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2008 AlwaysOn Going Green 100 Awards

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and its Global Network of Funds, the most active global cleantech investors, today announced that fifteen of their portfolio companies were recognized as finalists in the AlwaysOn 2008 Going Green 100 Awards

10 Sep 2008

Toxic Soils can be Cleaned by Oil Seed Rape Grown For Biofuel

Oil seed rape grown for biofuel in Ireland could help clean up contaminated soils, scientists heard today

10 Sep 2008

Jet Fuel Produced From Algae by Solazyme

Solazyme has announced that it has produced the world’s first microbial derived jet fuel

10 Sep 2008

Bacteria in Compost Could Provide 10 Percent of Transport Fuel for the UK

Bacteria found in compost heaps able to convert waste plant fibre into ethanol could eventually provide up 10percent of the UK's transport fuel needs

8 Sep 2008

Enzyme Discovery Could Lead to The Development of New Biofuels

U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has discovered a fundamental shift in an enzyme's function that could help expand the toolbox for engineering biofuels and other plant based oil products

8 Sep 2008

Biodiesel Shown to Runs Equal to, if not Better than Petroleum

Propel, a leading retailer of low-carbon renewable fuels and Seattle-based The Essential Baking Company, announce the results of a joint study on the impact of replacing petroleum fuel with biodiesel in the company’s delivery fleet

8 Sep 2008

Inbicon Announces North American Partnership for Marketing Biofuels and Cellulosic Ethanol Technology

Inbicon has taken the next step in its marketing strategy of partnering with North American biofuels companies and licensing its second-generation cellulosic technology for commercial-scale production of ethanol and livestock feed

27 Aug 2008

Researcher Working to Make Environmentally Friendly Fuel From Algae

Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced algae can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from lawn mowers to jet airplanes. Now an investment company that works with universities to commercialize early-stage technology invested in the University of Washington biology professor's work, forming a startup company called AXI

27 Aug 2008

World's First Geo-Green Resort, the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa

The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa goes beyond Green and promotes both Cultural Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility with its new Geo-Green initiative

26 Aug 2008

Key to Energy of The Future Lies With Photosynthesis of Cyanobacteria

Amid mounting agreement that future clean, "carbon-neutral", energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun's light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, the cyanobacteria

25 Aug 2008