Archive for the ‘Alternative Energy’ Category

Dallas gas station goes green as biodiesel ecovenience store - Texas Cable News

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Dallas gas station goes green as biodiesel ecovenience store Texas Cable News, TX - 11 hours ago Not only is it the only biodiesel station in Dallas County, it's also the first, what Garza calls, ecovenience station in the area. …

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Green Grow: Solazyme Claims Algae Biodiesel Meets Fuel Standards - Wall Street Journal Blogs

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Green Grow: Solazyme Claims Algae Biodiesel Meets Fuel Standards Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 11 hours ago Closely held Solazyme Inc. is set to announce shortly that its algae-derived biodiesel meets the American Society for Testing and Materials specification …

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Biotech pros press algae into biodiesel production - CNET News

Monday, January 5th, 2009

CNET News Biotech pros press algae into biodiesel production CNET News, CA - 16 hours ago Aurora BioFuels, started by University of California at Berkeley students, has a process that its says can create biodiesel at yields that are 125 times … Algae to Biodiesel : Aurora Biofuels Raises $20M …

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A Yakima Shop can Teach You How to Save Money on Fuel (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

YAKIMA, Wash- A cheaper way to fuel your car is becoming more popular. It's called biodiesel and you can make it at home.

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Patrick Takahashi: Ethanol Vs. Methanol (HuffingtonPost)

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Ethanol and biodiesel are dead, long live methanol! Methanol is the simplest alcohol, with one carbon atom; ethanol has two. Thus, given biomass, it should be cheaper to produce methanol than ethanol. Surely enough, in a comprehensive assessment Stone & Webster performed for the U.S. Department …

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Green news harvest: 500-mile fuel cell car, Linux gets

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Checking in on stealthy solar start-up Stion, biodiesel woes, water recycling in Israel, microbes for energy production, and the ethanol from beer waste.

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Dallas gas station goes green as biodiesel ecovenience store (WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth)

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

DALLAS — Take one part Whole Foods Market, one part 7-Eleven, mix in a bit of Carl's Corner and put it on a busy street near White Rock Lake and you have the Green Spot.

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Biotech pros press algae into biodiesel production (CNET)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Berkeley spinoff Aurora Biofuels lands $20 million in series A funding for algae aquaculture venture.

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Biodiesel plant won

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

North Prairie Productions has abandoned plans to build a $42 million biodiesel plant near Evansville due to continuing high soybean oil prices. John Sheehy, of Sun Prairie, the company's board chairman, said a letter announcing the decision was sent Monday to investors. The announcement also was …

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Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Alabama Biodiesel settle lawsuit - Biodiesel Magazine

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Alabama Biodiesel settle lawsuit Biodiesel Magazine, ND - 16 hours ago By Bryan Sims Black Warrior Riverkeeper has reached a settlement with Alabama Biodiesel in a lawsuit Black Warrior Riverkeeper filed in a United States …

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