Tag: Biofuels - Page 8
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Brazil's Biofuel Expansion Doesn't Directly Lead to Deforestation - But the Ranches it Displaces Do
Here's an interesting one on the connection between biofuel expansion in Brazil, cattle ranching, and deforestation: Mongabay is highlighting a new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which shows
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Corn Ethanol Back in the Game Under New EPA Renewable Fuel Standard Rules
New Environmental Protection Agency requirements for its Renewable Fuel Standards program have been released which raise an issue which has sat dormant for a little while: How to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of a
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Saltwater Biofuel Production & Fish Farming Combined by UAE's Masdar Institute
It's been a while since saltwater-loving salicornia has made an appearance on these pages, but a new research effort by the Masdar Institute is bring it back. As Technology Review reports Masdar is hoping to combine fish and shrimp farming with
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EU May Classify Palm Oil Plantations as 'Forests' in Sustainable Biofuels Scheme
A leaked draft version of a European Commission report on implementation of EU sustainable biofuels plans would permit classification of palm oil plantations as intact forest, EU Observer reports. The
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Shell Invests $1.6 Billion+ in Brazilian Biofuels - Will Become One of World's Largest Ethanol Producers
photo: Robert Gale via flickr. Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it has a signed a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian biofuel company Cosan that would create a $12 billion joint venture for the production and distribution of sugarcane-based
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Renewable Diesel Breakthrough - Engineered E.coli Secrete Fuel Directly
We've written about the progress of biofuels company LS9 and their quest to produce a renewable diesel fuel from engineered E.coli for the past three years. Here's the most recent update: The South San Francisco-based company says it
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Algae Producers Strike Back, Dispute Poor Enviro-Performance Study
At the end of last week researchers from the University of Virginia dropped a bombshell on the algae biofuel industry, producing an algae life-cycle analysis which had it not faring so well against
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US Navy to Demonstrate Biofuel-Powered 'Green Strike Force' by 2012
We've reported a number of times on efforts by the US military to lower the environmental footprint of its operations, most recently how the Navy is researching aviation biofuels in its fighter jets. One step further down that path
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Algae Biofuels Enviro-Impact Found Worse Than Corn Ethanol in New Study
photo: Ethan O'Connor via flickr. Algae biofuels certainly hold lots of promise in terms of yields. Certainly lots of fossil fuel companies seem to be betting on them to be what comes next in liquid transportation fuels. A new study in the journal
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Jason Aramburu on the Promise of Biochar
Gather up agricultural leftovers, blast them with pyrolysis (high heat, low oxygen), and what you get is a crumbly, black matter that could save the world. Making biochar generates clean energy, and at the same time sequesters carbon dioxide in a
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Camelina Acreage for Aviation Biofuel in US to More Than Double in 2010
KLM is one of the growing number of airlines looking to camelina, completing the first aviation biofuel with passengers late last year. Photo: Peter Hellberg. Camelina is emerging as an aviation biofuel feedstock with some promise. Everyone from KLM to
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Qatar Airways Enters the Aviation Biofuel Ring - Starts Biomass-to-Liquids Project
And then there were... well, I've stopped counting how many airlines are trying to develop a biofuel that will enable them to keep on flying and become carbon neutral(ish), but Qatar Airways is the latest to enter the ring. The
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Willie Smits on Regrowing the Indonesian Rainforest and Harvesting Biofuels
Image: Casajuntoalrio Willie Smits long ago abandoned the customary role of the microbiologist. After working in the Indonesian rainforest for three decades (and marrying a tribal queen), he has taken it upon himself to regrow the delicate ecosystems
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The Fuel Movie: From Used Grease to Algae Gasoline (Video)
What do you do once you've traveled across America on used grease? Why, you start all over again using algae, of course. Many years back I bought Josh Tickell's classic book—From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank. This was
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Third Runway at Heathrow Airport Approved Again
Much to the horror of environmentalists, a third runway at Heathrow Airport has been approved again; this time by the Committee on Climate Change, an independent body set up to advise the government on the impact on carbon
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So How Much Agricultural Land Will We Need To Keep Global Aviation Aloft With Biofuels?
With a continuing stream of announcements regarding the aviation industry's drive to keep on flying while being a bit greener about it -- KLM is making the first aviation biofuel test flight with passengers today --
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Rice Husks & Biomass Gasification Provide Power for Rural Indians
One solution for getting clean electricity to the 440-some million people in rural India who currently don't have grid power (or any power...) is to build wind farms, solar
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The Best of Fast Company: A Green Version of the Red Wagon, Electronic Polar Bears, and the Freedom Leg
This week at Fast Company, we looked at a Silicon Valley designer's green take on the little red wagon, a zoo that replaced real polar bears with electronic versions, a prosthetic leg that replaces crutches, and Joule Biotechnologies' attempt to make
