Madagascar is biofuels heaven
South Korean company called Daewoo Logistics signed a contract which means that they took a one hudred years lease on 3.2 million acres of land (that’s half the size of Belgium) to grow maize and biofuels. This deal is a sign that far-eastern countries are somehow afraid of what the future might...
Biofuels have a bright future
We’re all witnessing high prices in grocery stores, and regular fuel prices are to blame. A research done in Oklahoma confirmed this. Professor Joe Outlaw of the Texas A&M University elaborated on this subject at Grow Oklahoima Biofuels Conference. “Prices of most products are high because...
Butanol to become number one
In the world of biofuels, ethanol is considered to be the king. However, scientists have been researching this area and came to a conclusion that butanol could actually offer more. Butanol contains more energy than ethanol. Butanol doesn’t need to be transported by trucks. That could be of a huge...
Algae biofuel plant in Colorado
A private company called Solix Biofuels, Inc. has announced that they have raised $15 million and they’re planning to build an algae biofuel plant in an Indian reservation in Colorado. “We will get fuel from the algae.” says Doug Henston, Solix’s CEO. “We will feed algae...
A biojet takes off from Nevada
Aero L-29 is the name of the first biofuel-powered jet that flew into the sky from Reno, Nevada. The jet is fueled with biodiesel, but the development team is planning to switch to algae fuel. This is the first jet which is 90% powered by biofuel. There were biojets before, but they were using only 20%...

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