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• UOP Renewable Jet Fuel From Camelina Powers KLM Demo Flight

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 564
  UOP LLC used its renewable jet fuel process technology ( earlier post ) to convert oil from camelina, an inedible plant, to renewable jet fuel for a biofuel demonstration flight by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. ( Earlier post .) The flight, which took place today at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, is the first green jet ...
  5 days ago

• Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes could be brimming with hearty soup for life

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, November 23 (ANI): New calculations have suggested that Saturn’s moon Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes are loaded with acetylene, a chemical some scientists say could serve as food for cold-resistant organisms.At about -180 degree Celsius, Titan’s surface is far too cold for liquid water. But, two pairs of ...
  6 days ago

• Govt move to boost gas production

  
  Bangladesh Economic News — Authority: 150
  http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=84974 Govt move to boost gas production FHM Humayan Kabir The government has taken a “first track” scheme to augment gas production by 120 million cubic feet per day over the next two years from the country’s largest Titas field in order to overcome the ...
  1 week ago

• Embraer, GE, Azul and Amyris in Renewable Jet Fuel Evaluation Project

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 564
  Amyris engineers microbes to convert sugar to hydrocarbon fuels. Micrograph of fermentation fluids from production of Amyris Renewable Diesel (Nov 2007). Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge. Embraer, General Electric, and Amyris Biotechnologies, a synthetic biology company focused on developing renewable hydrocarbon ...
  1 week ago

• Petroleum and Cosmetics: What are the Potential Health Risks?

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  What is petroleum?Crude oil, sometimes called petroleum, is a fossil fuel that was produced deep in the earth through a process that took millions of years to complete.Millions of years later, almost all of us come into contact with a derivative of petroleum every day. Through a process called fractional distillation, ...
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• UCLA Researchers Engineer Cyanobacterium to Produce Fuel and Chemicals Precursor from CO2

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 564
  Researchers at UCLA led by Dr. James Liao have genetically engineered the common photosynthetic cyanobacterium— Synechococcus elongatus —efficiently to produce isobutyraldehyde and isobutanol directly from CO 2 . Isobutyraldehyde is a precursor for the synthesis of other chemicals, and isobutanol can be used as a ...
  1 week ago

• Bacteria turn carbon dixoide into fuel

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  US researchers have genetically modified bacteria to eat carbon dioxide and produce isobutyraldehyde - a precursor to several useful chemicals, including isobutanol, which has great potential as a fuel alternative to petrol. The modified bacteria are highly efficient and powered by sunlight, so a future goal is to ...
  1 week ago

• Biomass research. “… technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products.”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 128
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• US Navy Researchers Synthesize Renewable High-Density Fuel With Properties Similar to JP-10 (Missile Fuel)

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 564
  US Navy researchers have synthesized high-density fuel candidates in up to 90% yield from ß-pinene, a renewable compound derived from wood and plant sources. Pinenes (C 10 H 16 ) are important constituents of pine resin; they are also found in the resins of other conifers, and more widely in other plants. A paper on ...
  2 weeks ago

• DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 564
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fueling the Modern World with… Air?

  
  Life within me — Authority: 140
  Of all the wacky things that fuel can be made from nowadays – ranging from dirty diapers to confiscated booze – somehow, this one takes the cake. Soon, we may be able to power our vehicles and heat our homes with nothing but air. A biofuel firm called Joule Biotechnologies has discovered a way to produce fuel from ...
  2 weeks ago

• Engineered organisms. Direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide.

  
  Biotech — Authority: 128
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• 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: 564
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bangladesh takes marine border dispute with India to UN

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Dhaka, Nov 10 (IANS) Bangladesh has registered its objection with the UN to India’s claim over certain areas in the Bay of Bengal, three months after a similar missive was filed against Myanmar’s claim.The three nations have not clearly demarcated their maritime boundaries and are moving the Commission on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Joule Achieves Direct Microbial Conversion of CO2 into Hydrocarbons

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 564
  Joule Biotechnologies, Inc. reported a major step forward in its development of renewable fuels, achieving direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy. ( Earlier post .) The breakthrough was made possible by the discovery of unique genes coding ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mineral export can fetch Tk 12,000cr: experts

  
  Bangladesh Economic News — Authority: 150
  http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/09/busi.html#8 Mineral export can fetch Tk 12,000cr: experts Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh has deposits of at least 1.74 million tonnes of minerals worth over Tk 12,000 crore in the beach sand of vast areas stretching from Najirtek of Cox’s Bazar Sadar ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Origins Of Brent Crude Oil

  
  AQUACHANNEL — Authority: 142
  North Sea Brent Crude was originially discovered in the early part of the 1960’s and is refined and consumed by; the UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. Brent Crude Oil is the biggest of all classifications of North Sea oil which there are; Brent Crude, Brent Light Sweet Crude, Oseberg, Ecofisk and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Experts project new deposit of coal, suggests exploration

  
  Bangladesh Economic News — Authority: 150
  http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=8&id=69137&date=2009-11-06 Experts project new deposit of coal, suggests exploration CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, Nov 6 (BSS)- Experts has primarily rojected a possible deposit of coal in the hilly areas of Patiya and Chandanish suggesting immediate exploration of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Separate contract okayed for oil exploration in Nagaland

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday decided to split the production sharing contract for a block in north-eastern India to facilitate more exploration in the area that falls in Nagaland.Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters after the CCEA meet that the decision was ...
  3 weeks ago

• Energy famine is turning into a glut

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Finance Blog — Authority: 674
  My colleague, Roland Gribben,  tells me that back in the 1960s, the then chief economist at BP forecast that the world’s oil wells would be largely dry by the mid-1990s. Even with burgeoning demand from the emerging markets of Asia and Latin America, I’ve always been suspicious of the “peak oil” brigade, ...
  3 weeks ago

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