biofuel

Kior, Inc., which began construction in Q1 2011 on a $190-million commercial-scale plant to convert Southern Yellow Pine chips into renewable crude oil and diesel, has filed a $100 milion Initial Public Offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Kior, based in Pasadena, Texas, is 74.5% owned by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures. 

Xinsheng Zheng, a chemist at the College of Science, Hua Zhong Agriculture University in Wuhan, China, says that he and his colleagues have developed a catalyst made from shrimp shells that can be used in the production of biodiesel, making the biodiesel process fa

An Atlanta-based startup company is turning human waste into biofuel at the first commercial biosolids-to-energy facility in the United States, offering a cheaper alternative to coal and a solution to managing municipal sewage sludge.