Storm breaks out between US military leaders and House Republicans. Can the US afford to deploy fuels with advanced war fighting capabilities? Republicans say, for now, “no”. WASHINGTON, DC — May 21 — New tests conducted at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have revealed that US warplanes are capable of flying faster and carry more payload […]
The top 20 trends and stories from biofuels’ most advanced commercial market, and its most intriguing focal point for expansion. It was just around the end of 2009’s Summer of Algae, when attention in advanced biofuels shifted decisively to Brazil, and it seemed that the best place to carry on an industry dialogue was the […]
In Mozambique, the first sustainable cooking fuel facility was inaugurated by Federal Minister of Agriculture José Pacheco. The CleanStar project will produce ethanol-based cooking fuel for sale with the company’s cookstoves, an affordable new form of cooking that is cleaner, faster and safer than using charcoal. The plant in Dondo, in Mozambique’s Sofala Province, will […]
In “Operation Free”, a coalition of retired Admirals and Air Force and Army Generals say “We cannot drill our way out of the problem of energy security,” in letter to Senate Energy Committee heads. In Washington, a group of retired military leaders, organized as “Operation Free” within the Truman National Security Project, called on Senate […]
Early voting is underway in the 40 Hottest Partners in Bioenergy and Bio-Based Products rankings. Among the category leaders in the early going: Green Plains Renewable Energy, Harris Group, Novozymes, Solazyme, Waste Management, Khosla Ventures, the USDA, POET-DSM, Mintz Levin, Stoel Rives and Wilson Sonsini, Albemarle, BASF and Koch, Gevo and UOP, Ford, MBI, the […]
Mad as heck about $5 gasoline? According to new research from Iowa State, the price could have hit $6 per gallon, if the US had not had its ethanol supply. A landmark 2009 study, conducted by researchers at Iowa State’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and updated this week for impacts through 2011, found […]
Free tire air for improved fuel economy; bicycle tuning; renewable fuels; on-demand carbon offsets; at-pump recycling; community transit info; Propel’s got it all going in the Golden State. In California, Propel Fuels is launching the company’s first Clean Mobility Center, in Fullerton. The Center offers a distinctly different customer experience, featuring high performance renewable fuels […]
US lawmakers tussle over funding for advanced biofuels demonstrations and early-commercialization. Who should pay premium rates for small-scale fuel production? The US Navy and other customer groups? Fuel makers and their investors? In Washington, the path for the Obama Administration to complete its proposed $510 million Defense Production Act investment in commercializing advanced biofuels for […]
High tech and high practicality converge at EdeniQ – cellulosic ethanol via retrofits or bolt-ons to existing corn and sugarcane ethanol plants. Next month in Visalia, California, in the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley, EdeniQ and Logos Technologies will officially debut a cellulosic ethanol pilot plant, funded jointly by the DoE and EdeniQ with […]
Cities where buildings are covered with green photosynthetic membranes? Where vertical gardens collect the sun’s energy and produce food for urban citizens. The International Algae Competition’s winners spark visions of algae landscape and architecture design, novel algae production systems and new foods. In Arizona, the organizers of the The International Algae Competition, Robert Henrikson and […]
