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Berkley -
The search for an effective biofuel represents a major area of scientific research and energy company funding. In a new study, a simple microbe isolated from a forest may hold the golden key for a new generation of biofuels.
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The search for new bio-fuels represents potential big business with the decline in available fossil fuels. A team of scientists, backed by the US government, have made significant progress in using bacteria to create a bio-diesel from glucose.
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A significant step for the U.S. Navy has been the recent purchase of 450,000 gallons of biofuels at $15 per gallon---four times the normal price. The goal is to eventually transform the "Great Green Fleet" into one that relies on alternative energy.
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Lafayette -
In an effort to find alternative non-food sources of biodiesel, researchers at the Lafayette campus of the University of Louisiana have turned to the fat of the American alligator as a viable substitute for soybeans and food crops to produce biofuel.
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A chemist based with the United States Department of Agriculture gave algae-based biofuels a failing grade recently when he reviewed the oil as an energy source, reported SciDevnet.
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A US Navy fighter plane, the Green Hornet, using a mixture of regular aviation fuel and biofuel will fly on Earth Day, Apr.22, at the US Naval Air Station at Patuxent River, Maryland.
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Researchers report that boosting production of biofuel crops could make it harder to shrink a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Add a top gun DNA scientist, an oil giant and algae and wadda get? A new process from genome scientist J. Craig Venter, funded by ExxonMobile to
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Hamilton, Ontario will become the first Canadian municipality to produce biofuel from human waste after getting a $30 million grant. The technology has been in use in Europe for decades, and allows methane gas to be harvested from human waste.
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Enerkem, a Canada-based biofuel and biochemical producer, has received approval to build a commercial facility to turn municipal waste into biofuels.
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A new company is formed in Edinburgh to produce a biofuel made from whisky by-products on an industrial scale.
The airline Qantas is flying its planes on biofuel made from recycled chip oil. But how does it work?
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This US Navy F-18 fighter will form part of a biofuel test for Earth Day.
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Biofuel Blogs
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Recently, President Obama made some noise when he claimed that the U.S. could replace 17% of the oil we import by using...
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A material derived from seeds of a tree, sometimes called the "miracle tree", could purify and clarify water...
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Scientists have announced that they have studied a remarkable bacterium that can function without oxygen and can...
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A Brazilian rancher supplying sugarcane to a joint venture partner of energy giant Shell has reportedly issued a death...
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The hunter-gatherer Penan and other tribes are under threat from new plans to expand palm oil plantations massively in...
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