Biofuels

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From the Green Blogs

  1. Green Car Congress logo
    The Linde Group and Algenol Biofuels To Cooperate in CO2 and O2 Management for Biofuel Production from Algae
    Green Car Congress 4 days ago

    The Linde Group and the US company Algenol Biofuels LLC have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) for Algenol’s algae and photobioreactor technology. Full Article at Green Car Congress

  2. UN Questions Green Credentials of Biofuels
    EcoSalon 3 weeks ago

    Biofuel usage has increased considerably in recent years, mostly driven by government mandates to find cleaner fuel options. But a new UN report brings into question how environmentally friendly these biofuels actually are. Full Article at EcoSalon

  3. Green Car Congress logo
    SINTEF Exploring Potential for Kelp-Derived Biofuels
    Green Car Congress 2 weeks ago

    The SINTEF Group, the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia, has opened a new full-scale laboratory for kelp cultivation to assess the potential use of that macroalgae as a feedstock for sustainable biofuels. Full Article at Green Car Congress

  4. Green Car Congress logo
    Neste Oil and St1 to Collaborate in VTTs TransEco Development Program; Focus on Bio-ethanol and Bio-components for Gasoline
    Green Car Congress 2 weeks ago

    Neste Oil and St1 have begun working together on a fuel project as part of the TransEco development program coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Full Article at Green Car Congress

  5. All American Patriots logo
    $500,000 For Colorado State’s Sustainable Biofuels Development Center
    All American Patriots 1 month ago

    October 15, 2009 -- Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, and Congresswoman Betsy Markey announced today that Colorado State University's Sustainable Biofuels Development Center is on track to receive $500,000 in funding to help grow its efforts... Full Article at All American Patriots

  6. Earthwire.org logo
    World needs sophisticated biofuel approach, urges report
    Earthwire.org 1 month ago

    A UN review of the contentious issue of biofuels has concluded that there is no straight answer to whether their overall impact will be good or bad. Full Article at Earthwire.org

  7. Green Car Congress logo
    DPG and EPEC Biofuels Holdings LLC Form JV to Finance Sorghum Ethanol and Other Biofuels Projects; Up To $376M for Sorghum Ethanol Project Financing
    Green Car Congress 1 week ago

    DPG Investments, LLC has entered into a joint venture with EPEC Biofuels Holdings, Inc. , a sweet sorghum ethanol company, to form a platform finance company which will provide project financing for EPEC and select financing initiatives in the biofuels... Full Article at Green Car Congress

  8. Earthwire.org logo
    World needs sophisticated biofuel approach, urges report
    Earthwire.org 1 month ago

    A UN review of the contentious issue of biofuels has concluded that there is no straight answer to whether their overall impact will be good or bad. Full Article at Earthwire.org

  9. Treehugger logo
    KLM Schedules First Biofuel Test Flight With Passengers
    Treehugger 2 weeks ago
    KLM 747 photo

    Mark your calendars for November 23rd. That's when the first aviation biofuel test flight with passengers aboard is scheduled to take place, and the first test flight in Europe. Full Article at Treehugger

  10. Inhabitat logo
    Biooctanic: Giant Cactus-Shaped Biofuel Towers
    Inhabitat 1 month ago
    architecture, biofuel, biofuel producing towers, croatia, biooctanic, feedstock, UPI 2M

    Biofuel is a sexy topic right now, and we’ve seen everything from crop waste to algae to even tuberculosis as possible energy sources. But how about whole buildings that can generate biofuel? Full Article at Inhabitat

From the Web

  1. PR-Inside.com logo
    Biofuels Market - Finland - new report released
    PR-Inside.com 13 hours ago

    2009-11-23 01:35:03 - Biofuels Market - Finland - a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com expected to boost the market. Full Article at PR-Inside.com

  2. PR-Inside.com logo
    Research and Markets: Biofuels Market - Finland
    PR-Inside.com 5 days ago

    2009-11-17 18:17:05 - The country has a large untapped resource base. In order to meet renewable energy targets, implementation of certain policies have been forecasted. This is expected to boost the market. Full Article at PR-Inside.com

