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Iowa Central Community College Lab Becomes Biodiesel Testing Pioneer

The ICCC (Iowa Central Community College) laboratory has become a leader in the testing of biodiesel in the U.S.

7 Aug 2010

Butter Might Make a Viable Biodiesel Fuel

While the butter-loving majority might be thinking it as quite strange, scientists have discovered a way of turning this particular milk product into the coveted biodiesel fuel.

7 Aug 2010

Northeast and Co-op Power Team Up for Greenfield Biodiesel Project

Northeast Biodiesel and Co-op Power have broken ground towards the construction of a biodiesel manufacturing plant on the property spanning 26.5 acres in an industrial park on Silvio O. Conte Drive in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

7 Aug 2010

Clean Power Development Emphasizes Smaller Biomass Energy Plants

Clean Power Development, LLC has stressed the importance of a community-centric, sustainable approach towards biomass energy.

7 Aug 2010

SG Biofuels Plans to Expand Jatropha R+D Center in San Diego

SG Biofuels, Inc., a bioenergy crop firm that focuses on the production and development of elite Jatropha seeds, has announced plans for establishing the most advanced center in the world for the research and development of Jatropha situated in San Diego, California.

7 Aug 2010

Gevo Produces Isobutanol to Manufacture Polypropylene, PET, Polystyrene and Rubber

Isobutanol is a natural four-carbon alcohol that is available in food and other alcoholic drinks. This product is used roughly 40 percent in petrochemical and 100 percent in hydrocarbon fuel applications.

7 Aug 2010

Biomass to Play Crucial Role in EU 2020 Renewable Energy Targets

Argus has reported that biomass is all set to play a major role in the near future.

6 Aug 2010

Drax Power Plant Could Switch to Biomass Fuel in a Decade

The power plant of Drax, which is the largest power plant fired by coal in the U.K., could be switching to biomass in a decade’s time from now.

6 Aug 2010

Japan to Construct Biofuel Facility in East Java, Indonesia

Japan has pledged an assistance of $16 million in the form of working capital, equipment and machinery towards the development of a biofuel production plant in Java, Indonesia.

4 Aug 2010