Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'energy'
Wes Clark appointment confirmed
The appointment of General Wes Clark as co-chairman GrowthEnergy, has been confirmed by the organisation. I picked up a blog post that said it was likely to happen yesterday. ...
US DOE updates E85 portal page
The US Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicles Data Center has updated its portal for ethanol. With hints on how to succeed with E85 and Business cases for E85 retailers. ...
Taking the long view
There's a piece about algae-based biofuel firm Sapphire Energy on Xeconomy, it's talking about the way that plunging oil prices require alternative fuel start-ups to take a long view. I guess that more realistic valuations of biofuel companies and a...
Growth Energy launches today
A new trade association for the US ethanol industry is scheduled to launch in the next 24 hours. It's called Growth Energy. Thanks to NathanSchock, who's at a National Press Club launch today....
South Africa looks to biodiesel to plug future fuels gaps
South Africa is looking at biodiesel to plug future fuels gaps, according to Engineering News from Creamer Media. According to the report: Dr Titus Mathe, The South African National Energy Research Institute's (Saneri's) programme manager, said that, although the country...
US ethanol replaced about 2.6% of gasoline demand
US this year diverted 24.5% of its corn crop into ethanol production and replaced 2.65% of the total US demand for road transportation fuels -- assuming that the 2007 figures for fuel use will be around the same as 2006,...
Clinton backs push to cellulosic ethanol
Bill Cliniton, sometime US president, has been talking at the National Clean Energy Summit, in Las Vegas, last night. According to earth2tech, in 10 Things the US Government should do for clean power he said: We need to accelerate the...
EU consults on sustainability on using biomass
If you've not contributed to the EU consultation on new and renewable energy then you should. Hat tip to GAVE....
Biofuels drive up food prices: Bodman and Scafer
There's been a definitive piece of work on biofuels and food prices presented to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on 11 June chaired by Jeff Bingaman. Two secretaries of state Samuel W. Bodman (energy) and Edward T....
Just how much forest waste is there?
Thinking about my response to the earlier post in Huffington post about using food crops to make biofuels, I started looking at the amount of fuel that could be generated from existing forest materials such as brush wood. There's a...
Biofuel energy balance and cars
Worth watching this movie and then going to the home page to look at the commetns/ take part. Interesting conversation -- at least at first -- about fuel efficiency. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfcEwEo5yRc...
There's a wave of approval for switchgrass
There's a tide of approval out there for switchgrass as a biofuels source following an article which appeared in Science Now and reported briefly here on the basis that switchgrass is energetically sustainable Typical is James Hudnall in his official...
Is ethanol energetically favourable?
Is ethanol energetically favourable? I don't know, you have an idea and MIT has an answer. Cheers to Biggav for the tipoff...
Energy Crops crunching the numbers
Researchers in Belgium have looked at the energy that can be released from grass and maize by anerobic digestion (that's letting things rot down, to you and me). According to the research published in Environmental Research Web, energetically this way...
Chevron is examining Algae as a fuel source with Governemnt funding
Chevron, the US oil company, and US National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientists will collaborate to identify and develop algae strains that can be economically harvested and processed into finished transportation fuels such as jet fuel. Chevron Technology Ventures, a division...
China has a lot of biomass
China has a lot of biomass, it is estimated that the total amount of biomass resource is up to 5.2x108 tons of oil equivalent (TOE), according to a paper published on research and development in biomass energy in China. The...
The linkages between oil and soy prices
The linkages between oil and soya prices, and, more broadly, the link between food and fuel prices is investigated in this report by Judith Taylor, on ICIS News (Disclosure: I work for ICIS: About ICIS) Quoting from Judith's report for...
Wood processing waste is a biofuel source
Wood processing waste is a biofuel source, accordding to the Energy blog which says Adding a little coal and processing the papermaking industry's black liquor waste into synthesis gas is a better choice than burning it for heat, improves the...
Biofuels may help poor farmers: World Watch
Biofuels may help poor farmers, according to a book out today "Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications for Energy and Agriculture," authored by the Worldwatch Institute and published by Earthscan. The authors say: In addition, growth in biofuels production...
US gasoline might reach $6.40/gal
US gasoline prices might reach $6.40/gal according to Ankle-Biting-Pundits, discussing the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007, which seems has generated some interesting debate (at least initially, it soon wanders off in to the yah-boo which...
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