Biofuel
Biofuels are fuels made of biologic raw materials such as biomass. This section examines different types of renewable biofuels including those made from plants and animal byproducts. We also explore bio fuel tax credits, renewable fuel standard mandates (RFS), and efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels by using biofuel to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and lower carbon footprints.
Boeing Relative Emissions Up on 2009, Down on 2002
Boeing’s revenue-adjusted energy use, CO2 emissions and water intake all rose last year compared to 2009, but were down significantly on 2002, ...
Boeing, Alaska Air Press for Biofuel Research
Oilseed, forest residues, municipal solid waste and algae are all promising feedstocks for the future of aviation, according to an industry research initiative that ...
Are Rising Oil Prices Really Good for the Biofuel Industry?
At face value, the recent runup in the price of petroleum, caused by political instability in the Middle East and related factors, ...
Corporate Water-Energy Footprint: Critical Work for Risk Management
The notion that “water is the next carbon” has been around since at least 2008 when the phrase appeared in Britain’s Independent ...
Why We Need a Strong Renewable Fuel Standard
Politicians and consumers alike are expressing surprise that oil has topped $100 a barrel and stayed there. But they shouldn’t. A median ...
Waste Management Invests $22m in Plastic-to-Fuel Company
Waste Management has participated in a $22 million investment round benefiting Agilyx Corporation, a company that makes synthetic crude oil from waste plastic.
The ...
Obama Calls for Increased Natural Gas, Biofuel to Reduce Foreign Oil Dependence
President Barack Obama yesterday announced a plan to cut U.S. oil imports by a third by 2025.
Speaking at Georgetown University, the president ...
EPA Loosens Alternative Fuel Conversion Rules for Vehicles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules to make it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems that allow vehicles ...
GM Leads Pack as Clean Patents Jump by Record 170%
Clean energy patents hit a record high in 2010, as GM took the leadership position from Honda, according to a patent index published by ...
The Bottom Line on Biofuels
The world has had several recent reminders how potential environmental impacts of energy production can become reality. We are nearing the one-year ...
Google Trials Plug-Free Electric Vehicle Charging; Invests in “Carbon Negative” Biofuels
Google is trialing the Plugless Power electric vehicle charging station at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.
The search company will host the first public ...
Boeing: Biofuels Essential to Carbon-Neutral Growth
Boeing has said that biofuels will be essential to the company meeting its carbon-neutrality goals.
"Without biofuels we cannot get there. It is a ...
Genetically Modified Ethanol Corn Approved
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will deregulate a variety of corn genetically engineered to facilitate ethanol production, the agency has announced.
The USDA’s ...
Coca-Cola Signs Waste Pledge; Biofuels Fail Standards; Forests to be Leased
Coca-Cola, Kraft and Procter & Gamble are among the latest companies to join voluntary U.K. pledges to reduce packaging and waste.
The companies signed the ...
DOE Offers $1.2bn to Solar, Bio-Diesel Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has offered loan guarantees of $967 million to an Arizona solar plant billed as the world’s largest, ...
EPA Defers GHG Rules for Biomass and Biogenic Sources
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is granting an exemption under its controversial greenhouse-gas requirements that will provide a three-year reprieve for biomass facilities that ...
Job Growth, Environmental Well-Being Tied to Biotechnology Advancement
Prospects for adoption of a national Renewable Portfolio Standard appear to have dimmed for the foreseeable future. That is at least the prevailing ...
Qantas Contemplates $312 Million Biofuel Plant
Australian airline Qantas is evaluating the costs and efficiencies of a trash-burning biofuel plant to be built in Sydney to stave off carbon ...
Another Year in the Sun for Tax Grant Program 1603?
Extension of an $858-billion tax credit package, including the suite of renewable energy tax cuts and grants outlined in Department of Treasury Section 1603 tax ...
Camelina-Based Biojet Fuel Cuts CO2 Emissions 75%
A life cycle analysis of the carbon footprint of camelina-based biojet fuel in the journal Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy concludes that the renewable ...
