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12/8/2011 | News
A
transportation fuels expert from Sandia National Laboratories says
policy makers should consider such practical issues as the number of gas
stations selling ethanol and how long it takes to get new
transportation technologies to market as they introduce aggressive
federal and state energy policies.
8/12/2011 | News
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture have awarded 10 grants
totaling $12.2 million to spur research into improving the efficiency
and
cost-effectiveness of growing biofuel and bioenergy crops. The
investments are
part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to develop domestic
renewable energy and advanced biofuels.
5/11/2011 | News
Prior
to the Sendai earthquake, nuclear plants supplied about 30% of Japan's
electricity, and the government had planned to raise that to 50% by
2030. Now, however, the country will pursue wind, solar, and biomass
energy sources as an alternative to what has come to be seen as a risky
choice for meeting the country’s energy needs.
2/9/2011 | News
The Energy Biosciences Institute has this week released “Grand Challenges for Life-Cycle Assessment of Biofuels”, a new report that analyzes and organizes the roadblocks facing the advancement and practical use of biofuels. The report was created by Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, the Univ. of Illinois, and BP energy corporation.
8/25/2010 | News
A variable subsidy for ethanol producers could cost the
government less and provide more security for producers than current
fixed
rates, according to a Purdue
University study. A variable subsidy rate would insulate producers from risk
because as oil and ethanol prices drop, the subsidy for producers would
increase. The government would save money because it would not have to
pay any
subsidy when oil prices are high.
6/10/2010 | News
The EU has set what it says is the world's toughest
standards for biofuels Thursday, demanding that producers meet strict
environmental criteria in exchange for the right to market their
products. EU
nations aim to replace 10% of transport fuel with biofuels by 2020.
3/11/2010 | News
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Lab are analyzing 1,000 samples of biomass at a time, finding which one, combined with the right enzyme, most eagerly gives up its sugars to be converted into biofuel. Their work is part of an effort to meet federal regulations that require the U.S. produce 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022.
2/8/2010 | News
Diesel fuel is the backbone of the U.S. economy, and most of it is imported and derived from petrochemicals. Biodiesel is a significant alternative, but refining it from food stocks is an ethical and economic hazard, and waste grease is rarely clean or convenient. But now, startup BioFuelBox is using an Idaho Lab catalytic process that may crack the bottleneck on this type of fuel.
10/20/2009 | News
A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates "hidden" costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them.
8/25/2009 | News
A Department of Energy scientist writes in this week's Science magazine that a search is
underway for a potentially immense untapped energy resource that, given its
global distribution, has the potential to alter existing energy production and
supply paradigms.
