President Barack Obama this week announced a series of steps his Administration is taking as part of its comprehensive strategy to enhance American energy independence while building a foundation for a new clean energy economy, and its promise of new industries and millions of jobs.
At a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors from around the [...]
The Renewable Fuels Association’s 15th Annual National Ethanol Conference: Policy & Marketing, “Climate of Opportunity,” which will be held February 15-17, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. This conference is recognized as the premier event to interact, network and learn about the important marketing and public policy issues affecting the ethanol industry.
Speakers and sessions will focus on [...]
POET is one step closer to gleaning the maximum value from each part of the corn kernel with a new ethanol co-product, “Inviz,” which is set to replace petroleum-based ingredients in household products ranging from pill coatings to plastic packaging.
Inviz is POET’s brand of zein, a biodegradable, low-nutrient protein found in corn. It can be [...]
EdeniQ, a California-based technology company serving biofuels producers worldwide with solutions that enhance productivity, profits and environmental results, announced today deals with producers in the U.S. and Brazil.
E Energy Adams, a corn ethanol producer in Adams, Nebraska has agreed to implement EdeniQ’s Corn3 Yield Enhancement Program. Corn3 employs three discreet phases of biological and mechanical [...]
Recyllose™, a recycled solids-based material produced from municipal wastewater, can now be turned into fuel for cars, announced Applied Cleantech and Qteros, the advanced biofuels company whose breakthrough Q Microbe™ technology can turn biomass into cellulosic ethanol.
Qteros has entered into a joint development project with Applied CleanTech (ACT), a commodities recycling company based in Israel, [...]
Murphy Oil Corporation announced that through a subsidiary, it has purchased a corn-based ethanol plant located in Hankinson, North Dakota.
The plant, which initially began operating in July 2008 before being idled in October 2008, has an annual production capacity of 110 million gallons. The purchase price of $92 million will be financed primarily through non-recourse [...]
As part of the ongoing effort to support the development of domestic renewable fuels, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the availability of up to $5.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to increase the use of higher ethanol blends up to E85 (85% ethanol/15% gasoline) by expanding refueling infrastructure and [...]
Shell is demonstrating its commitment to fuels innovation and the development of sustainable, low-carbon fuels with the blending of 10% cellulosic ethanol into its Shell V-Power race fuel at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, in France on 13 June, 2009.
This will be the first time an advanced biofuel has been used in the [...]
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