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• KLM to fly 747 biofuel demonstration... with passengers

  
  Enviro.aero — Authority: 118
  Following a series of flight tests earlier this year, KLM will be undertaking a demonstration flight on 23 November, flying a Boeing 747-400 with one of its engines being powered by 50% traditional jet fuel and 50% biofuel from camelina . Significantly, this flight will have a special VIP passenger list. Previous ...
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• BIO Pacific Rim Summit: Biofuels from Coal and Sunlight

  
  Advanced Biofuels and Climate Change Information Center — Authority: 415
  On day two of BIO’s Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy, attendees heard some fascinating presentations at the plenary lunch session, appropriately titled “Novel Applications of Industrial Biotechnology.” Phil Hendry from CSIRO in Australia spoke about the opportunities for carbon ...
  9 hours ago

• From Pacific Rim Summit: Specialty Crops, Renewable Feedstocks & Sustainability

  
  Advanced Biofuels and Climate Change Information Center — Authority: 415
  This panel on the second day of the Summit consisted of Richard Gustafson from the University of Washington, Gillian Madill, an independent consultant representing views of the environmental NGO community and John Sheehan, from the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. While Mr. Gustafson and ...
  10 hours ago

• Taking Stock of Algae Biofuels

  
  Wall St. Cheat Sheet — Authority: 625
  Algae could be the most promising candidate yet for the future of the biofuels industry. Although algae-based fuels won’t be commercially available for several years, algae offers several advantages over other first-generation renewable fuels, such as corn and soybeans. For example, algae grows faster, requires ...
  11 hours ago

• Research Sprouts in Richmond – Lane Report

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  Lane ReportResearch Sprouts in RichmondLane ReportThe project also will evaluate the on-farm economics of transitioning from traditional ag production to biofuel feedstock production in Kentucky. ...
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• Engineered organisms. Direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide.

  
  Biotech — Authority: 131
  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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• Vital DNA-protein interaction. “… proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell …”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 131
  Adam Bogdanove, Associate Professor in Plant Pathology from Iowa State University has said:“When we hit on it, we thought, ‘Wow, this is so simple, it’s ridiculous …’”“We might be able to use TAL effectors to activate genes in non-plant cells, possibly even in human stem cells for gene therapy.”“Or ...
  17 hours ago

• Genome sequence. Cassava. “… cassava is used for industrial starch production, and has potential as a biofuel source, there are commercial applications of these breeding tools.”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 131
  Steve Rounsley, Associate Professor in the School of Plant Sciences from the University of Arizona has said:“With the first cassava genome in hand, we can cheaply and quickly sequence other varieties that will give us thousands of little signposts – mile markers if you like – that will help us identify key genes ...
  17 hours ago

• Biofuel from carbon dioxide in air

  
  Politics in the Zeros — Authority: 488
  Click to view full-sized on Joule Joule Biotechnologies announced that it has achieved direct microbial conversion of CO2 into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy. The process uses no fresh water or biomass and no refinement is needed. The sun shines. The microbes produce ...
  17 hours ago

• BIO Pacific Rim Summit: Status of Cellulosic Ethanol Commercialization

  
  Advanced Biofuels and Climate Change Information Center — Authority: 415
  Qteros , ZeaChem and Verenium presented updates on their efforts to bring three unique cellulosic ethanol processes to commercial status. Qteros CTO Kevin Gray described how the company’s Q Microbe™ ( Clostridium phytofermentans ) enables a single step (consolidated bioprocessing) conversion and fermentation ...
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• Green wings to passenger carriers: KLM to test fly Boeing 747 on biofuel

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  The aviation industry has been trying real hard to green in more ways than just one and to be very honest expecting too much from them at such a fast pace is really unfair in times when every industry has been hit hard by the economic meltdown. But things are looking up already with airline carriers realizing that ...
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• Biofuels Digest – Daily Biofuels News – FREE Subscription – the latest on algae, jatropha, cellulosic ethanol and drop-in renewable biofuels

  
  Biofuels Digest Biofuels DIgest — Authority: 617
  Click here to sign up for the free email newsletter, Biofuels Daily News Digest, the world’s most-widely read biofuels daily. Biofuels Digest – Daily Biofuels News – FREE Subscription – the latest on algae, jatropha, cellulosic ethanol and drop-in renewable biofuels is a post from: Biofuels Digest
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• Don’t Throw Biofuels Out With the Bathwater – Seeking Alpha (blog)

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  Insideireland.ieDont Throw Biofuels Out With the BathwaterSeeking Alpha (blog)And, as more of these biofuel production schemes turn away from inputs subject to the vagaries of food market dynamics, the financial volatility facing ...Minister to st...
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• One TechTown entrepreneur’s biodiesel dreams for Detroit – Model D

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  Model DOne TechTown entrepreneurs biodiesel dreams for DetroitModel DBaer tells us at least 150 jobs are on the way, that given more cooperation and nudges from city government, biodiesel production companies will start ...
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• EPA takes next step toward regulating greenhouse gases in U.S.

  
  GreenTech Pastures — Authority: 554
  EPA nmoves closer to greenhouse gas regulations.
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• Pacific Rim Summit — Biobutanol: Overcoming the Barriers

  
  Advanced Biofuels and Climate Change Information Center — Authority: 415
  The biobutanol panel at the 2009 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy had three dynamic speakers from the biobutanol industry: Pat Gruber, CEO of Gevo, Inc. ; Jay Kouba, CEO of Tetravitae Bioscience and Rick Wilson, CEO of Cobalt Technologies . Besides the individual company presentations ...
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• KLM Schedules First Bio-fuel Passenger Test Flight

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 138
  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will take an important sustainable aviation initiative by test flying a passenger flight partly on bio-fuel on 23 rd November. It will become first ever airlines in the world to fly a Boeing 747 on 50% bio-fuel and 50% regular fuel that too with passengers on board. This is a very important ...
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• Minister to stand over decision on biofuels – Irish Times

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  Insideireland.ieMinister to stand over decision on biofuelsIrish TimesThe more modest target is due to doubts over the impact of biofuel production on food prices, on its carbon footprint, and on increased emphasis on the ...Fuel suppliers must include...
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• International Developments in Algae Commercialization

  
  Advanced Biofuels and Climate Change Information Center — Authority: 415
  The Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy hosted a webinar to discuss U.S. and Canadian government efforts to support commercial development of algae for biofuels, chemicals, pharmaceutical and food ingredients, and the long list of applications being considered. Valerie Reed of the U.S. ...
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• Chemistry of the Corn Belt is changing

  
  GreenTech Pastures — Authority: 554
  Some pesticides less concentrated in Corn Belt rivers.
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