Companies like the BioFuel Energy and Archer Daniels Midland, well organized as the National Biodiesel Board and subsidiary groups, welcome their government-dictated business.
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The 60 new projects announced by Majumdar will tackle a wide range of subjects, including biofuel, solar energy and electric grid.
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Aside from the ethanol boom pushing up corn prices, critics argue producing the biofuel consumes more energy than it saves and might actually add to global warming concerns.
Thanks to its commitment to renewable energy, Hawaii is now also becoming something of a test bed for renewable energy technologies, from the study of various geothermal and algae-based biofuel technologies happening at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority on the Big Island to smart grid experiments the state is conducting along with representatives from Japan and China.
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The EU is putting a cap of 5% on the food-based biofuel allowed in the renewable energy used in transport.
The former president also favors government spending, on infrastructure, student loans, job training, manufacturing, broadband, high-speed rail, and development of alternative energy sources like biofuel, solar and wind.
Although the process to produce ethanol from switchgrass was more complex than using food crops such as wheat or corn, the so-called "second generation" biofuel could produce much higher energy yields per tonne because it utilised the whole plant rather than just the seeds.
The B30 fuel blend was introduced in partnership with Motherwell-based Argent Energy, which manufactures biofuel from waste products.
After weeks of intense deal-making, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved a landmark energy bill boosting subsidized biofuel production and raising vehicle fuel economy standards by 40%.
DuPont and BP, riding the global wave of enthusiasm for bio-based fuels, announced today that the two companies have developed a new biofuel called biobutanol that they say has 30% more energy density than ethanol.
Sujay, who is VP of business development at a social mobile gaming company in Los Angeles, undertook serious clean energy research at age 10, contributed to several biofuel publications out of a DuPont lab where he worked from age 13, and at 15 went to Harvard.
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The renewable fuels standard (RFS), originally established in the Energy Act of 2005, requires an increasing amount of biofuel to be blended into gasoline sold in the United States over the coming years.
Biofuel made from these sources provide two to three times the amount of usable energy required to produce it.
On Wednesday, President Bush signed an energy bill that raises vehicle fuel economy standards by 40% and boosts biofuel production.
In conclusion, UN Energy suggests policymakers should take a holistic look before embarking on drives to boost biofuel use.
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The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires that 7.5 billion gallons of renewable biofuel be blended into petrol by 2012.
In contrast, most Asian biofuel comes from palm oil, which generates as much as ten times the amount of energy required for its own production.
The effects of the biofuel product could extend to competitive companies that produce biofuels, as well as to the energy companies that supply gasoline in Europe like BP, Eni and Gazprom.
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The inclusion of food production also points to a broadening of the definition of green tech, which in the past referred more narrowly to technologies such as those for renewable electricity and biofuel production, electric car development and new materials and services that help consumers and businesses use energy more efficiently.
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Ibers is already looking at ways of growing so-called "energy grasses", such as 4m high Asian elephant grass, in bulk for use as a biofuel.
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