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Lincolnway Energy Chosen to Receive $1.9 million Re-powering Grant

Lincolnway Energy LLC, an ethanol plant located in Nevada Iowa manufacturing 55 MMgy of ethanol, will get $1.9 million re-powering funding from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

23 Sep 2010

KEPCO to Acquire U.S. Biomass Plant

The KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation) is all set towards taking over a U.S. biomass plant.

23 Sep 2010

BlueFire Renewables Partners with Tenaska Biofuels for Cellulosic Ethanol Facility

BlueFire Renewables Inc. has partnered with Tenaska Biofuels LLC towards establishing a cellulosic ethanol plant in Fulton, Mississippi.

22 Sep 2010

Statoil and BAL Join for Commercializing Macroalgae-to-Ethanol Technology

Statoil and BAL (Bio Architecture Lab) have announced a strategic partnership towards the production of low-cost, sustainable and renewable ethanol that is derived from macroalgae cultivated off Norway’s coast.

21 Sep 2010

Ontario Power Authority Takes Initiatives for Burning more Biomass Instead of Coal

OPA (Ontario Power Authority) is taking initiatives for burning more biomass.

21 Sep 2010

Swedish Biofuels and its Impact on the Environment

For the first time, researchers have taken an overall look at Swedish biofuels and analysed what impact they have on the environment, both in relation to one another and to the fossil fuel alternatives petrol and diesel.

21 Sep 2010

Solazyme to Supply Algae Biofuel to U.S. Navy

Solazyme is geared up for supplying algae biofuel for the U.S. Navy.

20 Sep 2010

IDC Predicts Annual Biofuel Output of South Africa at 300 Million Litres

IDC (Industrial Development Corporation) has conducted pre-feasibility studies towards three biofuel projects in South Africa with each of these biofuel plants slated to produce 100 million litres of biofuel annually.

18 Sep 2010

Purdue University Researchers Undertake Synthetic Fuel Research to Decrease Oil Dependence

Purdue University researchers have developed a particular facility for studying precisely as to how biomass and coal get broken down in the reactors that are termed as gasifiers towards strengthening the synthetic fuel economy’s scientific foundations.

17 Sep 2010

ASPB Members Pioneer Biofuel Research Projects

Members of ASPB (American Society of Plant Biologists) are currently helping towards solving the country’s energy challenges by way of fundamental research in the field of biofuels.

17 Sep 2010