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Eco Factor: Bacteria can produce biofuel from non-food biomass.
New research could lead to the end of the fuel versus food controversy regarding biofuels. Scientists are presently experimenting with bacteria called “Anaerocellum” that is said..
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Eco Factor: Algae to be used for cheap ethanol production.
In an effort to fuel the world with clean and cheap energy, Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels have...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Maine’s Old Town Fuel and Fiber Mill suggests a way out of the fuel scarcity that we witness today. It, in fact, is going to produce cellulosic bio-butanol, normally...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: The energy kit uses ethanol to produce electricity.
Fuel cell technology is viewed as one of the most remarkable sources of energy in the coming future....
made popular Jun 23 2009
Recently, researchers in China have investigated an enzyme from the bacterium bacillus cereus DQ01 that has the capability to absorb hydrocarbon n-hexadecane. The...
made popular Jun 15 2009
Colombia’s government proudly claims that it is the biggest producer of biodiesel and ethanol in Latin America after Brazil, but human rights groups do not share...
made popular Jun 11 2009
Rentech, Inc. has proposed a new renewable energy facility, Rialto Renewable Energy Center, at Rialto, California. This facility is scheduled to produce both synthetic...
made popular May 14 2009
AP, Washington
President Barack Obama’s commitment to take on climate change and put science over politics is about to be tested as his administration faces a politically...
made popular May 3 2009
Eco Factor: Ethanol-fueled fireplace.
Germany-based Blomus has launched a new fireplace they call the Vidro. Just like most of the fireplaces available on the...
made popular Mar 27 2009
AP, Washington
Ethanol producers are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to boost the amount of ethanol that can be blended with gasoline. They want the ceiling on ethanol...
made popular Mar 6 2009
AP, Sioux Falls
If federal renewable fuel mandates require ethanol to be mixed into gasoline, the nation’s largest independent oil refiner figures it might as well just do it...
made popular Feb 10 2009
The future of American-Latin American relations is extremely important. For the past sixty years, the US has taken a strong interest in Latin America initially as a...
made popular Feb 10 2009
Reading the title of the entry, you wou would think ‘Why would I do that, I never have beer leftovers! And although I only very rarely drink beer I must agree...
made popular Feb 7 2009
Eco Factor: Scientists discover new catalyst that can enhance ethanol’s oxidation.
Hydrogen fuel cells are taken as the most feasible fuel cells that can fuel the...
made popular Jan 28 2009
AP, Scotland
Cellulosic ethanol, the next big hope for a biofuels industry hampered during the past year by volatile commodity price swings and shrinking profit margins, is...
made popular Jan 14 2009
Eco Factor: Fireplaces fueled by ethanol.
Sydney-based Design & Architects Firm, GeoForm, has come up with a stylish and green way to keep your homes warm during...
made popular Dec 20 2008
AP, Sao Paulo
Brazil’s biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugarcane plantations and gleaming distilleries that...
made popular Nov 20 2008
AP, Sao Paulo
Expansion of vast sugarcane plantations across Brazil to meet growing worldwide demand for ethanol won’t harm the Amazon, a top Brazilian official said Monday.
made popular Nov 17 2008
EcoFactor: Supercar powered by bio-ethanol.
We all love supercars and we love them more when they take the greener route. Inspired by the iconic Cooper Climax F1, this...
made popular Oct 20 2008
With increasing oil prices, and debates on how to reduce carbon emissions, many are looking forward to biofuel as a renewable and clean source of energy. But the U.S....
made popular Oct 17 2008
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Volvo has powered up its 2.5-liter FlexiFuel engines, and the power gain does not come at the cost of efficiency, in fact, the efficiency has gone up as well by 5 to 6...
made popular May 15 2009
A research paper claims that using biofuels to directly power cars may not be much of a smart move, instead, using biofuels for generating electricity is much more...
made popular May 8 2009
AP, Sioux Falls
The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work,...
made popular Feb 10 2009
AP, Amsterdam
In future years we may look back at the Great Mexican Tortilla Crisis of 2006 as the time when ethanol lost its vroom.
made popular Nov 23 2008
The communist New People’s Army (NPA) vowed to sustain its campaign against biofuels and to raid plantations dedicated to jathropa, a source of biofuel.
made popular Nov 2 2008
Europe’s leaders know where they want to be when it comes to tackling global warming. The problem is they don’t know how to get there.President Nicolas...
made popular Oct 18 2008
In a wide-ranging session on Tuesday dealing with global biofuel, food security and poverty issues, there was plenty for the presenters to disagree about — but the...
made popular Oct 10 2008
AP, Lilbourn
It’s one of the newest buildings in this small agricultural town. Aligned between two city water towers, the 120-foot long biodiesel plant gleams in the sun. The...
made popular Oct 8 2008
Biofuels are essentially produced from dead biological material, usually plants, and then mixed with fuel in reasonable amounts. Fossil fuels, on the other hand are...
made popular Oct 8 2008
AP, Rome
A U.N. agency on Tuesday called for an urgent review of agriculture and biofuel subsidies and trade barriers, saying their removal would increase opportunities for...
made popular Oct 7 2008
EcoFactor: Alternative energy obtained from landfills.
Anybody with the slightest amount of common sense would know that landfills aren’t entirely bad as people...
made popular Oct 4 2008
There is great news for all of the environment friendly groups and the alternative fuel industry. With times more and more of Americans are drifting towards alternative...
made popular Sep 12 2008
AP, Brussels
EU lawmakers have voted to scale back ambitious biofuels targets, cutting the goal for use of crop-based fuel by half to 5 percent of road transport needs by 2020.
made popular Sep 11 2008
While the fuel prices are soaring all time high globally, more and more countries are likely to switch over to biofuels. Nations are seeing this as good alternative of...
made popular Sep 4 2008
Tequila could become a thing of the past as Mexico appears to be turning its back on the cactus-like plant from which the country’s national tipple is made, in...
made popular Aug 28 2008
Echoing Indian concerns that conversion of food grains into bio-fuels is worsening the food price situation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
made popular Jul 8 2008
Takatoshi Kato, IMF deputy managing director, cautions about effects of climate change on especially the warmest areas of the globe. Uganda is one of the countries...
made popular Jun 29 2008
The idea of Green Cars can now be realized without affecting the supply chain of foodstocks for biofuels. Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal showed the way when he signed...
made popular Jun 26 2008
Throughout the world, there is an encouragement for using biofuels instead of the traditional fuels. This has given rise to a large number of biofuel industries in the...
made popular Jun 25 2008
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