Biofuels News

RSS

Cellulosic Biofuels Promise A Low Cost, Environmental Friendly Petroleum Replacement

Cellulosic biofuels offer similar, if not lower, costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuels

5 Mar 2009

United States Ethanol Production for 2008 Exceeds 9 Billion Gallons

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), American ethanol facilities produced more than 9.2 billion gallons of ethanol in 2008

4 Mar 2009

Study Says Don't Dig Up Land to Make Biofuels

To avoid creating greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it up for corn to make biofuel, according to a comprehensive Duke University led study

2 Mar 2009

Commercial Yeasts Get an Enzyme for Biofuel Production

A new enzyme has been discovered which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol

25 Feb 2009

Adaptive Energy Concept Car, the Rinspeed iChange, to Debut at Geneva Motor Show

The Swiss auto powerhouse Rinspeed presents the 'iChange,' the world's first car whose body adapts to the number of passengers on board

25 Feb 2009

Research Grant for QuantumSphere to Turn Biomass into Biofuels

QuantumSphere today announced that it was awarded a research grant from the California Energy Commission to develop a process using nanocatalysts to convert biomass into biofuels

24 Feb 2009

Produce More Ethanol at Less Cost by Shredding Corn Silage

A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol

23 Feb 2009

Adding Methanol Can Help With Bioremediation of Uranium

Uranium contamination is a devastating legacy of nuclear weapon and energy development, but new testing has shown that adding organic molecules can positively affect the bioremediation of this uranium, converting it to a solid mineral and sequestering it within the sediment

23 Feb 2009

New Research Report Looks At the Amount of Corn Used for Food and For Ethanol Fuel

About 60 percent of South Dakota’s corn went into ethanol production by 2007-08, the highest proportion of any state. In Iowa the figure was 50 percent, in Nebraska, 40 percent, and in Minnesota and Illinois, 30 percent. The increasing rate of corn for ethanol use has affected the availability of corn for feed and exports

23 Feb 2009

US Government Economic Stimulus Package to Assist Renewable Energy and Clean Technologies

While details are still to be revealed about much of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act also known as the Economic Stimulus plan, it is clear that clean technologies are set to reap some benefit from this plan

19 Feb 2009