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...

Florida Company to Produce Biodiesel
US - Florida-based Freedom Environmental Services Inc., a wastewater services company currently working to develop a waste-to-biodiesel program, has announced it plans to purchase an...

Plans Move Ahead for Biodiesel Plant
US - Final plans have been put forward for a 4.5 MMgy biodiesel plant in Morgan County, Colorado following the grant of $500,000 dollars to Rocky Mountain Sustainable Enterprises LLC...

GM Biofuels: Discovery of Chloroplast Protein
US - Scientists at Michigan State University have identified a new protein necessary for chloroplast development. The discovery could ultimately lead to plant varieties tailored specifically...

Is Vegetable Oil Biodiesel on the Right Track?
US - Want to fill up your Volkswagen or Hummer on renewables, as Arnold Schwarzenegger does? Biodiesel, a vegetable-oil based variant on petroleum diesel, is your fuel.

Electricity from Animal Waste
US - A company based near the Woodlands has broken into the renewable energy market by converting animal and vegetable waste into electricity.

Tyson and Syntroleum Approve Dynamic Fuels Plant
US - Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation have given final approval for plans to build and fund Dynamic Fuels’ first renewable synthetic fuels facility in Geismar, Louisiana.

Biodiesel Waste Converted to Chemicals
US - In a move that promises to change the economics of biodiesel refining, chemical engineers at Rice University have unveiled a set of techniques for cleanly converting problematic...

$1m Grant for SF Grease to Biodiesel Facility
US - A $1 million grant to build San Franciso's first pilot grease to biodiesel plant, was announced last week (29th May) by the city's mayor, Gavin Newsom, according to Biofuel Review....

Companies Collaborate to Develop Grease for Viable Biodiesel Feedstock
US - Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. and Affordable Bio Feedstock are cooperating to come up with a process that utilises PetroLuxus products for the separation and recovery of oils...

U.S. Farm Bill to Aid Cellulosic Ethanol Production
Washington, D.C. - The US recently passed a farm bill that includes US $1 billion in funds for renewable energy programs and new feedstock production for bioenergy, reports Renewable...

Fayetteville to Hold Biodiesel-Promotion Workshop
US - It is now possible for farmers to make their own fuel, reports the FayObserver.

The Quest for the Next Green Biofuel
WISCONSIN - Eric Apfelbach is happy to talk about the promise of using plant sugars to produce synthetic gasoline. But anyone wanting to take a tour of Virent Energy Systems, his Madison-based...

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

Company Launch: From Waste Cooking Oil to Ethanol
TEXAS, US - West Texas BioEnergy, Inc. opened for business on the eve of the celebration of the 1836 Declaration of Texas Independence, on the banks of the San Saba River in Menard,...