Jet Fuel From Bio N-Butanol

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), China Lake has announced a contract award to Albemarle Corporation, a leading specialty chemicals compan...

Solar, Wind, and Biofuels Markets Rise 31 Percent Despite Ongoing Economic Turbulence

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Clean-energy markets continued to expand rapidly in 2011, even against a tough economic and political climate, increased industry consolidation, and downward pr...

Novel plastics and textiles from waste with the use of microbes

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

New biotechnological and chemical methods will facilitate efficient production of chemicals, materials and fuels from renewable natural resources. The Academy o...

A Fragrant New Biofuel

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

A class of chemical compounds best known today for fragrance and flavor may one day provide the clean, green and renewable fuel with which truck and auto driver...

Primus Green Energy Raises Funds for Renewable Gasoline Technology

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

In a move that continues to strengthen its financial position, Primus Green Energy Inc., developer of a proprietary process to produce gasoline and other fuels ...

U.S. Navy OKs test with algal fuel blend

Mar 14, 2012 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy announced it ran successful tests on a new shipboard fuel blending petroleum and renewable marine diesel derived from algae. Navy frigate USS Ford...

Advanced Biofuels Industry Leaders Urge US Congressional Leaders to Extend Critical Tax Provisions

Mar 08, 2012 (SPX)

Leaders of America's rapidly emerging advanced biofuels industry urged congressional leaders today to extend two tax provisions that are critical to the commerc...

The Future of Ethanol - Brazilian and US Perspectives

Mar 08, 2012 (SPX)

A new report from Rabobank's global Food and Agribusiness Research and Advisory department on the future of ethanol provides a look at recent developments and c...