Biomass
WelTec BioPower has begun construction of a bio gas plant in Poland. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
University of Georgia researchers have discovered a gene that is important in making cell walls in woody biomass that make them resistant to biofuel conversion. 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!
Scientists have unveiled a new integrated soybean biorefinery that utilizes all parts of the bean a host of value-added products. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Chemtex has received a $99 million commitment from the USDA to build a new advanced biofuel plant in North Carolina to open by 2014. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
At the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, researchers at the Gas Technology Institute can create renewable fuels from waste. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
University of Missouri researchers receive $5.4 million to further biofuel production without increasing food prices. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes are collaborating to develop an industrial bio-based productionprocess for acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers at Iowa State University have converted ethanol leftovers into food-grade fungi for pigs and chickens. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has pioneered new techniques of mass spectrometry that can help find new biofuel research opportunities. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
BioNitrogen has signed an agreement to purchase tree trimmings, agricultural waste and woodchips from Hardee County, Florida. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Nova Scotia's agriculture industry is receiving a $5.6 million investment to support green energy, agricultural innovation and developing grass-fed beef. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
British Columbia will receive an investment of almost $300,00 to convert angricultural waste into bio-coal and horse bedding into biofuel. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The USDA has announced a $105 million loan to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels to develop a facility to convert municipal solid waste into biofuels. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Indiana's BioCrossroads has released a report detailing future opportunities in the food and agriculture industries. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Lux Research has released a report saying that the bio-based materials and chemical industries need new non-food sources to be an alternative to petroleum. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers at Michigan State University have can produce biofuels at a much higher rate than other methods through the use of a bacterial bioreactor. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The USDA has committed $2 million to UGA researchers to speed up biofuel development. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The U.S. Forest Service has announced an award of $4 million for wood-to-energy projects and $1.7 million for a nanocellulose lab. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
President Barack Obama has named three agricultural scientists as winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!