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Encouraging Development Of Domestic Advanced Biofuels Could Ensure National SecurityWashington DC (SPX) Dec 22, 2010 A newly introduced bill will authorize the Department of Defense (DOD) to continue its leading role in helping to commercialize next generation biofuels. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has thanked Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) for introducing the "Domestic Fuel for Enhancing National Security Act of 2010," which would authorize the DOD to engage in long-term contracts for aviation biofuels. Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO's Industrial and Environmental Section, sta ... read more |
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 Mississippi Biomass Project Scoping Continues National Clean Fuels has announced that its affiliate, the Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy (The Center), conducted a third successful scoping visit to Port Gibson, Miss., where the two c ... more | .. |
 Seaweed As Biofuel? Metabolic Engineering Makes It A Viable Option Is red seaweed a viable future biofuel? Now that a University of Illinois metabolic engineer has developed a strain of yeast that can make short work of fermenting galactose, the answer is an unequi ... more | .. |
 "Green genes" In Yeast May Boost Biofuel Production By Increasing Stress Tolerance Research published in the journal GENETICS identifies new genes that improve ethanol tolerance in yeast cells, with the goal of generating higher ethanol concentrations for biofuel production. ... more | .. |
 Champion Hydrogen-Producing Microbe Inside a small cabinet the size of a dorm refrigerator in one of Himadri B. Pakrasi's labs, a blue-green soup percolates in thick glass bottles under the cool light of red, blue and green LEDS. ... more |
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 The 50 Hottest Companies In Bioenergy For 2010-11 Renewable fuels and chemicals developer Amyris took the #1 spot in the 2010-11 "50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy" rankings, published in Biofuels Digest, the online daily bioenergy news service. ... more | .. |
 Doubling Import Tax On Ethanol Will Escalate Brazil-US Trade Conflict In light of ongoing negotiations in the U.S. Congress, regarding the future of subsidies in support of domestic ethanol production and the US$0.54 per gallon tariff imposed on imported ethanol, the ... more | .. |
 The Ethics Of Biofuels In the world-wide race to develop energy sources that are seen as "green" because they are renewable and less greenhouse gas-intensive, sometimes the most basic questions remain unanswered. In ... more | .. |
 Less Than They Are Worth Carsten Beier from the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT in Oberhausen, Germany does not believe that "anyone would burn a 50-dollar bill just to keep warm ... more |
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 Opcon Improves Energy Efficiency In Bioenergy Plant For Leading Imtech The subsidiary of energy and environmental technology group Opcon, Opcon Bioenergy, has received an order for a waste heat recovery facility in Meerhoven, Holland. The order is for SRE's flue gas co ... more | .. |
 Volvo Group Contributes To Carbon-Neutral Airports In partnership with Schmidt and Swedavia, the Volvo Group is participating in a field test to trial the world's first biogas-fueled snow sweeper. The vehicle is equipped with two nine-liter Volvo en ... more | .. |
 Greenbelt Resources Conducts First Beverage Waste-to-Ethanol Conversion Study Greenbelt Resources has announced that the Diversified Ethanol Corporation (wholly-owned subsidiary) pilot plant for mid-scale ethanol production is in full operation and conducting feedstock conver ... more | .. |
 Review Highlights Knowledge Gaps Surrounding Biofuels And Land Use Change The development of biofuels has increased exponentially over the past decade, and will continue to do so as many countries seek to move away from dependence on fossil fuels. However, increasing use ... more |
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 Swedish region powered by organic waste Powered by food waste, manure and cooking oil, a Swedish city has drastically cut its fossil fuel consumption. ... more | .. |
 Ethanol in crosshairs as deadline nears on tax credit Ethanol, once seen as an answer to US energy problems, is seeing political support waning as a deadline nears for Congress to decide on extending tax subsidies for the widely used biofuel. ... more | .. |
 The Future Of Metabolic Engineering - Designer Molecules, Cells And Microorganisms Will we one day design and create molecules, cells and microorganisms that produce specific chemical products from simple, readily-available, inexpensive starting materials? Will the synthetic organ ... more | .. |
 Can Engineered Bugs Help Generate Biofuels The versatile organism Lactococcus lactis, the workhorse bacterium that helps turn milk into cheese, may also be valuable in the understanding of how microbes turn the organic compound cellulose int ... more |
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 Biofuels Have Consequences On Water Quality And Quantity In Mississippi Growing corn for biofuels production is having unintended effects on water quality and quantity in northwestern Mississippi. More water is required to produce corn than to produce cotton in th ... more | .. |
UNICA Takes Brazilian Renewable Energy Success To COP-16 The Brazilian experience spanning nearly four decades with large-scale production and use of sugarcane ethanol will be presented in a variety of formats by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Associati ... more | .. |
 Biofuels Digest Readers Rank Strongest Drivers For Biofuel Industry In 2011 The U.S. military's interest in secure domestic sources of renewable biofuels and biofuels producers' search for commercial value streams in renewable chemicals and biobased products will be the top ... more | .. |
 Brazil Invests In Scania Ethanol Buses Sao Paulo, Brazil - with its many millions of inhabitants - is taking another step towards sustainable development. The city's mayor, Gilberto Kassab, announced yesterday (25 November) that Scania e ... more |
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 Verenium Announces Collaboration With Edible Oil Leader Desmet Ballestra Verenium has announced an agreement with Desmet Ballestra Group to jointly market the Purifine enzymatic degumming process, which combines Verenium's Purifine PLC enzyme and Desmet Ballestra's engin ... more | .. |
 Lufthansa First Airline To Use Biofuel On Commercial Flights At a joint press conference, Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber, with Peter Hinze, Parliamentary State Secretary and Government Aerospace Coordinator, and Professor Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wo ... more | .. |
 Gene Find Could Lead To Better Biofuel Production Purdue University scientists have found the last undiscovered gene responsible for the production of the amino acid phenylalanine, a discovery that could lead to processes to control the amino acid ... more | .. |
 A High-Yield Biomass Alternative To Petroleum For Industrial Chemicals A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineers report in Science that they have developed a way to produce high-volume chemical feedstocks including benzene, toluene, xylenes and o ... more |
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