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The second of four interlinked BIOenergy Blogs, this one covers international issues, process R&D, facility deployments, and new developments. The other three related blogs are the BIOstock Blog, BIOoutput Blog, and the BIOwaste Blog.
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Posted 2 weeks ago
I recommend biomass conversion readers check out David Glass, Ph.D.'s excellent SlideShare Presentation overviewing technologies and companies involved in Genetic Engineering for 2nd and 3rd generatio
Posted 41 weeks ago
Photograph by Peter Essick for National Geographic magazine.Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the land, exploitation of Alberta's oil sands is now a gamble worth billions.So in
Posted 46 weeks ago
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is a good initiative but it is flawed in its current form. Consider:Ethanol is an alcohol with a fairly simple, universal formula regardless of how it is m
Posted 48 weeks ago
The Biomass Coordinating Council of the American Council of Renewable Energy is an ever-present resource and meeting place for biomass professionals - or anyone who wishes to be engaged in the issues
Posted 51 weeks ago
The impact of biofuel development should be significant to the economy of any nation that successfully deploys it. By becoming more energy self-sufficient, the balance of trade of otherwise energy-dep
Posted 52 weeks ago
It is a sad day when even the Wall Street Journal takes a page from the petroleum industry playbook and chop blocks the only national defense that makes a dent in their monopoly on supplying fuel to A
Posted 1 year ago
In January 2008, Josh Tickell screened his new documentary Fields of Fuel at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews (see trailer here). It won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. After
Posted 1 year ago
Fuel is a film for our time - and also winner of the 2008 Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary (see trailer here). It may help America wake up to the inexorable consequences of its fossil fu
Posted 1 year ago
This article is a response to a call for comments on Version Zero of the draft Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Biofuels written by the Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels after extensive, mult
Posted 1 year ago
Who ARE those guys? The bad news is that the economic crisis threatens to suspend deployment of renewable energy facilities. Coupled with the meteoric drop in fossil fuel prices - one of the key driv
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