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Wisconsin Researchers Unlock Biomass Sugars for Fuel

In Domestic Fuel - Posted 5 days ago

A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have figured out how to get the the sugar molecules trapped inside inedible plant bioma...

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Biofuel Catalyst from a Crustacean?

In Cleantech Investing - Posted 6 days ago

Is the Gribble worm the future of cellulosic ethanol?...

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University of Wisconsin Team Develops High-Yielding Chemical Hydrolysis Process to Release Sugars from Biomass for Cellulosic Fuels and Chemicals

In Green Car Congress - Posted 6 days ago

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a chemical process for the hydrolysis of biomass into sugars for subsequent processing i...

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TU Delft Researchers Demonstrate Bioabatement of Toxic Fermentation Inhibitors in Biomass Hydrolysates Using Engineered Bacterium; Potential to Enhance Cost-Effectiveness of Cellulosic Fuels and Chemicals

In Green Car Congress - Posted 6 days ago

Researchers from TU Delft have demonstrated the ability of a newly-engineered bacterium to support the in situ breakdown of toxic fermentation inhibit...

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Interview with Kirit Parikh on India's Low Carbon Growth Strategy

In WorldChanging - Posted 1 week ago

There was a time, not long ago, when the idea of a national low-carbon growth strategy for India would have been hard to imagine. Low carbon was see...

Tags: analysis carbon carbon emissions cellulosic ethanol china emissions energy efficiency ethanol greenhouse gas india policies political politics prime minister renewable

Verenium: Set to Benefit from U.S. Ethanol Policy

In Energy Stock Blog - Posted 1 week ago

Less than a month ago I told my newsletter readers about what amounted to a rule change at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Obama admini...

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A Self-Fulfilling Bet on Biofuels?

In Energy Outlook - Posted 1 week ago

An article in today's Financial Times (registration required) raises a worrying possibility concerning the plans of the US and other oil-consuming cou...

Tags: analysis biofuel biofuels congress ethanol oil prices oil supply regulations renewable report

Range Responds

In R-Squared Energy Blog - Posted 2 weeks ago

I just became aware that BiofuelsDigest wrote a story on my recent blog on Range Fuels, and got some comments back from Range Fuels' CEO David Aldous:...

Tags: biodiesel biofuel biomass cellulosic ethanol ethanol renewable

Obama Changes Tune from Biodiesel to Biofuels

In Domestic Fuel - Posted 2 weeks ago

Some others have started to notice something I told you about back in January. It seems that while he campaigned on the word biodiesel, Preside...

Tags: air pollution cellulosic ethanol electric electric motors emissions ethanol fuel cells pollution

Broken Promises from Range Fuels

In R-Squared Energy Blog - Posted 3 weeks ago

When I first began my career, a wise old-timer gave me a piece of advice that I took to heart. He said When you are planning and executing a project,...

Tags: biofuel biomass cellulosic ethanol ethanol methanol renewable report

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