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Bioliq Affordable Biofuel
Monday, October 19th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany have developed a biofuel based on wood and straw...

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A Better Bug for Biofuels

Friday, September 25th, 2009 - 18:20:33 - Anuradha Menon

While most attempts to engineer biofuel-producing microbes have focused on well-known organisms such as yeasts and E. coli, scientists also hope to...

Solar Powered Biofuel Under Development
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Cambridge, Massachusetts based startup Joule Biotechnologies is developing a new process using solar power to derive a...

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Biofuel for $2.49/Gallon from Wood or Straw

Saturday, January 31st, 2009 - 14:48:56 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers push gasification pyrolysis as a means to more affordably process wood and other substances into biofuel. Germany, known as a hotbed for...

Biofuel Carbon Footprint Not So Big

Monday, January 19th, 2009 - 18:07:24 - Ehud Rattner

Publications ranging from the journal Science to Time magazine have blasted biofuels for significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions...

Biofuel Powers Jetliner
Friday, January 16th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Air New Zealand has joined with Boeing, Rolls Royce, and Honeywell UOP to perform the world's first commercial biofuel test...

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Air NZ's Successful Biofuel Test Flight

Thursday, January 1st, 2009 - 16:52:50 - Anuradha Menon

It was a history-making flight but it looked all very ordinary - and that's just how Air New Zealand wanted it. The airline yesterday completed the...

New Green Jet Fuel X Prize
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
The U.S. Department of Transportation hopes to excite interest in biofuels to help the ailing airline industry. In order to...

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New Source for Biofuels Discovered

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 - 14:20:31 - Iddo Genuth

A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at...