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BIOFUELS

With the rising cost of gas and fossil fuels' negative effects on the environment, more focus is being put on biofuels. This topics covers ethanol and other alternative fuels, and how they may solve the U.S.'s dependence on oil.

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Using Enzymes from Termites To Make Biofuel from Agricultural Waste | ...more

A U.S. company has come up with a new way of producing biofuels from cellulosic feedstocks, such as agricultural waste:...

Brazilian Airline to Test Sugar-Based Aviation Fuel - Latin American H...more

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian airline Azul expects to run a demo flight by 2012 to test a sugar-based fuel manufactured by...

BioJet Selected as First Pilot Company for Principles of Sustainabilit...more

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- BioJet Corporation (www.biojetcorp.com) announced today that it...

PetroAlgae signs deal with Indian Oilmore

PetroAlgae has signed a memorandum of understanding to license its proprietary technology for producing and harvesting...

Biofuels: The Next Generationmore

As corn-based ethanol hits roadblocks, all eyes are turning to advanced biofuels. These, too, face difficult...

The Biofuel Bubblemore

It's a bold vision: Replace billions of gallons of gasoline not with ethanol from corn or other food crops but with...

The Dutch Disease: 30 years of ethanol technology threatened?more

In this article I claim that the pre-salt reserves in Brazil would not create any threat to the ethanol industry if it...

Algae Biofuel Investments Explodemore

Algae-based biofuel companies have been raking in the venture capital this year, raising a record-breaking $179.

Cellulosic ethanol output could "explode"more

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ethanol production from wood chips, grass and other plant material could 'explode' by 2012 if a...

A wasted opportunitymore

In this article I show that Brazil´s own inability to sell its own achievements in greentech will mean a wasted...

New Study Finds Many Biofuels Come with a Large Carbon Footprint | The...more

Biofuels that displace food crops may have a much bigger carbon footprint than previously thought.Carbon emissions from...

The dangers of ethanolmore

(Fortune Magazine) -- Now that milk and gasoline can cost $3.50 each, filling up your grocery cart or SUV has become an...

Brazil 2010-11 sugarcane, ethanol, output to rise: Datagromore

Brazil's output of sugarcane, ethanol and sugar will rise in the 2010-11 harvest year as farmers recover from a 2009-10...

Brazil to bring forward B5 biodiesel blend by three years to 2010more

The Brazilian government approved late Friday a proposal to bring forward by three years to 2010 implementation of B5,...

The City of Palo Alto Issues Renewable Energy Request For Proposal (RF...more

The city is seeking contracts for power for terms ranging from five years to 30 years from eligible renewable resources.

Investors suffer as US ethanol boom dries upmore

Six of the biggest publicly traded US ethanol producers have lost more than $8.7bn in market value since the peak of...

DOE’s Arpa-e Pumps $151 Million Into Innovative Energy Research Projec...more

The U.S. Department of Energy will pump $151 million into 37 innovative energy-related research projects...

EU could produce 80% of its biofuels needs by 2020more

The European Union is capable of producing 80% of the biofuels needed to fulfill the bloc's target for 2020, a peer...

Clean Tech Sector Drives Venture Capital Investment Increases in Q3 20...more

Venture capitalists invested $4.8 billion in 637 deals in the third quarter of 2009. Quarterly investment activity...

Potential Grows for Biomass Energy - Special Reportmore

Woody biomass provides just 0.94 percent of all U.S. energy now, supplying the equivalent of 3.5 million American homes.

Tanzania Suspends Biofuels Investmentsmore

A flurry of foreign investment in jatropha for use as a biofuel feedstock has caused concern in Tanzania.

University of Florida unveils cellulosic ethanol pilot plantmore

A new cellulosic ethanol pilot plant was formally unveiled at the University of Florida last week, designed to find...

10 Midwestern Governors Unite to Attract Green Energy Jobs | The Green...more

At the Midwestern Governors Association Jobs and Energy Forum held in Detroit last week, the group released its...

Government will fund world's largest biofuel projectmore

The government has today made more than £6m funding available to companies looking to bring second generation...

$750M in New Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from the American R...more

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced in Washington that the Department of Energy (DOE) will provide up to $750...

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