Clean Energy Direct :: BioFuels
08.31.2010 | Eric Lindeman
With the goal of being one of the world’s largest and most competitive biofuels producers and distributors, Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and Brazil’s Cosan S.A. last week inked binding agreements to form a $12-billion joint... 08.31.2010 | Eric Lindeman
In support of the state's “Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program,” the California Energy Commission last week issued its first project grant to Biodiesel Industries, Inc., for development of new, California-based biofuel... 08.23.2010
With the goal of being among the first producers of commercial cellulosic biofuels, Colorado-based Range Fuels, Inc., last week said it has produced cellulosic methanol from the initial phase of its plant near Soperton, Ga., using non-food feedstock... 08.17.2010
A bio-based solvent is being hailed by the National Biodiesel Board as a method for cleaning up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico without damaging sensitive marshes and wildlife. While there has been much concern expressed about the chemical dispersants... 08.17.2010
Responding to the Defense Department’s expression of interest in a storable solid fuel for use in tactical missiles, Aerojet said Aug. 10 that its tests of an advanced solid ramjet fuel, “AerGen,” in an engine ground test proved successful... 08.17.2010
Warning that traditional cost-benefit analyses don’t necessarily work with renewable energy, David Fridley, a staff scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, warns that development of alternatives to... 08.10.2010
In continuous conflict for eight years now, the U.S. Army is making strides to further recognize sustainability as an organizing principle—aligning its mission with environmental stewardship and community well being, as well as reaping the economic... 08.10.2010
The following summary of the Department of Defense’s contributions energy efficiency and use of renewable energy was provided by the Office of Energy Plans and Programs, which advises the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense on operational energy... 08.10.2010
In a move aimed at speeding up its plans for commercialization of renewable isobutanol, renewable chemicals and biofuels producer Gevo has bought Agri-Energy’s ethanol plant in Luverne, Minn. The two companies signed definitive agreements covering the... 08.03.2010 | Eric Lindeman
In its third study on U.S. energy and national security since 2006, CNA’s Military Advisory Board has found that the nation’s current energy posture undermines economic security and poses an urgent threat to national security but, more...
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