  3. Biofuels goal beyond ethanol
    Delta Farm Press 3 days ago

    The use of biomass and other dedicated energy crops to produce second- and third-generation biofuels could potentially create an entirely new agricultural commodity sector. Full Article at Delta Farm Press

  4. TheAutoChannel.com logo
    Research and Markets: Analyzing the Brazilian Biodiesel Industry: an Essential and Comprehensive Analysis
    TheAutoChannel.com 2 days ago

    DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/212264/analyzing_the_braz) has announced the addition of the "Analyzing the Brazilian Biodiesel Industry" report to their offering. Full Article at TheAutoChannel.com

  5. New Generation Biofuels Receives Nasdaq Compliance Notification
    Street Insider 5 days ago

    COLUMBIA, Md. , Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. Full Article at Street Insider

  6. PR-Inside.com logo
    Algal Turf Scrubber® to Benchmark Algae Biofuels Research
    PR-Inside.com 5 days ago

    Refer to a friend 2009-11-17 22:38:03 - the University of Arkansas. Full Article at PR-Inside.com

  7. AllAfrica.com logo
    Mozambique: Biofuels Targeted by Oil Companies
    AllAfrica.com 2 days ago

    Maputo — The claim that biofuels are a threat to food security comes from multinational oil companies, who fear that biofuels are a threat to their business, alleged Jose Bellini, coordinator for agrobusiness of the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock... Full Article at AllAfrica.com

  8. Detroit News Online logo
    Carbon rules could damage Michigan's biofuel industry
    Detroit News Online 1 week ago

    Controlling carbon emissions to forestall long-term climate change is critical to Michigan's future. Our children and grandchildren will pay an increasingly expensive price for our unbridled use of fossil energy. Full Article at Detroit News Online

  9. Expressindia.com logo
    Biofuel role limited in India: Ramesh
    Expressindia.com 3 hours ago

    RNRL's submissions on the MoU New Delhi: Biofuels have a limited role in India due to land limitation and food security issues, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said, a view which differs from the official line pushing for a 20 per cent blend of... Full Article at Expressindia.com

  10. Merinews logo
    HPCL Biofuels Limited recruitment, last date December 5
    Merinews 4 days ago

    HPCL Biofuels Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary company of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, which operates two major refineries in Vishakhapatnam and Mumbai is recruiting for a number of positions. Full Article at Merinews

Photos

  1. This Oct. 13, 2009 photo shows an official at Flambeau River Papers LLC in Park Falls, Wisc. , holding a pellet made with wood waste and a small amount of plastic binder. Operators burn the pellets instead of coal to reduce air emissions.
  2. U.S. Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, right, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, center, visit a Solar-Powered Future House, a clean energy residential development project in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009.
  3. In this Thursday, June 11, 2009 photo, Jeff Muhs, of Utah State University's Energy Laboratory in Logan, Utah, sits next to a tank of algae as he talks about how his team of scientists are looking for ways to convert algae into biofuels for military jets.
  4. U.S. Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, second right, looks at a scale model of Huaneng Beijing Gaobeidian Thermal Power plant in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009.
  5. U.S. Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, right, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, behind, look at the solar panels as they visit the Future House, a clean energy resident development project in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009.
  6. Former French Minister of Environment and current French Ambassador for Climatic Negotiations Brice Lalonde delivers a speech during the opening of the international seminar on biofuel and nuclear energy being held in Rio de janeiro, Brazil, September 3, 2009.

Major Players

  1. Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke
  2. Timothy F. Geithner Timothy F. Geithner
  3. Lawrence Summers Lawrence Summers
  4. Christina Romer
  5. Mary Schapiro Mary Schapiro
  6. Paul Volcker Paul Volcker

Related People & Topics

  1. European Union European Union
  2. United Stated Department of Agriculture United Stated Department of Agriculture
  3. Global Warming Global Warming
  4. BP p.l.c. BP p.l.c.
  5. Hawkins, Inc.
  6. NASDAQ NASDAQ

