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02.26.08
Australia May Review Biofuel Targets
In Australia, there are calls for mandatory biofuel targets to be reviewed after...
02.26.08
Mexican Company To Launch $12 Billion Ethanol Initiative
Mexican sugar producer Grupo Santos says it is planning a $12 billion ethanol in...
02.26.08
The EU is facing a possible stalemate over implementation of biofuels sustainabi...
02.25.08
Virgin Atlantic Confirms Success Using Biodiesel
Virgin Atlantic confirmed a successful biodiesel demonstration flight from Londo...
02.22.08
Virgin Atlantic To Test Biodiesel
Virgin Atlantic is due to fly the first commercial aircraft using biofuel. Th...
02.22.08
Pakistan To Support Biodiesel Production
Pakistan’s government will allow duty-free import of plant, machinery, equipment...
02.21.08
Ethanol Pipeline May Come To Brazil
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) is forming a joint ven...
02.21.08
US House May Consider Energy Tax Provisions
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to introduce a renewable-energy bill when Co...
02.21.08
US DOE To Launch Biomass Research Project
The US Department of Energy is beginning a three-year $3.2 million research proj...
02.20.08
First US Ethanol Pipeline Being Assessed
Magellan Midstream Partners LP and Buckeye Partners LP are assessing whether to ...
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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