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Gevo Manufactures Jet Fuel, Isobutanol and HydroCarbons from Cellulosic Biomass

Gevo, an advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals company, has announced that it has successfully manufactured jet fuel, isobutanol and hydrocarbons from cellulosic biomass.

2 Aug 2010

U.S. DOE Invests in Alage-Based Fuel Research

Algae-based biofuel is one among the scarcely-known renewable fuels that still has significant economic uncertainty and technical challenges. However, the potential advantages are also significant, prompting the government to take numerous supporting actions.

2 Aug 2010

VIASPACE Showcases Giant King Grass in China’s Industrial Biotechnology Congress

VIASPACE has showcased the Giant King Grass at the Biotechnology Congress held in China. The company is a clean energy champion that grows Giant King Grass, highlighting it as a renewable biomass crop with low-carbon features.

31 Jul 2010

Advanced Biofuel Trade Associations Look Forward to Tax Policy on Second-Generation Biofuels

Earlier the members of the association made a joint appeal to the Ways and Means Committee mentioning how recession has affected the private investments and stressed the need for providing investment tax credit as available to other emerging industries.

30 Jul 2010

Pike Research Predicts Continuous Growth of Biomass Products

According to Clint Wheelock, managing director of Pike Research, though biomass products does not have the sheen of other products such as wind, solar or other type of green technologies they will continue to dominate renewable energy market.

30 Jul 2010

Rosetta Green and Seambiotic to Produce Superior Algal Strains

Rosetta Green, a company focused in the detection of unique genes in plants and algae, to be used in plant biotech and cleantech industries, and Seambiotic, a company keen on the large scale growth of algae have signed a partnership agreement, for advancement and testing superior type of algal strains, for application in the biofuel industry.

30 Jul 2010