The first wave of biofuels has had a significant impact on world energy markets. But there are major concerns about the knock-on effects on food prices. Hence a growing interest in 'cellulosic ...

In November, VeraSun Energy, a corn-ethanol company in Brookings, South Dakota, said that it is acquiring competitor US BioEnergy, of St. Paul, Minnesota, in a stock deal worth about $686 million.

A startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, called HCL-Cleantech has reinvented a century-old process called the Bergius process as a much cheaper method to produce ethanol from biomass. The process uses ...

Once complete, the facility will produce 125 mgpy, 25% of which will be from cellulosic feedstock. By adding cellulosic production to an existing grain ethanol plant, POET will be able to produce 11% ...

The process of breaking down cellulose into sugars was discovered in France in the 1800’s, and cellulosic ethanol production was first commercialized in Germany in 1898.

The process of breaking down cellulose into sugars was discovered in France in the 1800's, and cellulosic ethanol production was first commercialized in Germany in 1898.

EMMETSBURG, Ia. – The line of headlights begins close to 6 a.m. as trucks and other vehicles file into the $250 million construction project south of this northwest Iowa town of 3,900.

Ethanol production has proved to be both cost and energy intensive, ... a low-heat process that breaks down cellulosic feedstocks into fermented sugar.

Yet another cellulosic ethanol project launched recently, this time in Alpena, MI with Governor Jennifer Granholm on hand for the ribbon cutting. The facility will be run by American Process ...

Cellulosic ethanol has been in need of a breakthrough, but now two Danish companies may have found it--new technical processes that can produce this very efficient biofuel for $2 a gallon.

Praj Industries and Qteros Announce Broad Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Global Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol ...