DOE to Provide up to $40 Million in Funding for Two Additional Small-Scale Biorefinery Projects
Locations for DOE major biofuels projects as of 14 July 2008. Click to enlarge.The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two additional...

National Governors Association and GM Team Up on E85
The National Governors Association (NGA) and General Motors Corp. will work together to expand the nationwide infrastructure and distributio...

VC's stay drunk at the cleantech bar in Q2
says Cleantech Group. including:SECOND-GENERATION BIOFUELS: While recent increases in grain prices have created controversy over first-gene...

Roundup: Facebook suspends Super Wall, Khosla joins Obama and more
Here s the latest action:Facebook suspends RockYou s Super Wall The social networking site has turned off the Facebook application ...

Virgin and Dubai green funds explore dirty side of cleantech
With growing portfolios of clean energy and environmental technology startups under their belts, Virgin Green Fund of the U.K. and Dubai's ...

Joint Genome Institute to Tackle 44 Sequencing Projects in 2009, Focused on Bioenergy and Environmental Applications
Botryococcus braunii, subject of one of the sequencing projects, is a microalga that produces long-chain hydrocarbons. Source: NIESThe US De...

Energy Delayers, Get Out Of The Way: A New American Energy Future Awaits
By Helen Aki and Jesse Jenkins, cross-posted from the Breakthrough BlogJust as the time becomes ripe for a major push towards clean, cheap s...

Florida Power &Light Announces World s Largest Photovoltaic Solar Project
Florida Power & Light Company, a subsidiary of clean energy leader FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL), today announced new solar energy projects th...