Fuel Cell Hype and Hopes

February 24th, 2010

Original post by pfairley

Buying a Car Without the Engine (or the fuel)

February 16th, 2010

Original post by pfairley

AeroFarms Raises $500,000 in Seed Funding (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

February 8th, 2010

ITHACA, N.Y.—-Aero Farm Systems LLC , a provider of aeroponic technology and solutions, announced today that it has secured $500,000 in seed financing. The round was led by The Quercus Trust of Newport Beach, CA, with co-investor 21Ventures LLC, a New York-based venture capital firm.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

University of Nebraska Steps up Algae Research (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)

February 8th, 2010

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is expanding its research into algae as a biofuels feedstock, according to Media Newswire.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Verdezyne Produces Adipic Acid Biologically (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

February 8th, 2010

CARLSBAD, Calif.—-Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held synthetic biology company developing processes for renewable chemicals and fuels, today announced they are developing a new fermentation process for the production of adipic acid.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Skyonic Corporation Awarded Grant from the National Energy Technology Laboratory for Capitol-SkyMine Project (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

February 8th, 2010

Today, Skyonic Corporation, an Austin-based carbon-capture technology company, announced it has been selected to receive $3 million in stimulus funding under the competitive “Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO2 Use” grant administered by the Department of Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL).

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Next Generation Bio-Fuels Produce Excellent Power in Axial Vector Family of Engines (Marketwire)

February 8th, 2010

DUBAI, UAE–(Marketwire - February 8, 2010) - Axial Vector Energy Corporation (”AVEC″) ( PINKSHEETS : AXVC ) ( FRANKFURT : BAE1 ) confirmed today its family of marine/aviation/heavy industry engines are capable of producing excellent power cycles using next generation bio-fuels, in addition to today’s bio-fuels, such as palm oil and corn ethanol, as well as other cropped-based fuels.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Report: Biofuels As An Economic And Environmental ‘Salve’ For Euro Airlines (The Aero-News Network)

February 8th, 2010

Finds “Strong Financial Incentives” For Use Of Alternative Fuel EQ2 released a report Thursday examining the development of sustainable, carbon-neutral biofuels for aircraft, and a critical study of the economic and climate impacts of the aviation industry as it moves towards the large-scale adoption of biofuels.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

2009 was trying year for biofuels (Iowa Farmer)

February 8th, 2010

DES MOINES — Iowa’s ethanol and biodiesel producers would rather forget 2009, but they say 2010 looks like a better year, and they stress the biofuels industry continues to boost Iowa’s economy.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Demand & supply pressures (Business Standard India)

February 7th, 2010

The demand-supply imbalance in food articles provides an opportunity to invest in companies operating in the agriculture value chain.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Anger fuels rush of candidates (Daytona Beach News-Journal)

February 7th, 2010

Voters are angry. And the most audacious among them are deciding they can help fix the country.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Rancher, musician vie for ag commissioner (The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)

February 6th, 2010

Who will be the next statewide advocate for consumers and producers in Texas? Two Democrats and an incumbent Republican would each like voters to believe they are the right man to be the Texas Commissioner of Agriculture.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Obama pushes for biofuels, clean coal policy (North Queensland Register)

February 5th, 2010

President Obama has pledged to move forward with a clean energy agenda that includes a major initiative on clean coal and a pledge to double US biofuels production – from a variety of feedstocks – by 2022.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Poet CEO Predicts Biofuels Could Replace Gasoline (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)

February 5th, 2010

Poet CEO Jeff Broin told attendees at the 2010 RETECH Renewable Energy Conference in Washington, D.C. that with expected increases in corn yields and cellulosic ethanol commercialization, biofuels could replace gasoline, according to Hoosier Ag Today in Clermont, Ind.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Energy production: Biofuels mandate (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

February 4th, 2010

The Obama adminstration has called for more biofuels, but is industry ready? From land available to grow the crops needed to environmental concerns to production and delivery worries, issues abound.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Bob Dinneen: New Biofuels Strategy and EPA Policy: Promote Clean Energy & Green Jobs (The Huffington Post)

February 4th, 2010

With two important policy announcements, the Obama Administration is putting the nation on track to increase its production and use of clean-burning, American-made biofuels.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

BIO Welcomes Obama Proposal To Achieve Advanced Biofuels Targets, Final Rules On Renewable Fuel Standard (Medical News Today)

February 4th, 2010

The Obama administration’s new biofuels initiative is a much-needed step in federal coordination that can help pioneer companies secure the investment needed to build large-scale advanced biofuels production facilities. Rapid implementation of final Renewable Fuel Standard rules will create the market space for advanced biofuels; but more work is needed to accommodate further innovation and …

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

New Biofuels Regs Could Still Face Fight From Capitol Hill (New York Times)

February 4th, 2010

New Obama administration biofuels regulations would give ethanol a larger share of the U.S. renewable fuels mix, but not enou…

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

EPA biofuels guidelines could spur production of ethanol from corn (Washington Post)

February 3rd, 2010

The nation’s farmers got a big boost Wednesday when the Obama administration issued new biofuels guidelines that could open the way for large increases in the production of corn-based ethanol.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Bio-diesel plant receives $1 million in funding (Hancock County Journal-Pilot)

February 3rd, 2010

LaHarpe-NRG, LLC, received just over $1 million in grants for a new soybean crush and bio-refinery facility.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

WSJ Calls China’s Electric Bicycle Craze a Killer

February 2nd, 2010

Original post by pfairley

WSJ Calls China’s Electric Bicycle Craze a Killer

February 2nd, 2010

Original post by pfairley

Will Bio Fuels Power Martian Colonies Instead Of Solar? (Universe Today)

February 2nd, 2010

If I told you that your great, great, great grandkids would be building houses on that crimson world known as Mars, what would be the first thought to enter your head? Rovers? Check! A comfy Martian house? Check! Power cutting rock tools? (for us guys) Double check! A bio fuel gas tank? Che–huh?! You’re probably wondering “what […]

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for biofuels

Champions Biotechnology inks agreement (The Daily Record)

January 27th, 2010

Champions Biotechnology Inc., of Baltimore, a cancer drug development company, said it signed an exclusive licensing agreement with an Israeli company, Ramot at Tel Aviv University Ltd. Champions obtained worldwide rights to a new cancer drug, dubbed TAR-1, and is responsible for its further development. Ramot will receive an upfront payment and will be eligible to […]

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for green jobs

Obama call for spending freeze in State of the Union address (Brisbane Times)

January 27th, 2010

US President Barack Obama has declared in his State of the Union address that the worst of the economic storm has passed but a trail of devastation has been left behind.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for green jobs