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0Study: Automaker-backed study sounds the alarm against E15 1337371260
Another day, another opinion on the feasibility of E15. This time, a group called the Coordinating Research Council released a study saying that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to push for allowing gas with a 15-percent ethanol blend (aka E15) to be sold to the general public ...
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Official: Energy secretary says more alt-fuel options are better than gas-price drop 1330783980
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the federal government will continue to emphasize finding alternative forms of transportation energy sources over merely trying to find ways to cut gas prices, Politico is reporting, citing Chu's comments at a Washington, D.C., House appropriations hearing ...
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Report: Oil companies pay $6.8 million in fines for not using cellulosic biofuels that don't exist 1327105920
Oil companies will pay $6.8 million in fines for not meeting federal quotas for blending in cellulosic biofuels – those produced from grasses, wood and plants – even though there weren't enough of those biofuels available for use, the New York Times reported. Those fines are likely to ...
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Official: EPA boosts production goal for advanced, cellulosic biofuels by more than a third 1325193960
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) boosted its 2012 goals for production of non-corn-based biofuels by about 36 percent, reflecting the federal government's efforts to both cut its dependency on foreign oil and find alternatives to corn- and alcohol-based fuels. The EPA boosted its ...
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Study: Biofuels market value to double to $185.3 billion in ten years 1318852800
Will there be enough feedstock to support a massive biofuel boom? It sure seems possible, 'cause Pike Research predicts that the value of the biofuels industry could double in the next ten years, depending on the emergence of advanced feedstocks. Motivated, mainly, by concerns about energy ...
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USDA, DOE and U.S. Navy seek input to commercialize advanced drop-in biofuels 1315400640
Advanced, drop-in biofuels seem to be all the rage. Perhaps that's why the United States Departments of Agriculture and Energy, along with the U.S. Navy, have announced the next step in creating a public-private partnership to develop and commercialize them. On August 30, the Secretaries of the ...
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Worldwide production of biofuels up 17% in 2010 1314903180
Global production of biofuels soared to an all-time high of 105 billion liters (28 billion gallons U.S.) in 2010, according to research conducted by Worldwatch Institute for the website Vital Signs Online. That output represents a 17-percent increase in compared to the estimated 90 billion liters ...
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Petrobras to invest $400M in advanced biofuel research, development 1308232740
Brazilian energy company Petrobras has set aside nearly $400 million for research and development related to advanced biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol and aviation fuels. According to Petrobras Biocombustível's head of technology management, João Norberto Noschang Neto, the ...
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards $1.5M for human waste-to-biodiesel project 1307724720
Converting human waste into useable fuel is not a breakthrough idea. In fact, it's been done for years. However, here's a new twist: in the capital city of Ghana, Accra, Colombia University professor Kartik Chandran will make biodiesel and methane from human waste using his self-developed ... -
USDA establishes 50,000-acre project area for Biomass Crop Assistance Program 1305291840
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary, Tom Vilsack, has announced the establishment of a 50,000-acre project area under the USDA's Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). The project's aim is to promote the production of dedicated feedstocks for bioenergy and to spur the development ...

