Industrial Revolution 2

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Written by Katie Fehrenbacher
March 27th, 2008 at 12:00 am

If corn-based biofuels are the Britney Spears of the cleantech world (a fallen star but still all over the place), fuel made from algae is the next great American Idol winner (major potential in the pipeline). And despite the fact that algae-to-biofuel startups have been taking their sweet time bringing a pond scum fuel product to market, some inroads have been made recently — GreenFuel is building its first plant, PetroSun starts producing at their farm on April 1, and big oil Chevron and Shell have made some early bets as well.

As we watch this play out, here are 15 algae biofuel firms that you should know about:
Here’s the article…

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New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard Waste: “New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard Waste

ScienceDaily (July 29, 2008) — University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass—and even yard waste.”

(Via New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard Waste.)