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Renewable Energy Group Completes Upgrades to Biodiesel Refinery in Southern Minnesota

Renewable Energy Group® celebrated completion of upgrades to its 30-million gallon biodiesel refinery in southern Minnesota with a ribbon cutting and visit by U.S. Senator Al Franken, along with state and local leaders.

26 Aug 2013

Novel System Makes Biofuel Isobutanol from Inedible Plant Materials

A fungus and E. coli bacteria have joined forces to turn tough, waste plant material into isobutanol, a biofuel that matches gasoline's properties better than ethanol.

21 Aug 2013

NextFuels Unveils Strategy to Economically Produce Biofuels in Southeast Asia

NextFuels, a pioneer in transforming agricultural residue into biofuels, unveiled its strategy today for economically producing transportation and industrial fuels from wet, unprocessed agricultural waste.

20 Aug 2013

One-Pot Pretreatment and Saccharification Process of Switchgrass Biofuel Feedstock

The advantages of the “one-stop” shop have long been recognized in the retailing and services industries. Similar advantages would also be realized for the biofuels industry with the development of a “one-pot” processing system in which sugars could be extracted from biomass and turned into fuels in a single vat.

14 Aug 2013

Rapid Advances in Algae Industry to be Showcased at 7th Annual Algae Biomass Summit

The 7th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, taking place in Orlando, Florida, September 30-October 3 will showcase the rapid advances in the algae industry during the Innovation on the Road to Commercialization track of the world’s largest algae conference.

9 Aug 2013

NREL Partners With Ecopetrol to Process Fuel Ethanol from Sugar Cane and Palm Oil Residue

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working with Ecopetrol, the largest oil company in Colombia, to process the residue from sugar cane and palm oil harvesting into fuel ethanol for blending with gasoline.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 8 Aug 2013

Cornell Experts Provide Field Presentations at Perennial Biofeedstock Energy Tour

Ponder sustainable fuels and think Rumpelstiltskin: Growers in New York state may one day turn craggy, rugged and lumpy marginal land – by growing grasses and bushy plants – into a virtual, perennial fountain of liquid energy gold.

6 Aug 2013

Algae Biomass Organization Begins Second Annual Summer of Algae Campaign

The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, announced today the kick off of its second annual "Summer of Algae," a national campaign sponsored by ABO and implemented by member companies, to raise awareness about the promise of commercial algae production to create jobs, domestic fuels, feed and food products, as well as plastics and biochemicals.

5 Aug 2013

Corn Ethanol May Become Sustainable Raw Material for Petroleum-Based Products

Ethanol from corn and other plants could become the sustainable, raw material for a huge variety of products, from plastic packaging to detergents to synthetic rubber, that are currently petroleum-based. This was the conclusion of an article published in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

2 Aug 2013

Diverse Species of Algae to be Tested Together for Producing Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels

A team of University of Michigan researchers has been awarded a $2 million federal grant to identify and test naturally diverse groups of green algae that can be grown together to create a high-yield, environmentally sustainable and cost-effective system to produce next-generation biofuels.

1 Aug 2013