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Researchers Recommend Midway Strategy to Improve Sugarcane Ethanol Manufacture

An article appeared in the latest issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy that appraises the past and present state of sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil and provides a calculated approach for bettering the production and ecosystem services in future.

15 Sep 2011

Imperial Petroleum Signs Supply Agreement with Green Grease Solutions for Biodiesel Production

Imperial Petroleum has signed a Letter of Engagement with Green Grease Solutions for a two year supply of feedstock for its Indiana biodiesel operations.

30 Aug 2011

Tesco Receives OFGEM Certification to Produce Ethanol-Based Biofuel

Tesco, a global grocery and general merchandise retailer based in the UK, declared that it has received certificate from OFGEM (Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets) for its newly developed renewable ethanol biofuel.

18 Aug 2011

GreenShift Successfully Commissions Ethanol Plant for Advanced BioEnergy

GreenShift has declared its successful fulfilling of a license accord with Advanced BioEnergy and productive commissioning of an ethanol plant in Fairmont, Nebraska.

17 Aug 2011

NDSU Researchers Introduce Eco-Friendly Bio-Based Resins

The researchers from North Dakota State University (NDSU) have declared the development of bio-based resins that have the potential to change the present resin and coatings technology.

16 Aug 2011

Researchers Dispute Energy Efficiency of Algae-Based Biofuels

A new study by the researchers from University of Virginia reveals that algae-based biofuels are not as green as they are thought to be. According to the researchers, though the algae biofuels offer higher level of energy output and require minimum level of land area to develop, the production of such fuels result in significantly more environmental degradation.

16 Aug 2011

Enviva LP to Open New Wood Pellet Plant in Northampton County, N.C.

Enviva LP, a producer of treated biomass fuel in Europe and the USA, has declared its designs to construct a new wood pellet production plant in Northampton County, N.C.

8 Aug 2011

Trellis Earth Products Files Two New U.S. Patents Related to Bioplastics

Trellis Earth Products, a producer and supplier of food packaging and plastic bags made from renewable biodegradable material, declared that it has registered two new patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering its bio-plastics knowhow. The patent applications were filed in July 2011.

8 Aug 2011

New Research Cuts Down Methane Potency Test Period

A study at Inspire has established a system to calculate the methane potency in wastes from households in two days time instead of the present 30 days.

6 Aug 2011

Student from Hebrew University Discovers Green Method for Use of Paper Mill Waste

A graduate student from Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found out a method to convert wastes from paper mills into environment friendly industrial foam. Shaul Lapidot, a Ph.D., student under Prof. Oded Shoseyov, and his lab friends at the Rehovot-located Hebrew University have developed a method to generate nano-crystalline cellulose (NCC) from paper mill wastes.

3 Aug 2011