USDA Invites Applications for Biorefinery Loans
WASHINGTON - Applications are being accepted in the US for loan guarantees under the Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003), authorised by the Food, Conservation, and Energy...

City Grows Biocrops to Attract Biofuel Industry
US - The city of Tuscola in Illinois is growing biocrops on city-owned land near to the waste water treatment plant as part of an effort to attract biofuel-related industry to the ...

Nanoscale Catalysts Could Tap Syngas
IOWA, US - Say the word “biofuels” and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel. But there’s another, older technology called gasification that’s getting a new look from...

MSU to Create Genomic Clearinghouse for Biofuel Crops
US - Michigan State University scientists, armed with a half-million-dollar federal grant, are creating an easily accessible, Web-based genomic database of information on crops that...

Southern Forest Industry Braces for Bioenergy
US - Emerging biomass markets will significantly strengthen demand for wood fiber in the South, driving prices higher for forest products as the United States turns to alternative fuels...

Miscanthus Can Meet US Biofuels Goal
US — In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources...

Pennsylvania DCNR Releases Guidance on Harvesting Forest Biomass for Energy
US - The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has released guidelines for harvesting forest biomass as an alternative energy source.

K-State Team Gets $690,000 for Biofuels Research
US - To meet a goal of replacing one-third of the nation's petroleum consumption with biofuels by the year 2030, the biomass research and development technical advisory committee of...

Ceres Inc. Endeavors to Create Bioenergy Crops
US - A genomics technology firm, Ceres, Inc., is making a big effort to develop new bioenergy crops, reports the Tri-State Neighbor.

The Discovery of Trichoderma Reesei
CALIFORNIA - The curse of military quartermasters may soon be a boon to producers of biofuels, writes David Gilbert (DOE/Joint Genome Institute).

Biofuels: Dependent on Economic and Environmental Factors
US - As economists, farmers, scientists and investors attempt to discern the future of ethanol and other biofuels, new cost-benefit analyses and economic indicators are being developed...

New Technology Aids in Rapid Production of Low-Cost Biofuels from Wood and Grass
US - A new method called catalytic fast pyrolysis turns plant biomass such as wood and grasses into "green gasoline" using one simple step. The process significantly reduces the cost...

ICM undertakes cellulosic ethanol ventures
US - ICM Inc. has been busy pursuing cellulosic ethanol ventures this year. Not only has it formed an alliance to design and build Coskata Inc.’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol...

Pioneer Editorial: Wind power improves but no panacea
US - Talk of renewable energy sources has been much abuzz over the production of ethanol first from corn, and a new excitement now in northern Minnesota into research to produce cellulostic...

Biofuels Production Holds Promise
US - According to a Biofuels expert the Michigan states economy could be revived by producing energy plants such as switchgrass.