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Converting Readily-Available Non-Food Biomass into Renewable Fuels

Terrabon, L.L.C. announced today that it has broken ground on a biofuels conversion facility in Bryan, Texas, that will test the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of its MixAlco(TM) technology, which converts readily-available, low-cost, non-food biomass into chemicals that can be processed into ethanol and renewable gasoline fuels.

7 May 2008

Company's Plan to Build Barley-Based Ethanol and Protein-Feed Production Facilities

Osage Bio Energy has received a commitment of $300 million from First Reserve Corporation, the world's leading energy-focused private equity firm, to fund the construction of four next generation bio-refining facilities that will produce ethanol and a specialty protein feed.

7 May 2008

Development of Environmentally Friendly Next Generation Ethanol Production

The investment, which is part of $61 million raised in Mascoma's third round of funding, reflects Marathon's commitment to collaboration on the development, adoption and deployment of efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective next generation ethanol production.

7 May 2008

Collaborators Will Work on Developing Energy Efficiency Technologies and Buildings

Developing a strong pharmaceutical industry is a key issue in Korea. So much so, that Battelle-Korea, Battelle, Chuncheon City, Gangwon Province and YuYu Inc., intend to collaborate and address the issue.

7 May 2008

Refinery Produced More Than 1 Million Gallons of ASTM Standard Biodiesel Fuel

Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc., a refiner and marketer of ASTM quality biodiesel, announced today that in the first 25 days of start-up production, its biodiesel refinery in Seneca, Illinois produced more than 1 million gallons of ASTM standard biodiesel fuel from the first 20 million gallon per year train.

6 May 2008

Exploring the Opportunities for Production of Cellulosic Biofuel

The Energy Biosciences Institute, the world's largest public/private consortium dedicated to the application of biosciences to the energy sector, has announced an initial set of 49 research projects for funding during the first year of EBI's 10-year program.

6 May 2008