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Fulcrum BioEnergy Reports Successful Demonstration of MSW Conversion to Jet Fuel

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the conversion of municipal solid waste ("MSW") – household garbage – into jet and diesel fuels. This demonstrated process adds fuel diversity to Fulcrum's products and complements its previously demonstrated MSW to ethanol process.

29 May 2013

New Market Research Report Analyzes Electricity Generation from Biomass

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Market Data: Biomass Power Generation

28 May 2013

BIO Responds to House Energy & Commerce Committee’s White Paper on Renewable Fuel Standard

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today submitted comments in response to the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s third white paper on the Renewable Fuel Standard, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Other Environmental Impacts.”

27 May 2013

Water Resources not an Issue for Growth of Large Amounts of Algae

A new analysis shows that the nation's land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year in the United States, one-twelfth of the country's yearly needs.

22 May 2013

New Hybrid Hydrogen System by Alset Global Featured in Aston Martin Rapide S Car

An Aston Martin Rapide S race car, featuring a Hybrid Hydrogen system developed by Alset Global, has become the first hydrogen-powered car to compete in, and to undertake zero CO2 emissions laps of, an international motor race.

21 May 2013

Electricity-Producing Bacteria Grows on Hydrogen Gas and Carbon Dioxide

Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon.

20 May 2013

BioEnergy Science Center Marks 500th Scientific Publication

Researchers with the BioEnergy Science Center led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory have charted 500 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals in the center's five and half years of operation.

20 May 2013

Photosynthetic Cyanobacteria that Grows Without Light Holds Promise for Increased Biofuel Production

Scientists at the University of California, Davis have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for light. They report their findings today at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

20 May 2013

DOE Early Career Award to Fund UCSB Research on Biomass-Derived Fuels

Michelle O'Malley, an assistant professor in UC Santa Barbara's Department of Chemical Engineering, has received a 2013 Early Career Award by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. O'Malley is among 61 recipients of the annual research award, chosen from a pool of approximately 770 proposals.

18 May 2013

Novel Energy Production System to Convert Food Waste into Clean Energy

The Kroger Co. today unveiled a clean energy production system that will convert food that can't be sold or donated into clean energy to help power its Ralphs/Food 4 Less Compton distribution center.

17 May 2013