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10.24.08
Germany’s government has passed an amendment to its biofuels law which blocks im...
10.23.08
India May Tax Vegetable Oil Imports
India is considering to tax vegetable oil imports to protect the domestic indust...
10.22.08
Hawaii Signs Renewable Energy Plan
Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a plan to create 70% of Hawaii's energy use fro...
10.21.08
Shell Increases Renewable Energy Spending
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has quadrupled spending on renewable energy projec...
10.20.08
Colombia to Have Six Palm Biodiesel Plants by 2009
Colombia will have six palm biodiesel plants by next year and plans to increase ...
10.17.08
Kinder Morgan Tests Biodiesel Pipeline
Kinder Morgan, already testing the shipment of ethanol through its pipeline syst...
10.16.08
Philippine Government Optimistic About Renewable Energy
The Philippine government is optimistic that it could attain 60% energy self-suf...
10.15.08
ASTM Releases New Biodiesel Specifications
ASTM has finalized three new biodiesel quality specifications, including a cold-...
10.14.08
Pacific Ethanol Opens Newest Plant
Pacific Ethanol Inc. launched its newest $150 million ethanol plant at the Port ...
10.13.08
Malaysia Attempting To Induce CPO Demand
Malaysia is set to introduce measures to induce demand for CPO exports after a m...
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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