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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

Qteros Chief Technology Officer to Make a Presentation at Northeast BIOMASS Conference and Expo

Dr. Gray is planning to deliver a presentation titled ‘Development of a Low-cost Biomass Conversion Process using the Micro-organism Clostridium phytofermentans’.

4 Aug 2010

Akeida Capital Provides Finance to Aspen Power for Biomass Plant Construction

Akeida Capital Management, LLC has secured financing of a waste wood-powered biomass electricity production facility with 57 MW capacity in Lufkin, Texas.

3 Aug 2010

Pine Residue Could Serve as Biofuels Feedstock Source

In the near future, pine residue could serve as a source of biofuels feedstock.

3 Aug 2010

Gevo Manufactures Jet Fuel, Isobutanol and HydroCarbons from Cellulosic Biomass

Gevo, an advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals company, has announced that it has successfully manufactured jet fuel, isobutanol and hydrocarbons from cellulosic biomass.

2 Aug 2010

U.S. DOE Invests in Alage-Based Fuel Research

Algae-based biofuel is one among the scarcely-known renewable fuels that still has significant economic uncertainty and technical challenges. However, the potential advantages are also significant, prompting the government to take numerous supporting actions.

2 Aug 2010

VIASPACE Showcases Giant King Grass in China’s Industrial Biotechnology Congress

VIASPACE has showcased the Giant King Grass at the Biotechnology Congress held in China. The company is a clean energy champion that grows Giant King Grass, highlighting it as a renewable biomass crop with low-carbon features.

31 Jul 2010