Tag: biofuel

Death Knell for Some Clean Tech Companies

By Kevin Bullis | 08/18/2010 | 12 Comments

With prospects dim for comprehensive climate legislation, companies focused on carbon emissions could fail or be forced to scale back their ambitions.

Jet Fuel from Plants

By Nidhi Subbaraman | 08/09/2010 | 4 Comments

A way to get a high-energy fuel out of an abundant and renewable resource.

What's Holding Biofuels Back?

By Kevin Bullis | 08/06/2010 | 25 Comments

Startups say reduced mandates for oil companies make it difficult to finance biorefineries.

Genes to Make Hydrocarbon Fuels

By Kevin Bullis | 07/30/2010 | 0 Comments

The startup LS9 reveals a discovery that could lead to biofuels that would work in conventional engines.

A New Bloom for Algae

By Kevin Bullis | 07/02/2010 | 9 Comments

A DOE roadmap marks a return to research on a source of fuel that was once thought too costly.

Gasifying Biomass with Sunlight

By Tyler Hamilton | 03/10/2010 | 9 Comments

A solar-driven process could yield far more fuel than conventional biomass production.

From Waste Biomass to Jet Fuel

By Kevin Bullis | 02/25/2010 | 2 Comments

Fuel made from waste by-products could lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Cleaner Jet Fuel from Coal

By Kevin Bullis | 01/25/2010 | 7 Comments

A new process could allow Air Force jets to run exclusively on domestically produced biomass and coal.

Demonstrating a CO₂ Recycler

By Tyler Hamilton | 11/23/2009 | 0 Comments

Sandia scientists successfully test a machine that creates fuel from carbon dioxide.

A New Route to Cellulosic Biofuels

By Phil McKenna | 11/20/2009 | 4 Comments

ZeaChem's pilot plant will make ethanol using termite microbes.

Commercializing Garbage to Ethanol

By Kevin Bullis | 10/15/2009 | 0 Comments

Startup Coskata has opened a "semi-commercial" ethanol plant to demonstrate its technology.

Biological Solar

By David Berry | 08/18/2009 | 2 Comments

Combining synthetic biology and solar technology could provide a way to trap carbon dioxide and produce fuel.

A Biofuel Process to Replace All Fossil Fuels

By Kevin Bullis | 07/27/2009 | 0 Comments

A startup unveils a high-yield process for making fuel from carbon dioxide and sunlight.

Big Oil Turns to Algae

By David Ewing Duncan | 07/22/2009 | 14 Comments

ExxonMobil invests $300 million in Synthetic Genomics to develop algae biofuel.

Dow to Test Algae Ethanol

By Tyler Hamilton | 07/16/2009 | 0 Comments

Startup Algenol partners with Dow Chemical on a demonstration ethanol plant.