Those Other Energy Subsidies
Energy subsidies have become a hot-button issue for both renewable and conventional energy, with each side claiming the other receives ...

Biofuels for Military Jets: Cobalt Technology joint development with US Navy
Research Underway to Convert Biobutanol into Full Performance Jet FuelToday, Cobalt Technologies, the leader in commercializing biobuta...

Splitting the Baby on E15
I've been going over the EPA's ruling yesterday partially granting the waiver request from Growth Energy, an ethanol trade association,...

Algae to Fuels Under Pressure.
The conventional route to biodiesel consists of extracting oil from plants and converting it to the methyl esters of fatty acids that a...

Looking for Algal Oil... with Near Infrared Light.
A new method has been introduced for telling which strains of algae are likely to be any good for turning into biofuels based on Near I...

Report Says, Algal Biofuels May Not Cut Carbon Emissions, but Read it More Closely.
A new study suggests that overall the CO2 emissions attendant to producing biofuel from algae may be worse than those from corn, canol...

David Glass EUEC Presentation 02 02 10
I recommend biomass conversion readers check out David Glass, Ph.D.'s excellent SlideShare Presentation overviewing technologies and co...

Economic Impacts of Biofuel Development
The impact of biofuel development should be significant to the economy of any nation that successfully deploys it. By becoming more ene...

Perspectives on Sustainability Standards for Biofuel Production
This article is a response to a call for comments on Version Zero of the draft Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Biofuels written...