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Tag: biofuelDeath Knell for Some Clean Tech Companies With prospects dim for comprehensive climate legislation, companies focused on carbon emissions could fail or be forced to scale back their ambitions. A way to get a high-energy fuel out of an abundant and renewable resource. A DOE roadmap marks a return to research on a source of fuel that was once thought too costly. Sandia scientists successfully test a machine that creates fuel from carbon dioxide. A New Route to Cellulosic Biofuels ZeaChem's pilot plant will make ethanol using termite microbes. Commercializing Garbage to Ethanol Startup Coskata has opened a "semi-commercial" ethanol plant to demonstrate its technology. Qteros forms a partnership to use sewage as a feedstock for making ethanol. A Biofuel Process to Replace All Fossil Fuels A startup unveils a high-yield process for making fuel from carbon dioxide and sunlight. Startup Algenol partners with Dow Chemical on a demonstration ethanol plant. Amyris's large-scale demonstration plant will make diesel from sugarcane. Reinventing Cellulosic Ethanol Production An Israeli startup says that it has a cheap process to make biofuels from cellulosic materials. Cellulosic Ethanol on the Cheap Mascoma has announced several advances that may lead to a cheaper, more efficient process to turn biomass into ethanol. Zymetis is testing genetically modified bacteria that efficiently convert biomass into sugar. A prototype fuel cell runs on a wide range of fuels without turning up the heat. Gasifying black liquor from pulp mills will accelerate second-generation biofuels. |
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