Jack Saddler, a professor in University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry, has presented his work on biofuels at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) 2012 annual meeting. 
     
 
    
    
    
    
        
        Pike Research, a market research and consulting firm offering comprehensive analysis of global clean technology markets, has released a report on the global biofuels industry. The report titled, “Biofuels Markets and Technologies”, provides an assessment on key challenges faced in the industry and a study on global opportunities for ethanol and biodiesel. 
     
 
    
    
    
    
        
        A pioneer in the development of renewable drop-in fuel technology, Primus Green Energy has produced the first sample of high-octane, renewable gasoline using its biomass conversion technologies and natural gas.
     
 
    
    
    
    
        
        A research team led by assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Paul Dauenhauer, has found out “mini-cellulose” molecule, a small molecule that performs like cellulose when converted to biofuel. 
     
 
    
    
    
    
        
        Scientists from BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) at the Department of Energy have conducted a proteomics study on Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis, a bacterium discovered by them in a Yellowstone National Park’s hot spring for production of advanced biofuels. 
     
 
    
    
        
        An article titled, “Sustainable Land Use for Bioenergy in the 21st Century,” has been published in Industrial Biotechnology, a journal focused mainly on bio-based industrial and environmental products and technologies.
     
 
    
    
    
    
        
        Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) in Stuttgart have established a new pilot plant that produces biogas or methane from food waste by fermentation process. The pilot facility is scheduled to begin operation in early 2012.
     
 
    
    
    
    
        
        Enerkem, a producer of biofuels and chemicals from waste, and GreenField Ethanol, the largest ethanol company in Canada, have joined forces to construct and operate a first full-scale waste-to-biofuels facility in Varennes, Québec. 
     
 
    
    
        
        OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB:OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, today announced its plans to co-develop an integrated system with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for direct conversion of raw algae into a renewable crude oil that can be used by existing petroleum refineries.
     
 
    
    
    
    
        
        A team of undergraduate students at the Boise State University have conceptualized, designed and driven the fastest vehicle fuelled by vegetable oil. The vehicle, known as Greenspeed, is to be showcased at the Washington Auto Show being held from Jan. 26 - Feb. 5 in Washington, D.C.
     
 
 
    
                    
                
                
                    
    
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