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• BlueFire Ethanol proceeds to Stage Two of DOE Loan guanrantee process.

  
  Biofuels Digest Biofuels DIgest — Authority: 588
  In California, the Department of Energy has determined that BlueFire Ethanol has met the requirements of Part One of the loan guarantee application process , and have invited the company to proceed onto Part Two of the process for financing the company’s commercial cellulosic biofuels plant planned for Lancaster, ...
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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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• Wisconsin Researchers Say Ants May Help Commercialize Cellulosic Ethanol

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 127
  3037931271_56bd27626c.jpg Researchers in Wisconsin think ants may help commercialize cellulosic ethanol.
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• Ceres Awarded $5 Million Grant to Develop Energy Grasses

  
  Domestic Fuel — Authority: 595
  Ceres has been awarded $5 million dollars by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue its advanced trait development project designed to increase the biomass yields of several energy grasses, such as switchgrass, sorghum and miscanthus, by as much as 40 percent. At the same time, the use of inputs such as ...
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• Ceres Awarded $5 Million Grant to Develop Energy Grasses

  
  Tampa Ethanol — Authority: 144
  Ceres has been awarded $5 million dollars by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue its advanced trait development project designed to increase the biomass yields of several energy grasses, such as switchgrass, sorghum and miscanthus, by as much as 40 percent. At the same time, the use of inputs such as ...
  4 days ago

• Getting farmers invested in cellulosic ethanol

  
  Rhapsody in Green — Authority: 109
  One challenge to commercializing cellulosic ethanol that is often overlooked is convincing enough people to grow and/or harvest yourfeedstock of choice.  POET’s work to clear that hurdle will continue thisweek.   POET CEO Jeff Broin this Thursday will be at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s ...
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• Fuel Fighters: The U.S. Military Is a Gasoline Glutton

  
  WSJ.com: Environmental Capital — Authority: 710
  The U.S. military is using more fuel per deployed soldier than ever. And that is as much a problem for the bean counters as it is for the military strategists.
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• Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 565
  Accenture timeline for evolution of electrification technologies, the “game-changing” subset of the disruptive technologies. Source: Accenture. Click to enlarge. Accenture has identified 12 technologies that it concludes have the potential to disrupt the current views of transport fuels supply, demand and ...
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• Ceres $5M ARPA-E Project to Focus on Increasing Biomass Yields of Energy Grasses by Up to 40%

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 565
  Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. plans to expand an advanced trait development project to increase biomass yields of several energy grasses by as much as 40% in coming years, while simultaneously decreasing the use of inputs such as nitrogen fertilizers. The project will be funded in part by a $5 million ARPA-E grant ...
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• Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The pathway that I think is likely to be the winner is enzymatic hydrolysis.”

  
  Biofuels Digest Biofuels DIgest — Authority: 588
  Former Vice President Al Gore : “ The pathway that I think is likely to be the winner is enzymatic hydrolysis , which essentially uses engineered enzymes to break down the cellulose, the lignin, into fermentable compounds that would then yield many more liters per hectare than any of the first-generation ethanol ...
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• INEOS Bio Begins Advanced Waste-to-Ethanol Plant Feasibility Study

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 565
  The INEOS Bio waste-to-ethanol process, originally developed by BRI. Click to enlarge. INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has started a feasibility study for a plant in the UK to convert locally generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon ...
  6 days ago

• Verenium Optimistic Despite Decline in Revenue

  
  Tampa Ethanol — Authority: 144
  Verenium Corporation reports lower revenues so far this year, but lots of accomplishments. According to the cellulosic ethanol company , total revenues for the nine months ended September 30 were $49.3 million compared to $49.9 million last year, with product revenues representing more than 55 percent of total ...
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• Verenium Optimistic Despite Decline in Revenue

  
  Domestic Fuel — Authority: 595
  Verenium Corporation reports lower revenues so far this year, but lots of accomplishments. According to the cellulosic ethanol company , total revenues for the nine months ended September 30 were $49.3 million compared to $49.9 million last year, with product revenues representing more than 55 percent of total ...
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• Put a termite in your tank: The secret to renewable fuel?

  
  Greenbang — Authority: 541
  Termites might be destructive pests — they cause more than $1 billion in damage every year in the US alone — but they could also hold the secret to converting plant material into renewable, sustainable fuel . Researchers at the University of Florida (UF) have been studying how the insects digest wood via a ...
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• Closing down $24 billion biofuels tax credit loophole: a good idea (here’s why)

  
  Biofuels Digest Biofuels DIgest — Authority: 588
  In Washington, the Health Care Bill passed the US House of Representatives and included — as part of a 42-page “manager’s amendment” , a provision striking a biofuel tax credit used by pulp and paper firms that could have been worth up to $24 billion. According to a report in FOX News, “That’s desperately ...
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• KL Energy becomes first advanced biofuels producer to win approval under Biomass Crop Assistance Program

  
  Biofuels Digest Biofuels DIgest — Authority: 588
  In Wyoming, KL Energy announced that its Western Biomass Energy cellulosic ethanol plant , which commenced commercial production in March 2007 in near Upton, has become the first facility in Wyoming to win approval as a Biofuels Crop Assistance Program facility from the Farm Service Agency. According to the Nov 4 ...
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• Cellulosic Biofuels Summit Fast Approaching

  
  Tampa Ethanol — Authority: 144
  Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy The 4th Annual Cellulosic Biofuels Summit will be held in Washington D.C. on November 16-19th. Attendees will represent the feedstock, industrial biotech, biofuel technology, plant developer, finance, and oil and transportation sectors. The ...
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• Biofuels Journal Presentation from POET CEO Jeff Broin

  
  Rhapsody in Green — Authority: 109
  Jeff Broin, CEO of POET, delivered the keynote address at BIOFUELS JOURNALs 2nd annual Commercial Ethanol Technology and Research Workshop . In the speech, he focused on the potential for the ethanol industry based upon the projected availability of feedstock over the next 20 years. You can watch video of the speech ...
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• Bug Genes Hold Cellulosic Ethanol Promise

  
  GoodFuels — Authority: 109
  The ability of some creepy, pesky insects to digest leaves and wood may hold a key to advancing the production of cellulosic ethanol from biomass. Researchers at the University of Florida have been studying termite guts to figure out what genetic sequencing allows those insects to churn wood into fuel. That ...
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• BP Could Start Selling Biofuels By 2010

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 620
  As it stands right now, there are comparatively few places to purchase alternative fuels. As of 2005, there were approximately 168,987 gas stations in the United States; of those, just 2,200 sell E85 ethanol fuel. No major oil outlets have fully embraced biofuels, although British Petroleum has just announced that it ...
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