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April 27, 2012
EPA Could Nix Palm Oil Off the List of "Renewable Fuels"

The United States is in the middle of yet another energy debate -- whether or not to allow more diesel to be produced from palm oil in U.S. refineries.

March 19, 2012
Primus Green Energy Receives $12 Million for its Revolutionary Drop-In Bio-Gasoline

Completing its latest round of funding, Primus Green Energy, Inc., a developer of a drop-in renewable gasoline, has received another $12 million from its primary investor, IC Green Energy, Ltd.

February 7, 2012
Update: Enerkem To Build Commercial Waste-to-Biofuel Refinery in Quebec

Just days after biofuels developer Enerkem Corporation filed papers to go public, the company announced the Provincial Government of Quebec has committed $27 million to build a commercial cellulosic ethanol plant using Enerkem's technology.

January 19, 2012
Joule Moving Towards Commercial Production

Biofuel developer Joule Biotechnologies raised $70 million in its third round of funding the company announced this week.

January 17, 2012
OriginOil and DOE Join Forces to Move Algae Crude into Commercial Marketplace

Over the past two months OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB: OOIL) has strengthened its relationship with U.S. federal government in multiple ways.  The most recent of which is an announcement of a new partnership with the Department of Energy, which will see the company work together with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to develop an integrated system capable of directly converting raw algae into renewable crude oil.

December 13, 2011
Enerkem Secures $15 Million Investment for Biofuel Plant in Alberta

Biofuel developer Enerkem Corporation has secured a collective investment of C$15 million from Waste Management and EB Investments for a waste-to-biofuel plant in Alberta.

November 30, 2011
Greenleaf Biofuels Forms New Partnership With Tenaska Biofuels

Greenleaf Biofuels announced that it has signed an agreement with biofuel marketer Tenaska Biofuels to supply Greenleaf with feedstock for its production plant in New Haven, Connecticut.

November 3, 2011
Southern Company Close to Opening the Largest Biomass Plant in the U.S.

Southern Company has received the first feedstock shipment for its new biomass facility in Texas.

October 18, 2011
Gemma Power Sytems To Build A Biomass Power Plant In Texas

Stocks were up nearly two percent Tuesday after Argan, Inc (NYSE AMEX: AGX) announced that its subsidiary Gemma Power Systems (GPS) had been awarded a contract to build a biomass-fired power plant for East Texas Electric Cooperative Inc.

September 23, 2011
Constellation Energy to Test Burning Sorghum at Two California Power Plants

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: CEG) has partnered with biotech company Chromatin, Inc. to test the use of burning sustainable biomass at two California power plants.

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