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Study: Biofuels push increases rate of grasslands loss

Posted on February 21, 2013 by admin

America’s prairies are shrinking. Spurred on by the rush for biofuels, farmers are digging up grasslands in the northern Plains to plant crops at the quickest pace since the 1930s. While that’s been a boon for farmers, the upheaval could … Continue reading →

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Biofuel rush wiping out America’s grasslands at fastest pace since the 1930s

Posted on February 20, 2013 by admin

America’s prairies are shrinking. Spurred on by the rush for biofuels, farmers are digging up grasslands in the northern Plains to plant crops at the quickest pace since the 1930s. While that’s been a boon for farmers, the upheaval could create … Continue reading →

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Is algae the answer to greener transport?

Posted on January 16, 2013 by admin

Energy – not even fossil-fuel energy – isn’t in short supply for the short-term future, globally speaking. Liquid fuel for transport, on the other hand, is a concern. And it’s hard to imagine a global economy functioning for long without … Continue reading →

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First Algae Biofuel Plant Set for 2013 Debut

Posted on July 24, 2012 by admin

Seaweed could join U.S. corn and Brazilian sugarcane crops as a commercial source of biofuel energy in 2013. That marks the time when Brazil plans to build the world’s first industrial plant for transforming algae into biofuel. The U.S. leads … Continue reading →

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Which countries produce the most biofuels?

Posted on April 9, 2012 by admin

Biofuels — liquid fuels made from everything from algae to corn — haven’t yet come anywhere close to replacing crude oil. But they’re being produced in increasingly large volumes around the globe. (Biomass is also used to produce electricity; we’ll … Continue reading →

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Some Biofuels Too Expensive for Anybody Except US Navy

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

U.S. gasoline prices averaged $3.87 last week. If economists are right, rising prices will trigger the development of less cost-effective alternatives, such as fuel refined from Canadian oil sands and corn ethanol. And so they have. However, alternative fuels that … Continue reading →

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Aqualia unveils plan for sewage-powered biofuels

Posted on March 6, 2012 by admin

Spanish water company Aqualia is investing €12m in a commercial-scale project to produce biofuels for up to 400 vehicles from waste water and algae. Aqualia plans to cultivate fast-growing micro-algae using the nitrogen and phosphorus contained in waste water. FURTHER … Continue reading →

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Leave the Corn, Take the Algae: Time to Say Buona Notte to Food-Based Biofuels

Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin

You have a bushel of corn. You can either produce 2.7 gallons of ethanol or feed 50 people. Which would you choose? On December 31, 2011, America’s three-decade-old federal tax credit for ethanol expired, ending a government subsidy that poured … Continue reading →

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A low-cost, low-risk path to meeting US biofuels targets

Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin

Freaking out over USDA estimates that 400 new biorefineries are needed to meet RFS goals, by 2022? Ah, grasshopper – the costs and construction needs are far from that dire. It’s all a matter of utilizing the existing fleet and … Continue reading →

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Will Seaweed be the biofuel solution?

Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin

Cost-effective ethanol from algae Will Seaweed be the biofuel solution? – Dennis Avery  Sunday, January 29, 2012 (0) Comments | Print friendly | Email Us Churchville, VA—Researchers may have broken the biofuel barrier. A new biotech discovery enables ethanol to be … Continue reading →

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