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Posted in Bioenergy on Jul 4th, 2008
Biofuels based on ethanol, vegetable oil and other renewable sources are increasingly popular with government and environmentalists as a way to reduce fossil fuel dependence and limit greenhouse gas emissions.
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Posted in Bioenergy on Jul 3rd, 2008
Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world’s energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands.
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Posted in Bioenergy on May 2nd, 2008
VAEXJOE, Sweden (AFP) — The southern Swedish town of Vaexjoe is a world leader in environmental protection, with many international delegations visiting the town to see the measures it has implemented.
AFP: Examples of eco-friendly measures in Swedish town of Vaexjoe
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Posted in Bioenergy on May 2nd, 2008
WASHINGTON — The General Motors Corporation announced on Thursday that it was hedging its bets on how best to make ethanol from non-grain sources, and making an investment in a second company with technology that might do that job cost-effectively.
G.M. Invests in Second Ethanol Process - New York Times
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Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
Turning jungle into savanna to grow biofuels is a terrible idea: A new study finds that by using corn for fuel in the U.S., we may increase greenhouse gases for the next 167 years.
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Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
University of Maryland research that started with bacteria from the Chesapeake Bay has led to a process that may be able to convert large volumes of all kinds of plant products, from leftover brewer’s mash to paper trash, into ethanol and other biofuel alternatives to gasoline.
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Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of “green gasoline,” a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees.
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Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
A photosynthetic cyanobacterium with chlorophyll (red) and the cellulose material (blue) it produced. A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin who say the microbe could provide a significant portion of the nation’s transportation fuel if production can be [...]
Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
Biofuels seem to be reaching the headlines on an almost daily basis, with some activist groups touting their benefits as part of a planet-saving strategy for fossil fuel alternatives. Other groups, of course, point out that you don’t get something for nothing and that ravaging ecosystems in order to plant crops for conversion does not [...]
Posted in Bioenergy, Plant Biotechnology on Mar 6th, 2008
Following up on a net-energy study published in the January Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) scientists today reports the on-farm economic costs of producing switchgrass for cellulosic ethanol.
Scientists Determine Farm Costs of Producing Switchgrass for Ethanol | Science Blog
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