Cooperation Agreements for Brazil and Canada
BRAZIL - Brazil's Minister of Science and Technology (MCT), Sergio Rezende, and Canada’s Minister of International Commerce, Stockwel Day, have signed in São Paulo a technical cooperation...

Sugarcane Expansion to be Restricted
BRAZIL - New agricultural zoning of Brazil inhibits the cultivation in sensitive ecosystems and areas for food farming. 'Biofuels should not compete with food,' said minister Dilma...

Petrol from Air and Water
UK - A team led by Prof Tony Marmont, owner of Beacon Energy Ltd and a long-term proponent of Renewable Energy, is looking at the possibility to manufacture liquid fuels from carbon...

Hydrogen Tank Lighter than Battery
NETHERLANDS - Dutch-sponsored researcher Robin Gremaud has shown that an alloy of the metals magnesium, titanium and nickel is excellent at absorbing hydrogen and this light alloy brings...

More Flexible Method to Produce Biofuels
US - Researchers at Purdue University are proposing a new "flexible" approach to producing alternative fuels, hydrogen and electricity from municipal solid wastes, agricultural wastes,...

Europe Launches €1 billion Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Programme
EU - The European Union and European Industry has announced plans to make fuel cells and hydrogen one of Europe's leading new strategic energy technologies of the future.

Hydrogen Energy from Corn Cobs
US - The next alternative fuel in a vehicle's tank might be nothing more than gas with a little help from corn.

EC Backs Aid to French Hydrogen Programme
FRANCE - The European Commission has endorsed under EC Treaty state aid rules a €68 million aid that France plans to grant to Air Liquide, its subsidiary Axane and other partners for...

New Approach to Hydrogen as Alternative Fuel
SPAIN - A team of scientists from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) has designed a material with such high ion conductivity that it allows the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel....

Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria Provide Clean Energy
US - A new "green" technology developed cooperatively by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State) could lead to production...

Biofuel from Bacteria
NEW ZEALAND: A study aimed at using bacteria as a source of clean and renewable biofuel has received a NZ$264,000 (US$200,800) research grant from the New Zealand government.

Southeast Bioenergy Conference Set for 12-14 August
US - The third Southeast Bioenergy Conference at the University of Georgia will have experts on hand to deliver the latest information and answer questions on the changing face of...

Fuel from Food Waste
UK - Researchers have combined the efforts of two kinds of bacteria to produce hydrogen in a bioreactor, with the product from one providing food for the other.

Algae - Another Surprise!
INDIA - Some varieties of algae, a kind of unicellular plant, contain an enzyme called hydrogenase that can create small amounts of hydrogen gas.

NFU: Renewable Energy Incentives Vital to Rural America
WASHINGTON - The Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 would allow development of a robust renewable electricity industry, and generate billions of investment dollars for rural America...