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"CELLULOSIC ETHANOL COST-COMPETITIVE AROUND 2013/14" - CEO SEKAB  -  22 Oct 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Sekab, the largest ethanol producer in Sweden, currently has a pilot plant to produce cellulosic ethanol. 'We plan to have a development plant that is 40 to

Study Backs Consumer Desires To Use More Renewable Fuels  -  22 Oct 2007
Earthtimes,Reaching the goal is contingent on commercial introduction of cellulosic ethanol conversion and the development of an energy-dedicated crop economy with

Brazil's Sugar Cane Ethanol Gets A Boost From IMF Report  -  22 Oct 2007
Truth about Trade & Technology,Sugar-beet-based European ethanol was twice as expensive to make as gasoline, as was ethanol made from cellulosic waste. The latter is in early stages of

Conner Wants Action On Farm Bill  -  22 Oct 2007
Michigan Farmer,Those proposals include strong soil conservation and rural development programs, increased funds for bioenergy research on cellulosic ethanol and biomass

Syngenta agrees Aussie biofuels tie-up  -  22 Oct 2007
ShareCast,...“This broadens Syngenta's biofuels strategy into new crops and speeds up our development of biomass conversion technologies to make cellulosic ethanol

EYES ON THE ROAD  -  22 Oct 2007
Wall Street JournalMeanwhile, distilling cellulosic ethanol fuels from grasses or wood chips is all the rage in green technology circles. But Grant Heffelfinger, Sandia's

DAN WALLACH: Institute's problems with cellulosic ethanol is ...  -  Oct 20, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise,By DAN WALLACH, The Enterprise The Institute for Energy Research released an essay last week that takes issue with the idea of cellulosic ethanol,

Commercially Available Cellulosic Fuel by 2012  -  Oct 18, 2007
Hoosier Ag Today,That is, cellulosic energy biorefineries," Mizroch said as he addressed a crowd of bioenergy executives, financiers, and ag trade industry professionals

Cellulosic ethanol firm might build in SD  -  Oct 18, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,The cost of enzymes is a major obstacle to making affordable cellulosic biofuel. A Novozymes spokeswoman said the company would select a site sometime in

Conner Supports Cellulosic Ethanol  -  Oct 17, 2007
Hoosier Ag Today,Conner called ethanol, including the emerging field of cellulosic ethanol,� a pioneering industry that will change history." The Otterbein, Indiana native

The Cellulosic Organic Fiber Manufacturing Industry's Revenue for ...  -  Oct 17, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),The Cellulosic Organic Fiber Manufacturing Industry report is an in-depth analysis of the industry's structure, competitive landscape, internal financial

In Microbe, Vast Power For Biofuel  -  Oct 17, 2007
Washington Post,It is VeraSun's first investment in the next generation of ethanol, known as cellulosic ethanol, made from switch grass, wood chips and other plant fibers.

Abengoa Bioenergy Opens Pilot Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in York, NE  -  Oct 16, 2007
Grainnet,The pilot plant will produce 80 gallons per day of cellulosic ethanol, Salgado said, utilizing one ton of wheat straw daily.

POET says Iowa plant to make cellulosic by 2011  -  Oct 5, 2007
ReutersNEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters) - US private ethanol company POET said that by 2011 an Iowa plant it is converting will produce cellulosic ethanol,

BlueFire Ethanol Selected for Federal Support of Innovative ...  -  Oct 16, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe facility will produce approximately 17 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year from green waste, wood waste and other cellulosic urban wastes.

Texas A&M, Ceres To Develop Sorghum For Cellulosic Ethanol  -  Oct 1, 2007
CNNMoney.comTexas A&M plant scientist Bill Rooney - a pioneer in developing high-biomass sorghum - says the crop is nearly ideal for cellulosic biofuels.

PLANTING THE SEEDS - A Norwell-based alternative energy company ...  -  Oct 20, 2007
The Patriot Ledger,It’s also funding research on cellulosic technology that enables low-cost materials, such as wood byproducts and grass clippings, to be converted into fuel.

York plant experimenting with cellulosic ethanol  -  Oct 14, 2007
NTV,Robb says the company hopes to use the research from the York plant as the foundation for new cellulosic ethanol facilities, and to sell the research to

Turning a cellulosic corner  -  Oct 12, 2007
Grand Island Independent,By Mark Coddington YORK The emergence of cellulosic ethanol has been a long time coming a real long time. "I've been doing this for 30 years," said Todd

Abengoa opens cellulosic pilot plant in Nebraska  -  Oct 15, 2007
Ethanol Producer Magazine,By Michael Shirek Abengoa Bioenergy has announced the opening of a pilot plant at York, Neb., that will convert biomass into fuel ethanol.

Texas A&M University to Commercialize Bioenergy Discoveries  -  Oct 17, 2007
Environment News ServiceCellulosic ethanol production currently exists at the pilot and commercial demonstration scale, and research is still needed to unlock the sugars and make

US senators offer stand-alone ethanol fuel bill  -  Oct 18, 2007
Reuters UK,...would raise the US renewable fuel standard to 18 billion gallons by 2016, including 3 billion gallons from advanced biofuels like cellulosic ethanol.

Poet making cellulosic ethanol happen quickly  -  Oct 10, 2007
Brownfield,...by Peter Shinn The nation’s largest single ethanol producer, Poet Companies of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is bullish on cellulosic ethanol.

