http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/biofuel Blog Articles Tagged with 'biofuel' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/1147709?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Biobutanol (C4H10O) or butyl alcohol is a second generation biofuel that can be produced from biomass and can be used either as an industrial chemical or as a transportation fuel. Biobutanol can run in any gasoline engine with no modifications and, l... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:18:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/1147709?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147621?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel BioFuel Energy Corporation (BIOF)Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:16:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147621?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1147381?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Queensland University of Technology has opened a biofuel engine research facility that will enable testing of a range of biofuels and new engine technologies with the aim of producing engines tailor-made for particular biofuels.Dr Richard Brown, from... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:14:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1147381?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1146748?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel 11/13/2008 - The International Energy Agency has sharply upgraded its forecasts for wind and solar power generation and for biofuel use in transport, implying higher investment in these renewable sectors than it had previously anticipated...... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1146748?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1146054?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Air New Zealand and Boeing set 3 December as the date for the airline s sustainable biofuels flight from Auckland using a 747-400 jetliner. Conducted in partnership with Rolls-Royce and UOP, one of the airplane s four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines wi... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:39:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1146054?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1146055?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Solix calculations on the theoretical maximum production of algal oil. (See below.) Click to enlarge. Source: Kristina Weyer, Solix BiofuelsSolix Biofuels, a Fort Collins, Colo.-based early-stage company focused on algae-based intermediates for fuel ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:03:36 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1146055?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1145553?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel The world doesn't stop when you're on vacation, and I will be playing catch-up for some time, between the implications of the US election, a report from the International Energy Agency on chronic under-investment in new oil and gas capacity, and seve... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:40:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1145553?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1145014?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Those who read this blog know from past posts that I support development of biofuels as one of many climate-change solutions, but strictly conditional on how it s made and how it s used. Cellulosic ethanol can play an important role when we move... Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:06:14 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1145014?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1144138?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel The new process catalytically converts glycerol to methanol using hydrogen under mild conditions. Click to enlarge.Researchers at Oxford University (UK) have developed a new method to produce methanol (CH3OH) directly from glycerol (C3H5(OH)3), a byp... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:26:17 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1144138?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1144007?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel 11/06/2008 - Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company for the University of Oxford, recently announced that researchers in the University s Department of Chemistry have discovered a new way to produce methanol a valuable biofuel fr... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1144007?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1143708?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Synthetic networks for non-fermentative alcohol production from glucose in engineered E. coli developed by Dr. Liao at UCLA and licensed by Gevo. The red arrows represent the two-step conversion (KDC/ADH) of 2-keto acids to alcohols. Click to enlarge... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:49:05 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1143708?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1143183?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Okay, its way too early to call the election. But when Karl Rove figures an Obama victory is in the bag, consensus is clearly building. So what would an Obama administration look like in terms of energy policy?Skinny legs and all (AP)Lets start with ... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:40:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1143183?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1143178?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel ADM and Cabrera to Form Joint Venture to Process Sugarcane to EthanolArcher Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Brazil-based Grupo Cabrera have agreed to form a joint venture to produce ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil. The partnership will bring toget... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:10:57 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1143178?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1143181?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Properties of UOP s jatropha-based JP-8 military jet fuel as presented earlier this year at AIChE. Click to enlarge.The jatropha-derived green jet fuel to power one of four engines on a test flight in an Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400 has arr... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:15:57 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1143181?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1142771?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel By Jeff St. JohnFor a biofuel industry that's already gone through one boom-and-bust cycle in the span of the last four years and hopes to see another boom start in the next four the question of who will occupy the White House come January co... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:12:25 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1142771?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1142528?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Sugarcane, a monocot, can benefit from Monsanto s existing work on its corn platform. Click to enlarge.Monsanto is acquiring Aly Participa es Ltda., which operates the sugarcane breeding and biotechnology companies, CanaVialis S.A. and Alellyx S... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:55:03 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1142528?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1141690?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Crude oil futures slumped to $63, on track for the biggest one-month decline since 1983, Bloomberg reports. U.S. economic woes and fears of cratering demand are pushing oil prices lower, but some traders expect rate cuts to give crude a boost next we... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:39:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1141690?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1140844?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Syngenta is developing a new technology to dramatically improve the cost efficiency of sugar cane planting in Brazil. Syngenta s innovation would reduce planting costs per hectare by some 15%, driven by a novel approach to grow sugar cane from small... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:10:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1140844?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1140214?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Projected GWI of future corn ethanol plants, with gasoline baseline and weighted average. Click to enlarge. Data: Korves (2008)The Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) published two new studies one a case study of an existing corn ethanol plant... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:07:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1140214?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1140089?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel Rosetta Genomics Ltd., a leading developer of microRNA-based diagnostics and therapeutics, has launched Rosetta Green, a microRNA-based plant biotechnology project. Rosetta Green will leverage the knowledge gained at Rosetta Genomics in microRNAs (mi... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:14:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1140089?rsstype=tag&tag=biofuel