Latest Sweet sorghum Stories
CINCINNATI, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvanceBio LLC, a Cincinnati-based advanced biofuel technology company, today announced the development of its next generation, sugar-based fuel ethanol process. The process is capable of utilizing sugars derived from sugar cane, sweet sorghum, sugar beet and other similar crops as feedstock for the production of fuel ethanol and green power while generating zero liquid waste. When built in conjunction with the sugar milling operation, plants employing...
Varieties of drought-resistant, fast-growing sorghum are being studied in Maryland as a renewable source of fuel, scientists at Salisbury University said. The eight varieties of sweet sorghum are attractive because they require little water, mature quickly and have low nutrient and fertilization requirements, researchers from the university and Solar Fruits Bio Fuels said in a release Friday. Producing ethanol from sorghum costs less and is more energy efficient than making ethanol from...
Researchers at Rutgers University have deciphered the genetic make-up of sorghum, a drought-tolerant crop and important food and biofuel source, Reuter's reports. Scientists believe such a breakthrough could eventually help produce better food crops for arid regions with rapidly expanding human populations, such as West Africa.Capable of thriving in hot and dry conditions, sorghum is one of the world's leading cereals, along with corn, wheat, oats and barley.The plant's genome, which includes...
By Euan Paulo C. Anonuevo, The Manila Times, Philippines Aug. 7--BASIC Energy Corp. is ramping up its alternative fuels and petroleum businesses, after it inked separate deals with foreign groups. The first deal with an Indian firm involves the production of sweet sorghum in the Philippine company's Zamboanga del Norte property. Oscar de Venecia, Jr., Basic president and chief operating officer, said that Praj Industries' proposed trial plantation for the said crop is part of the...
By Rick Neale FELLSMERE, Fla. -- The race is on to build Florida's first sweet sorghum ethanol plant. And Ray Coniglio hopes a 10-acre test patch of waving plants here will cultivate construction of such a facility in central Florida's Brevard County. "You can see how they're growing. They're shooting right up," says Coniglio, president of Global Renewable Energy's ethanol division, walking with hands outstretched between rows of waving sweet sorghum. "You come out here every three days,...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a11572/indian_biofuel_ma) has announced the addition of the "Indian Bio-fuel Market" report to their offering. The 'Indian Biofuel Industry' report analyzes the current biofuel market in India. It focuses on the causes for the growing demand of biofuels, the manufacturing technologies for the production of biofuels and government regulations. This report also enumerates the opportunities and challenges faced by the biofuel...
By Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jun. 25--Bradley Krohn, the man who tried unsuccessfully to build the state's first ethanol plant at Port Manatee, is counting on an alternative energy push by Gov. Charlie Crist to help fuel his newest venture. Krohn, president of Tampa-based United States EnviroFuels LLC, is planning an ethanol storage facility at the Port of Tampa after plans to build an ethanol-producing plant there also failed. "Currently there's no ethanol produced in the...
