http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:47:45 EDT 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 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Ethanol producer Greenfield Ethanol (Toronto) and biofuels technology company Enerkem (Montréal) have selected Edmonton to build a previously announced facility to manufacture next... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12701.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 technology... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12453.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT The probe will examine alleged subsidies to U.S. producers and could lead to antidumping duties.... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12429.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 shrub, for... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12375.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 technology... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12342.html Fri, 6 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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, to... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12071.html Fri, 23 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 DuPont... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/11968.html Mon, 19 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 to allow... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/12004.html Mon, 19 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/11900.html Wed, 14 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT