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Biofuel Industry Converges in Rotterdam, Holland

March 8, 2012

Between March 13-15, representatives of the biofuel industry will be meeting in Rotterdam to discuss the latest developments in this industry. World Biofuels Market 2012 is organized by Green Power Conferences, which organizes conferences and events focusing on the renewable energy, climate change and sustainability sectors. Amongst confirmed speakers are BBC presenter’s Jeremy Paxman, Solazyme’s [...]

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Switchgrass Shows Potential as Biofuel Material, Say Italian Researchers

January 19, 2012

GCB Bioenergy journal has published a study in which scientists present the findings of a study on switchgrass as cellulosic ethanol feedstock. They concluded that using switchgrass bioenergy can help reduce emissions but add that further research “to address the significant sources of uncertainty” (such as what type of land is converted to switchgrass), is [...]

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Greenpeace Canada Releases Damning Report on Wood-based Biofuel

November 3, 2011

The Canadian chapter of Greenpeace yesterday released a report that highlights the dangers of the large-scale use of wood and tree harvesting for heating, electricity generation or liquid biofuels. The report is called ‘Fuelling a Biomess’ and it argues that burning woody biomass on an industrial scale could severely harm Canada’s public forests and further [...]

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Cellulosic Ethanol Expected to Surge in 2013

October 21, 2011

The first commercial cellulosic ethanol (ethanol made from non-edible parts of plants, grass, crop waste etc) will start production in 2013, and it will “open the floodgates” for this type of fuel, said Bloomberg. Technorati Tags: Bloomberg, Cellulosic ethanol, ethanol, non-edible crops, POET biofuel, Project Liberty, second generation biofuels Related Posts:Cellulosic ethanol: closer to becoming [...]

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Technology Advances in Cellulosic Ethanol

September 29, 2011

The jury is still out on cellulosic ethanol, which is made out of grass, wood and non-edible parts of plants, as to how green and even viable it is. Technorati Tags: Cellulosic ethanol, supercritical hydrolysis Related Posts:Switchgrass Shows Potential as Biofuel Material, Say Italian ResearchersCellulosic Ethanol is Making Progress, Industry SaysMore Funding For Cellulosic Ethanol [...]

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