Wind and Solar Power Storage Being Worked on
US - Las Cruces Sun-News poses a questions for scientists - how does one store energy so that it can be used when...

India's National Biofuels Policy to Boost Investment
INDIA - The National Biofuels Policy currently awaits Cabinet approval has set ambitious targets for boosting the prospects of biofuel as an alternative energy source and provide a...

Bionor Converts Cooking Oil to Biodiesel
SPAIN - The demand for new eco-friendly fuels is increasing rapidly, and this is causing a Spanish company, Bionor, to turn used cooking oil, a potentially hazardous waste product,...

Production of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
US - A method of turning the biodiesel byproduct, glycerol, into omega-3 fatty acids has been developed by a team from Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

NCSU Gets Grant for GM Ethanol Trees
US - North Carolina State University is getting a $1 million federal grant to study the feasibility of growing genetically-modified trees to produce ethanol.

Biomass Power Station Coming to Bristol Port
UK - E.ON, one of the country's leading green generators, has today (TUES) announced plans to invest around £300m in a biomass power station at the Port of Bristol.

5,000 Makes the Largest EU Biofuels Event of 2008
UK - This year's Biofuels Expo & Conference promises to bring a busy schedule with new and exciting prospects to the city of Nottingham. The event, held on the 15th and 16th of October,...

Novel Fungus Helps Beetles To Digest Hard Wood
US - A little known fungus tucked away in the gut of Asian longhorned beetles helps the insect munch through the hardest of woods according to a team of entomologists and biochemists....

Diageo's Venture - a Global First
SCOTLAND, UK - Plans for a pioneering bioenergy facility at Scotland’s largest distillery, Cameronbridge in Fife, were announced today (Thursday, August 7th 2008) by Diageo.

Waste: a Cheaper Car Fuel
UK - Imagine if cars ran on household waste, if gas tanks were filled with ethanol made from wood chips. Well, the technology to make it happen is already a reality and companies...

Genomics Of Plant-based Biofuels
US — Genomics is accelerating improvements for converting plant biomass into biofuel—as an alternative to fossil fuel for the nation's transportation needs, reports Eddy Rubin,...

AFBI: Scanning Global, Thinking Local
UK - The Global Research Unit based at AFBI Hillsborough, has produced another set of valuable and timely reports for the Agri-Food industry in Northern Ireland.

$10 Million to Fire-up Bioenergy Feedstock Research
US - The United States Department of Agriculture have announced plans to award 10 grants totaling more than $10 million to accelerate fundamental research in the development of cellulosic...

MSU to Create Genomic Clearinghouse for Biofuel Crops
US - Michigan State University scientists, armed with a half-million-dollar federal grant, are creating an easily accessible, Web-based genomic database of information on crops that...

BP and Verenium Announce Significant Partnership
US - BP and Verenium Corporation, have announced the creation of a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol.