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U.S. Economic Impact of Advanced Biofuels Production
A new report by Bio Economic Research Associates (bio-era™), U.S. Economic Impact of Advanced Biofuels Production: Perspectives to 2030, shows that continuing to build advanced biofuels production capacity can create thousands of new jobs throughout the economy, contributing to U.S. economic growth and increasing energy security.
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Large Volumes of Cellulosic Biofuels Can Be Sustainably Produced by 2030
Large-scale production of advanced biofuels beyond the level of the Renewable Fuel Standard is achievable and sustainable by 2030, with accelerated development of biofuel and agricultural technology according to the 90-Billion Gallon Biofuel Deployment Study, a new report by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. that investigates the challenges and feasibility of increasing biofuel production targets to 90 billion gallons.
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Biotechnology for Pollution Prevention
(September 2007)
The EPA released a State of the Science Report detailing how biotechnology is enabling the transition from petroleum to a biobased economy, making possible materials and products that are renewable, environmentally friendly, and widely available.
Report: Achieving Sustainable Production of Agricultural Biomass for Biorefinery Feedstock (November 2006)
Biorefineries to produce advanced biofuels and biobased product require sustainable sources of cellulosic biomass. Adoption of no-till agriculture promises significant economic and environmental benefits for farmers while enabling them to provide cellulosic biomass from crop residues to these biorefineries.
Survey Says Americans Support Development of Biofuels (October 25, 2006)
Eighty-two percent of Americans are in favor of government support for the development of biofuels says a new survey released last week.
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New Biotech Processes Revolutionize Domestic Energy Production
(Feb. 21) This video introduces a revolution in industrial biotechnology that is radically changing how companies make ethanol for transportation fuel. The key driver in this new technology is the ability to change the cellulose in agricultural crop plant matter into sugars that can be fermented to produce ethanol and refined into other value-added products.
Industrial biotechnology companies have developed microbes that now make it economically feasible to produce ethanol not only from grain but also from corn stover, wheat straw, sugar cane waste and many other agricultural crop residues.
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Watch highlights of the video (2 min. Windows Media Video)
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