ethanol

May
26

Stockholm tests ethanol-fuelled hybrid buses

Sweden’s Scania has started full-scale operational trials with six ethanol-fuelled hybrid buses on the streets of Stockholm. Run in
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Feb
26

Corn ethanol rises from the grave?

Texas-based EdenIQ today unveiled a new method for increasing the ethanol yield from corn (PDF). The Corn3 Yield Enhancement Program,
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Feb
20

Saudi scholar: biofuel = alcohol = a 'sin'

As if corn-based ethanol hasn’t already taken enough of a beating for taking food out of people’s mouths
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Jan
16

Florida announces first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant

Verenium Company today announced plans to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, to be located in south-central Florida’s
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Jan
08

E. coli: from intestinal distress cause to biofuel superhero?

Corn-based ethanol is so 2008, but a team of California researchers have found a potential energy source that could put
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Jan
06

2008 meets 2009: A look back ... and forward

Too many Top-This-or-That-of-2008-type stories are published during the end-of-the-year holidays: who has time to read them all? That’s why,
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Nov
28

U.S. eyes fuel-boosting 'Franken-corn'

A global seed company has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
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Nov
26

US ethanol plans gang agley ... again

Robbie Burns would understand the current difficulties facing the well-intended ethanol market, which are aptly described these days as, “The
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Aug
21

Ohio 'dark grey powder' the future of hydrogen cars?

It seems that the US Department of Energy (DoE) can’t get enough of giving away cash to clean tech
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Aug
08

BP finds new $90m biofuels friend

For a company whose name is dangerously close to the proper word for your gooch, (look it up on urban
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