University researchers have published the first analysis of a genome they say has potential for the cost-effective production of biofuel.  More »

Cool Planet Energy Systems Inc., a closely held biofuel developer, raised about $29.9 million to build its first production facility, Chief Financial Officer Barry Rowan said.  More »

A corn-based bubble is building on the horizon, with expectations of a large oversupply of high-priced ethanol that has nowhere to go.  More »

  Yesterday, the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), in partnership with NOAA’s National Climate Data Center, took a major step in trying to transmit data on a changing climate to a high level business audience. (Pictured above, representatives from CICS, Duke Energy (including Heath Shuler), and the Center for Law Environment, Adaptation and [...]  More »

United Airlines on Tuesday announced it has committed to buy at least 15 million gallons of renewable jet fuel for use on flights out of its Los Angeles hub, marking a potentially major breakthrough in the commercial aviation industry’s quest to pare carbon dioxide emissions.  More »

The United States is unlikely to meet current biofuel goals if the climate continues to evolve as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to a new study by Rice University and the University of California at Davis.  More »

Biomass power generation will grow 40 percent by 2020, becoming a significant supply of electricity generation worldwide, according to a study released this week by Navigant.  More »

The newfound energy prosperity unleashed by shale discoveries should be used for energy security rather than energy independence, according to a report released by Deloitte on Tuesday afternoon.  More »

Renewable fuel standards are distorting the market for ethanol and other biofuels, panelists said at a conference on refining.  More »

While the production of tight oil and natural gas in the United States has soared in the last two year, ethanol producers are only making slightly more of the biofuel than at the beginning of 2012, according to an annual ethanol study released Monday morning.  More »

To the federal government, ethanol only counts as a conventional biofuel if it is produced from switchgrass, corn starch or other plant materials. But Texas Rep. Pete Olson wants to change that.  More »

Phillips 66 CEO Greg Garland said he doesn’t expect the Keystone XL pipeline to gain U.S. approval this year and suggested regulators will need to “fix” requirements governing the blending of biofuels into gasoline. But Garland said neither of those issues are of serious concern to Phillips 66, which held its first shareholders meeting Wednesday.  More »