Corn Ethanol: Possible, but Ineffective as Alternative
MINNESOTA - A recently released World Bank study estimates that corn prices “rose by over 60 percent from 2005-2007, large because of the United States ethanol program combined with...

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...

National Biodiesel Board Funds Danforth Center
MISSOURI - It has been announced at a press release that with funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the NBB (National Biodiesel Board) is subsidizing $1.2 million to the...

RFS Waivers Likely to Delay Advanced Biofuels Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Granting Texas’ or other states’ requests for a federal waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) would not reduce food prices but could hinder or delay advanced...

Biofuels: Dependent on Economic and Environmental Factors
US - As economists, farmers, scientists and investors attempt to discern the future of ethanol and other biofuels, new cost-benefit analyses and economic indicators are being developed...

The Possibilties of Producing Environment-Friendly Biofuels
CHICAGO - New technologies can boost production of environment-friendly biofuels without threatening the world's food supplies, industry leaders said at a trade conference on Monday....

AFBF Questions Renewable Fuel Waiver Request
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation has questioned the logic of Texas Governor Rick Perry' request for a partial national waiver of the renewable...

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...

Seaboard Sets Up Biodiesel Plant in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA - A major pork processor announced Wednesday the opening of a biodiesel plant in the Oklahoma Panhandle, writes John David Sutter (NewsOK).

Advanced Biofuels Key to Achieving Renewable Fuel Standard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rapid development of advanced biofuels is the key to reducing reliance on oil and global food prices, and ongoing advances in industrial biotechnology are helping...

Two New Studies Show Benefits of Ethanol
US - Two new studies released today show yet again how corn ethanol production boosts the economy while helping protect the environment, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)...

Dordt College Awarded $138,000 in Grant Funding
IOWA - According to the Sioux City journal, an agricultural research project to be conducted by Dordt College's Agriculture Department, Practical Farmers of Iowa and Marshalltown Community...

Alternatives for Ethanol Other Than Corn
WASHINGTON - According to McClatchy Washington Bureau, the nation's new energy law means that corn is likely to rule the U.S. ethanol industry for years, but soaring food prices and...

Algae Farm Predicted to Produce 4.4 Million Gallons of Experimental Jet Fuel
ARIZONA - Dave Demerjian writes that an Arizona energy company is betting big on algae. PetroSun Biofuels has opened a commercial algae-to-biofuels farm on the Texas Gulf Coast near...

New Model Simulates Ground Water and Surface Water Interactions
US - A new model to simulate ground-water and surface-water interactions has been released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).