SAO PAULO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), which unites airlines and technology providers in a joint drive to accelerate the development of new, sustainable aviation fuels [...]
IF I had a bumper sticker, it would say ‘CAM plants do it in the dark’,” says scientist Joe Holtum. “It’s odd, because you think: ‘Where do they get the energy from?’”
Being plants, what crassulacean acid metabolism species do is photosynthesis, but they do it with a nocturnal twist. Some are as familiar as pineapples [...]
By Jennifer Woodford
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 — Boldly going where no state has gone before, North Carolina is moving its biofuels industry from first generation to second generation technologies and a more affordable and available source of fuel for the nation.
First generation biofuels are dependent on sugars, starches, vegetable oil and animal fats as [...]
By Hope Deutscher
In response to a request by President Barack Obama to expedite the implementation of programs to assist the development of biofuels, the USDA has moved forward with several 2008 Farm Bill provisions that could serve to benefit ethanol producers.
The Repowering Assistance Program provides $35 million in fiscal year 2009, and authorized $15 million [...]
The National Corn Growers Association today thanked President Obama for his statement that advanced renewable transportation fuels will be one of the nation’s most important industries of the 21st Century, and that corn-based ethanol must remain viable to achieve this vision.
St. Louis, MO (Vocus) May 29, 2009 — The National Corn Growers Association today thanked [...]
By Suzanne Bohan
Contra Costa Times
When the first Model T left the assembly line in 1908, by design it could run on ethanol or gas. Henry Ford, the car’s manufacturer, added that flexibility because he envisioned a day when ethanol — made from crops grown on American soil — would provide the bulk of fuel for [...]
JAKARTA, WEDNESDAY - Malaysia wants to convey to cooperate with Indonesia in the development of biofuel.
Director General of Oil and Gas, Evita H. Legowo said that in Jakarta, Wednesday (5 / 11), after receiving the visit of Agriculture Minister of Industry and Commodities Malaysia, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.
Evita said the meeting with the Malaysian [...]
Biofuel-powered aircraft could be carrying millions of passengers around the world within three years, according to Boeing.
Darrin Morgan, an environmental expert at the US jet manufacturer, said the group was expecting official approval of biofuel use in the near future.
“The certification will happen much sooner than anybody thought,” he said. “We are thinking that within [...]
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Palm oil prices are set to rise soon on higher demand from biofuel makers and stock building by some consumers, while the credit crisis will have only a small impact on the commodity, a leading industry official said.
Derom Bangun, executive chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association, on Saturday said prices [...]
A simple catalytic process converts plant sugars into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
By Prachi Patel-Predd
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a simple, two-step chemical process to convert plant sugars into hydrocarbon fuels. The compounds created during the process could also be used to make other industrial chemicals and plastics.
Several companies are making hydrocarbon [...]
