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by Greg Cruey on June 12, 2009
A piece at Renewable Energy World recently asked that question.
Energy policy at the moment sets targets for biofuel use. Those targets are pretty high and only a certain amount (less than half, eve...
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by Greg Cruey on April 23, 2009
BusinessWeek had a long but informative perspective piece on the future of biofuel earlier this month. Simply put, the outlook is bleak...Yet behind the very real innovations and investments, the bras...
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by Greg Cruey on January 2, 2009
From Seeking Alpha, back in February:The Energy Bill requires that 3% of ethanol be derived from cellulosic sources by 2012, and 44% by 2022. That means, by my estimates, we'll need to produce 405...
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by Greg Cruey on December 29, 2008
A few days ago we talked about ethanol - about how we're stuck with corn and sugarcane based ethanol because of the huge investment that's been made in it and the desire the industry has to at...
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by Greg Cruey on December 26, 2008
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 calls for the U.S. fuel market to use 100 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel in 2010, according to Justin Moresco over at Red Herring. And according...
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by Reden Rodriguez on June 7, 2007
Yesterday I was in a meeting with key persons who are in the know of the biofuel situation worldwide and one of the things that surpised me, during that brief luncheon was one statement. Someone said ...
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by Reden Rodriguez on May 31, 2007
Here are two stories on Biodiesel, one from the supplier and one from the buyer.
Planet Ark reports on the European Commission ensuring an increase of biofuels use, that is up to 10 percent of all ve...
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by Reden Rodriguez on May 30, 2007
Hell will break lose in Germany, according to this article. And why not when beer strikes very close to home? In fact, when the price of a staple commodity becomes a problem, people get threatened, wh...
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by Reden Rodriguez on April 28, 2007
I have read much about how biofuels would reduce greenhouse gas emissions but the counter argument has always been the fact that producing these biofuels entail emissions too, that should be included ...
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by Reden Rodriguez on April 28, 2007
I heard this argument before. Here is another article that talks about it.
The main argument here is that a high blend of ethanol and gasoline poses the same risk to public health than pure gasoline...
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by Reden Rodriguez on April 28, 2007
How do you judge the effect of biofuel use on food, land, transportation, and other affected sectors? There was no clear way of knowing this but thanks to a study conducted by UC Berkley, a rating Sys...
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by Reden Rodriguez on April 24, 2007
Here is a piece of the report from the New York Times, last April 18 entitled, Ethanol May Cause Smog, Deaths!
"Switching from gasoline to ethanol -- touted as a green alternative at the pump ma...
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by Reden Rodriguez on March 30, 2007
It's a chicken and egg case, and in this case the egg really got way ahead of the chicken. In Europe, a slump is being experienced by the biodiesel market, despite significant clamor for alternati...
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by Reden Rodriguez on March 30, 2007
A research paper on the use of Palm Oil for use as Biofuels had been made public in Amsterdam this week. The paper is on the effectivity of Palm Oil as biofuel, and the ultimate finding is that using ...
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by Reden Rodriguez on March 20, 2007
US chemical engineers from the Purdue University have discovered a new technology that will produce liquid fuels from biomass. This new technology involves adding hydrogen from a carbon-free energy re...
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by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
Imperium Renewables Inc. will produce biodiesel in its facilities in Hawaii, the NE United States very soon. The actual date has not been made public but the company foresees the operation of the coun...
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by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
I saw this article describing how Brazil has evolved from a petroleum-based economy to an energy independent and net exporter of biofuels. Catch that article here. But I am kind of apprehensive to the...
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by Reden Rodriguez on February 26, 2007
The Chinese are aiming at doing something tremendous. This month, the Chinese government revealed plans to put up a 13-million hectare jathropa plantation, capable of producing over 6 million liters o...
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by Reden Rodriguez on January 17, 2007
I would like to thank Joel Scwatzberg of PBS for pointing this out to me earlier today. Now on PBSis featuring country legend willie nelson who is a leading promoter of Biodiesel. The fact sheet that ...
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by Reden Rodriguez on January 4, 2007
Biomethane could be the next big "thing" in the biofuels world in 2007. Biomethane is naturally sourced gas made by decomposition manure or any other waste products. It can be cost-effective...
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by Reden Rodriguez on January 2, 2007
One of the top ten technologies that we could capitalize on is to make biodiesel from just about anything. In this article, one of the largest meat processor in the US, Tyson Foods, Inc., is catching ...
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by Reden Rodriguez on December 30, 2006
If you are looking for small acts that mean a difference, look no further. Students from Appalachian State University has led an initiative to use cleaner fuel for their buses. At a mix of 20% biodies...
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by Reden Rodriguez on December 18, 2006
Because I work for a renewable energy company that focuses on Bioethanol production (from cane) I know for a fact and have written numerous times about the many difficult aspects of putting together a...
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by Reden Rodriguez on December 18, 2006
Residents of Pennsylvania will soon be at the same league as the Californians by virtue of becoming a front-runner in the US renewable energy market. But the Pennsylvanians have gone a different green...
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by Reden Rodriguez on December 18, 2006
A study funded by the national government of Germany said that the country can viably produce biofuels using second generation Biomass to Liquid Technologies (BTL) that will produce biofuels from stra...
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by Reden Rodriguez on December 11, 2006
They used to be called just weeds but wild flowers growing in un-fertile soils all around the world may just provide huge amounts of biofuel potential according to US scientists. This article from the...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 30, 2006
I have often pointed out the current debate that discusses which is more important, food security or energy independence. To ensure that there is enough biomass resources to address both food and fuel...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 30, 2006
Australia's next biggest news is the start of a biodiesel factory that will begin production soon. A 140-million liter $48 Million Biodiesel production facility just opened in the Northern Territo...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 30, 2006
A University of Minnesota research team has just invented a reactive flash volatilization process that heats oil and sugar at a very fast rate which produces hydrogen and carbon monoxide or what is co...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 28, 2006
I have often pointed out the current debate that discusses which is more important, food security or energy independence. To ensure that there is enough biomass resources to address both food and fuel...
