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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

Kenya Signs Pact with Brazil for Ethanol and Biodiesel Know-How

Brazil and Kenya have agreed to support and develop ethanol and biodiesel, encouraging swapping of technical know-how and guidance.

4 Aug 2010

AdvanceBio Systems to Provide Biomass Pretreatment Reactor System

AdvanceBio Systems LLC, a technology company based at Cincinnati, has received a contract from the U.S. Department of Energy, for providing a Biomass Pretreatment Reactor System for National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility in Golden Colorado.

4 Aug 2010

Caltex Australia Launches Ethanol Based-Biofuel Bio E-Flex

Caltex Australia has launched its Bio E-Flex, a new biofuel with high ethanol content, for usage in VE Series II Commodore flex-fuel vehicles of Holden meant for a late 2010 release.

4 Aug 2010

Continental Airlines and British Airways Test Plant Biofuels for Jets

Continental Airlines and British Airways are currently testing plant biofuels for jets.

4 Aug 2010

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to Setup Biogas Plants in Villages

The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), a versatile industrial research and development institute of Bangladesh, has announced the commercial availability of its new cost effective, displaceable biogas digester plant developed in collaboration with Win Sources Ltd, a private company.

4 Aug 2010