Counting the climate-warming carbon dioxide locked up in forests could offer a cheaper way to curb the greenhouse gas than by considering only emissions from industry and fossil fuels, according to a new study.
Planting delays in key areas of the U.S. Corn Belt this spring could lead to tight supplies of corn during the next year, forcing prices higher and further threatening profit margins at ethanol plants and livestock companies.
Global energy demand is expected to soar 44 percent over the next two decades with most of the demand coming from developing countries such as China and Russia, the U.S. government's top energy forecasting agency said on Wednesday.
Ajay Modi / New Delhi May 24, 2009, 0:22 IST
The petroleum ministry has proposed a reduction in the Customs duty on denatured alcohol and molasses to stabilise the 5 per cent ethanol-blending programme in petrol. The programme has been hit due to a dip in the sugarcane output in the current year.
You can't grow biofuel without cutting down trees, right? Not so, says Marcos Buckeridge, who tells Jan Rocha how Brazil can supply the world with green ethanol.
Nearly 50 years spent fishing from tiny sailboats have taught Manuel de Oliveira the power of the wind, but he was mystified when white windmills began springing up along the coast near his town.
President Barack Obama's tough fuel economy program for vehicles could put another damper on the struggling ethanol business, because the alternative fuel packs a lower energy content than gasoline.
The objectives of this study are : to present a comprehensive review of the status of biofuels developments around the world and the policy regimes and support measures driving this evolution; to assess the agro-ecological potential of all major biofuels crops
Using switchgrass and other biomass to power electric cars is three times more efficient and more environmentally friendly than using ethanol to power traditional gasoline cars, US scientists have found.
