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UC Merced Professor Elliott Campbel lead author in study published in ScienceConcerns over petroleum gas prices and long-term effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the environment have prompted scientists to look for alternative renewable energy sources for transportation use. One of the questions at hand is determining what that preferred technology should be.Scientists are examining biomass "“ plant matter that's grown and used to generate energy "“ as a potential power source. Two...
LAKE MARY, Fla., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGBF) today announced that it has signed a contract with the City of Baltimore, Maryland,("the City") to provide its renewable biofuel in an evaluation program for boiler applications in the heart of Baltimore. This is the first time the City of Baltimore has evaluated a non fossil fuel in its industrial boilers. In this program, New Generation Biofuels will sell the...
President Responds to Governors' Biofuels Coalition Recommendations WASHINGTON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to recommendations from the Governors' Biofuels Coalition, President Barack Obama issued a presidential directive charging key members of his administration with shepherding the development of the U.S. biofuels industry. The directive creates the nation's first comprehensive biofuels market development program; coordinates infrastructure policies; and identifies policy options...
Connecticut scientists have focused on algae from Long Island Sound in their quest for native environmentally friendly biofuels. The Hartford Courant reported Tuesday researchers at the University of New Haven have joined universities and private enterprises in the nationwide race to find cost-effective biofuel sources. We're trying to find the Connecticut feedstock, said Carmella Cuomo, the university's associate professor heading the team of algae researchers. The university hopes by...
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced plans Tuesday to provide nearly $800 million in biofuels research and commercialization funding. The money is designed to stimulate research leading to the increased use of domestic renewable fuels. Chu said his department plans to provide $786.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to, among other things, provide additional support for commercial-scale biorefinery demonstration projects. Developing the next...
The chief executive officer of Russia's Biotechnology Corp. said Friday that Europe could be a huge market for the Russian biofuels industry. Pyotr Kanygin said he believes Russia could sell 40 million tons of biofuels annually to the European market, fuel created from the timber industry's waste products, and deliver it using existing infrastructure, RIA Novosti reported Friday. We could transport liquid biofuels, in particular butanol, via already existing pipelines designed, for example,...
LAKE MARY, Fla., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGBF) ("New Generation Biofuels" or the "Company") today announced that the Company produced and delivered a truckload sale of 5,000 gallons to Taunton State Hospital from its commercial-scale facility in Baltimore, Maryland as part of an existing sales order with the hospital signed in October 2008. New Generation Biofuels also announced that it delivered its...
LAKE MARY, Fla., April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGBF) ("New Generation Biofuels" or the "Company") today announced that the Company produced and delivered its first truckload sale to a customer from its commercial-scale facility in Baltimore, Maryland. The shipment was delivered to Delta Chemical with whom New Generation Biofuels signed a contract on March 23rd and who placed their first order shortly thereafter....
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost all of the technologies for the production of second generation biofuels are in the final stage of commercialisation and their launch is expected within the next two years. These are biofuels that are derived from non-food biomass such as agricultural and forest waste, or energy crops like miscanthus and switch grass. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) "The success of such fuels depends, to a large...
LAKE MARY, Fla., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGBF), today announced that it is has signed a sales contract with Catoctin Mountain Growers, Inc. ("Catoctin") of Keymar, Maryland to supply up to 370,00 gallons of renewable biofuel annually. "We are delighted to be supplying a proactive and environmentally aware company like Catoctin Mountain Growers with our biofuel, which provides a lower carbon footprint and is...
