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BIO Issues Call for Papers for 2014 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy

BIO Issues Call for Papers for 2014 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy

2014 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy WASHINGTON--The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) invites leaders from the biotechnology, chemical and agricultural industries to submit proposals and abstracts for panels, individual papers and poster presentations for the 2014 Pacific Rim Summi ... Continue reading

Is Everyone Happy? OPEC Sure Is

Is Everyone Happy? OPEC Sure Is

Vienna June 11, 2014; In an AP story published today titled "OPEC Keeps Output Target At 30 Million Barrels", OPEC Secretary General Abdullah Al-Badry was quoted as saying; "We have a very comfortable price and the market is very stable." The story went on to say that many OPEC members are at their production capacity ... Continue reading

Automotive Media Execs Unveil Plan for Immediate 500 Miles Per Gallon Gasoline Vehicles

Automotive Media Execs Unveil Plan for Immediate 500 Miles Per Gallon Gasoline Vehicles

Co-Publishers of The Auto Channel are certain to be in line for the Nobel Prize for Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences LOUISVILLE, KY – July 19, 2011: At a time when Congress and the President are discussing how to coerce the carmakers to build vehicles that can get about 50 miles per gallon of gasoline, Bob ... Continue reading

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels wins Biofuels Digest’s ‘Industrial Symbiosis’award for 2013-14

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels wins Biofuels Digest’s ‘Industrial Symbiosis’award for 2013-14

Energy process, co-location cost-effectively adds value for farmers, local economy SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (April 30, 2013) – POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels recently received Biofuels Digest’s 2013-14 “Industrial Symbiosis” award at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, conducted in Washington, DC. The ... Continue reading

ALT FUELS: Research Shows Biomass Harvesting is Part of Good Farm Management

ALT FUELS: Research Shows Biomass Harvesting is Part of Good Farm Management

Removing a reasonable portion of the corn crop residue from a field after harvest can be a positive part of a good farm management plan. This continues to be the conclusion after six years of research at the Project Liberty site near Emmetsburg, Iowa and for other high-yielding corn production sites across the U.S. Cor ... Continue reading

Scania further widens its alternative fuel range: Unique V8 engine for Euro 6 and 100 % biodiesel

Scania further widens its alternative fuel range: Unique V8 engine for Euro 6 and 100 % biodiesel

Scania (STO:SCVA)(STO:SCVB) is now adding yet another environmentally oriented alternative to its industry-leading palette with Euro 6 certified truck engines. The Scania 16-litre, 580 hp V8 engine can now be ordered in a configuration with up to 100 percent biodiesel operation (EN 14214) in the R-series. Scania thus h ... Continue reading

U of M Report ; U.S. Drivers Using Less Fuel

U of M Report ; U.S. Drivers Using Less Fuel

Contact Bernie DeGroat ANN ARBOR April 1, 2014; Despite U.S. population growth, fuel consumption by American drivers of light-duty vehicles is now lower than it was 15 years ago, says a University of Michigan researcher. In a follow-up to a series of reports released last year, Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation R ... Continue reading

Ride & Drive Vehicles Announced For AltCar Expo March 14-15

Ride & Drive Vehicles Announced For AltCar Expo March 14-15

AltCar Expo, the nation's leading forum for green car ride and drive, public education and demonstration of the latest green technology vehicles, will take place on Friday and Saturday, March 14 - 15, 2014, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., at Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA. Showcasing the area's largest selection of electric, ... Continue reading

Reduced Oil Imports Helping Deficit - Imagine If USA Used No Gasoline - WOW!

Reduced Oil Imports Helping Deficit - Imagine If USA Used No Gasoline - WOW!

Oil net imports have declined since 2011, with their value falling slower than volume Source: U.S. Census Bureau: Foreign Trade Division The drop in net imports of oil (crude and petroleum products combined) was the major contributor to the United States reaching its lowest net trade deficit in November 2013 since 2009 ... Continue reading

USPTO Issues Notice of Allowance to Biofeedstock Company Proterro For Device Patent Protecting Proterro’s Photobioreactor

USPTO Issues Notice of Allowance to Biofeedstock Company Proterro For Device Patent Protecting Proterro’s Photobioreactor

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a notice of allowance to Proterro, Inc., for a device patent that protects the company’s proprietary photobioreactor, a novel element in Proterro’s already-patented sugar-making process (U.S. Patent No. 8,597,914). “could be used as produced or con ... Continue reading

Find Out Which Sustainable Technologies Make Sense for Your Business at The Work Truck Show 2014 Green Truck Ride-and-Drive

Find Out Which Sustainable Technologies Make Sense for Your Business at The Work Truck Show 2014 Green Truck Ride-and-Drive

Fleet operators planning for the future can save time this year by trying out 23 sustainable technology vehicles in one place during the Green Truck Ride-and-Drive at The Work Truck Show® 2014. Every vehicle is available for test-drives on city streets and in a new closed-access course, providing Show attendees with ... Continue reading

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