Wednesday, November 30, 2005

[Biodiesel] Biodiesel Production Expected to Triple in 2005 The National Biodiesel Board expects biodiesel production to triple in 2005, reaching 75 million gallons. That growth rate looks likely to continue in the near-term, with two companies planning to build three plants that, combined, will be able to produce 110 million gallons of biodiesel per year. [EERE Network News] 4:11:55 PM Google It!    [Biofuels] Powering a Town From Manure Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (GLRC), 11/28/05. Large-scale livestock farms struggle with ways to dispose of their animal waste. Now, efforts are under way to make an Indiana town the first in the nation to get its power entirely from hog manure, but as the Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Chris Lehman reports, this venture has a long way to go before it becomes a reality. [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News] 4:08:07 PM Google It!    [Biofuels] USDA Researchers Modifying Yeast for Cellulosic Ethanol Production Researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service have cloned a gene from the Shiitake mushroom and are using that as the mechanism for yeast or other organisms to be able to process cellulosic biomass for ethanol production. [Green Car Congress] 3:38:10 PM Google It!    [Grants] Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy: A Joint Research Solicitation- USDA, DOE Pre-Application due date: Dec. 15, 2005 Due Date for Applications: Feb. 23, 2006 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), National Research Initiative (NRI) hereby announce their interest in receiving applications for genomics-based research that will lead to the improved use of biomass and plant feedstocks for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. Specifically, applications are sought for fundamental research on plants that will improve biomass characteristics, biomass yield, or that will facilitate lignocellulosic degradation. Systems biology approaches to identify genetic indicators enabling plants to be efficiently bred or manipulated, or research that yields fundamental knowledge of the structure, function and organization of plant genomes leading to improved feedstock characterization and sustainability are also encouraged. 3:05:02 PM Google It!

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