You may have heard the proclamation before: The next generation of biofuels will be derived from cellulosic plant material. And, in theory, this makes sense. Whereas...
More Coverage: Technology Review
Article Context
Researchers find, in cow stomachs, 30k new enzymes potentially valuable for biofuel production
Articles from 1.27.2011
ConocoPhillips, NRG, GE to put $300 million in new energy technologies
Well, that didn't take long. Two days after President Obama's 'Sputnik moment' call for cuttingoil industry subsidies and funneling investment into...
Colombia coal mine blast kills 20, regulator says
BOGOTA (Reuters) - An explosion at a small underground coal mine in northeast Colombia killed 20 workers on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest accident to hit Latin...
Court reverses New Mexico governor on environmental rules
The New Mexico Supreme Court’s rebuke to Susana Martinez, the state’s new governor was blunt. “No one is above the law,” the state’s chief justice, Charles W. Daniels,...
'GasLand' Oscar nod draws industry ire
When "GasLand," a documentary which details the environmental impact of a process called "fracking," came out, it created a public relations nightmare...
Biden outlines three-part plan to have 1M advanced technology vehicles on US roads by 2015
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama highlighted his goal of making the United States the first country in the world to put one million advanced...
VW’s 261-MPG plug-in hybrid arrives in 2013
Volkswagen says the 261-mpg diesel-electric XL1 concept could see limited - very limited - production within two years.The Germans unveiled the super-efficient Volkswagen...
GM Ventures invests $7M in battery startup Envia
GM Ventures is now rapidly starting to invest its $100 million fund into auto innovations. This morning GM Ventures said it has pumped $7 million into battery startup...
Articles Related by Topic
Enogen corn amylase trait is first USDA-approved genetically modified trait for ethanol industry
Syngenta has received full deregulation for its corn amylase trait from the US. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This is the first genetically modified output trait in...
Biofuel startup Qteros to bring ethanol-making bug to India
Qteros, which has a method for creating ethanol from naturally occurring microbes, has signed a partnership to bring its technology to market in India.The Marlborough,...
Jay Keasling: metabolic engineering almost ready for prime time
The future of engineered biocatalysts. Pathways, enzymes, and genetic controls are designed from characteristics of parts. The chromosomes encoding those elements are...
EPA confirms tiny cellulosic biofuels mandate for 2011
In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the 2011 percentage standards for the four fuels categories under the agency's Renewable Fuel...
Researchers say growth of cellulosic biofuel industry hurt by GMO regulations
Faster development of cellulosic biofuels is being significantly hampered by a “deep and thorny regulatory thicket” that makes almost impossible the use of organisms...
Global Bioenergies bacterial prototype makes isobutene through artificial metabolic pathway
Global Bioenergies has engineered an initial series of bacterial strains that can produce isobutene—a key chemical building block that can be converted into transportation...
Researchers Identify enzymes that impede extraction of biofuel sugars from biomass
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the UK have discovered key plant enzymes that normally make the energy stored...
More Coverage: Wired
Biotech start-up to patent fuel-producing bacterium
The organism can grow in bodies of water unfit for drinking on land that is useless for farming, the company says.
Corn Ethanol Boom Driving 'Dead Zone' Expansion, Federal Scientists Say
Oxygen-starved 'dead zones' are spreading in U.S. coastal waters because of human activities, including the leap in corn ethanol production, said federal...
Self-Healing Solar Cells Could Have Indefinite Lifespan
A new technique may one day lead to solar cells that bring themselves together like a molecular flash mob and repair damage they sustain during the rough business of...
Florida Researchers Moving Closer to Using Termite Guts For Better Ethanol
Last time I reported on the topic of using termite guts to make next generation cellulosic ethanol cheaper and easier, it was 2008. Back then a team of researchers from...
Stay connected.