Clean energy is that which is produced through methods that do not release greenhouse gases or any other pollutants. Clean energy is good as it keeps global warming and pollution lower and keeps the planet…
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Assessing Biotechnology Feasibility
Assessing Biotechnology Feasibility. As new and exciting biotechnologies continue to arrive in the marketplace, funding sources (investors, lenders, venture capitalists, etc.) continue to be faced with some difficult decisions. Those seeking funding seem to always…
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Microbial Fermentation
Microbial fermentation is the growth of a microorganism, usually a bacterium, yeast, or filamentous fungus in a liquid medium to transform one material into another using the microbe’s metabolism as the manufacturing process to result…
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Hemp Eligibility for USDA Programs Under the 2018 Farm Bill
Hemp Eligibility for USDA Programs? Hemp is an eligible renewable biomass feedstock for USDA rural development programs including Section 9003 (innovative new technologies), REAP (energy production- biofuels, electricity production) and B&I (commercially proven processes/technologies). Normally…
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Biofuels from Waste
Producing biofuels from waste is now becoming more of a possibility. We note that in many of the earlier methods, it was simply not was not economically feasible to convert organic waste to fuel as…
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Current Federal Bioeconomy Funding Opportunities
Need information on current federal bioeconomy funding opportunities? Our website has recently added two new pages that may be of value to you. The first is our new Government Programs & Resources Page. This page…
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Scale-Up of Emerging Biofuel Technologies
ScaleUp of Emerging Biofuels Technologies? INTRODUCTION: The continued interest in advanced biofuels has produced numerous exciting technical advances on the laboratory, pilot and demonstration scales. However, attempts to translate these small scale successes into commercial…
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The Demand for Natural Rubber
The demand for natural rubber? In 2004, the History Channel broadcast a Modern Marvels Special on Natural Rubber. My favorite quote from that special is “Our four most important natural resources are air, water, petroleum,…
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Biodiesel Property Insurance- If you have it, do whatever you have to, to keep it!
Biodiesel Property Insurance? If you own a small biodiesel plant, 10 million gallons or smaller (not an exact science), you will find that insuring your plant and business income/extra expense exposure is critically difficult. Larger…
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Biofuels Project Funding
As a greener planet and sustainable future would appear to be something everyone should agree on, the question becomes why biofuels project funding is not a given. Why do many bioenergy projects, even very good…
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