Kreido Biofuels Gets Go-Ahead on Plant
CALIFORNIA, US - Kreido Biofuels, Inc. today announced that the company has obtained all of the permits and regulatory approvals necessary to commence groundbreaking and site...

Farm Bill May Trigger Advanced Biofuels Production
US - The Farm Bill agreement announced by U.S. House and Senate negotiators will encourage biofuel producers to move more rapidly to commercialize advanced biofuels and help farmers...

USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development to Lead CUTC
US - The National Corn Growers Association announced today that Thomas Dorr, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development, will give a keynote address at the...

Report: Biofuels, Other Alternative Fuels and New Vehicles
US - This is a summary of a report that presents an outlook for alternative motor fuels and new vehicles.

Collaboration Advances Energy Research
TEXAS & AMES - The first year of ConocoPhillips’ eight-year, $22.5 million research program at Iowa State University (ISU) has supported 26 research projects and helped establish new...

HCM City Looks for New Kinds of Energy
HCM CITY - Ho Chi Minh City is attempting to expedite its R&D projects on alternate and novel means of energy. The city anticipates the marketing of ethanol-based gasoline December...

GM and Mascoma: Biofuels Relationship
US - General Motors Corp. and Mascoma Corp. today announced a strategic relationship to develop cellulosic ethanol focused on Mascoma's single-step biochemical conversion of non-grain...

Cellulosic Biofuels Collaboration Announced
ST. LOUIS - Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. today announced a collaborative agreement to enhance the development of Mendel's BioEnergy Seeds & Feedstocks...

MoU Between PSE and Farm Power
US - Puget Sound Energy today announced the company has reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Farm Power Northwest, LLC, of Skagit County to develop a dairy digester facility...

Farmer Excitement Building Around Soybean Economic and Yield Opportunities
ST. LOUIS - The enthusiasm around soybeans has increased substantially as the 2008 planting season approaches. Higher commodity prices are driving increased soybean acres, and soybean...

Wärtsilä Makes Use of Jatropha Oil
HELSINKI - Wärtsilä has secured an order for an engine-driven combined heat and power (CHP) plant that will run on the liquid biofuel, which is extracted from the seeds of the jatropha...

Cellulosic Ethanol Predicted to Outdo Corn Within Next Decade
CALIFORNIA - Michael Kanellos (CNet News) writes that it will take over ten years for cellulosic ethanol to catch up with corn ethanol, as told to him by Joel Cherry, senior director...

Durban Project Aiming for Fuel from Algae
DURBAN - According to IOL, the city of Durban is aiding in the development of a new liquid fuel technology involving the harvest of tint plants and nutrients from local sewage.

New Holland Farmers Given Their Choice of Biodiesel
UK - As ‘Biofuels Day’ approaches on 15th April, a date when, by law, all fuel companies in the UK will have to replace 2.5 per cent of their annual fossil fuel sales with biofuels,...

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...