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• Researchers Boost Production of Biofuel That Could Replace Gasoline

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 428
  A substance previously used as a solvent may be the key to biofuel production that has been sought so anxiously by researchers for years. This discovery was introduced at a symposium on alternative fuel research at a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, held each year to present new technologies and ...
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• Get all the updates about renewable energy at New Energy Portal

  
  PR Friend Press Releases — Authority: 157
  The vision of New Energy Portal (NEP) is to support development, growth and networking in all areas of green and renewable energy. The goal of NEP is to de-monopolize power generation, to help the people worldwide in finding ways to cover energy demands by individual and affordable renewable energy devices and ...
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• Biomass research. “… technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products.”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 130
  The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy have announced “… projects selected for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA ...
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• How Are Timber Pellets Made Plus The Tools Used?

  
  Go Solar Power For Homes — Authority: 441
  Wood pellets can be constructed from a compilation of wood resources, wood pellets are mainly used for wood fuel pellets, however are also used in other markets. Wood pellets are just a dense form of the original raw material. Compression in a wood pellet mill gives wood pellets a consistent shape, size and density. ...
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• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. plans biomass plant near Marquette

  
  Apostle Islands Navigator — Authority: 453
  MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) A company has announced plans to manufacture biomass energy cubes at a technology park near Marquette.The venture is called renewaFUEL, a subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., which operates two iron ore mines in Marquette County.Company officials said Friday the renewaFUEL plant will ...
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• DOE Official: Algae and Biomass Future of Biofuels

  
  Domestic Fuel — Authority: 596
  Oil from algae and the biomass from the green microbes could be the future for advanced biofuels… that word from a top U.S. Department of Energy official. Biomass Magazine reports that Valerie Reed of the U.S. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy said at the Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial ...
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• DOE Official: Algae and Biomass Future of Biofuels

  
  Tampa Ethanol — Authority: 143
  Oil from algae and the biomass from the green microbes could be the future for advanced biofuels… that word from a top U.S. Department of Energy official. Biomass Magazine reports that Valerie Reed of the U.S. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy said at the Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial ...
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• Government Grants for Biomass: DOE, USDA Dole Out $24M

  
  Earth2Tech — Authority: 654
  The Departments of Agriculture and Energy late yesterday announced they will be doling out a dozen grants — ranging from $1 million to $4 million each — to private sector and university research projects focused on alternative fuels and bio-based products. In total, the departments will give out $24.4 million in ...
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• Government Grants for Biomass: DOE, USDA Dole Out $24M

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  The Departments of Agriculture and Energy late yesterday announced they will be doling out a dozen grants — ranging from $1 million to $4 million each — to private sector and university research projects focused on alternative fuels and bio-based products. In total, the departments will give out $24.4 million in ...
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• Energy Dept., USDA Award $24 Million in Biofuels and Bioenergy Research Grants

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced $24 million in research-and-development grants for biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million, the Energy Department plans to invest up to $4.9 million with the USDA contributing up to $19.5 million. The grant recipients ...
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• Exelus Selected for Up to $1.2M DOE Award to Further Biomass-to-Gasoline Work

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 565
  The basic Exelus BTG process. Source; Exelus. Click to enlarge. The US Department of Energy has selected Exelus, Inc. for an award of up to $1,200,000 to further its development of Biomass-to-Gasoline (BTG) technology—a novel thermochemical process that converts biomass into a clean, high-octane ...
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• DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 565
  The US Departments of Agriculture and Energy selected projects for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA contributing up to $19.5 ...
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• Traverse City utility tables biomass plant land deal

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  Traverse City has dismantled its bayside coal plant, and its publicly owned electricity utility has committed itself to finding environmentally friendly ways of meeting the city’s power needs. But plans to buy land for a future biomass power plant were put on hold this week after citizens raised concerns about ...
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• Seeing the Tree from the Forest: Predicting the Future of Plant Communities

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 428
  Plant communities are extremely important. Not only do humans benefit greatly but animals and their ecosystems depend on the growth and sustenance of plants.  Plant communities like any ecosystem require certain elements in order to grow and prosper. Global warming and other changes in the climate and environment ...
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• UK and US biomass projects now under construction

  
  Electric.co.uk News — Authority: 437
  Xcel Energy’s proposal of converting what was once a coal-powered energy plant into Midwest’s largest 100 per cent woody biomass-driven power generator is now officially approved by the US government. Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission had given the go-signal to Xcel, eight months after its submission of the ...
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• Southern Power Sinking $500M Into Biomass Facility

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 626
  Austin, Texas, will be closer to meeting its goal of 30 percent renewable energy once a biomass facility from Southern Power comes into play.Southern Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, recently acquired a not-yet-constructed biomass facility from American Renewables LLC. The facility is being built in Sacul, ...
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• Aboriginal consultation and renewable energy approvals

  
  Saxe Environmental Law News — Authority: 123
  In order to implement the Green Energy Act, Ontario has recently adopted O. Reg. 359/09, to set up a new regime for accelerated approvals of renewable energy projects  (wind, solar, anaerobic digestion and biomass combustion). One key element of the new  regime is a six month “service guarantee”. This means ...
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• BIomass Digest launches today with 4,500 registered subscribers – focus on power, feed and food from biomass

  
  Biofuels Digest Biofuels DIgest — Authority: 589
  The Biomass Digest "Dashboard" feature appears in the newsletter version of the publication. In Florida, Biomass Digest — a new newsletter and website dedicated to condensing and covering news about power, feed and food from biomass — launches today at BiomassDigest.net . Today’s lead article: Biomass at ...
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• Engineered organisms. Direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide.

  
  Biotech — Authority: 130
  Joule Biotechnologies Inc has reported that it has achieved “… direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy.”More from a Release dated November 9, sourced from Joule Biotechnologies Inc:Joule Reports Breakthrough in Renewable Diesel ...
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• Southern Power starts on 100 MW Texas biomass plant

  
  Cleantech Group - Latest clean technology news — Authority: 563
  New facility is expected to require 1 million tons of fuel a year, with forest residue sourced from a 75-mile radius around the project site.
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