Sentences with phrase «include cellulosic»

These resources — which include cellulosic fuels like perennial grasses, forest and agricultural residues, and waste — tend to have fewer and more easily - managed impacts.

«API supports the use of advanced biofuels, including cellulosic biofuels, once they are commercially viable and in demand by consumers.

Among renewables, let's not get dazzled by claims that have not passed the test of scaled up and operational feasibility, which includes cellulosic ethanol, algae, hydrogen, and others.

For that reason, several companies that appeared on the EPA's expected producer list were removed by the EIA, including cellulosic ethanol producers AE Biofuels and Agresti Biofuels.

Other biofuel feedstock sources, including cellulosic biomass, are promising, but technological barriers make their future uncertain.

Not exact matches

As a result, both private companies like UOP, government agencies like DARPA and commercial organizations such as CAAFI have begun to consider a broader array of sources, including the oil from the seeds of Brazil's babassu palm tree or the conversion of the woody or cellulosic parts of plants.

As part of the genus Populus, which includes poplars and cottonwoods, they are known for their fast growth and ability to adapt to diverse environments — two qualities that make them prime candidates for cellulosic ethanol.

The U.S. Department of Energy has provided more than $ 1 billion in federal funds to support research to develop cellulosic biofuels, including ethanol made from corn stover.

The 2009 M.I.T. Energy Conference included solar, small wind, cellulosic biofuels and, oh my... better batteries, fuel cells, nukes and algae!

The plants, which include many grasses targeted for cellulosic ethanol, can be harvested when needed and, given their hardiness, grow on marginal land.

From a product standpoint there will be a lot of interesting hardware in showrooms, including range - extending EVs, plug - in hybrids, clean diesels, pure electrics, and flex - fuel vehicles running on cellulosic ethanol.

The analysis found that 9 of the systems in the study — including two cellulosic ethanol systems (with and without CCS) have greenhouse gas index (GHGI) numbers of less than 0.20, and represent low - carbon transportation fuel options.

Since 2010, under the requirements of the bipartisan Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the EPA has been required to include a standard for cellulosic ethanol.

Worthy research objectives include improved fuel cells, solar power, light - emitting diodes for lighting, intelligent buildings, carbon sequestration, advanced nuclear power, superconducting transmission lines, cellulosic biofuels, geothermal power, batteries and other energy storage technologies, super-efficient vehicles, and smart electricity grids.

The most favorable estimates, which include still - developing cellulosic feedstocks, point out that fuel made from biomass can replace only a fourth to a third of transport - related oil consumption.

That includes research into algae as well as programs focused on converting alternative feedstocks like cellulosic biomass.

A recent IEA report estimated that the share of biofuels could increase to about 10 % by 2030 at costs of 25 US$ / tCO2 - eq, which includes a small contribution from biofuels from cellulosic biomass.

And finally on the renewable fuels side, it includes a $ 20 million program to build a cellulosic ethanol facility to create the first pilot - plant (we hope) that will produce ethanol from woody biomass as opposed to corn, and thereby drastically raising the energy balance of the ethanol.

The proposed changes included revising registration, recordkeeping and reporting provisions for compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas; a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions analysis for renewable electricity, renewable diesel and naphtha produced from landfill biogas; changes to deal with issues related to crop residue and corn kernel fiber when determining volumes of cellulosic feedstocks; a lifecycle analysis of advanced butanol; and changes to the E15 misfueling mitigation regulations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle released the following statement in response to Hillary Clinton's «plan for a vibrant rural America,» which includes transitioning the Renewable Fuel Standard into a mandate for so - called «advanced» and cellulosic biofuels: «Hillary Clinton's «plan for a vibrant rural America» actually harms rural America.

Note, last year EPA changed the definition of cellulosic biofuel to include renewable CNG and renewable LNG as cellulosic biofuel.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will spend $ 250 million to establish and operate two new Bioenergy Research Centers to accelerate basic research on the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels from biomass, including biodiesel, biofuels for aviation, and biologically based hydrogen and other fuels from sunlight.

The list of investors includes Vinod Khosla, founder of Sun Microsystems, who has heavily endorsed cellulosic ethanol as key to the future of transport fuels in the United States (and has kicked up quite a lot of controversy in the blogosphere in the process [that's three seperate links]-RRB-.

Agrivida, Inc. and Syngenta Ventures will collaborate to develop advanced crop technology that will provide low - cost sugars from cellulosic biomass for a variety of industrial applications including biofuels and biochemicals without requiring external enzymes for biomass... Read more →

BlueFire Renewables, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced that it has finalized and signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for its planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, MS.. The facility will be engineered and built by Wanzek Construction, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ), for a fixed price of $ 296 million which includes an approximately $ 100 million biomass power plant as part of the facility.

Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: biological, thermochemical, or thermocatalytic routes for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to advanced biofuels beyond cellulosic ethanol; microbial fuel cells for direct production of electricity from renewable carbon sources; hydrogen production from autotrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms; hydrocarbons and lipids from phototrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms.

What we would like to see from Toyota and other car makers: More affordable very fuel - efficient and low - emission hybrids, plug - in hybrids, all cars flex fuel so that they can run on cellulosic ethanol when it is available (the fuel sensors required for that are apparently only about $ 30 - no reason not to include them in all cars), diesel - hybrids with the latest emission technology (to run on biodiesel where available, of course) and, as soon as battery technology is ready, affordable electric - only vehicles.

Cellulosic ethanol, which can be derived from virtually any plant matter including farm waste, looks particularly promising.

Support Next Generation Biofuels Deploy Cellulosic Ethanol: Obama will invest federal resources, including tax incentives, cash prizes and government contracts into developing the most promising technologies with the goal of getting the first two billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol into the systeCellulosic Ethanol: Obama will invest federal resources, including tax incentives, cash prizes and government contracts into developing the most promising technologies with the goal of getting the first two billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol into the systecellulosic ethanol into the system by 2013.