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Bioenergy crops likely to be more invasive
Whilst there is interest in bioenergy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels, there is also concern about its environmental impact. A recent study demonstrates that potential bioenergy crops in Hawaii are 2 to 4 times more likely to be invasive than other plants. The EU climate action and renewable energy package has set a target of increasing the share of renewables in energy use to 20 per ...
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Getting the most out of Europe`s bioenergy potential
Developing new bioenergy crops needs to take account of the environmental risks associated with large-scale bioenergy production, says the report. Energy crops are expected to use more of Europe's farmlands over the years to come and environmental limits will be needed to avoid damaging impacts on the environment overall. Soaring energy prices and strong political support are driving the ...
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Project Seeks Cropping Systems that Profit Farmers, Provide Food and Fuel and Scrub Carbon Out of the Air
Cropping systems that are profitable for farmers and balance societal needs for food, feed, fuel, energy and clean air and water are the focus and challenge of Iowa State University’s Landscape Biomass Project. “My dad always said there is no reason that driving your car should not make the air cleaner, and there’s no reason that you should have to feel bad about turning on a ...
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SG Biofuels Completes $17 Million Series B Financing
SG Biofuels, Inc. (SGB), a bioenergy crop company developing elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha as a low-cost feedstock for biodiesel, bio jet fuel and specialty chemicals, has completed a $17 million Series B financing led by Thomas, McNerney & Partners with participation from Finistere Ventures and current investors Flint Hills Resources, LLC and Life Technologies Corporation. SGB also ...
By SG Bio Fuels
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SG Biofuels Names Miguel Motta as Chief Operating Officer
SG Biofuels, Inc. (SGB), a bioenergy crop company developing elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha as a low-cost source for biodiesel, bio jet fuel and specialty chemicals, has named Miguel Motta as its chief operating officer. As COO, Motta will be responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the company's business development, global operations, marketing and human resources ...
By SG Bio Fuels
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The agricultural sector also wants to contribute biofuel
The biggest volumes of biofuel raw material are in the forest but the agricultural sector can also contribute more renewable energy. At least, so says the Swedish Board of Agriculture, which had a stand at World Bioenergy 2010. “Willow, reed canary grass and rapeseed are some of the energy crops with major potential,” says Tobias Kreuzpointner, responsible for business and landscape ...
By Elmia AB
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EU energy ministers endorse unsustainable biofuels targets
European Union energy ministers decided not to account for the real greenhouse gas emissions caused by biofuels used for transport in the EU. In a political agreement reached today, ministers refused to reflect indirect land-use change (ILUC) in GHG accounting and subsidy schemes for biofuels. Ministers recognised that “it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land-use ...
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Food or fuel? The bioenergy dilemma
The cost of grain-based staples–such as tortillas in Mexico, beef noodles in western China, and bread in the United States– has increased around the world. There are several reasons why prices have jumped, but there’s one getting a lot of attention: the global rush for bioenergy. Crops can be used as a food or fuel; both are important ecosystem services that nature provides to people. But as ...
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Yield projections for Switchgrass as a Biofuel Crop
While scientists have conducted numerous studies on production of biomass from biofuel crops, such as switchgrass, no one has yet compiled this information to evaluate the response of biomass yield to soils, climate, and crop management across the United States. A team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dartmouth College published just such a study in the July-August 2010 ...
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Switchgrass ethanol yields large net energy gain
Switchgrass grown for biofuel production produced five times more energy than needed to grow, harvest and process it into cellulosic ethanol, finds a large farm study by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln published Monday. The five year study also found greenhouse gas emissions from cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass were 94 percent lower than estimated greenhouse gas ...
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Lab receives an additional $40.3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment act funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will receive $40.3 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support research in biofuels, fusion energy and the nation’s power grid and to ensure scientists have state-of-the-art equipment for their investigations. This new funding is in addition to ...
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Frost & Sullivan lauds genencor for its innovative product line of enzymes that address key challenges in the biofuel industry
Based on its recent analysis of the biofuel enzymes market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Genencor, Inc., a division of Danisco, with the 2009 Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award for its Accellerase® product line of enzymes. As a response to the challenges of converting cellulosic biomass to ethanol, Genencor introduced Accellerase® 1000 in 2007, and has since then succeeded in ...
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Study shows bioenergy benefits for rural poor
Bioenergy, when produced on a small-scale in local communities, can play a significant role in rural development in poor countries, according to a new report jointly published by FAO and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The study, “Small Scale Bioenergy Initiatives: Brief Description and Preliminary Lessons on Livelihood Impacts from Case Studies in Latin America, Asia ...
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Boeing and Hawai`i BioEnergy to Work on Renewable Biofuel for Aviation
Boeing (NYSE: BA) today announced a collaborative agreement to work with Hawai'i BioEnergy on renewable energy sources for creating aviation fuel. Announced on the eve of the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) CEO Summit, the memorandum of understanding highlights how the companies will work together to identify biofuel sources and supporting technologies for producing sustainable jet fuel ...
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2011 BIO International Convention to Highlight Next-Generation of Biofuel Innovation
Technology’s role in the production of biofuels is key to creating a large scale, sustainable alternative fuels industry and will be discussed at the 2011 BIO International Convention. The Convention will feature a series of high-level panels examining the spectrum of biotechnology advancements. These sessions will address pressing global industrial and environmental issues from the ...
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Biofuels could increase food production, says report
Planting biofuel crops in Africa need not damage capacity to grow food and could even enhance food security, according to a controversial review prepared for the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). The report, with case studies on six countries in East, West and southern Africa, concludes that bioenergy production can expand across the continent and provide income and energy to ...
By SciDev.Net
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Global Biogas Plants Industry
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Biogas Plants Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0552802/Global-Biogas-Plants-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Biogas Plants in US$ Million. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics ...
By ReportLinker
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$30 Million Juices Startup of Bioenergy Research Centers
WASHINGTON, DC, October 1, 2007 (ENS) - The startup of three new bioenergy research centers got a financial boost today with the U.S. Department of Energy's investment of nearly $30 million in end of fiscal year 2007 funds. The fiscal year ended September 30. The three centers selected by DOE this June are located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Madison, Wisconsin; and near Berkeley, California. They ...
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Oil Price Pressure Driving Global Switch to Biofuels
Untitled Document ROME, Italy , April 25, 2006 (ENS) - Worldwide momentum is gathering for a major international switch from fossil fuels to renewable bioenergy, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. The move is driven in part by record high oil prices, as oil jumped to an all-time high above $75 a barrel last week. “The gradual move away from oil has begun. ...
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23rd EUBCE marks the record of participating countries and confirms its global leading role for the bioenergy community
With 803 presentations by over 2,500 authors and co-authors, this year, the 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition has marked the record number of 76 participating countries.In total, 1,394 participants attended the EUBCE and, as the hosting country, Austria ranked first by number of participants, followed by Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. An impressive 30% increase in the number of ...
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