Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'State'
NW Biodiesel Network Forum in May
I've just come across the NW Biodiesel Network. It will be holding a forum in Seattle on May 20. The East Side Chapter has meetings at the North Bend Railroad Depot every second Wednesday. (Which looks a lot better than...
Michigan state in big cellulosic ethanol drive
The Michigan Messenger has a story about converting 375,000 chords of timber into 40m gal ethanol for biofuel. I think that this may be the start of a concerted campaign by environmental groups to stop or modify the plan. I...
Fungus joins biofuel armoury
There's some excitement about a newly discovered fungus that makes chemicals similar to biofuels from cellulose. (Thanks David). It looks legit, because a couple of my colleagues sent me this link (thanks Clay and Doris). This isn't the first time...
Now Silkweed is a potential biofuel
Silkweed is a potential biofuel, according to a website connected to a local TV station in Vermont. Silkweed is good for butterflies. It will be planted by Innovation Fuels, which it will turn into biodiesel. ...
Miscanthus research in Iowa
The Iowa State University is looking hard at Miscanthus as a potential biofuel feedstock, says the Des Moines Register. Miscanthus, on the other hand, holds the potential to make up to 2times as much ethanol per ton as corn. A...
Catalyst break through for biofuels
The Ames Laboratory (at the US Department of Energy) and Iowa State University recently published a press release claiming that it should be possible to produce ethanol from all types of carbon-based biomass. This is reported on Senter Novem. The...
Self-digesting sweet potatos
North Carolina State Unviersity is developing a self digesting sweet potato, according to Biopact. I guess timing the harvest right is going to be critical if that technology ever takes off....
What to do with leftovers
With Thanksgiving just behind us in the US and Chrismass on the horizon, now could be a good time to think about what to do with the excess food we're going to try to consume in the richer parts of...
Bacteria can generate hydrogen
I've been a bit sceptical of hydrogen as a fuel of the future, mostly because with traditional hydrogen technology, you have to keep making the stuff from water and that usually needs a fair amount of electricity. So by the...
Comparative econonmics of first and second generation biofuels
A study in the comparative economics of first and second generation biofuels has been published in Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, a Society of Chemical Industry journal. The key finding in the paper from Mark Wright and Robert Brown, of the...
Conoco-Phillips funds coal to ethanol technology
Conoco-Phillips is helping fund University research into converting coal into ethanol, according to two posts conveniently pulled together on Doug Williams' blog No 1203: Biofuels, ethanol, biodiesel, clean energy. Green car Congress talks about DOE and Conoco-Phillips Funding Research on...
Feed Subscription
If you use an RSS reader, you can subscribe to a feed of all future entries tagged 'State'. [What is this?]
Click here to get your own player.