New Ethanol Stations for Maryland
US - Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley this week outlined a more sustainable transportation fuel system in Maryland, beginning with the construction of four new E-85 fuel pumps throughout...

Ethanol Cuts Idaho Fuel Tax Revenue
US - The use of ethanol blended fuel is cutting tax revenue in Idaho, because ethanol is exempt from teh 25 cents state fuel tax.

Projects Benefit from Clean Energy Grants
CANADA – The Province is funding a suite of innovative clean energy projects throughout B.C., investing C$25 million from the government's Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund, announced...

Caribbean Renewable Energy Plans Gain Momentum Meeting
US - Three international organizations agreed to assist the Caribbean to develop renewable and efficient energy programs in response to crippling energy price shocks at a meeting in...

$10 Million in Bioenergy Plant Feedstock Research
US - Agriculture Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Gale Buchanan and Energy Department (DOE) Under Secretary for Science Raymond Orbach have announced plans to award...

Biofuels Researched in Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA - A pilot project for the manufacture of biodiesel in Sri Lanka is soon to become a community project.

Massachuetts Governor Signs Biofuels Bill
US - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed the Green Communities Act, a comprehensive energy reform bill.

AMI, Ag Groups, Send Letter in Support of Imported Ethanol Parity Act
US - The American Meat Institute, joined by a number of dairy, livestock and poultry groups, has sent a letter in support of the Imported Ethanol Parity Act (S 3080), introduced by...

Farm Bureau Calls for Comprehensive, Bipartisan Energy Strategy
US - The American Farm Bureau Federation today sent a letter to all members of Congress urging them to work constructively to craft a comprehensive energy plan that embraces all aspects...

Solar Power Gets a Boost in Kunming
CHINA - The Kunming municipal government in China has started to transform the city's fledgling solar energy industry into a 60 billion-yuan ($8.8 billion) industrial base in China...

ASE to Run National Renewable Energy Laboratory
US - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced the Alliance for Sustainable Energy (ASE) LLC has been selected as the management and operating contractor for DOE’s National...

British Columbia Increases Clean Tech Innovation Capital
CANADA - The annual tax credits available to investors in early-stage clean technology companies operating in British Columbia have increased from C$5 million to C$7.5 million under...

Missouri Looks at Ethanol Mandate
US - Repealing the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard (MoRFS) would have costly consequences for Missouri drivers, Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA) CEO warns.

Government Presses Ahead with Biofuel Law
US - Legislation has been introduced into the US Congress that will require 80 per cent of vehicles to tun on ethanol, methanol or biodiesel as well a petrol.

Gov't To Build Jathropa Seed Centers, Refinery
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) will start the first phase of the construction of seed collection centres, crude jathropha...