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  • US Governmetn offers small grants to biofuel firms

    The US government started asking for grant applications as part of its Clean Cities programme . This includes biofuel from biomass. Also the US department of Agriculture is offering grants to help turn forest waste into energy. Worth checking out.
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-09-2008

  • Corn estimates down in the US

    The US Department of Agrculture has lowered its estimates of the volume of corn and soy that will be harvested this year. So 2008 will only be the second largest crop in history. It might have been higher if the weather had been better. That story's in the Des Moines Register . You should subscribe...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-06-2008

  • Enterprise-rent-a-car appoints Sayre as academic biofuel director

    Enterprise-rent-a-car appoints Dr Richard Sayre as academic biofuel director at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The position was created by the family which owns Enterprise (and also Alamo and National Car rental brands) with a $25m donation to the Danforth Plant Science...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2008

  • Corn stover research gets started

    Just how much corn stover can you remove from fields without destroying the soil structure or significantly reducing the amount of organic material in the soil? With luck this collaboration by Monsanto, John Deere and ADM will answer that question and develop a series of rules that could help to make...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008

  • Switching to switchgrass isn't easy

    Switching to switchgrass isn't going to be easy, according to this useful piece from redorbit. Worth reading.
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
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