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Airbus Sets Biofuel Goal for 2020

Green Technology — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:26:59 +0000

Airbus along with major European Airlines and producers are crating an initive called the ‘Biofuel Flightpath’.

The goal is to bring 2 million tonnes of biofuels to the European market by the year 2020.

The fuels will be make in Europe from local raw materials. Biofuel Flightpath " … aims to establish appropriate financial mechanisms to support the construction of industrial ‘first of a kind’ advanced biofuel production plants."

" … create the first industrial venture ever introducing sustainable biofuels for commercially competitive operations. …"

Via: European Commission SETIS LINK

Renewable fuel standards enable biofuel investment

Green Technology — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:16:23 +0000

Industry group urges sustaining the federal Renewable Fuel Standard to provide the stability that enables investment in the development of advanced biofuels. …

… “The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today joined the Advanced BioFuel Association, the Renewable Fuel Association, the Advanced Ethanol Council and the American Coalition for Ethanol in a letter to leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works urging protection of the federal RFS.” …

BIO.

BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations.

Federal Renewable Fuel Standard.

Renewable fuel standard amendments (PDF).

RFS compliance details.

RFS amendment responses.

RFS whitepaper (PDF) by BIO.

Joule Pioneers Biofuel Producion from CO2, Water and Sunlight

Green Technology — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:56:52 +0000

"Joule’s Helioculture™ platform combines … sunlight and waste CO₂directly into clean, fungible diesel fuel, bypassing the limitations of biofuel production…."

" … SolarConverter^® … scaling to desired output levels with no dependence on raw material feedstocks, agricultural land, fresh water or crops."

Joule’s "platform" makes fuel from sun and CO2 w/o biomass or raw materials. Basically they have engineered organisms that take in CO2, water and sunlight and spit out bio-fuel – basically unlimited fuel.

Joule has it HQ in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Via: Joule Unlimited, Inc. LINK

Joule Pioneers Biofuel Producion from CO2, Water and Sunlight

Green Technology — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:56:52 +0000

"Joule’s Helioculture™ platform combines … sunlight and waste CO₂directly into clean, fungible diesel fuel, bypassing the limitations of biofuel production…."

" … SolarConverter^® … scaling to desired output levels with no dependence on raw material feedstocks, agricultural land, fresh water or crops."

Joule has it HQ in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Via: Joule Unlimited, Inc. LINK

Isobutanol bioprocessing from cellulose

Green Technology — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:14:32 +0000

UCLA scientist leads BESC team in research that streamlines the synthesis of isobutanol from cellulose based materials. The key to the process is development of microbes through genetic engineering. The research team will continue to pursue genetically engineered strains that convert cellulosic materials well. …

… “Using consolidated bioprocessing, a team led by James Liao of the University of California at Los Angeles for the first time produced isobutanol directly from cellulose.

The team’s work, published online in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, represents across-the-board savings in processing costs and time, plus isobutanol is a higher grade of alcohol than ethanol.” …

Via Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Cellulose based isobutanol.

Bird compatible biofuel grasses

Green Technology — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:20:39 +0000

could serve dual purpose. …

… “Native perennial grasses might provide an opportunity to produce biomass in ways that are compatible with the conservation of biodiversity … ” …

Via Futurity: Grasses.

3G Biofuels Power Military Green Strategy

Green Technology — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:09:08 +0000

Military is on the brink of a green revolution as it shifts energy strategy to green technology and renewable sources. …

… “The Navy is only testing fuels like camelina and algae that do not compete with food, that have a total end-to-end carbon footprint cleaner than fossil fuels … ” …

Via New York Times Op-Ed: Green Strategy.

U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter tests a 50/50 Camelina seed-based biofuel blend at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. …

Biofuel reactor production

Green Technology — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:03:01 +0000

using microfluidic technology could enable consumers to generate their own bio-derived fuel. …

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Professor Frank Jones discusses fuel production using technology that enables micro bioreactors.

Biogasoline uses catalysis for plant sugar conversion

Green Technology — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:38:01 +0000

Virent Energy raises profile of its biogasoline through supply deal with Scuderia Ferrari racing. Virent, Shell, and Scuderia Ferrari collaborated to optimize the performance of the biofuel component. …

… “The Virent process uses catalysts to convert plant sugars directly into gasoline and gasoline blend components, like those produced at a petroleum refinery. The sugars can be sourced from more sustainable non-food raw materials such as corn stover, wheat straw and sugar cane residue, or from conventional biofuel feedstocks such as sugar beet, corn, wheat and sugar cane. The energy content of Virent’s biogasoline is the same as or better than premium gasoline and can be blended seamlessly into conventional gasoline. In the future this could eliminate the need for any specialized infrastructure, engine modifications or blending equipment for use by Shell’s customers.” …

Via Virent Energy: Racing Fuel (PDF).

Biofuel process efficiency through enzyme recycle

Green Technology — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:51:30 +0000

Clarkson University research will optimize the cellulosic pathway to ethanol biofuel with grant from the National Science Foundation. Clarkson chemistry professor Sergiy Minko will lead the investigation. …

… “grant is for finding a way to bring the costs of the process down to a more competitive level.

The major idea of this project is to make this process less expensive just by recycling the enzyme.

Normally, he said, the enzyme is thrown out with the plant waste.

The point is to learn how we can selectively extract the enzymes from this biomass and reuse them …” …

Via Clarkson University: Biofuels Research.