Ethanol
Ottawa paid out $672-million to companies that have built plants to make grain-based ethanol and biodiesel, which created a new market for farmers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $25 million to fund research and development of renewable energy and biobased products. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Delta BioRenewables and Commonwealth Agri-Energy have succesfully produced ethanol from sweet sorghum-derived sugars. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Novozymes has announced a new enzyme product, Novozymes Avantec, which improves the efficiency and profitability of corn-based biofuel production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A demonstration plant using native grasses grown for conservation, has been show to successfully fuel a boiler for heat and power. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
With so much corn being diverted to be used in ethanol, poultry and livestock farmers are paying more for feed, even more so because of the drought. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
University of Georgia researchers are using bacteria suited to really high temperatures to break down biomass and transform it into fuel Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Due to the drought, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service reports that growers will be producing 13 per cent less corn than in 2011. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
USDA and DOE have announced $41 million in 13 projects to help drive more efficient biofuels production and feedstock improvements. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Federal ethanol policy has increased and destabilized corn, soybean and wheat prices to the detriment of food and fuel producers, says a new study. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
New research has produced a strain of yeast with improved xylose tolerance and metabolism, which improves ethanol production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new biofuel production process created by Michigan State University researchers produces energy more than 20 times higher than existing methods. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
University of Minnesota researchers have made a major breakthrough in developing a catalyst used during production of gasoline, plastics, biofuels and more. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
French bioethanol producer Tereos is raising finance for second-generation production in France by restructuring the company. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Chemtex International announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to participate in the Biomass Crop Assistance Program Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
On July 15-18, 2012, the 3rd Pan American Congress on Plants and Bioenergy will be taking place with scientists from all over the world on renewable fuels. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
At a recent workshop, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association said that the Renewable Fuel Standard is under attack. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The biofuel manufacturing plant enables innovative food and household energy venture to improve family health, increase farmer incomes and nutrition, and protect Mozambique’s forests. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the UK are creating clean hydrogen from food waste paving the way for a bioenergy alternative for the future. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
KmX Corporation has provided Fiberight LLC with technology to convert municipal solid waste into ethanol. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!