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Two Research Groups Use Sugar to Make Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel and Other BioFuels

Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals

19 Sep 2008

Green Biologics Wins Cleantech 100 Award Selection for Renewable Chemicals

Green Biologics Ltd (GBL), the Oxfordshire industrial biotechnology company developing renewable chemicals, has been listed in the prestigious Cleantech 100 Awards

19 Sep 2008

BioFuelBox Wins AlwaysOn GoingGreen Top 100 for Turning Municipal and Industrial Waste Into Energy and Fuel

BioFuelBox Corporation today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners

17 Sep 2008

Study of Giant Grass May Lead to Better Corn Yields and Biofuels Revolution

A giant perennial grass used as a biofuels source has a much longer growing season than corn, and researchers think they’ve found the secret of its success. Their findings offer a promising avenue for developing cold-tolerant corn, an advance that would significantly boost per-acre yields

15 Sep 2008

'Coming Clean' Book Offers Solutions, Tools, Hope to Break America's Fossil Fuel Addiction

'Purging this country of its two-century addiction to fossil fuels is the great task of our time. Here is the resource we have long needed.' - Bill McKibben, environmentalist and bestselling author

15 Sep 2008

Facts and Figures on How The US Corn Crop is Used for Food and Ethanol

The American farmer and the American ethanol producer have been under attack, criticized for seeking to capitalize on the productivity and bounty of American agriculture to help solve this nation’s energy crisis

14 Sep 2008

2008 AlwaysOn Going Green 100 Awards

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and its Global Network of Funds, the most active global cleantech investors, today announced that fifteen of their portfolio companies were recognized as finalists in the AlwaysOn 2008 Going Green 100 Awards

10 Sep 2008