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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen partner on renewable isooctane for specialty fuel applications

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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen, world market leader in alkylate gasoline for two- and four-stroke small engines, have entered into a partnership on renewable isooctane ( earlier post ) for specialty fuel applications. billion (US$3.8 —Thomas Buhl, Head of business development at Global Bioenergies.

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NREL report estimates gasoline produced from biomass could cost about the same as ethanol

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This syngas is then converted into methanol, and the methanol is converted to gasoline using the methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process first developed by Exxon Mobil. The biomass is chemically converted to a mixture of syngas components (CO, H 2 , CO 2 , CH 4 , etc.), per gallon ($0.41 per liter) and $1.49 per gallon ($0.39

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Two Genomic Research Projects in British Columbia Tackle Issues in Emerging Forestry Biofuels Industry

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Trees are a huge store of chemical energy that can be converted into liquid biofuel—but we need to identify the ideal method to produce these sugars economically. Jack Saddler, Dean of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, is leading a C$1.1-million million (US$1.0-million) million (US$7.2-million) Carl Douglas.

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EPA Proposes New Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard to Implement Requirements of EISA; GHG Reduction and Indirect Land Use Change Effects Included

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a To be determined by EPA through a future rulemaking, but no less than 1.0 b To be determined by EPA through a future rulemaking. The analysis uses economic models to determine the area and location of land converted into cropland in each country as a result of the RFS program. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. billion gallons.

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