Latest Biofuels and bio-energy company news
Researchers from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) have discovered a family of genes that could help us breed grasses with improved properties for diet and bioenergy.
The research was carried out by a team from the University of Cambridge and Rothamsted Research, which receives strategic funding from BBSRC. Their findings were published earlier last month (Tuesday 17 Jan) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ... [more]
Stride Treglown's 500sq.m Cardiff building has been designed to accommodate over 50 staff on two floors in an open plan studio arrangement linked by an open tread staircase. Stride Treglown architects has invested £60,000 in installing over 100sq.m of photovoltaics on the roof and south facade of their new Cardiff office to make it Carbon Neutral.
This investment will benefit from the Government’s Feed in Tariffs and follows the building’s achievement as the first BREEAM Outstanding Office a... [more]
PetroAlgae’s micro-crop technology employs indigenous, non-algae, aquatic micro-crops suitable to local climates. It is designed to produce biomass at commercial scale and to enable its licensees to develop a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels, as well as a high-value protein co-product, while absorbing carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas emissions.
PetroAlgae Inc. and its operating company PA LLC have finalized a Master Framework and Initial License Agreement with the Ministry of Natu... [more]
Sustainable Oils's camelina-based jet fuel has powered the successful test flight of a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft. The aircraft was powered by a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina.
According to the Air Force, the flight test “consisted of air starts, operability, and performance at different speeds and altitude throughout the flight envelope. The F-22 Raptor performed several maneuvers including a supercruise at 40,000 ft. reaching... [more]
The world's largest fleet of ethanol buses operates in the greater Stockholm area, where Stockholm County Council has set the goal that at least 50 percent of all passenger traffic will employ renewable fuels by 2012.
Ethanol accounts for around 90 percent of renewable vehicle fuels available today. It is the most cost-effective such fuel in the market in terms of availability, infrastructure and access to tried-and-tested technology
Scania has received an order for 158 buses from public ... [more]
Brazil is the world’s largest producer of ethanol fuel and has long experience in producing and using biofuels in a sustainable way. The ethanol is made from cane sugar and has been used since the 1980s as fuel for cars and other vehicles with petrol-fuelled engines. Successful public policies on land management have allowed a steadily increasing output of bioenergy and other agricultural products, while deforestation rates in the Amazon are continuously decreasing.
São Paulo, Brazil − ... [more]
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