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Biodiesel and ethanol production reaches 10.7 million tons in Europe

The EU is getting serious about biofuels. The production of ethanol and biodiesel, an estimated 10.7 million tons for 2007, is up a 60 percent from 2006, when 6.5 million tons were produced, according to USDA data. In the case of biodiesel, production tops 8.1 million tons, 57 percent more than last year. Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom produce 80 percent of this quantity whereas imports top 430,000 tons, 560 percent more than last year. For ethanol, production is expected to reach 2.3 million tons, 71.4 percent more than in 2005 ... Read more →

Better biofuels with super-microbes Bruno Vanzieleghem

While some research at MIT focuses on improving the amount of fossil fuel that can be extracted from an oil well, others are trying to improve the efficiency of biofuel production. To make biofuels ...

Biodiesel and ethanol production reaches 10.7 million tons in Europe 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The EU is getting serious about biofuels. The production of ethanol and biodiesel, an estimated 10.7 million tons for 2007, is up a 60 percent from 2006, when 6.5 million tons were produced, according to USDA data. In the case of biodiesel, production tops 8.1 million tons, 57 percent more than ...

Better biofuels with super-microbes 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While some research at MIT focuses on improving the amount of fossil fuel that can be extracted from an oil well, others are trying to improve the efficiency of biofuel production. To make biofuels more economically viable, a group of researchers led by MIT’s Gregory Stephanopoulos is trying ...


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