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Completing its latest round of funding, Primus Green Energy, Inc., a developer of a drop-in renewable gasoline, has received another $12 million from its primary investor, IC Green Energy, Ltd.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced four new Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project areas.
In a report [pdf] compiled for the Council of Europe, the Italian Institute for Enviro
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."
The Chesapeake Bay Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture have released a report claiming the appropriate use of cellulosic biofuel crops could be a big help to the area's economy while reducing enviro
A new report says that algae-based biofuel may generate more greenhouse gas emissions than corn-based ethanol.
This is a damning indictment for biofuel industry's rockstar feedstock, considering corn ethanol is viewed as the least environmentally friendly biofuel.
In Britain, a new study has been commissioned to assess the ethics behind biofuel production.
The UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCB) is asking for anyone and everyone's view on biofuels--everything from corn-based ethanol to algae derived biofuel--in order to advise the British government on a way to develop biofuels without taking food from the poor.
This year has seen some interesting progress in the production of second generation biofuels.
In a new two-year study, partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, two biomass companies are joining forces to determine which variations of biomass crops are optimal for thermochemical conversion and how to optimize their usage.
