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RIIHL Funds Algae.Tec Global Biofuels Division in India

Algae.Tec Limited said the signing of agreements with Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings (RIIHL) was the backing the Company needed to fund and launch its Global Biofuels Division.

24 Jan 2014

UT Austin Researchers Develop New Source of Renewable Energy

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a new source of renewable energy, a biofuel, from genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar. This yeast produces oils and fats, known as lipids, that can be used in place of petroleum-derived products.

23 Jan 2014

Global Bioenergies, Audi Partner to Develop High-Performance Biofuel for Gasoline Engines

Global Bioenergies announces the signature of a collaboration with the German car-manufacturer Audi on the development of isobutene-derived isooctane, a high performance biofuel for gasoline engines.

21 Jan 2014

Territory Biofuels’ Darwin Biodiesel Plant Receives International Sustainability and Carbon Certification

Lignol Energy Corporation today announced that Territory Biofuels Limited has recently received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification and US Environmental Protection Agency approval as a Renewable Identification Number-generating foreign producer for its Darwin biodiesel plant, paving the way for exports to markets in Europe and the US.

20 Jan 2014

Blue Sun Energy Implements Enzymatic Biodiesel Processing Technology

Blue Sun Energy announced today the implementation of its enzymatic biodiesel processing technology, making the Blue Sun St. Joe Refinery the most advanced biodiesel production facility in the world.

20 Jan 2014

MSU Research Findings have Major Consequences for Bioenergy Research and Policy

When it comes to biofuels, corn leads the all-important category of biomass yield. However, focusing solely on yield comes at a high price.

15 Jan 2014

Boeing Identifies Green Diesel as New Source of Sustainable Aviation Biofuel

Boeing has identified "green diesel," a renewable fuel used in ground transportation, as a significant new source of sustainable aviation biofuel that emits at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide than fossil fuel over its lifecycle. The company is working with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders to gain approval for aircraft to fly on green diesel, further reducing the aviation industry's carbon emissions.

15 Jan 2014

Murphy-Brown and Roeslein Partner to Develop $100 Million Renewable Biogas Project

Murphy-Brown of Missouri, LLC (MBM) and Roeslein Alternative Energy, LLC announced today their joint plans to develop a $100 million renewable biogas project in northern Missouri. Murphy-Brown is the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc.

10 Jan 2014

MSU Scientists Study Alkalinity-Loving Microbes for Commercial-Scale Biofuel Production

There is a lab in the engineering complex at Montana State University where grow lights stay on night and day, even during the winter holiday season, nurturing various bubbling containers of bright green algae. The room is at the heart of a broad research effort to shed light on a possible renewable energy source of the future.

3 Jan 2014