30 million gallon plant in Nevada, Iowa will expand central Iowa’s energy exports, add to local grower economy. In Iowa, DuPont broke ground today on its $200 million, 30 million gallon cellulosic biofuels facility in Nevada, Iowa. Expected to be completed in mid-2014, the new facility produce cellulosic ethanol from corn stover. Iowa Governor Terry […]
In Washington, the US Senate voted 54-41 in favor of an amendment offered by Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina to repeal section 2823 of the annual Defense appropriations bill. Sec. 2823 of the FY13 NDAA (S. 3524) would have prohibited the Secretary of Defense or any other official from the Department of Defense (DoD) […]
In Washington, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced 66 cutting-edge research projects selected by the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to receive a total of $130 million in funding through its “OPEN 2012” program. ARPA-E seeks out transformational, breakthrough technologies that show fundamental technical promise but are too early for private-sector investment. […]
In Georgia, E-Z Trip Chevron, Indore Oil Company & Protec Fuel joined forces to launch the 14th E85 location in the metro Atlanta area. The public can now fuel with the cleaner burning alternative at 3601 Atlanta Road in Smyrna, Ga., off I-285 at Exit 18 (Paces Ferry/Vinings). Protec Fuel, based in Florida, has partnered to […]
In Washington, the DOE Biomass Program will host a webinar “Upgrading Renewable and Sustainable Carbohydrates for the Production of High Energy Density Fuels” on December 12, 2012, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. ET. Presenters from Los Alamos National Laboratory will highlight the development of hydrocarbon fuels as renewable alternatives to petrochemical feedstocks. Researchers will discuss investigations into […]
In Brazil, FuturaGene signed a Cooperation Framework Agreement with EMBRAPA, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture research organisation. Under the agreement, FuturaGene and EMBRAPA will establish collaborative research programs in eucalyptus and other tree species for the enhancement of sustainable development in Brazil and other territories. The first project to be executed under the agreement will […]
In New Mexico, the Halton Foundation, has granted $30,000 to the Himalayan Stove Project in support of their project of improving heath of people in the trans-Himalayan region. According to the Project, cooking and heating using open fires or primitive stoves causes unhealthy levels of indoor air pollution which kills almost 2 million people each […]
In North Carolina, Precision BioSciences announced that research, The Bayer Scientific Magazine, has published an article describing the successful use of Precision’s DNE technology to modify the genome of cotton. The article describes pioneering work performed by Kathleen D’Halluin and her colleagues at Bayer CropScience, who used an engineered DNE meganuclease produced by Precision to […]
In Washington, the USDA announced that scientists working as part of an international team have completed a shotgun sequencing of the wheat genome, a paper published in the journal Nature reported today. The achievement is expected to increase wheat yields, help feed the world and speed up development of wheat varieties with enhanced nutritional value. […]
In Washington, the US Energy Department issued a request for information to garner input from researchers in industry, academia, and other interested biofuels stakeholders to identify key technical barriers in converting biomass via thermochemical direct liquefaction pathways to transportation fuels in the gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel ranges. For the purpose of this RFI, thermochemical […]
