Sustainability
A new strain of yeast that could help streamline cellulosic ethanol costs and production has been developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Enerkem is partnering with the Government of Canada to develop new processes for the conversion of waste into "drop-in" biofuels. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
BioFuelNet has signed an agreement with Air Canada and Airbus to help them find the most promising biofuels for aviation. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced support for 55 innovative new projects aimed at producing and using energy in a cleaner, more efficient way. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Leaders of the G8 nations are under increasing pressure to recosnider biofuel targets due to concern over competition with food output. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
New discoveries of the way plants import substances, increase drought tolerance, control water loss and store sugar can help support our global population. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new map of the algae industry published online by the Algae Biomass Organization shows production facilities and research projects in North America. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are engineering algae to produce nanocellulose, a "wonder material" for biofuel production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant to create biofuels. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new federal-private collaboration will be used to supply bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are finding ways to cost-effectively extract sugars for use in biofuel production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Vista International Technologies, Inc. has begun construction on the company's previously announced northeastern US pilot Waste-to-Energy project. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The agenda for the 6th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo has been updated and been made available online. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are looking at ways to improve the pretreatment and fermentation steps in the production of drop-in biodiesel, jet fuel and bio-lubricants. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are looking to duckweed as a cheap and sustainable source of biomass for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Ballard Power Systems has sold a 175 kilowatt ClearGen distributed generation fuel cell system to the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Humboldt County, California. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
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!
The OSCIA is organizing a trade mission to Europe to explore biomass processing and market development. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
MIT researchers have engineered yeast that can synthesize biofuel precursors at over 200 percent above normal. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Matt Davidson has been appointed as the newest Project Manager in Vecoplan LLC's Waste Systems Center of Competency. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!