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Biofuel for Hawaii
Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 – 14:58 | 4 Comments
Biofuel for Hawaii

Sustainable biofuels could provide Hawaii with enough fuel, food and fiber to significantly reduce it’s dependence on foreign sources of fossil fuel and imported food.
Biofuel plantations could revitalize Hawaii’s agricultural sector, anchoring a cluster of …

The State of Algal Biodiesel
Saturday, 28 Feb, 2009 – 15:13 | One Comment
The State of Algal Biodiesel

When I first heard about algal biodiesel it seemed like the liquid fuels problem had just been solved. Unfortunately like so many things that sound a little too good to be true, so it has …

Sandia / GM Study Finds Large-Scale Biofuel is Sustainable
Wednesday, 11 Feb, 2009 – 6:55 | 11 Comments
Sandia / GM Study Finds Large-Scale Biofuel is Sustainable

A joint biofuels study by Sandia National Laboratories and GM’s R&D Center in 2008 concluded that the large-scale production of advanced biofuels produced from plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops in volumes well …

Fill Your Tank With Straw at $3 a Gallon
Monday, 2 Feb, 2009 – 6:44 | No Comment
Fill Your Tank With Straw at $3 a Gallon

Liquid Motor Fuel from Biosyncrude Gasification Process Could Cost Around $3/gallon
The Bioliq biosyncrude gasification process used in a large plant with a capacity greater than 1 Million tons per year could produce biosynfuel (biodiesel) for …

GreenShift Awarded Grant to Produce Algae From CO2
Tuesday, 6 Jan, 2009 – 12:03 | No Comment
GreenShift Awarded Grant to Produce Algae From CO2

A test algae bioreactor project run by GreenShift Corporation was just awarded a $375,000 grant by the Montana Department of Commerce and may, if it works out as hoped, pave the way for commercialization of …

First Biodiesel Trans-Continental Jet Flight
Wednesday, 12 Nov, 2008 – 15:29 | No Comment
First Biodiesel Trans-Continental Jet Flight

This week, Green Flight International is back with the announcement that the BioJet I, an old L-29 military aircraft, flew across the U.S. burning pure biodiesel. The majority of the flight was made using pure …