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![]() Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 17, 2010 Joule Unlimited has announced the issuance of a U.S. patent covering its breakthrough conversion of sunlight and waste carbon dioxide (CO2) directly into liquid hydrocarbons that are fungible with conventional diesel fuel. Unlike biofuel processes that require costly intermediates such as sugar, algal or agricultural biomass, Joule is the first to achieve and patent a direct, single-step, continuous process for the production of hydrocarbon fuels requiring no raw material feedstocks - setting the ... read more |
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Next Gen Scientists Join Forces To Support Biodiesel![]() The next generation of thought leaders is gearing up to lead America's energy efforts. And biodiesel, our nation's only commercially available advanced biofuel, is front and center. Student scientists from Dartmouth College to Oregon State University are leading a new Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel initiative. The group has formed to demonstrate and grow support for biodiesel amo ... more Mississippi Pledges Financial Support For Five KiOR Biofuel Facilities ![]() KiOR has reached an agreement last Friday with the State of Mississippi to build five commercial-scale renewable crude oil production facilities in return for a State assistance package that includes a $75 million loan. According to the agreement, KiOR will build three of the five facilities over the next five years. By 2015, the project will deliver more than 1,000 direct and indirect job ... more Juicing Up Laptops And Cell Phones With Soda Pop Or Vegetable Oil? ![]() Scientists have reported development of a new battery-like device that opens the possibility that people one day could "recharge" cell phones, laptops, and other portable electronics in an unlikely way ? with a sugar fix from a shared sip of soda pop or even a dose of vegetable oil. They described the device, the first fuel cell that produces electricity with technology borrowed from the b ... more |
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![]() New York NY (SPX) Aug 24, 2010 METRO Terminals, which is currently building one of the country's largest biodiesel processing facilities adjacent to its biofuels and petroleum terminal in Brooklyn, expressed great excitement after Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed Intro 194-A into law on August 16th. The law requires that all grades of heating oil sold in the City of New York contain at least 2% biodiesel starting in October 2012. At the bill signing, Mayor Bloomberg said: "Introductory Number 194-A will significantly reduce ... read more |
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