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Construction Plans and Financing of Mexico Cogeneration Pilot Project Announced by GDAR

GOLDEN AGE RESOURCES, INC., a leading energy provider for large-scale "Green" power plants in Latin America and the Caribbean, today announced construction plans and financing on Cogeneration Pilot Project as mentioned in previous Press Release dated April 28.

12 May 2015

Fulcrum BioEnergy Selects Abengoa to Build Biorefinery to Convert Municipal Waste into Biofuels

Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., to build the first biorefinery using gasification technology to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into syncrude that will be upgraded into jet fuel. The contract is worth approximately US$200 million.

6 May 2015

Jet Fuel from Common Black Fungus

Washington State University researchers have found a way to make jet fuel from a common black fungus found in decaying leaves, soil and rotting fruit. The researchers hope the process leads to economically viable production of aviation biofuels in the next five years.

6 May 2015

Softwood Engineered with Hardwood Feature Could Improve Economics of Biofuel Industries

Scientists have demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a key feature of hardwoods.

23 Apr 2015

Scientists Find Way to Increase Supplies of Renewable Resources, Help Trees Cope with Climate Change

Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a way to make trees grow bigger and faster, which could increase supplies of renewable resources and help trees cope with the effects of climate change.

20 Apr 2015

Researchers Discover Switch That Regulates Plant Photosynthesis, Could Boost Biofuel Production

A team of Michigan State University researchers has discovered a switch that regulates plant photosynthesis – the process that lets plants store solar energy and use it to grow and produce food.

17 Apr 2015

New Powerful DNA Dataset for Efficient Production of Biofuels

Scientists focused on producing biofuels more efficiently have a new powerful dataset to help them study the DNA of microbes that fuel bioconversion and other processes.

16 Apr 2015

Marine Research Vessel Aranda to be Fuelled with Domestic Bio-Oil

Finnish Environment Institute's and VG-Shipping Ltd's press release
The marine research vessel Aranda's carbon load will be significantly reduced when she starts being fuelled with domestic bio-oil made from food industry by-products, such as used vegetable oils and fish guts. Early this year, the vessel already switched over to bio-oil for heating.

10 Apr 2015

Nationwide Sodsaver Needed to Protect Remaining Native Ecosystems

Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a study today (April 2, 2015) that crops, including the corn and soy commonly used for biofuels, expanded onto 7 million acres of new land in the U.S. over a recent four-year period, replacing millions of acres of grasslands.

6 Apr 2015

Algae Grown on Wastewater also Removes Nitrates and Phosphorous

In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels, Rice University scientists found they could easily grow high-value strains of oil-rich algae while simultaneously removing more than 90 percent of nitrates and more than 50 percent of phosphorous from wastewater.

6 Apr 2015