Partnership to Produce Cellulose-based Biodiesel
US - A partnership between Eastern and General Atomics, announced at a news conference at the State Capitol in Frankfort, could provide the basis for a new and sustainable fuel production...

Replacing Corn with Perennial Grasses
US - Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where – and which – biofuel crops are used, University of Illinois...

Growers Show Interest in Switchgrass as Biofuel
US - While most of the attention on biofuels has been on corn, there is considerable interest in a native grass, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), widely touted as an important...

UT Takes Lead in Biofuel Research
US - The University of Tennessee is building a biorefinery on a 40 acre site in the Niles Ferry Industrial Park in Vonore.

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...

Ethanol from Lab to Commercial Production
US - The idea of producing plentiful amounts of ethanol from materials such as switchgrass and wood scraps has successfully emerged from the laboratory, but challenges lie ahead.

Building Work Starts on Tennessee Refinery
US - Building work started this week on a biofuel refinery in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley of East Tennessee that will use switchgrass as a feedstock to produce cellulosic...

Project Identifies Northeast Grasses to Fuel Bioenergy
US - Talk about a field of dreams. Cornell bioenergy plant experts are learning which field grasses are the best candidates for "dedicated energy" crops in the Northeast, considering...

UT and DuPont Build Ethanol Research Plant
US - DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE) has joined forces with the University of Tennessee (UT) Research Foundation, through Genera Energy, in a pilot-scale biorefinery and...

DuPont Progressing Advanced Biofuels
US - Speaking at an investor conference, DuPont Vice President & General Manager John Ranieri said the company’s plans to bring its two advanced biofuels programmes to market are on...

Biofuel Bungle, the Question: Ethanol or None at All?
US - Biofuel technology has the potential to sustain future American energy needs.

Clemson Researcher at Energy Forum
US — Clemson University bioenergy researcher Terry Walker will speak at the upcoming Alternative Energy Forum in Myrtle Beach.

Human Waste as Fertiliser For Switchgrass
US - Researchers at Washington State University are using human waste to help fertilise switch grass and corn crops used for biofuels.

Green Gasoline from Plant Sugars
US - Alternative energy does not always mean solar or wind power. In fact, the alternative fuels developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineering professor...

A Little Grass Called Brachypodium Will Be a Big Help in Biofuels Research
US - A short little grass known as purple false brome may speed discoveries about switchgrass, its famous cousin and energy-crop hopeful.