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  1. In terms of biomass, we will be holding off moving forward until there is further clarity on biofuels and greater evidence of potential for collaboration with the biofuels industry
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 5 hours ago
  2. Micro-algae are highly productive compared to conventional biofuels sources. Commercialization of this emerging biofuel source offers the potential to dramatically reduce the amount of CO2 released each year.
    SOURCE: PR-Inside.com 6 days ago
  3. an energy-efficient ‘Great Green Fleet’ carrier strike group consisting of ships powered either by nuclear energy or biofuels with an attached air wing of fighter jets fueled entirely by biofuels
    SOURCE: Wired 4 days ago
  4. Biofuels provide an important option to meeting the rapid growth in energy demand, while effectively balancing social and environmental needs
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 hours ago
  5. The biofuels economy dried up, so there hasn't been much going on
    SOURCE: Des Moines Register 1 day ago
  6. Bio Architecture Lab is a leader in the development of technology to commercialize macroalgae as a next-generation feedstock for biofuels.
    SOURCE: Xconomy 5 hours ago
  7. The increase in food prices on the international market can be explained by the increase in the price of other inputs used in agriculture, and not by the fact that land is being used to produce biofuels
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 days ago
  8. also said the summit declaration was weak on the production and use of biofuels and on commodity market speculation, despite the impact of both on prices.
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 3 days ago
  9. This facility is all about new fuels, not just biofuels, but synthetic fuels and how the turbine engine in particular operates with these new fuels
    SOURCE: The Courier-Journal 4 days ago
  10. For biofuels to make a difference to climate change, vast plantings will be needed, and it is naive to believe a weed can be grown on a mass scale without it doing what weeds always do.
    SOURCE: The Courier Mail 4 days ago
  11. The aerospace industry now has an unprecedented interest in developing green aircraft using biofuels
    SOURCE: The Courier-Journal 4 days ago
  12. Our efforts will be on piloting projects in alternative energy. Research and proof-of-concept projects in biofuels, solar energy and fuel cells, to understand and enable scale-up
    SOURCE: livemint.com 5 days ago
  13. Shortfalls in production and subsequent price rises are being exacerbated by increasing competition for land, labour and water for biofuel production.
    SOURCE: Food Ingredients & Food Science 1 hour ago
  14. biofuel does not has a relevance role in Indian context in view of land limitation and food security.
    – Jairam Ramesh SOURCE: Expressindia.com 3 hours ago
  15. Producing fuels or chemicals from algae is a promising way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions ... A cost-efficient supply of carbon dioxide is a key factor in this biofuel chain.
    SOURCE: Cleantech.com 2 days ago
  16. This would be a way to make the biodiesel and biofuels plants more complete bioenergy systems
    SOURCE: Des Moines Register 2 days ago
  17. In Australia, the ethanol was made from wheat ... As I began traveling in the U.S., I noticed the high interest in making biofuel from corn.
    SOURCE: Des Moines Register 3 days ago
  18. Oil companies have a natural affinity for the biofuels business
    SOURCE: OilPrice.com 6 days ago
  19. The award of this grant highlights the importance of microchannel technology for hydroprocessing. Adding a hydrocracker to an FT-based biofuel process increases the liquid fuel yield from 25% to as much as 80% of the plant output.
    SOURCE: Nanowerk Nanotechnology Spotlight 4 days ago
  20. It will stimulate growth and development in biofuels and related fields, and it will keep the state at the top of the list of green energy innovators
    SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 week ago
  21. If we remain at (10 percent), cellulosic ethanol cannot become a reality ... We are hopeful they will make the decision to move this nation away from foreign sources of energy and toward domestically produced biofuels.
    SOURCE: Argus Leader 4 days ago
  22. I think the major reason (to grow algae in the ocean) is cost ... Right now, on land, in ponds or photobioreactors, algae-based biofuel is just too costly.
    SOURCE: MSNBC 4 days ago
  23. Adding CO2 into the ponds enhances wastewater treatment and doubles algal production – biofuel production could be a great co-benefit for the community from its wastewater treatment
    SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 5 days ago
  24. wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and 5 million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced ...
    SOURCE: NPR 6 days ago
  25. We also see that more and more hydrocarbon companies are interested in biofuels because clearly they understand that their markets are limited and that they need to diversify in order to ensure the future of their companies.
    SOURCE: Global Post 3 days ago