Biofuels

FUNDING

Sustainable biofuels project funded

The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $2 million to Ximing Cai and colleagues at the University of Illinois to make a holistic, systems-based analysis of sustainably producing cellulosic biofuels. [more]

FUNDING

Engineered algae project funded

The National Science Foundation has awarded half a million dollars to a team lead by Wayne Curtis of Pennsylvania State University and Joseph Chappell of the University of Kentucky to genetically modify algae to produce biofuels. [more]

POLICY

Feds release biofuels action plan

The US Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy have released the National Biofuels Action Plan, an interagency blueprint for boosting the nation's production and use of biofuels. [more]

POLICY

Scientists call for sustainable biofuels policies

Biofuels are coming. The question is will we produce them in a way that wisely balances environmental, economic and social factors. [more]

RESEARCH
Process makes gas from biomass

RESEARCH
Genetically modified microbe cranks out ethanol

STARTUPS & SPINOFFS
Algae research spawns biofuel startups

RESEARCH
Cheap catalyst makes hydrogen from biofuel

RESEARCH
Miscanthus beats switchgrass for ethanol

RESEARCH
Biomass-to-biofuel simplified

FUNDING
DOE rounds out small biofuel refinery funding

LAB NOTE
NREL taps Dow for ethanol project

FUNDING
UK pumps $38m into artificial photosynthesis

FUNDING
Solar and algae projects funded

From TRN:

Pond scum ethanol - TRN April 28/May 5, 2008
Biofuels' down side - TRN February 18/25, 2008
Switchgrass rules ethanol efficiency - TRN January 21/28, 2008
Sugar, sugar - TRN June 25/July 2, 2007
Hybrid biofuel - TRN March 19/26, 2007
Biodiesel beats ethanol - TRN July 24/31, 2006
Process ups biodiesel efficiency - TRN June 15/22, 2005


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