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Grasses Have Potential As Alternate Ethanol CropChampaign IL (SPX) Nov 08, 2010 Money may not grow on trees, but energy could grow in grass. Researchers at the University of Illinois have completed the first extensive geographic yield and economic analysis of potential bioenergy grass crops in the Midwestern United States. Demand for biofuels is increasing as Americans seek to expand renewable energy sources and mitigate the effects of fluctuating energy prices. Corn ethanol is the main biofuel on the market, but demand for ethanol competes with corn's availability as a food, ... read more |
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 Integrated Bio-Refinery Project Receives Full Funding Rentech and ClearFuels Technology have jointly announced that a cooperative agreement has been signed with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive the remaining $19.7 million of a $23 million ... more | .. |
 ADM To Construct Biodiesel Facility In Brazil Archer Daniels Midland has announced that it will construct a second biodiesel plant in Brazil. The facility, to be built in Joacaba, Santa Catarina, will be adjacent to existing ADM soybean crushin ... more | .. |
 Algae-Based Biofuels Annual Production To Reach 61 Million Gallons By 2020 In the face of petroleum scarcity, increasing oil prices, market volatility, and climate change, leaders in government and industry are looking to renewable fuel sources such as algae-based biofuels ... more | .. |
 AE Biofuels Secures Funding For Operation Of Ethanol Plant AE Biofuels has announced its wholly-owned advanced ethanol subsidiary AE Advanced Fuels Keyes closed a $4.5 million financing with Third Eye Capital Corporation. The funds will be used for th ... more |
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 Developing Military Jet Fuel Cobalt Technologies has announced the signature of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Navy to develop technology for the conversion of biobutanol into full perfor ... more | .. |
 iDiverse Develops Stress Resistant Yeast For Producing Fuel Ethanol iDiverse announced that it has successfully modified yeast to be highly resistant to a number of lethal stresses normally encountered in the bioproduction of fuel ethanol. In doing so, iDiverse has ... more | .. |
 Scoping Underway On Mississippi Biomass Project National Clean Fuels President Maurice Stone has announced that he completed a second productive scoping trip to Port Gibson, Miss., where the company is planning to build a biomass-to-electricity ( ... more | .. |
 Natural Power Set To Turn Up The Heat In Biomass Sector Leading international renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has announced the company's move in to the biomass sector, further adding to their global products and services provided in the wind, ... more |
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 Grass could top corn as biofuel crop Grass could be the bioenergy crop of the future as the demand for biofuels increases, replacing corn as the premiere biofuel crop, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 A Wiki For The Biofuels Research Community Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have created a technoeconomic model that should help accelerate the development of a next generation of clean, green b ... more | .. |
 Boeing Statement Regarding USDA-FAA Partnership On Aviation Biofuels Boeing Vice President, Environment and Aviation Policy, Billy M Glover, issued the following statement in the wake of an announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Federal Aviation A ... more | .. |
 US Navy To Conduct Alternative Fuels Demo With Riverine Command Boat The U.S. Navy will conduct a full power demonstration of a Riverine Command Boat (experimental) powered by an alternative fuel blend of 50 percent algae-based and 50 percent NATO F-76 fuel aboard Na ... more |
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 Carolina pioneering human waste-to-energy A North Carolina county's plan to burn human excrement for electricity is being watched nationwide, scientists said. ... more | .. |
 Algenol Biofuels Opens Labs In Florida Algenol Biofuels celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art biofuels and green chemistry lab and R and D facility in Fort Myers, Fla. The 40,000 square-foot facility houses an advanced ... more | .. |
 Port Gibson Biomass Plans Taking Shape National Clean Fuels and the Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy (The Center) has announced that planning has begun on their Port Gibson Biomass-to-Electricity (BTE) Project in Mississippi. ... more | .. |
 Farm And Food Industry Groups Oppose EPA Decision On Corn-Based Ethanol A coalition of farm and food industry trade associations representing every step of the food chain from meat and poultry producers, restaurants, bakers to other food manufacturers has issued the fol ... more |
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 Rentech's Synthetic RenDiesel Fuels Audi A3 TDI Rentech has announced that its synthetic RenDiesel will fuel two Audi A3 TDIs during a four day, 1,000 mile journey beginning October 18th. The Audi A3 TDI is Green Car Journal's 2010 Green Car of t ... more | .. |
 Sweet Success For Brazil Following the initial success of the world's first use of sugarcane-based ethanol in a gas turbine system, GE has received a contract from Brazil's federal energy company, Petrobras, to convert a se ... more | .. |
 Sunoco To Supply NASCAR With Ethanol-Blended Race Fuel Sunoco has announced that it will supply the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) with a new high-performance fuel for the 2011 season. The new fuel - known as Sunoco Green E15 - ... more | .. |
 Supporting The Advancement Of DoD's Net Zero Energy Initiative Syracuse University has announced a partnership to advance the use of biofuels by the U.S. armed forces as an alternative energy source. The effort involves entrepreneurs John Fox '92 and Wayne Arde ... more |
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 US hikes ethanol blend in gasoline amid outcry The United States on Wednesday raised the allowable limit on ethanol content in gasoline for newer vehicles amid an outcry from critics over pollution and federal subsidies for corn ethanol. In ... more | .. |
 Brown University Chemists Simplify Biodiesel Conversion As the United States seeks to lessen its reliance on foreign oil, biodiesel is expected to play a role. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a branch of the Department of Energy, b ... more | .. |
 Biofuels And Biomaterials March To Scale Despite billions of dollars in financing, countless government incentives, and a graveyard of failed start-ups, global biofuel capacity represents only 3% of petroleum fuels, while bio-based materia ... more | .. |
 Bioenergy Choices Could Dramatically Change Midwest Bird Diver Ambitious plans to expand acreage of bioenergy crops could have a major impact on birds in the Upper Midwest, according to a study published in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National ... more |
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