Last week, the US Senate passed a new jobs bill, the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, that includes the reinstatement of the biodiesel blenders’ tax credit which had expired at the end of 2009.

Optimism of an economic rebound, Chinese lawmaker's recent call for the nation to build up its emergency strategic reserves, and continuing extremist attacks in oil-rich Nigeria all contributed to crude prices increasing about $10 over the last month.

Algae is one of the most promising components for the development of sustainable biofuels. A current stumbling block for algae as a fuel feedstock is it can be expensive and time-consuming to harvest.

Most people associate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with space exploration, but it turns out the agency develops innovate technologies in other areas, including biofuel development. Who knew?

One company in America’s heartland claims cars can run on trees; this pioneer is KL Energy Corporation (OTC:KLEG), based out of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Imagine lighting city streets, neighborhood parks and sidewalks with the power of waste.

While energy from the sun and the wind is one eco-friendly method of providing power to street lamps, the three products listed below utilize what some may consider “unusual” technology to tackle two issues, waste and energy.

Doggy-Doo Powered Street Lamps

Decatur, Illinois-based Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM)—popularly known as ADM—has burnished its reputation as an American farming stalwart through its TV and radio ads (and PBS sponsorships) billing itself as the "Supermarket to the World."

Leading expert and Sandia researcher, Ron Pate, presented an overview of the opportunities and challenges for algal biofuels during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Diego on Feb. 19.

Thanks in part to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding, a shift in biofuel production to cellulosic biofuels is underway as both demonstration and commercial-scale power plants are opening or moving closer to completion.

Jet fuel is responsible for upwards of 40 percent of an airline’s operational costs, making this industry particularly sensitive to volatility in the oil market. 

Foreign energy companies have descended on Ghana, the West African nation that was once the center of the North American slave trade, as it engages in oil exploration and plans start drilling for crude this year, a move its government hopes will help to stamp out poverty.