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Out Of Gas – E10 Debacle Puts The Brakes On Biofuels

Out Of Gas – E10 Debacle Puts The Brakes On Biofuels An attempt to introduce the biofuel mixture E10 in Germany has been a disaster, after motorists refused to buy the supposed green gasoline. Car makers, oil companies and politicians have all tried to blame each other for the mess. Even environmentalists oppose the new [...]

Global Clean Technology Venture Investment Rises in 1Q 2011 as Investors Focus on Larger Late-stage Deals

Global Clean Technology Venture Investment Rises in 1Q 2011 as Investors Focus on Larger Late-stage Deals SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cleantech Group releases preliminary 1Q 2011 results for clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe, China and India, totaling $2.57 billion across 159 companies. Read more on Business Wire

DOE’s National Laboratories: Energy Innovation’s Best Kept Secret

DOE’s National Laboratories: Energy Innovation’s Best Kept Secret Imagine the United States without solar and wind power industries. Read more on Renewable Energy World

NEWS: Bentley Continental Supersports droptop sets new land speed record

NEWS: Bentley Continental Supersports droptop sets new land speed record On ice, that is Read more on Top Gear Philippines

biobutanol-video.avi

The video introduces advantages of biobutanol and its production routes. Biobutanol is an important biofuel and industrial bioproduct. Pure butanol fuel or biobutanol fuel blends can be used in standard internal combustion engines.

About eco-friendly fuel…..?

Would the cars and environment benefit if from now on, all cars used fuel that contained at least 15% ethanol (Bioethanol, unlike petroleum, is a form of renewable energy that can be produced from agricultural feedstocks. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane, potato, manioc and corn. Wikipedia)? I’m not [...]

Butamax biobutanol from DuPont

BP and DuPont, who are the partners behind Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, have been developing biobutanol technology, a new kind of biofuel that is said to have many benefits over ethanol

Big boost for four PhD students

Big boost for four PhD students FOUR doctoral (PhD) students from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) now have more zest to complete their research after becoming recipients of the university’s Vice-Chancellor Award 2011. Read more on The Star

Question: Should biobutanol start being used in the place of gasoline?

Since so many of us have gasoline cars this would make the most sense rather than making us by insanely expensive gas cars. Biobutanol can be used in unmodified gasoline internal combustion engines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biobutanol#Production_of_biobutanol

i want to make a project on bio-ethanol fuel for automobiles?

Bioethanol gives a 70% carbon dioxide reduction versus petrol. This means that a 5% blend produces 3.5% less carbon emissions, whilst an 85% blend (like E85) would achieve a 50% reduction.