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Original Technorati articles tagged “biofuel”
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in TechnologyThe Scale of Biofuels

How efficient is biofuel?by JV999 / on Feb 6, 2012 -
in GreenWhat Does Carbon Neutral Mean?

The utilization of biofuels towards carbon neutrality.by caroline1234 / on Sep 21, 2011 -
in GreenBiodiesel Crops Ready To Take Off

Michigan airports have started to grow their own.by apasolini / on Jun 29, 2011
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “biofuel”
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South Africa to release biofuel incentive scheme proposal before July
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In South Africa, the Department of Mineral Resources and the Treasury are at last moving forward on the implementation of the country’s E2 and B5 blends which should be implemented sometime this year while a proposal for a proposed incentive scheme should be on the table by the end of June.3 days ago -
ExxonMobil’s Excellent Algae Biofuel Adventure…Or Not
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Not that ExxonMobil is going all soft on us, but the company once notorious for promoting bad information about the state of climate science has been quietly researching algae biofuel in partnership with California-based Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI) for the past four years, and it just announced a new co-funding ...3 days ago -
Airtel, Tech Mahindra seek technological help from startups
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A number of large companies are turning to emerging ventures for innovative technologies to boost their prospects in a competitive marketplace. They are forging partnerships or buying products and services from smaller firms that helps them cut costs, enter new … Continue reading →1 week ago -
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ship GHGs, Solar Panel Duties, McCarthy Vote Scrapped
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Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. Republicans boycotted a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Gina McCarthy’s nomination for EPA administrator, leaving Democrats unable to get a quorum ...2 weeks ago -
New advance in biofuel production: Researchers develop enzyme-free ionic liquid pre-treatment
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Advanced biofuels – liquid fuels synthesized from the sugars in cellulosic biomass – offer a clean, green and renewable alternative to gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. Bringing the costs of producing these advanced biofuels down to competitive levels with petrofuels, however, is a major challenge. Researchers at ...2 weeks ago -
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Prop.65 Reforms, ISO 14001 Revision, LEED-CI
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Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes seven items. Governor Jerry Brown (pictured) has proposed reforms to California’s Proposition 65 chemical disclosure law, saying it has been “abused by unscrupulous lawyers.” The ...2 weeks ago -
AkzoNobel Paint to Use Renewable Oils
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AkzoNobel, a major paints and specialty chemicals producer, and renewable oil and bioproducts company Solazyme today announced an agreement to develop renewable oils from algae. Tailored oils can enhance or replace petroleum-derived chemicals, and improve upon the performance of plant oils and animal fats, the ...2 weeks ago -
San Francisco: Issue an Impact-Rated Muni Bond in Energy Efficiency
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In light of San Franciscos Board of Supervisors resolution to divest from fossil fuels, students of Presidio Graduate School call for its issuance of the nations first impact-rated municipal bond for energy efficiency. The post San Francisco: Issue an Impact-Rated Muni Bond in Energy Efficiency appeared first on ...2 weeks ago -
Contract Wins: Rolls-Royce, Dow, Fluor, Virent
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Rolls-Royce has signed a repeat order for a ship developed specifically for transporting live fish. This will be the second vessel of this type for ship owner Sølvtrans AS, the world’s largest transporter of live fish. The first ship is due for delivery in June and the latest contract also includes options to build ...2 weeks ago -
Green Fleet Roundup: BYD, GE, Virgin, SkyNRG, Alcoa
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BYD will begin making electric buses (pictured) at large-scale batteries at two manufacturing facilities in Lancaster, Calif., the company says. These mark the first manufacturing facilities in the US for BYD Motors, a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of the Chinese firm BYD (short for Build Your Dreams) Company. Last ...2 weeks ago -
Air Force Biofuel Program Gets A Lift From Coke
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Now here’s an odd pairing for you: none other than the Coca-Cola company is a strategic partner behind a Wisconsin biofuel company called Virent, which has just announced that the Air Force will be testing one of the first batches of jet biofuel from its newly operative demonstration facility in Madison. This ...2 weeks ago -
Free market energy policies can end economic malaise
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By Craig Rucker Non-comprehensive, none-of-the-below, Washington-dictated energy policies guarantee decline. “We can’t have an energy strategy that traps us in the past,” President Obama proclaimed in March 2012. “We need an energy strategy for the future – an all-of-the-above strategy for the ...2 weeks ago -
Superpower “Laxative Nut” Jatropha Tree Could Solve Egypt’s Fuel Crisis
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In Egypt, people often have to line up for hours to fill their cars and trucks with diesel fuel – particularly during summer months when it comes at a premium . Concerned to ease these shortages, as well as pollution and climate change , Egyptian agricultural engineer Wadad Khaireddine is pushing to grow a ...2 weeks ago -
Natural Gas as an Alternative Energy Feedstock Redux
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As the global reserves of shale gas and shale oil continue their upward revisions, the economics of other energy sources continue to change. Emerson’s Douglas Morris , a member of the mining and power industry group, looks at the changing biofuel economics. About a year ago, one of my posts, Is Natural Gas ...2 weeks ago -
Energy and Environment News Roundup – 5.2.13
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A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world. EMISSIONS UN envoys consider 2050 carbon target in climate talks (via Bloomberg) Was efficiency responsible for 75% of CO2 reductions in 2012? (via Greentech Media) GREEN BUSINESS Green building ...3 weeks ago -
U.S. Government Backs New Way to Make Diesel from Biomass
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The U.S. Energy Department is investing up to $4.3 million in a pilot biomass project that will convert the stalks and leaves of corn plants into diesel fuel using a new chemical process. The pilot plant in Indiana will be run by Mercurius Biofuels, whose goal is to convert the corn biomass into fuel at prices ...3 weeks ago -
The Nonsense Of Biofuels: Thoughts From A Nobel Prize Winner
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Prof. Hartmut Michel calls for resources used in biofuel production to be used instead to harvest solar energy with photovoltaic cells.3 weeks ago -
My Star-Advertiser Op-Ed: Big Island Biofuels Project Would Raise Oahus Electric Rates
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Richard Ha writes : My Op-Ed article on the Aina Koa Pono situation, and how it would raise electricity rates for Oahu residents (though the project is on the Big Island), ran in yesterdays Star-Advertiser. Here it is in full: *** The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is considering approvinga contract between ...3 weeks ago -
How To Guarantee Economic Disaster: AKP
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Richard Ha writes : We all admire MarkDunkerley, President and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, and wish Hawaiian Airlinesthe best. From PacificBusiness News : Speaking to a room of movers and shakers fromHawaii’s commercial real estate industry at the NAIOP HawaiiReal Estate Symposium Friday at the HawaiiConvention ...3 weeks ago -
More (smaller) choices in alt fuel cars
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Don’t need a Chevy Tahoe or a Ford F350? You are not alone. And while diesel passenger car registrations are on the rise – the choices for smaller cars compatible with biodiesel and Flex Fuel are not great. The good … Continue reading →3 weeks ago


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