Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. In Profile: Alex Slocum
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... place to promote the development and deployment of these technologies along with modular nuclear plants and liquefied coal or biomass for transportation fuels, he says, “The U.S. could essentially be energy ...

2. Biofuel Options Expand as Science Taps New Sources
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... and enzymes and microbes that turn biomass to fuel. ...

3. British Airways to power aircraft from waste biomass
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

U.S.-based Solena Group is slated to build the CO2 neutral facility expected to convert 500,000 tons of waste biomass into 16 million gallons of green jet biofuel annually. ...

4. British Airways To Develop Waste-to-Fuel Facility
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... be derived from waste biomass and manufactured in a facility that can convert a variety of waste materials, destined for landfill, into aviation fuel. ...

5. Manchester scientists to look for lighter transport materials
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

UK university discovers a gene that could help increase biomass for fuel and receives £5.7M grant to help reduce environmental impact of transport. ...

6. Hydrogen is Not The Miracle Fuel of the Future
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... from natural gas, water or biomass, and all of these result in a net loss of energy. It is more efficient to use these fuels in their original forms. ...

7. President Obama Announces Three Steps to Boost Biofuels
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... a proposed rule for biomass crop assistance; and a report that establishes a roadmap for biofuel growth. ...

8. Rentech & ClearFuels Bio-Refinery Awarded US $23M from DOE
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Rentech Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. on Monday announced today that their project to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Denver, Colorado has been awarded ...

9. US Renewable Energy Industry Needs the Heat in Biomass
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The U.S. biomass thermal industry is poised to offer significant carbon and financial savings for consumers. Biomass for thermal energy is up to 90% efficient; in contrast, using biomass for the production ...

10. Syntec & EERC Developing Biomass-to-Butanol Production Technology
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. The core process utilizes Syntec's catalyst technology in conjunction with an upgrading process exclusively licensed from the EERC Foundation. ...

11. EERC Moving Cellulosic Biofuel Production Technology Toward Commercialization
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... developed at the EERC. Whole Energy is receiving global, exclusive licensing rights to EERC Foundation's technology, which converts biomass and other recycled material into liquid biofuels. ...

12. DOE & USDA Select Projects For US $24M in Biomass R&D Grants
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy have selected to receive more than US $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. ...

13. DOE and USDA Offer $4 Million for Biomass Genomics Research
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are soliciting genomic research projects designed to develop new plant feedstocks for use in biofuels.

14. Southern Power starts on 100 MW Texas biomass plant
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

New facility is expected to require 1 million tons of fuel a year, with forest residue sourced from a 75-mile radius around the project site.

15. DOE and USDA Award $24 Million in Biomass Grants
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have awarded more than $24 million to support 12 projects aimed at boosting biofuels and products produced from biomass. The projects will advance biomass ...

16. Biomass Thermal Energy Policy Briefing a Success
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC), the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI), and the Alliance for Green Heat briefed a combined audience of Democrat and Republican congressional staffers about the benefits ...

17. Joule Unveils Solar-to-Biodiesel Process
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... biomass-derived methods. ...

18. Southern Power starts on 100 MW Texas biomass plant
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

New facility is expected to require 1 million tons of fuel a year, with forest residue sourced from a 75-mile radius around the project site.

19. Correction: Willow Power story (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - In an Oct. 18 story about Middlebury College experimenting with willow as a biomass fuel, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a nonprofit that promotes biofuels. ...

20. 5 Companies Making Fuel From Algae Now
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Ubiquitous and easy to grow, algae has long been a promising biomass-to-fuel candidate in the eyes of researchers. ...

21. Sugar could power Mozambique
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Mozambique could supply electricity to a greater percentage of its own population by producing biomass-fired energy, a new study has revealed. ...

22. Rentech, UOP expand clean fuel offerings
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Companies combine cleaning and refining technologies to produce fuel from biomass, natural gas and coal. ...

23. 50-MW Biomass Plant Planned in Scotland
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

A new 50 MW biomass-fueled co-generation plant is to be developed for papermaker Tullis Russell to supply its paper mill at Markinch, in Fife, Scotland, with heat and power. ...

24. 50-MW Biomass Plant Planned in Scotland
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

A new 50 MW biomass-fueled co-generation plant is to be developed for papermaker Tullis Russell to supply its paper mill at Markinch, in Fife, Scotland, with heat and power. ...

25. 50-MW Biomass Plant Planned in Scotland
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

A new 50 MW biomass-fueled co-generation plant is to be developed for papermaker Tullis Russell to supply its paper mill at Markinch, in Fife, Scotland, with heat and power. ...

26. RWE npower renewables In Biomass Plant Deal
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

A new 50 MW biomass-fuelled co-generation plant is to be developed for papermaker Tullis Russell to supply its paper mill at Markinch, in Fife, Scotland, with heat and power. ...

27. Algae. Why Now? What's Next?
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

While algal biomass as a potential renewable energy source has been studied for decades, only recently has it received the type of intensive R&D and investment needed to translate that potential into ...

28. Roasted Wood: An Alternative To Coal Energy?
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

... and other biomass, is already gaining momentum in Europe. ...

29. DOE Awards $21 Million to Five Projects for Biomass Processing
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE announced on August 31 that it will award up to $21 million to five projects for handling and delivering high- tonnage biomass feedstocks to producers of cellulosic biofuels. The awards were selected ...

30. DOE Awards $21 Million to Five Projects for Biomass Processing
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE is awarding up to $21 million for projects that handle and deliver big volumes of biomass from farm residues, energy crops, forest byproducts, and urban scrap to producers of cellulosic biofuel ...