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Colorado Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Confirmed
August 28th, 2008 by
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A cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant is planned for Grand Junction, Colorado.
Lignol Energy Corporation has received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to locate the facility on the western slope of Colorado. The approved location is a change from the originally proposed ...
Lab to Test Ethanol Feedstock Powders
August 28th, 2008 by
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Gulf Ethanol Corporation has contracted a commercial testing laboratory to perform analysis on its preprocessed feedstock powders.
Microbac Laboratories has over fifteen years’ experience in analyzing a wide range of biomass products. They work directly with national Renewable Energy Laboratories and various private entities to characterize and analyze ...
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Ag Secretary Defends Ethanol in WSJ
August 28th, 2008 by
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The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor this week from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer that defends ethanol and the nation’s biofuels policies.
Schafer wrote the letter mainly in response to an op-ed by Texas Governor Rick Perry that ...
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Transition to Bioeconomy Conference
August 28th, 2008 by
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer will be the keynote speaker at the Oct. 15-16 conference, Transition to a Bioeconomy: Environmental and Rural Development Impacts. Secretary Schafer will address public policy challenges for the bioeconomy. Also featured on the program will be Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas ...
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Enterprise Taps Sayre to Head Biofuel Efforts
August 27th, 2008 by
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St. Louis-based Enterprise Rent-A-Car has named Dr. Richard Sayre, a leading biofuels researcher, to head its Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis.
This press release says the company created the Institute in 2007 ...
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Two Biodiesel Companies Among Fastest Growing
August 27th, 2008 by
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The rising popularity of biodiesel is helping many companies grow rapidly. Two privately-held biodiesel-related companies are being recognized as among the nation’s 500 fastest growing of any type of company.
This article from Biodiesel Magazine says Inc. Magazine has rated Greenline Industries and Blue Sun Biodiesel among the ...
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E85 Gets a Push at the Republican National Convention
August 27th, 2008 by
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As the Republican National Convention approaches the week of September 1, the state of Minnesota prepares for the crowd. Minnesota boasts the largest number of E85 fueling locations throughout the country, 354 to be exact, and ...
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Agribusinesses Join Forces for Cellulosic Ethanol
August 27th, 2008 by
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Three global agribusiness giants have teamed up to explore technologies and processes to turn crop residues into feed and bioenergy products.
Archer Daniels Midland Company, Deere & Company and Monsanto ...
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Dem Convention Runs on Biodiesel, Solar & Wind
August 26th, 2008 by
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If you’ve been watching any of the Democratic Convention you’ve been seeing plenty of windy people talking up a storm (hey, they’re politicians… Republicans will spew plenty of hot air next week!). But wind energy (the kind that turns turbines), ...
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US and China to Study Sorghum for Ethanol
August 26th, 2008 by
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As athletes were racing for the gold in Beijing last week, representatives from the United States and China were in Texas teaming up in the race to develop new feedstocks for ethanol.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Science and ...
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