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03.25.09
US Senators Confront EPA About RFS
US senators are asking EPA not to propose regulations assuming that greater US b...
03.25.09
Argentina May Move Up Biodiesel Mandate
The Argentine Government may move the introduction of the biodiesel mandate to 2...
03.23.09
Manitoba Canada Licenses First Biodiesel Plant
In Canada, Manitoba has licensed its first biodiesel plant, Greenway Biodiesel, ...
03.20.09
Argentina Does Not Plan to Lift Soy Export Tax
Argentina does not plan on lifting the soy export tax and will instead funnel 30...
03.17.09
US EPA Proposes Emissions Reporting
US EPA has proposed a comprehensive national GHG emissions reporting system that...
03.16.09
Obama Discusses Energy With Brazilian President
President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had the...
03.13.09
EU Imposes Provisional Duties on US Biodiesel
EU has announced provisional anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of ...
03.12.09
UK Desalination Plant to Be Powered By Biodiesel
The UK’s first large-scale desalination plant is due to open in 2010 at Beckton,...
03.11.09
El Salvador Plans Biodiesel Research
El Salvador plans to begin a feasibility study to produce biodiesel for the loca...
03.09.09
Malaysian Palm Oil Sales Increase
Malaysian palm oil sales to China in January-February totaled over 530k mt, up 4...
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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