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08.17.09
Australia Senate to Debate Renewable Energy Bill
Australia’s Senate will debate a bill that proposes the nation obtain 20% of its...
08.17.09
Senators Remain Pressured to Pass Cap-and-Trade Bill
US Senators remain pressured to pass a cap-and-trade bill, but some would like t...
08.14.09
Scientists Claim Shrimp Shells Important for Biodiesel Production
Chinese scientists stated this week that shrimp shells may have an important rol...
08.14.09
Verbio Posts Financial Results
Germany-based Verbio reported a net loss of $23 million for the first half of 20...
08.14.09
Peru Launches Biodiesel Antidumping Investigation
Peru has reportedly begun an antidumping investigation on US biodiesel, with a c...
08.14.09
Soy Energy to Buy Freedom Fuels Assets
Soy Energy has signed an agreement to purchase the 30-million gal/yr bankrupt Fr...
08.12.09
Petrobras Invests in Chile Alternative Fuels
Petrobras has officially launched operations in Chile with the opening of its fi...
08.12.09
BP and Martek Partner on Biodiesel Research
BP and Martek Biosciences Corp of Maryland are forming a partnership to study us...
08.07.09
Biodiesel Producer's Credit Introduced
A rule replacing the $1/gal biodiesel blender’s credit with a five-year producti...
08.06.09
Thai Government Fixes Diesel Price
Diesel prices will be prohibited from rising over 88-cents/litre, according to T...
US DOE Forms Biofuel Research Partnership
04.01.08
ConocoPhillips said it would work with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Iowa State University on research to identify promising cellulosic biomass conversion technologies for biofuel.
The group plans to develop conversion technologies using corn stalks, stems, leaves and other non-food agricultural residues, as well as hardy grasses and fast-growing trees as feedstocks for future transportation fuels.
The processes to be examined by the research group will include gasification, pyrolysis, and fermentation. The collaboration could lead to projects that provide publicly available, peer-reviewed papers and models, according to ConocoPhillips.
The company said each party is providing its own time and resources and the collaboration is expected to produce an initial report by January 2009.
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