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BP, DuPont Seek California Approval of Biobutanol in Gas to Cut GHGs
According to Inside Cal/EPA (subscription required), DuPont and BP are seeking state regulatory approval to use biobutanol in reformulated gasoline as a potential replacement for corn-based ethanol, a… more →
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BP, DuPont Seek California Approval of Biobutanol in Gas to Cut GHGs
sugarcaneblog wrote 12 hours ago: According to Inside Cal/EPA (subscription required), DuPont and BP are seeking state regulatory appr … more →
Pacific Rim Summit -- Biobutanol: Overcoming the Barriers
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Amy Ehlers wrote 1 month ago: The biobutanol panel at the 2009 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy had th … more →
Gevo Converting Ethanol to Biobutanol
sugarcaneblog wrote 2 months ago: According to the Wall Street Journal’s blog, biofuels investors are said to be acquiring cash- … more →
Breakthrough With Butanol Raises Hopes Of Gasoline Replacement
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Mark Boslet wrote 3 months ago: Butanol is an alcohol-based fuel long thought to be a replacement for gasoline. Its prospects just r … more →
BP & DuPont Kick Off Butanol Venture
sugarcaneblog wrote 5 months ago: BP and Dupont announced their butanol venture, which will be named Butamax Advanced Biofuels. The mo … more →
DuPont Opens Brazil Tech Center with Focus on Biofuels
sugarcaneblog wrote 5 months ago: DuPont, the global chemical company, inaugurated this week in Brazil a new technology center to deve … more →
Fuel Alcohol: 1C, 2C, 4C?
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Bob Brothers wrote 5 months ago: Up to now, most of the alcohols fuels action has centered on the 2-carbon alcohol, Ethanol (EtOH). T … more →
BP says biofuels in gasoline could reach 20 pct in 10 years
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sugarcaneblog wrote 7 months ago: BP’s CEO Tony Hayward said today Latin America will play a significant role in developing more … more →
Making Biofuels More Practical
katynally wrote 8 months ago: Switchgrass The basic argument against biofuels is that food sources like corn and wheat should not … more →
More on Gevo Inc.
Daniel Welch wrote 1 year ago: Englewood-based butanol producer Gevo Inc. has been a great case study for the value of getting an a … more →
Gevo seeks partners to enter Brazil ethanol sector
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sugarcaneblog wrote 1 year ago: Reuters’ Inae Riveras has a interesting scoop from Brazil’s booming sugarcane industry: … more →
E-Coli Pathway to butanol from UCLA (and DuPont?)
Doug wrote 1 year ago: Researchers at UCLA have developed a pathway for producing variants of butanol and C5-based alcohols … more →
Food Deficit for Inefficient Fuels - Thinking Outside the Barrel
remintola wrote 2 years ago: Spend a buck and get 30 cents worth of food to make it through ’till lunch. That is synonymous … more →
Canadian Team wins MIT contest
Doug wrote 2 years ago: A team from Alberta recently won an MIT contest. Their projects focused on introducing genes from Cl … more →
What's On Tap
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Robert Rapier wrote 2 years ago: Update Four essays, plus this one, finished off today: The Problem With Biobutanol This Week in Petr … more →
What's On Tap
Robert Rapier wrote 2 years ago: Update Four essays, plus this one, finished off today: The Problem With Biobutanol This Week in Petr … more →
More on Butanol
Doug wrote 2 years ago: Technology Review: BP’s Bet on Butanolhttp://technologyreview.com/Energy/18443/ This is anothe … more →
Bio-Butanol
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Robert Rapier wrote 3 years ago: Butanol Production Process In my previous job, I worked for a major chemical company for seven years … more →
