October 5th, 2009
If you're interested in alternative energy these are exciting times. The expansion of the wind and solar industries has been astounding. Science is opening up new horizons in biofeuls and ethan…
June 12th, 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…
April 23rd, 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…
January 2nd, 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…
December 29th, 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…
December 26th, 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…
June 6th, 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 …
May 31st, 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…
May 30th, 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…
April 28th, 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 …