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Biofuels Experts Says Yes To 20% Target
12 03 2010 Stakeholders and leading thinkers in the African bioenergy sector meeting in Stellenbosch next week will have to decide whether they agree with the 20% targets for sustainable bioenergy production set by their European counterparts in the Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project.

Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol to Power IZOD IndyCar Series in 2010
12 03 2010 SAO PAULO - The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) has renewed its fuel supply agreement with the Indy Racing League for the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season, which opens on Sunday, March 14, with a race in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo.

Under the new agreement, the IZOD IndyCar Series will continue to utilize sugarcane ethanol to fuel its race cars, including at its signature event, the Indianapolis 500.

Second-Generation Biofuel Volumes Set to Grow at 50% P.A. for Next Five Years
12 03 2010 The production of bioethanol based on woody plant materials (so-called second-generation biofuels) will grow by over 50% a year over the next five years according to a new report by Innovation Observatory.

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Australian Government Announces Enhanced Renewable Energy Target Scheme
12 03 2010 A joint press release at the Australian Government website announced that the country's Renewable Energy Target scheme "will be enhanced to provide greater certainty for households, employees and businesses within the renewable energy industry, as we build the low pollution economy of the future". The revised arrangements will reportedly deliver on...

Plant Sugar Regulation Research May Provide Clues for Sustainable Bioenergy Production
12 03 2010 A research study funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, United Kingdom) could lead to the cultivation of bioenergy crops which could be converted to "eco-friendly biofuels". Dr. Paul Dupree (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) and his team have found three enzymes responsible for the production of all dete...

USDA-ARS Scientists Boost Barley for Bioenergy
12 03 2010 Scientists from the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture "are developing new sustainable technologies to convert varieties of hulled and hull-less winter "energy" barley into fuel ethanol". Their efforts are aimed to make barley a major player in bioenergy production, and could also help farmers in some parts...

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Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel
11 03 2010 Materials scientists have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.

Water oxidation advance boosts potential for solar fuel
11 03 2010 Chemists have developed the most potent homogeneous catalyst known for water oxidation, considered a crucial component for generating clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight.

More maize ethanol may boost greenhouse gas emissions
11 03 2010 Mandated increases in the production of maize-derived ethanol will lead to land-use changes that boost carbon dioxide emissions enough to make the fuel a worse environmental option than burning gasoline, according to a new analysis.

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New imaging technology brings trace chemicals into focus
11 03 2010 Scientists have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment. The research team was able to detect and identify tiny particles of the explosive trinitrotoluene or TNT -- each weighing less than a billionth of a gram -- on the ridges and canals of a fingerprint.

Big power from tiny wires: Carbon nanotubes can produce powerful waves that could be harnessed for new energy systems
10 03 2010 Scientists have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon that can cause powerful waves of energy to shoot through minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes. The discovery could lead to a new way of producing electricity, the researchers say.

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Belgium Company Invests EUR 15 M in Bulgarian Biofuels Plant (Novinite.com)
12 03 2010 The construction of a new plant for the production of biofuels will begin by the end of 2010 in Bulgaria's southern city of Kardzhali.

Belgium Company Invests EUR 15 M in Bulgarian Biofuels Plant (Novinite.com)
12 03 2010 Yves Crits, CEO of the Belgium company 4Energy Invest, is in Bulgaria's Kardzhali to to purchase wood and to survey possible locations for a new biofuels plant.

Biofuels study in Cooper Basin (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
12 03 2010 South Australian resource company Beach Energy and a US business General Atomics are doing a joint study on producing biofuels in the Cooper Basin.

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