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.

University Opens Biofuel Research Facility
AUSTRALIA - A new, unique biofuel research testing facility at QUT will help speed up the race to drastically reduce Australia's carbon emissions and dependence on fossil fuels.

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...

General Motors Studies Cellulosic Ethanol in China
CHINA - General Motors and partner Coskata are working together in the development and commercialisation of second generation ethanol in China.

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.

Gulf Ethanol Announces Third-Generation Technology
HOUSTON, TEXAS - Gulf Ethanol Corporation, an alternative energy company focused on the development of the cellulosic ethanol industry, has brought on line its third-generation feedstock...

Range Fuels and Ceres Merge to Develop Biomass
US - The two companies - Ceres and Reange Fuels - have planted switchgrass and sorghum varieties in Georgia and hope to develop and commercialize nonfood plants that yield high amounts...

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 ...