In China, at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Tianjin University published a study on the use of a diesel engine with fumigation ethanol. With this kind of dual fuel engine, the diesel is injected directly into the engine, while the alcohol fuel, in this case ethanol, is mixed with air and then injected. The […]
In the UK, a researcher from the University of Sheffield has won the Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation for the development of a “microbubble device” that promises to make biofuel production more energy efficient. The new method uses a special air-lift loop bioreactor that creates microbubbles using 18% less energy consumption than existing […]
In Iowa, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association asked KCCI News for equal time, after KCCI aired “a one-sided hit piece on E15 that made a number of misleading statements.” In addition, there is a survey offered at this link that asks the following question: Will you buy the new 15 percent ethanol blend if […]
VB Research is reporting that global venture capital and private equity investment in clean energy companies declined by 20% in Q3 to $4.6 billion, and that China has now surpassed the US in terms of total investment flow with $12.1 billion invested this quarter. Overall project finance activity totaling $37.1 billion during 3Q10. Among winners, […]
In Massachusetts, Shell announced an agreement to fund $25 million in energy R&D with MIT’s Energy Initiative over a five-year period. The research collaboration will fund a suite of projects at $5 million per year for the coming five years, focusing on advanced modeling, earth science, biofuels, nanotechnology and carbon management. Shell’s chief technology officer, […]
In Norway, researchers claim to have discovered a new category of enzymes that may hold the key to cellulosic biofuels because it speeds up the process significantly. The scientists at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Aas say they even got the enzymes to break down chitin, found in prawn shells, into sugars so […]
In California, UC Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology is hosting a series of free events Oct. 14 to highlight the future of renewable energy and serve as a launchpad for its new Alternative Transportation Fuels Research Center of Excellence. The Oct. 14 events kick-off at 10 a.m. Oct. 14 with a National Alternative […]
In Connecticut, researchers at the University of Connecticut are experimenting with hemp as a potential biodiesel feedstock and are preparing development of a multi-feedstock manufacturing facility. The 200,000 gpy plant will be built with a $1.8 million grant from the DOE. Research shows that hemp-based biodiesel burns at a lower temperature than biodiesel produced from […]
1. Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture 2. Jeff Broin, CEO, POET 3. Bob Dinneen, President, Renewable Fuels Association 4. Miguel Soldateli Rossetto, CEO, Petrobras Biocombustiviles 5. Jonathan Wolfson, CEO, Solazyme / Harrison Dillon, PhD, CTO 6. Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy 7. Marcos Lutz, CEO, Cosan 8. Alan Shaw, PhD, CEO, Codexis 9. […]
In Washington, the US Department of Agriculture dramatically lowered its corn harvest projection from 13.11 billion bushels to 12.664 billion bushels, which touched off a rally in ethanol prices to $2.184 per gallon on the CBOT for November deliveries (and reaching $2.31 in the New York cash market). The report is likely to substantially rally […]
