Michigan State University has received $2.9 million in federal grants for biofuel research. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded five-year grants for three projects focusing on various aspects of producing biofuels, which use renewable plant materials instead of petroleum. “Americans…
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Michigan State University gets $2.9 million for biofuel research
Tagged with: biofuel funding, biofuel research, Michigan State University, MSU, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA
Posted in Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, News
Posted in Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, News
USDA Approves Corn Enzyme for Biofuel Production
Syngenta will sell corn seed with plans for large-scale production in 2012. The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved a genetically modified trait in corn developed by agrochemicals producer Syngenta that could improve ethanol yields, Syngenta said Feb. 11. Syngenta will…
US lacks the infrastructure to consume more bioethanol
Purdue University study suggests that the United States doesn’t have the infrastructure to meet the federal mandate for renewable fuel use with bioethanol, howver they could meet the standard with significant increases in next-generation and cellulosicbiofuels. Their findings were published…
Hardest part of reaching biofuel goal awaits
The United States is roughly halfway to achieving its goal of 36 billion gallons of renewable transportation fuel by the year 2022, but the last half likely will be harder, and probably more expensive, than the first. John Whitaker, Iowa…
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Posted in Bioethanol Production, Biofuel Funding, Biofuel legislation, Biofuel Production, News
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