News
 Turkish Press | Household rubbish to be used to make 'chap and green' bio-fuel to ... Daily Mail, UK - General Motors, which owns Britain's Vauxhall as well as Sweden's Saab, is backing a new system to create the bio-fuel from garbage - instead of having to ... GM to make biofuel out of garbage Making biofuel out of garbage ! GM and Renewable Energy Company Coskata Partner on Biofuel Research |
Govt may announce biofuel policy in Feb Economic Times, India - NEW DELHI: The government may announce a modified biofuel policy next month. A group of ministers (GoM), headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, ... Centre may announce bio-fuel policy in Feb |
Crude prices dip to 19-month low Hindu Business Line, India - They, in particular, found bio-fuel to meet their energy demands. While the European nations produced bio-fuels from rapeseed and to an extent soyabean oil, ... |
Reuters Summit-Biofuel impact on farm prices overplayed Guardian Unlimited, UK - "Closing your eyes and blaming the current high prices to biofuels is just too simplistic," he told the Reuters Global Agriculture and Biofuel Summit. ... Reuters Summit-OECD wary on biofuel policies |
 FinFacts Ireland | Royal society tells Government to wake up over biofuels Farmers Guardian, UK - By William Surman BIOFUELS will deliver a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from transport but only if the Government gets its act together, ... EU to call for strict sustainability rules on biofuels Biofuels may not deliver CO2 cuts, scientists warn |
EU rethink on biofuel policy Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - The European Union has admitted changes are needed to its biofuel policy because it failed to foresee the adverse effects it might have on the environment. ... |
 Javno.hr | EU Reconsidering Biofuel Targets BusinessWeek - by Lucia Kubosova The European Commission is re-thinking draft rules on reaching the EU's target to boost biofuels amid strong criticism by green campaign ... EU reviews biofuel target as environmental doubts grow EU rethink over 'damaging biofuels' warning EU announces downward adjustment of biofuel targets |
Green fuel tests to begin - Virgin first out of the blocks Cheapflights.com, MA - Virgin's statement did not say from what source the bio-fuels will be derived, nor did it say if the green fuel would be mixed with traditional ... |
Bio-fuels and Glorietta Manila Standard Today, Philippines - When you convert into bio-fuel, you add fertilizer, and then harvest the plants. There is not real energy gained in bio-fuels." Bio-fuels include ... |
 Council on Foreign Relations | Making the US 'energy independent' is ludicrous Newsday, NY - A big push for alternative fuels will break our oil addiction. The new energy bill requires that the country produce 36 billion gallons of bio-fuels per ... Candidates Face Gas Pump Pinch |
Videos
Super Yeast - Partners Video Magazine
Purdue has modified a yeast that breaks down sugars of straw and corn waste for more cost-effective ethanol production. Super Yeast is a segment from Partners Video Magazine's latest episode, Fueling America. To view the entire episode visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/partners/partners.html
Author: usdacsrees
Keywords: USDA CSREES Partners Video Magazine biofuels biotechnology Purdue University research corn ethanol
Added: January 3, 2008
Fats to Fuels
A Small Business Innovation Research grant results in technology that efficiently recycles industrial fats into useful biodiesel. Fats to Fuels is a segment from Partners Video Magazine's latest episode, Fueling America. To view the entire episode visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/partners/partners.html
Author: usdacsrees
Keywords: USDA CSREES Partners Video Magazine biofuels biotechnology biodiesel research recycle
Added: January 3, 2008
Power of Green - Partners Video Magazine
UC-Berkeley is unlocking the chemical power of green algae for clean hydrogen fuel that eliminates air-polluting fossil fuels in its production. Power of Green is a segment from Partners Video Magazine's latest episode, Fueling America. To view the entire episode visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/partners/partners.html
Author: usdacsrees
Keywords: USDA Partners Video Magazine biofuels biotechnology University of California Berkeley air pollution hydrogen fuel
Added: January 3, 2008
Switchgrass Science - Partners Video Magazine
At the University of Tennessee, switchgrass is all the buzz - a plant that's farmer & environment-friendly, and a cheap alternative to high-priced corn for making ethanol. Switchgrass Science is a segment from Partners Video Magazine's latest episode, Fueling America. To view the entire episode visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/partners/partners.html
Author: usdacsrees
Keywords: USDA CSREES Partners Video Magazine biofuels biotechnology University of Tennessee switchgrass environment
Added: January 3, 2008
Danny the Digester
Biomass biofuels video for kids
Author: sacronk
Keywords: bio fuel mass
Added: January 3, 2008
Biocombustíveis: Tecnologia e Mercado - Prévia
Prévia do vídeo treinamento: Biocombustíveis: Tecnologia e Mercado
Author: PlanckEtv
Keywords: biofuels biocombustíveis energia limpa cana de açucar biodiesel álcool metanol etanol bioinsumos bio
Added: January 4, 2008
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(source Google Blogsearch)In my first Eco 1 lecture, I raise the issue of biofuels as the best modern example of the Economic Problem (unlimited wants: in this case food and energy, vs. scarce resources: top-soil). The original paper I typically use is this ...
