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06.24.09
USDA Approves Biodiesel Loan Through Farm Bill
USDA Rural Development has approved a $25 million guaranteed loan through the Bi...
06.24.09
US and Chile Cooperate on Clean Energy
US DOE and the Chilean National Energy Commission signed a memorandum of coopera...
06.18.09
Cargil Sues Biodiesel Company for Contract Breach
Cargill is suing Memphis Biofuels for breach of contract to collect on debt. Me...
06.10.09
Biodiesel Plant Proposed For Indian Railway
In India, a 26k gal/day biodiesel plant is being proposed at the Southern Railwa...
06.10.09
Colombia to Mandate Flex-Fuel Vehicles
The Colombian government has ruled that beginning in 2012 all new vehicles must ...
06.10.09
On Tuesday, the US EPA held a hearing on its proposed Renewable Fuels Standard i...
06.08.09
Israel to Provide Tax Breaks for Biodiesel
Israel will provide tax breaks to companies using renewable energy, and also red...
06.08.09
US Democrats Call For Biofuels Support In Climate Change Bill
US Democrats from farm states are threatening to withhold support for the US cli...
06.05.09
Ecofasa Develops Waste to Biodiesel Process
Spain-based Ecofasa has stated that they developed a process to convert municipa...
06.05.09
Prio Expands Biodiesel Production
Portugal-based biodiesel company Prio is expanding production to export to Spain...
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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