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

1. US $3.2M NSF Grant To Support Poplar Trees into Biofuel
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

A team of researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Bowie State University is working on ways to turn poplar trees into high-yield crops for biofuels including ethanol, the renewable ...

2. BlueFire Ethanol Applies for DOE Loan Guarantee for Fulton Biorefinery
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BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. has submitted an application for a US $250 million dollar loan guarantee for the company's planned cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Fulton, Mississippi. The application, filed ...

3. New Cellulosic Ethanol Facilities Sprout Up in Four States
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Commercial cellulosic ethanol plants are moving ahead in Iowa and Kansas, while demonstration-scale plants are now operating in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. The new facilities will help meet the new ...

4. Oorja Releases New 4.5kW Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, the "OorjaPac Model 1"
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Oorja has unveiled its latest fuel cell, a 4.5 kW DMFC, which it claims to be 50 times more powerful than rival technologyThe OorjaPac ...

5. A new way to build membranes for fuel cells
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... all there is, but in a fuel cell there are channels on each side, carrying a fuel (usually hydrogen or methanol) over the anode, and oxygen or air over the cathode. That enables fuel cells to keep producing ...

6. Oorja introduces methanol-fuelled fuel cell system for materials handling
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Oorja Protonics, a California-based fuel cell system developer, has introduced a DMFC fuel cell system for class I and class II materials ...

7. GM seeking more U.S. ethanol fueling stations (Reuters)
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Reuters - General Motors Co's growing output of vehicles capable of running on ethanol-gasoline blends won't help cut polluting emissions or U.S. dependence on foreign oil until a slim network of stations ...

8. POET to outline cellulosic ethanol plans at London conference
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

POET Senior Vice President of Science and Technology Mark Stowers will outline POET's process for commercialization of cellulosic ethanol and a vision for the future of ethanol this week at the F.O. Licht's ...

9. Obama's energy policy: more corn ethanol, 'clean' coal (McClatchy Newspapers)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Wednesday announced plans to boost the use of biofuels — including more ethanol from corn — and speed up work on a plan to ...

10. Shell & Cosan To Form Ethanol JV in Brazil
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... in Brazil for the production of ethanol, sugar and power, and the supply, distribution and retail of transportation fuels. ...

11. E: The Environmental Magazine - Alfresco ambience
(Feed Articles / FindArticles - Alternative Energy)

January 1, 2010 -- EcoSmart Fire has launched a new line of energy-efficient designer fireplaces called Outdoor Ranges. Fueled by denatured ethanol, they offer a... ...

12. GE and Petrobras In Biofuel-Fired Aeroderivative Generation Play
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Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras, together with GE, has developed the world's first fully-commercial bio-ethanol-fired gas turbine power station. ...

13. Panasonic announces new prototype DMFC
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Panasonic Corporation has announced it has developed a direct methanol fuel cell system which can produce an average power output of 20 W ... ...

14. EPA's Delay in E15 Ruling Means Jobs and Economic Opportunity Lost
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... Harkin, environmental agencies and ethanol producer associations have been advocating for a decision from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a seemingly minor ruling regarding the amount of allowable ...

15. Oorja expands methanol fuel cell deal with SSI
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Grocery distributor signs second deal for technology that enables it to improve operational productivity and reduce its need for batteries.

16. Amyris partners with Brazil mills on ethanol-to-biofuel conversion
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Following its stake in a São Martinho mill, Amyris inks agreements with three sugar and ethanol producers to meet its production volume and revenue targets. ...

17. Brazil Defends Biofuels
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Being the world’s largest producer and exporter of ethanol it is natural for the Brazilian government and its partners to push biofuels as the only real alternative for a world trying wean itself away ...

18. Oorja announces additional order from Super Store Industries
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Oorja Protonics, a liquid methanol fuel cell developer, has announced that the company has secured an additional purchase order in less ... ...

19. EPA Notifies Ethanol Industry Group on Status of E15 Waiver Request
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week said that it expects to make a final determination in mid-2010 regarding whether to increase the allowable ethanol content in fuel. ...

20. EPA Delays Action on More Ethanol in Gasoline
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Newer American cars will likely be able to handle higher ethanol blends in their gasoline but the decision to approve an industry request to change the fuel mix will have to await final testing next year, ...

21. Using Enzymes from Termites To Make Biofuel from Wood Waste
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

Biofuel startup ZeaChem has begun building a biofuel pilot plant that will turn cellulosic feedstocks into ethanol via a novel approach that uses microbes found in the guts of termites. The company says ...

22. Using Enzymes from Termites To Make Biofuel from Wood Waste
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Biofuel startup ZeaChem has begun building a biofuel pilot plant that will turn cellulosic feedstocks into ethanol via a novel approach that uses microbes found in the guts of termites. The company says ...

23. 'Green' grass in biofuel research
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Scientists are working with farmers and fuel companies to produce a greener form of biofuel. The project is using sugar-rich varieties of perennial ryegrass as a raw material for producing bio-ethano

24. Using Enzymes from Termites To Make Biofuel from Wood Waste
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Biofuel startup ZeaChem has begun building a biofuel pilot plant that will turn cellulosic feedstocks into ethanol via a novel approach that uses microbes found in the guts of termites. The company says ...

25. Tenn. gov: Biofuels project criticism 'outrageous' (AP)
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AP - Gov. Phil Bredesen says a legislative staff member who attacked a state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol is playing politics and endangering chances to land a large investment for ...

26. Neah Power Fuel Cell Passes 1000 Hours Of Continuous Operation
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Neah Power Systems announced today that its methanol-powered fuel cell has been generating power for over 1000 hours continuously, further ... ...

27. Verenium looks for cellulosic ethanol potential from pulp, paper
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Next-gen biofuels maker begins testing that could lead to new relationships with U.S. pulp and paper developers as it talks with BP to renew a partnership.

28. Toshiba launches DMFC mobile phone charger
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Toshiba has begun selling its direct methanol fuel cell charger - the Dynario. The charger charges devices such as mobile phones and ... ...

29. Renewable fuels may have hidden costs, study says
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... Renewable Fuels Association, a Washington trade group representing the vast majority of U.S. ethanol producers, counters that regulations are already in place to require greenhouse gas emissions reductions ...

30. Turning Wastewater into Ethanol
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

... wastewater into ethanol as an automobile fuel source. Qteros and Applied Clean Tech have teamed up to create a biofuel that [...] Posted in: Ethanol, Inventions, Waste Energy  ...