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Paris-Dakar Rally Gets Ethanol Powered Category

For the first time in its 31-year history, the world's largest rally competition, formerly known as Paris-Dakar, will include in its 2010 edition a category in which competing vehicles will run on ethanol

7 Sep 2009

Watermelon Power, The Latest Renewable Energy Source

Watermelon juice can be a valuable source of biofuel. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Biotechnology for Biofuels have shown that the juice of reject watermelons can be efficiently fermented into ethanol

26 Aug 2009

Scientists Work Out How to Double the Production of the Biofuel, Butanol

Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to double the production of the biofuel butanol, which might someday replace gasoline in automobiles

20 Aug 2009

Research Grant to Assist Carbon Capture, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Fuels, Electrical Energy Storage and Energy Harvesting

DoE grant to assist with carbon capture, nuclear energy, renewable fuels, electrical energy storage and energy harvesting research

13 Aug 2009

National Wind Solutions Buys Biodiesel Plant

The key to green energy is the ability to create power from sources that are renewable – plant materials, natural oils, sun and wind. Now that NWND has closed the purchase of a fully operational biodiesel plant in Texas, it is ready to move toward the production of truly green and renewable bio-diesel fuel

12 Aug 2009

Algae to Biofuels Pilot Plant Opened by LiveFuels

LiveFuels, Inc., a developer of renewable algae-based biofuels, today announced the start of pilot operations at the company’s test facility in Brownsville, TX

12 Aug 2009

Blend You Own, BYO, Ethanol Campaign to be Expanded

Consumers can enjoy more choices at the pump, gas station owners can experience product flexibility, and the nation can achieve its renewable fuels targets – all thanks to the blender pump and the wider distribution of E85 and mid-range ethanol blends

12 Aug 2009

Algae-to-Biofuels Pilot Facility Proposed for Cape Cod by Plankton Power and RTDC

A new public-private consortium will produce biofuels from algae. Led by Plankton Power, the consortium includes the Regional Technology Development Corp. of Cape Cod, Mass. Nat’l Guard, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Marine Biological Laboratory, and Cape Cod Commission and will establish a facility to develop cost-competitive algae biodiesel

4 Aug 2009

Fusion Energy and Biofuels Research To Benefit From New Department of Energy Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will receive $40.3 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support research in biofuels, fusion energy and the nation’s power grid and to ensure scientists have state-of-the-art equipment for their investigations

4 Aug 2009

Biofuel Made From Camelina Powers Hydroplane in World First

The Boeing U-787 unlimited hydroplane is the world’s first to be powered by 100 percent sustainable biofuel during a demonstration run by legendary hydroplane driver Chip Hanauer at the annual Chevrolet Cup at Seafair

4 Aug 2009