Ferrari 430 Spider Bio Fuel Concept in Detroit
The development of an engine powered by the biofuel E85 comes as part of a research and development program announced during the Technological Innovation Conference held at Maranello last June as part of our 60th Anniversary ...
'08 NAIAS: Ferrari's F430 BioFuel Spider
Outside of the large "BIOFUEL" stickers plastered every which way on the car, the "green" (actually, it's taupe) F430 Spider looks remarkably stock. The only changes lie with a host of powertrain calibrations and (slight) modifications, ...
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Coskata CEO Bill Roe on cellulosic ethanol ...
Again, I think the way the think of this is: General Motors, very clearly expects to win in alternative fuel space but they know that somebody has to produce bio-fuels. Somebody has to transport and distribute. Somebody has to retail, ...
The EU is going to rethink its biofuel policy
After admitting that no one thought about the environmental or the economic implications of turning specific cropsinto biofuels, the EU has decided to think again about the use of those fuels. The EU's target for biofuels was 10 percent ...
Royal Society Call for Coherent Policy on Biofuel Sustainability
It confirmed a target of 10 percent biofuels; and, proposed that the fuels must be sustainable, not just renewable. More recently, a Royal Society report called for more research and coherent policy to realize potential "Sustainability ...
Mad on Biofuels
It's not hard to understand why western politicians are mad keen on biofuels. Biofuels, which derive from food crops like corn, sugar cane and palm oil, seem like a silver bullet for several intractable problems. ...
Bio-fuels, Food, and Politics
I have not heard the presidential candidates say much about energy, climate change, and the effects on the human food supply by increasing use of biofuels. It's an important topic, since both humans and livestock need corn and grains to ...
BELGIUM: EU legislation could include ban on certain biofuels
Ahead of the publication of draft legislation on biofuels next week European environmental groups have written to the EU Energy Commissioner calling for tougher standards for biofuel production. Otherwise mandatory biofuel targets ...
First cellulosic biomethane station to be opened in Austria
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Natural Gas. Salzburg AG, an Austrian energy company, is opening next month in Eugendorf its first cellulosic biomethane gas station, although the blend on sale will be 80 percent of regular natural ...
EU and Defra figures agree: we were too hasty on biofuel tar
Excellent article by Greenpeace which focuses on how hasty decisions often backfire - Especially when "biofuels" become the "in thing"!Posted by Wayne @ www.aninconvenientblog.co.uk.
Political Climate: POLITICS: Europe's Biofuel Rethink
Not content with leading the way on carbon trading and greenhouse gas reductions, the European Union announced a plan this week to ban the import of a broad swathe of biofuels that scientists say may do more harm than good. ...
Royal Society Sustainable Biofuels Report January 2008
Royal Society report on sustainable biofuels has been released. You can read a PDF of the report here Royal Society Sustainable Biofuels Report January 2008.
Hello Global Marketplace
The time Rachel and I delivered a load of fuel and had the brakes fail on the tank truck. That was janky. I believe the term "Janky but True" was coined right before the grand opening of Industrial in the fall of 2006. ...
Biofuel Now Can be Made from Algae
Through it's "Rivera" process, United States Sustainable Energy has found a way to create biofuels that eliminate all previous drawbacks. Among these is it's ability to create a universally usable biocrude from cheap and plentiful plant ...
