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Alternative Energy / Biofuels

China Completes First Biofuel Jet Test Flight

Nov 01, 2011 at 08:57 | John Daly

On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered by a mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel. The Jet A-1 biofuel kerosene used…

U.S. Biofuel Production Increase - Fact or Wishful Thinking?

Oct 25, 2011 at 07:53 | John Daly

A recent study, released on 11 October, “Biofuel Markets and Technologies” released by Pike Research states that the global biofuel market will double within the next decade to $183.3 billion…

Biofuels False Promise: Breakthroughs May be Tougher Than Previously Thought

Oct 21, 2011 at 07:43 | Dave Cohen

In the August issue of Scientific American, David Beillo published an article called The False Promise Of Biofuels. I have a paper copy, but not an electronic copy ($ubscription),…

European Union Biodiesel Production Slumps in 2011

Oct 20, 2011 at 09:19 | John Daly

Greening the European Union has suffered a setback. The European Biodiesel Board is reporting that the European Union biodiesel industry production forecasts are noting a 2011 decrease in output, the…

Virgin Atlantic to Use New Jet fuel Created from Industrial Waste Gases

Oct 13, 2011 at 07:52 | Brian Westenhaus

Waste gases emitted by blast furnaces, coke ovens and BOF (basic oxygen furnace) operations can now be converted into low-cost ethanol and high-value chemicals.  The new fuel production process recycles…

How Fungi Could Help Create the Next Generation of Biofuels

Oct 06, 2011 at 06:53 | EcoSeed

The genetic make-up of heat-loving fungi could form the basis of better enzymes for use in the extraction of sugars from biomass for the next generation of biofuels. A team…

New Biofuel Could Replace Today’s Standard Fuel for Diesel Engines

Sep 30, 2011 at 03:59 | Brian Westenhaus

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory comes the announcement that researchers with the U.S Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a potential new advanced biofuel that could…

Novozymes Looking to Displace Charcoal with Biofuel in Mozambique

Sep 27, 2011 at 01:45 | Mark Nicholls

Novozymes is to help finance a novel integrated food and energy venture in Mozambique which aims to displace charcoal with biofuel – offering a more sustainable alternative, it says, with…

China is Interested in Biofuels - Why Not the West?

Sep 12, 2011 at 07:54 | John Daly

Biofuels remain the orphan child of western energy interests – like adopting children, everyone agrees that it’s a good idea, but not many want an alien rugrat in the house.…

U.S. Government and Biofuels: Too Much Too Soon

Sep 01, 2011 at 08:24 | Dave Summers

It would seem, despite the inability of the cellulosic ethanol industry to produce an economically viable product to date, that it remains this Administration’s answer to coming liquid fuel shortages.…

China and Biofuels - Stir-Fry or Fly?

Aug 26, 2011 at 07:36 | John Daly

China’s omnivorous global appetite for energy resources is well known. While biofuel production is one of the rising energy stars of the 21st century, it is unlikely to become a…

It's a Good Day for Biofuel Enthusiasts

Aug 26, 2011 at 07:25 | Brian Westenhaus

Observers, journalists and investors don’t always know the finer details of the qualities of biomass destined for making fuel.  The question of how much useable starch and sugar there is…

Investor Interest in U.S. Biofuel Production Set to Soar

Aug 25, 2011 at 08:29 | John Daly

On 16 August President Obama announced that the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Navy will invest up to $510 million by 2014 in partnership with the private sector to…

Have we Seen the End of Jatropha as a Potential Biofuel?

Aug 09, 2011 at 07:48 | Brian Westenhaus

According to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry some 12.8 million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected…

Biofuels and Tequila: Agave May Make a Suitable Ethanol Crop

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:12 | Energy Digital

Grab the lime and salt!  Tequila may soon offer more than just delicious frozen margaritas.  Researchers find that the agave plant, used to distill the famous Mexican spirit, may also…

Biofuels Stepping up to Replace Petroleum in Plastic & Chemicals Manufacturing

Jul 29, 2011 at 07:24 | Al Fin

As the price of petroleum edges up in fits and starts, booms and busts, substitution products are coming on board to replace petroleum in many uses -- including fuels, plastics,…

Ethanol Usage now Exceeding Feed Usage from Corn

Jul 28, 2011 at 08:06 | EcoSeed

The latest report of the United States’ Department of Agriculture showed that the largest volume of corn produced this year is going to be used for ethanol production. According to…

Biofuels Potential to Transform the Global Economy

Jul 27, 2011 at 07:41 | John Daly

Slowly but surely, an extraordinarily important new industry is slowly taking shape, with the potential to transform the global economy. After years of existing largely as an environmentalist's fantasy,…

Are U.S. Ethanol Subsidies Coming to an End?

Jul 20, 2011 at 07:19 | Stuart Burns

One can describe the corn market as distorted since subsidies began under the Carter administration back in the 1980’s. Arguably, however this decade has seen the most severe distortion with…

The Growing Market for Biodiesel and Bio Oils

Jul 13, 2011 at 07:51 | Brian Westenhaus

Today biodiesel is made by the batch, a naturally less efficient way for processes to run.  A continuous process would be less expensive to run, easier to manage and need…

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