As work continues towards the development of a new heavy-duty engine oil category, presently known as PC-11, early indications are that fuel savings could be in store for fleets. The API PC-11 engine oil category is slated to be rolled ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, fuel
Renewable chemicals and biofuels company Gevo has opened its demonstration-scale plant in Silsbee, Texas, US, backed by Coca-Cola and Toray Industries to manufacture renewable plastic component Paraxylene. The company is working with The ...
Tags: Plastic Component, Packaging
With fuel costs rising to all-time highs throughout the world, itâEUR(TM)s the right time to investment in bulk fueling storage tank systems. It is a financially prudent and an economical option to conform to. In ...
Unites States Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado toured and met with Gevo, Inc. to discuss the importance of renewable fuels and chemicals for Colorado and the U.S. economy. Senator Bennet met with Gevo executives including chief ...
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GM corn hoax hits Mexico Alfalfa acreage increase predicted US cotton producers share latest crop findings Pitting farmers against farmers is just one of the negative consequences of U.S. policy that mandates that gasoline be blended with ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, GM corn, cotton
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that China's net oil imports will exceed those of the United States by October 2013 on a monthly basis and by 2014 on an annual basis, making China the largest importer of oil in the ...
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The nova-Institute has recently published a paper on agricultural feedstock use in industrial applications shedding light on the controversial public debate surrounding the industrial use of food crops or so-called first generation ...
GranBio, a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, have signed an agreement to create a partnership to produce bio n-butanol. Bio n-butanol is made from sugar cane straw and bagasse, the same raw material that ...
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Gevo, announced its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and provided an update on recent corporate highlights. Revenues for the second quarter of 2013 were $1.9 million compared to $7.0 million in the same period in ...
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This Special Issue of Water Research brings together 33 papers on progress towards the responsible application of nanotechnology for water treatment. The papers address the transport of nanomaterials in porous media, nanoparticle ...
Using biomass for energy is an important part of the renewable energy mix, says the European Environment Agency (EEA); however, bioenergy production should follow European Union resource efficiency principles. "Bioenergy is an important ...
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DuPont launched a new Science & Technology speakers bureau in conjunction with its annual Technology Conference this week in Iowa. The conference brings together scientists, engineers and marketers from around the globe for a week of ...
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The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from refiners and other groups to overturn a lower-court decision denying its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's partial approval of the ethanol/gasoline blend E15. ...
Technip was awarded by Forest BtL Oy a contract, worth approximately €5 million, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new second generation biomass-to-liquid (BTL) plant to be built on Ajos island, Finland. This ...
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Few consumers are familiar with E15 fuel. In fact, two thirds can't accurately describe the fuel and even fewer know whether it'd be a good deal, according to a new survey by the National Association for Convenience and Fuel Retailing ...