Friday, October 10, 2008
MILLBROOK, NY - The United States lacks the policies needed to ensure that cellulosic biofuel production will not cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists.
Friday, October 10, 2008
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Running your car on fuel made from algae is getting closer to reality thanks to research being done in Fort Collins.
Friday, October 10, 2008
NEW DELHI, India - A panel formed by the government in 2006 has proposed the creation of a $2 billion fund to boost so-called secondary agriculture, including the extraction of oil from rice bran, milk from soya bean and industrial chemicals and biofuel from sugar cane, an official said.
Friday, October 10, 2008
The European biofuel industry pales into significance against the scale of operation in the likes of Brazil and the USA, as Nuffield scholar Cathal McCarron found on his recent tour to the countries
Friday, October 10, 2008
ROOSENDAALM, The Netherlands - "It's exciting because it's achievable," says Peter van den Dorpel, as he looks over the big plastic tubes full of various shades of green algae.
Friday, October 10, 2008
MANILA, Philippines - Roxas Holdings Inc. plans to take out P5 billion in loans for a bioethanol venture and has received commitments from a number of banks, including Banco de Oro Unibank, Bank of the Philippine Islands and Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., company chairman Pedro Roxas said.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Nanotechnologies can be used to develop sustainable energy systems while reducing the harmful effects of fossil fuels as they are gradually phased out over the next century.
Friday, October 10, 2008
B20 biodiesel mix will power entire 80-bus fleet
Thursday, October 09, 2008
The University of Reading, working with Sumatra Bioscience, BioHybrids International Limited, and the University of Aberystwyth, has made a major breakthrough in oil palm yield.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
TEHERAN, Iran - Researchers in Iran are publishing what they describe as the first study on a fungus that can remove sulfur - a major source of air pollution - from crude oil more effectively than conventional refining methods.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc announced an expansion project on Wednesday to have 7 million more hectares of land for planting sugarcane.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy has given a $12.3 million contract to Novozymes in an effort to cut the cost of making ethanol from materials such as wood and the inedible parts of plants.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
NEW YORK, USA - To many people, the term "biogas" is something they come across sometime in their secondary school education and is quickly forgotten once examinations are over.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
TOKYO, Japan - Idemitsu Kosan Co. is accelerating its research into the production of bioplastics from nonfood plants.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely and officials from Alabama, Kentucky and Indiana and the U.S. Department of Energy announced on Wednesday that Interstate 65 is America's first biofuels corridor.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
In a wide-ranging session on Tuesday dealing with global biofuel, food security and poverty issues, there was plenty for the presenters to disagree about - but the one thing they could all concur on was that the biofuel genie is out of the bottle and he’s here to stay.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
ROME, Italy - A U.N. agency on Tuesday called for an urgent review of agriculture and biofuel subsidies and trade barriers, saying their removal would increase opportunities for developing countries to take advantage of rising biofuel demand.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
JAPAN - Nippon Oil Corp. and nine other Japanese refiners have sealed a multiyear contract to import bio- ethanol from Brazil as part of efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce dependence on costly oil.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
LONDON, UK - Britain is exceeding its 2.5 percent target for biofuels use in motor fuel but several oil companies have failed to meet environmental goals, a government agency said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC. - U.S. government officials have released the National Biofuels Action Plan, an interagency plan to accelerate development of a sustainable biofuels industry.