Mar
5
Oil In a Fight With Itself
March 5, 2012 | 3 Comments
The renewable fuel producers are about to up the pressure on the world oil industry, and for consumers it’s not a moment too soon. First off, South Dakota’s government has approved a subsidy of 20 cents per gallon for ethanol plants to transition over to butanol. The cap for the subsidy is $4 million per […]
Aug
30
Bit O’ Trouble on the Biomass and Cellulosic Front
August 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
University of Illinois at Champaign’s Praveen Kumar has some non-enthusiast news, “While we are looking for solutions for energy through bioenergy crops, dependence on water gets ignored, and water can be a significant limiting factor.” Kumar, the Lovell Professor of civil and environmental engineering at UI Champaign said, “There are many countries around the world […]