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August 25, 2008
... Teams Up with Linde to Fuel Hydrogen Road Tour
Alternative movement: Hydrogen cars hit the road. Air Products and Linde are providing mobile refueling stations and hydrogen fuel for the Hydrogen Road Tour, a 31-stop, cross-country...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13751.html
August 18, 2008
BP and Verenium Form Biofuel Alliance
BP says it has entered into a partnership with biofuel startup Verenium (Cambridge, MA), under which BP will pay Verenium $90 million for access to the company’s cellulosic...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13627.html
August 18, 2008
The 5-Minute Interview: Achim Steiner
‘I’d like to see the chemical industry doing less defending and supporting of old chemicals.’ As head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Achim Steiner...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13669.html
August 12, 2008
Only 19% of U.K. Biofuels Meet Environmental Standard
U.K. government body the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA; St. Leonards-on-Sea, U.K.) in its first monthly report on the supply of biofuels in the U.K. has identified that between mid-April...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13549.html
August 7, 2008
BP Forms Cellulosic Ethanol Alliance with Verenium
BP says it has entered into a partnership with Verenium (Cambridge, MA) for the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. During the first 18 months of the alliance, the...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13510.html
July 23, 2008
DuPont-Genencor JV Selects Tennessee for Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Plant
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, a 50-50 joint venture between DuPont and Danisco's Genencor, has chosen Vonore, TN as the site to build its previously announced cellulosic ethanol...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13188.html
July 22, 2008
THE 5-MINUTE INTERVIEW: Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General, and Executive Director UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
I’d like to see the chemical sector doing more…research and development on nature-based chemistry; the way microbes, fungi, plants and animals have evolved and perfected...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13164.html
July 21, 2008
Lithium: Charging Up the Hybrids  
Rising gasoline prices and green-conscious consumers have forced the global automotive industry to rethink its power train, setting the stage for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13115.html
July 17, 2008
Shell Beefs Up Position in Next Generation Biofuel
Shell says it has increased its ownership of biofuels technology firm Iogen Energy (Ottawa) to 50%, up from 26.5%, as part of a strategy to accelerate its program to manufacture...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13051.html
July 16, 2008
Dow and NREL to Jointly Evaluate Biomass-to-Ethanol Process
Dow Chemical says it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL; Golden, CO) to jointly develop and evaluate the...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13044.html
July 7, 2008
Producing Biomass Enzymes in Crops
A group of scientists at Texas A&M (College Station, TX) have developed an economically viable process to produce cellulase—the enzyme used to breakdown biomass for biofuel...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12861.html
June 27, 2008
GreenField Ethanol and Enerkem Select Edmonton for Waste-to-Biofuels
Ethanol producer Greenfield Ethanol (Toronto) and biofuels technology company Enerkem (Montréal) have selected Edmonton to build a previously announced facility to manufacture...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12701.html
June 16, 2008
... Claims Pole Position on Hydrogen Fuel Cells
The European Commission says the European Union (EU) is in “pole position” to develop fuel cells powered by hydrogen after recently creating a public-private joint...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12453.html
June 13, 2008
Europe Launches Investigation into Imports of Biodiesel from the U.S.
The European Union (EU) has launched antisubsidy and antidumping investigations into imports of biodiesel from the U.S. The European Commission says it examined complaints lodged by...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12429.html
June 10, 2008
Plans Underway for First Commercial Oil Crop from Jatropha
Global Energy Trading Company (Getco; Fort Lauderdale, FL) says it has begun buying up “large tracts of land in Colombia and Peru” on which to grow jatropha, a weed-like...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12375.html
June 6, 2008
EU Claims Pole Position on Hydrogen Fuel Cells
The European Commission says the European Union (EU) is in “pole position” to develop fuel cells powered by hydrogen after this week creating a public-private joint...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12342.html
May 23, 2008
Allegro to Sell Biodiesel Plant Amid Unfavorable Economics
Allegro Biodiesel (Los Angeles, CA) has signed a letter of intent to sell its biodiesel venture Vanguard Synfuels, which operates a 12-million gal/year biodiesel plant at Pollock, LA...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12071.html
May 19, 2008
DuPont, Genencor Form JV to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol
DuPont and Danisco’s Genencor unit have formed a 50-50 joint venture to commercialize low-cost technology for cellulosic ethanol production. The companies say the venture, called...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/11968.html
May 19, 2008
EPA Asked to Repeal Ethanol Requirements
Republican Senators have asked EPA to repeal rules that require a five-fold increase in ethanol production during the next 15 years. Rising food prices prompted 24 lawmakers to ask EPA...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12004.html
May 14, 2008
Metabolic Explorer Breaks New Ground with Bio-Route to PDO
Industrial biotech start-up Metabolic Explorer (Clermont-Ferrand, France) this week disclosed that it has successfully produced initial samples of 1,3-propanediol (PDO) generated from...
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/11900.html
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