BioEnergy International Facility Opens in Bay State  -  Oct 18, 2007
Earthtimes,BioEnergy's decade of experience in enzyme development and scaling up of cellulosic technologies has allowed the company to contribute to the transformation

POET to present at Cellulosic Ethanol Summit  -  Oct 8, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,Doug Berven, Director of Corporate Affairs for POET, will discuss progress POET has made toward the development of cellulosic ethanol technologies and

REMARKS BY ACTING SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE CHUCK CONNER AT THE ...  -  Oct 19, 2007
USDA.gov (press release),And while scientific breakthroughs are critical to the future of cellulosic ethanol—the industry must build a sound business model as well.

Texas A&M creates new business venture to commercialize technologies  -  Oct 18, 2007
Bizjournals.com,...the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Association to build a facility that can convert crops like sorghum into an energy source called cellulosic ethanol.

Ethanol Conspiracy Theories Ignore Fuel's Legitimate Shortcomings  -  Oct 18, 2007
Earthtimes,Throughout that time, cellulosic ethanol has always been "right around the corner." We should be looking to innovators and entrepreneurs to develop the next

Scientists Develop Fast-Growing Sorghum for Biofuel  -  Oct 10, 2007
Environment News ServiceThe real value is that sorghum can be bred to produce vast amounts of biomass, the raw material for cellulosic biofuels made from stems, stalks and leaves.

Europe wants creative ways to boost biofuels industry  -  Oct 18, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,It is among six cellulosic ethanol projects nationwide awarded a total of $385 million. Congress also is considering additional assistance to private

Poet signs agreement with DOE for first phase of cellulosic project  -  Oct 4, 2007
Ethanol Producer Magazine,Poet and the US DOE announced that they have signed a cooperative agreement for a commercial cellulosic ethanol project in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

Poet gets US$80 million grant for cellulosic ethanol project  -  Oct 5, 2007
EnergyCurrent,USA: Poet, the largest corn-based ethanol producer in the US, finalised an agreement to build one of the country's first commercial cellulosic ethanol

Cellulose touted for making ethanol  -  Oct 17, 2007
Crain's Detroit Business,Corn-based ethanol decreases greenhouse gases by 52 percent compared with gasoline; cellulosic ethanol decreases it by 86 percent.

RFA: Cellulosic Ethanol Close to Becoming Reality  -  Oct 2, 2007
AgWebSeeking to educate Capitol Hill staff, administration officials and members of the media about the realities of cellulosic ethanol production in the United

Move to Replace Oil with Ethanol Portends Bright Future for Wood ...  -  Sep 30, 2007
Pallet Enterprise,However, prolific research suggests that the most efficient and cost effective method to produce large scale quantities of ethanol is through cellulosic

BlueFire Ethanol CEO to Discuss Green Waste-to-Ethanol at ...  -  Oct 2, 2007
Market Wire (press release)The facility will produce approximately 17 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year from municipal solid waste. In addition to the El Sobrante project

Mascoma Corporation To Build Switchgrass Cellulosic Ethanol Plant  -  Oct 1, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,According to the company, the project represents one of the largest commitments of capital yet made in support of the cellulosic biofuels industry.

Is Cellulosic Ethanol Really the Fuel of the Future?  -  Oct 4, 2007
PR Web (press release),Dr Bill Widmer, Research Chemist, USDA / ARS will start the analysis of the cellulosic ethanol industry with his discourse on Ethanol and Other Bio-Products

Poet to Present on Commercial Cellulosic Project in Washington DC  -  Sep 27, 2007
Grainnet,Sioux Falls, SD--Dr. Mark Stowers, the Vice President of Research & Development for POET, will give a presentation on POET's cellulosic project during an

Sustainable biofuels move a step closer  -  Oct 18, 2007
Accountancy Age,Unlike conventional biofuels made from feedstocks such as corn and sugar cane, cellulosic ethanol can be made from waste biomass.

Monsanto, others invest in Mendel Biotechnology  -  Oct 15, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Mendel has worked with Monsanto for several years to develop a high-yield soybean, but the company now is also focusing on cellulosic biofuels.

The cellulosic ethanol roadmap from Mascoma's CEO  -  Sep 25, 2007
CNet News.com BlogCellulosic ethanol, a car fuel made out of forest scraps and prairie grasses, is coming, but there are a lot of hurdles to still overcome,

Bio-fuels using corn may not be the answer  -  Oct 20, 2007
Columbus Telegram,The NRC report suggests that policies should promote the development of cellulosic biofuels from grasses or wood waste. Perennial prairie grasses

Monsanto increases investment in Mendel  -  Oct 15, 2007
Bizjournals.com,...based Mendel is a private, plant biotechnology company that develops products with enhanced yield and quality focused on row crops and cellulosic

Senate expected to take up farm bill in two weeks  -  Oct 18, 2007
Sioux City Journal,Part of the biofuels funding will promote cellulosic ethanol, which can be made from materials like switchgrass and woodchips. Harkin said it will help spur

Johanns to Speak at Cellulosic Summit  -  Sep 26, 2007
Wisconsin Ag Connection,Former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns will be the keynote speaker at this year's Cellulosic Ethanol Summit in Washington, DC next month.

Eye on Minnesota  -  Oct 16, 2007
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce,The company is considering a new facility because of promising developments in the production of second generation, or cellulosic, ethanol.

October brings pheasants and farm bill  -  Oct 17, 2007
Black Hills Pioneer,Earlier this year I unveiled bipartisan legislation to spur the production of cellulosic ethanol. My proposal was adopted in the Farm Bill passed by the

Snow: More information needed on alternative fuels  -  Oct 18, 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel,I learn that Mascoma Corp. and UT are teaming up to build and operate the country's first cellulosic ethanol biorefinery. I discover that the project will

Inconvenient Corrections Al Gore's Wacky Facts  -  Oct 16, 2007
CounterPunch,Last year, Gore told Grist magazine that cellulosic ethanol would "be a huge new source of energy, particularly for the transportation sector.

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