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UC Riverside Awarded $1M Synthetic Fuel Facility Grant

University of California, Riverside’s College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the California Energy Commission to build a demonstration plant to convert biosolids to clean synthetic diesel fuel. As evaluated by the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, this process is [...]

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California Continues to Add Green Fueling Options

Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group, which is one of the world’s largest hydrogen energy producers, will be showcasing two of its green fueling options to California residents during the San Francisco International Auto Show, which opens on Thanksgiving day. The first featured project highlights refuse trucks that are running on natural gas. [...]

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Brazil Renews Tax Break for FFVs

Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega has confirmed that government will extend tax breaks to flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) and others that are “environmently friendly”. According to Reuters, the Brazilian government will allow and extension on tax breaks given to E85 compatible cars with 1-liter engines until March of 1010 and trucks until June of [...]

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An Inside View of the Brazilian Ethanol Industry

Oi from Brasil! I have spent the last three days learning about the ethanol industry in Brazil. I have been traveling with a group of 20 international journalists in the State of Sao Paulo, where 60 percent of the country’s sugarcane is grown and consequently where the majority of the ethanol is produced. I’ll be writing [...]

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Thanksgiving Tweets for Farmers

Food, feed, fiber and fuel – American farmers do it all and today is a day to give a Thanksgiving tweet for all they do. On Twitter, many agriculture advocates are taking part in tweeting the hashtag #thankafarmer today from 10 am to 12 pm CST. Twitter users are also expressing their gratitude with [...]

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Power of the Sun to Harvest Hydrogen

A Massachusetts company is working on developing a cheap catalyst that will separate water molecules to harvest the hydrogen for home use. This story from Greentech Media says Sun Catalytix wants to use solar power to unlock the molecules. If successful, the process could open the door for sources of water that are less than [...]

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Clemson Gets $98 Mil for Wind Research

South Carolina’s Clemson University is getting $98 million in federal funds for wind energy research that is expected to create hundreds of wind energy jobs and make the area a center for wind research. This press release says the school’s Restoration Institute and its partners have received a $45 million grant from the U.S. Department of [...]

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Biodiesel Makers Worry About Hit During Tax Break Wait

Biodiesel producers are worried the wait for the renewal … or even worse, the failure of renewal … of a crucial tax credit, set to expire in just more than a month, could be a death knell for the industry. The Houston Chronicle reports that despite efforts already underway in the U.S. House and Senate to [...]

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Senator Grassley Pushes for E15

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who has always been an ethanol supporter, will push Congress to act if the EPA turns down a waiver request that will increase the amount of ethanol in fuel from 10 to 15 percent. The EPA is expected to grant or deny the request by December 1. As Oil Price Information [...]

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Farm Bureau Pleased with Climate Bill Delay

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is pleased with a decision by Senate leadership last week to delay consideration of climate change legislation until the spring of 2010. During a recent interview before the delay was announced, AFBF president Bob Stallman said the agricultural organization opposed the climate change bill that was passed by the House, [...]

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China and Africa’s natural resources: the challenges and implications for development and governance

URL: http://www.saiia.org.za/images/stories/pubs/occasional_papers/saia_sop_41_alden_alves_20090917.pdf . Source: South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 2009. China’s three decades of unbroken growth have transformed it from an economic backwater to the world’s third largest economy. This has fuelled an ever-expanding demand for energy...

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Biodiesel Maker Tries New Technology to Score Credit

A biodiesel maker is hoping that a new process will help it pry open some tight credit markets the biofuels industry has been facing lately. This story from the Minneapolis Star Tribune says that BioCat Fuels will use a process from its sister company, Minnesota-based EverCat Fuel, which has patented a process that converts waste fats [...]

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More Sorghum Going to Ethanol

Corn may have competition for ethanol use from less expensive sorghum. According to a survey by the United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP), 29 percent of the grain sorghum grown in the United States this year will be used to produce ethanol – a total of nearly 137 million bushels. “In the past year, the price differential has [...]

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Purdue to Test Biofuels for Aircraft

U.S. Air Force planes could soon be flying on biofuels, and that fuel will be tested at one of the Midwest’s premier universities. This press release from Purdue University says the school’s National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion is getting a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Air Force. The facility at will be [...]

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Renew Energy to Learn Fate Soon

Wisconsin based Renew Energy will either be finding a buyer or closing within just a few weeks. The Jefferson, Wisconsin plant currently produces about 210,000 of ethanol and employs 70. Renew noted that they are striving to sell the plant in hopes that a new buyer will keep the current employees. According to the [...]

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Wind, Water And Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear And Coal For Clean Energy

Wind, Water And Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear And Coal For Clean Energy - www.carbonfreeenergy

The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water, not growing on prairies or glowing inside nuclear power plants, says Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford. And "clean coal," which involves capturing carbon emissions and sequestering...

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Natural Gas, Fuel to Drive the Future | AfterMarketCNG

Natural Gas, Fuel to Drive the Future Abstract Society’s growing interest in alternative fuels is paving the way for emerging and existing technologies. Compressed natural gas is not a new technology, but it is rapidly growing more popular. The recent drive for green products combined with high oil prices and worries about oil dependence makes natural gas an ideal solution. Natural gas has been in...

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7 Things About Wind Power

With energy prices soaring as fossil fuels on our planet are diminishing, alternative fuels must be sought. Many energy resources come naturally, and wind power is one of them. You have the ability to build your own wind turbine to produce your own e...