Biofuel

Helping Washington Understand Biofuel One of the greatest hurdles facing the biofuel industry is not technical but political. It's convincing the policymakers and legislators in government that biofuel can strengthen both the economy and the country.

RNA CAD Could Lead to Better Biofuels The CAD tools that made it possible to fabricate integrated circuits with millions of transistors may soon be coming to the biological sciences. Researchers at the U.S. DOE's Joint BioEnergy Institute have developed CAD-type models and simulations for RNA molecules that may aid in microbial-based sustainable production of advanced biofuels.

Eastern Illinois University Fires Up Biomass Steam Plant This month, Eastern Illinois University and Honeywell unveiled the school's Renewable Energy Center, one of the largest university biomass installations in the United States, as part of a grand opening ceremony held on campus for students, faculty, and the broader Charleston community.

Biomass Gasification System To Power Veterans Affairs Medical Center Nexterra Systems Corp. has signed a $6.9 million contract to deliver a biomass gasification system for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Battle Creek, Michigan. The state-of-the-art biomass gasification system will provide clean, carbon-neutral heat and power to the medical center.

Nexterra Biomass Gasification System Tests Clean Biomass gasification is a thermo-chemical process that converts solid carbon-based fuels -- such as wood residue -- into clean burning syngas that can replace such fuels as natural gas, fuel oil, and propane. How clean is this process? Testing of a Nexterra Biomass Gasification System in British Columbia provides a positive answer.

Exploring Ocean Algae's Biomass Potential Algae - as a source of biomass and biofuel - can make a significant contribution to the renewable energy picture, but only if growing and processing the algae consumes less energy than it produces.

Lignol Moving From Demonstration To Production Lignol Innovations Inc., a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sector, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy's Biomass Program to phase out work on the funding award for a demonstration project in favor of commercial opportunities.

Aviation Biofuel Goes Trans-Atlantic Imagine tens of thousands of aircraft crisscrossing the globe every day, each burning hundreds and even thousands of gallons of petroleum-based fuel. Two recent trans-Atlantic flights illustrate the role of biofuel in reducing the environmental impact of this traffic.

30 Million Gallon-Per-Year Biorefinery For Port Arthur, Texas Endicott Biofuels and Holly Biofuels have formed Sabine Biofuels LLC to partner on a 30 million-gallon-per-year biorefinery currently under construction in Port Arthur, Texas. Sabine Biofuels will employ Davy technology to convert a full range of inedible, renewable fats or oils, in any proportion, to high quality biodiesel.

Sequencing Genomes of Threats to Biofuel Feedstocks An team of researchers has sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens including one that limits production of a tree crop valued as a future source for biofuel. The sequencing of the genetic code of poplar leaf rust pathogen (Melampsora larici-populina) is expected to help researchers develop control strategies to address worldwide threats to tree plantations.

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